Word: twirler
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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After being held scoreless for five innings by Hurwitz, left-handed Rhode Island State twirler, the Harvard baseball forces came to life in the sixth inning of yesterday's game and pounded out eight runs in three frames to walk off with the ball game...
Opposing the Lafayette sluggers, W.H. MacHale '31 will assume the mound duties for the home team. He is not considered as strong a twirler as his teammate Howard Whitmore '29, but if the Crimson offense gets rolling as it has in several of this season's games, he should have at least an even chance of emerging victorious from the struggle...
...visiting twirler was sent to the showers after the first inning onslaught, being replaced by Masters, who fared just as badly. After Whitmore and Nugent and walked, McGrath, who had a perfect day at bat, laced a terrific drive to deep center. G.R. Donaghy '29 followed with a screeching double to right, and himself scored on Prior's infield roller...
Hatch, the visitors' twirler, was pounded mereilessly in the first, second, and seventh innings, in which frames Harvard scored all of its ten runs. W. B. Wood '32 drove in two runs in the initial frame with a long triple. From this point on the home team was never headed...
Aside from his one fatal inning, Devens pitched excellent baseball striking out 14 men, and allowing two bases on balls. The bame was plainly a pitchers' battle with Robinson, the Worcester twirler, allowing only four hits and striking out nine batters. Of Harvard's four hits, W. B. Wood '32 accounted for two with a couple of three baggers. After his second long hit, he was brought in from third to score the Crimson's only tally...