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By no stretch of the imagination could the game be described as exciting, or well-played, and the six errors chalked up by the official scorer represent about half of the sloppy fielding. Twenty bases on balls, a hit batsman, and a wild pitch rounded out the statistical miscues, and...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Nine Crushes Cornell, 15-5, With 9-Run Fifth Inning | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

Sloppy fielding aided Harvard to a tying run in the third, and two more in the fourth. Hastings scored the last of those runs with a booming triple over the left fielder's head.

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Nine Crushes Cornell, 15-5, With 9-Run Fifth Inning | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

The Crimson won easily, but Cornell isn't very good. Only two really good fielding plays were made all afternoon, a diving stop Cleary made of a ground single in right, and a good throw Phil Haughey made to cut down a runner in the third. But each of these...

Author: By Adam Clymer, | Title: Crimson Nine Crushes Cornell, 15-5, With 9-Run Fifth Inning | 4/22/1957 | See Source »

By the halfway mark, however, the Crimson had managed to intersperse some good rugby with its generally sloppy play, and winger Ron Eikenberry took a pass from Jim Damis to score a fine try in the corner. (3-3). Jim Joslin came up with a beautiful conversion (taken from opposite...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ruggers Beat New Yorkers Here, 13 to 3 | 4/15/1957 | See Source »

The subject matter in less skilled hands could become sloppy and sentimental. The Brave One completely escapes these pitfalls, handling the boy-and-animal-against-the-wicked-world theme most touchingly. Michael Ray is completely fetching as the youth and he is supported by a most competent cast. The air...

Author: By Gerald E. Bunker, | Title: The Brave One | 4/10/1957 | See Source »

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