Word: springfields
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...surprisingly strong baseball squad from Springfield College came to Soldiers Field yesterday, was entertained for three hours by the Crimson varsity's surprisingly weak defensive performance, and left with credit for a 12-2 victory...
These lapses put pitchers Wally Cook, Ed Wadsworth, and By Johnson at a great disadvantage, and the 13 hits that the Gymnasts collected made things even harder for them. Disappointing as the pitching was, it should be said that only six Springfield runs were officially earned and that a good job by the Crimson fielders would have held the visitors to only one run for the afternoon...
...Springfield pushed over three tallies in both the second and third innings off starter Cook, who was having trouble keeping his curve from hanging but deserved to be unscored on in each frame. In the second, Tom Johnson walked, moved along on a sacrifice and wild pitch, then beat Cook's pitch with a dramatic steal of home. A throwing error by third baseman Mo Balboni followed, opening the door for two more runs on a single and double...
Norm Shepard's varsity baseball team, which has been having early-season pitching problems of late, will be trying to iron out several uncertainties when it faces Springfield College this afternoon. Game time at Soldiers Field...
...scheduled to arrive this week (see HEMISPHERE), could boast closer U.S. ties than the other guests. Lott's daughter is married to an American. One of Dutch-English-descended Teixeira Lott's 17 grandchildren is, as a result, Brazilian-American-descended William Nelson Monies, 8, of Springfield...