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Fortunately, all three pitchers from last year's staff Bob Ward, Rufe Webb, and Jack Donelan--are back again. Ward looks "a little faster," according to McInnis. Webb, a southpaw, has good control, good form, and fair hitting ability. Donelan is smart, fast, and also has good control...
...President sat in the same box from which President Calvin Coolidge had watched the Senators win the original contest 4-3* and take their only World Series championship. Truman opened the affair (held before a regular New York Yankees-Washington game) by making a southpaw throw from the stands to 62-year-old Hank Gowdy, catcher for the Giants...
...more. When I started fogging my fast ball in there, they quit." And she is doing all right at bat: she has whacked three home runs in nine games, and her current batting average is .700. Last week, Alice emulated her idol, Bob Feller, by pitching a no-hitter. Southpaw Alice, whose opinion of her teammates' ability is not high ("Our shortstop can't catch the ball, and our catcher's terrible, too . . . The boys should practice more"), did it the hard way. She struck out every batter...
Rufe Webb started and finished for Harvard and gave a capable performance. But Webb could have been arrested for having no visible means of support. As a matter of fact, the Tigers learned early that the junior southpaw was weak on fielding bunts, and forced him to commit two of the errors himself...
Coach Bobby Coombs will have either righthander Mike Puffer (4-2) or southpaw John Beard (4-0) ready for the Crimson. Batters Bill Callaghan, Pete Connolly, and Harry Sheehy all have averages over...