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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Those who are supposed to be in the know think the Harvard baseball team is going to start hitting like the fourth Martini one of these days. So far, the Crimson has lost four games by two runs and one by one run; a couple of timely hits would have turned these five defeats into five victories...
...more puzzling aspects about the Crimson's hitting (or lack of it) is that the team has done highly satisfactory work at the plate during the two intra-squad contests since the Holy Cross game. There were long blows by Herb Neal, Cliff Crosby, and Ed Foynes yesterday...
...more encouraging aspects is that in Harvard's only league game, hits came when they were needed. The Crimson is the only undefeated team in the league, although six schools have not yet started league play...
Briefly, the theory is this: Instead of having a few power hitters on your team, you make a distinct effort to have nine average hitters, all as equally potent as possible. This may seem a bit ludicrous, until you stop and consider the effect upon the opposition's strategl...
Against the either-or (either good field or good hit) kind of team, the enemy pitcher knows exactly when he must bear down and when he can let up. It is this spacing of his greatest efforts which allows him to last nine innings...