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Brown started on the mound but he was yanked after the seventh inning on account of his wildness. Even with a seven-run lead and instructions of let Middlebury hit, the Harvard southpaw was unable to get the ball over the plate. After he had passed eight men and hit two, Coach Slattery's patience gave out, and he sent Toulmin to the box. The latter breezed through the last two innings without trouble...
...wing is the scoring position, and explain that it was only Beals' unusual ability that kept him in the first string when apparently ineffective at his post by the right boards. This theory loses force, however, when it is remembered that Hodder, the new right wing, is a southpaw, who could hardly be expected to perform any better than his predecessor, since he will have to shoot from his back-hand...
...visitors' battery has not been definitely decided upon and it is nearly an even toss as to which of the two catchers and three pitchers will start. Of the latter, Hamilton is probably the leading possibility. He has distinguished himself as a successful southpaw despite the fact that he is only five feet four inches in height--perhaps the smallest pitcher in the ranks of the Eastern colleges...
Coach Murray may use Burke, a southpaw, later in the contest should the University batsmen get the range of Small's deliveries. Burke pitched on the Boston University Summer School team in Maine last year...
Rollo, who pitched the entire Princeton game and kept the few Tiger hits well scattered, will probably face the University today. In case he is not used, Maloney, a veteran southpaw, will be in the box. If the latter is on the mound. Rogers or Clark will take Gordon's place in right field...