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...inning later, Harvard took the lead, again doing the damage with two away. Left fielder John Dockery singled and stole second base. George Neville cashed in on the Crimson captain's base-running by grounding through the shortstop hole to drive in the winning...
Left-hander McCandlish was a little shaky at the start of the game, but settled down and was in control during the late innings. Cornell shortstop Chip Stofer led off the seventh with a double. But McCandlish dispatched the next three hitters. Futile two-out singles were the only offense Cornell could muster in the eighth and ninth...
With ten games (and seven victories) behind them, the Crimson can boast some at batting averages of its own. Sophomore shortstop Jeff Grate leads the team at .457, followed by Jim Tobin at .352. Another sophomore, first baseman Bob Welz, is hitting .342. Dan Hootstein, the Crimson's balding cleanup hitter, is coming on strong after a slow start. His average is up to .273, he leads the team with 12 RBI's, and he slugged a long home run against Navy...
...Middles erased the margin in the sixth, as untidily as always. Naye blooped a single into right, and Grate booted Spaeth's hard grounder at shortstop to put men on first and second. Bill Dukiet hit a hopper to Jim Tobin at third that took a crazy bounce for an infield hit, loading the bases. Lincoin fanned the next man, but Bill Sorenson's single to right scored two runs...
...Crimson has been strengthened by several talented sophomores. With the graduation of team captain Tom Bilodeau, the varsity was left with a gap at shortstop. But sophomore Jeff Grate has played good ball at short and seems to have the job nailed down...