Word: slugfest
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Starting off as a dull match, the one between G. H. Nawn '32 and D. P. Ketcham '32 quickly developed into a regular slugfest. Neither man used much footwork, but both closed in and exchanged heavy body pokes. At the end of the third round Nawn was a mass of red welts, but still unconquered despite the fearful punishment he had taken. The match went to an extra period, where Nawn, rallying valiantly, overwhelmed Ketcham for the victory...
...proving the chief factor in deciding the issue in favor of the Cambridge ball players. The first game which was played in New Haven was a see-saw affair, the final Crimson run being delayed until the eighth inning. The second and final game of the series was a slugfest with the University batters poling 17 hits for 15 runs while Yale was able to amass only five runs off the offerings of Booth and Cutts. Yale turned the tables two days later on the waters of the Thames, entering a crew in the time honored four mile classic, which...
Rain, home runs, errors, and freak baseball were all mixed up together in the game on Saturday which the Crimson baseball team took from Amherst, 9 to 1. A drizzling downfall during the first few innings gave way to perfect baseball weather, and the slugfest which the game had promised to become was at the same time switched to a pitchers' duel of sorts...