Word: sheperd
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Yesterday's contest, played in beautiful baseball weather before 50 spectators escaping last-minute pre-exam cramming, marked the sixth straight Greater Boston League win for the Crimson against no losses. Coach Norm Sheperd's squad closed the year with a 15-7 record overall, including two victories over NCAA-bound Holy Cross and Boston College...
Harvard's pitching hopes rest squarely upon the shoulders of three returning varsity players and a handful of inexperienced sophomores. Sheperd expects junior letterman BOb Lincoln to be twirling ace this season. Lincoln comes armed with a hopping fastball -- which last season too often hopped out of the strike zone...
Back from last year's varsity to fill supporting roles are senior Larry Melfa and junior Tom Menzel. Melfa has never been a starter, but Sheperd says he "looks solid this season and might help." Sophomore prospects are giant fireballer Ray Peters. -- 6'3" and 215 pounds -- and Bob Dowart...
...receiving line of these questionable hurlers will be a pair of questionable catchers. Sheperd has used last year's receiver Joe O'Donnell to plug a large gap at first base, leaving Jeff Hall and Bill Cobb behind the plate. Hall has had freshman and junior varsity experience; Cobb was ineligible last season. Sheperd describes the pair unenthusiastically as "adequate...
...question mark still looms over the center of the Crimson diamond, however. "This is a peculiar pitching staff," says Sheperd. "We don't have any outstanding players. In past years, we always had players who stood out in the crowd. This year there are none...