Word: twirler
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...board on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon. Mahan was in the box for the University, and holding the visitors to four scattered hits, shut them out 3 to 0. Except for a bad throw of Hardwick's in the eighth, the support given him was perfect, Deyo, the Princeton twirler was likewise in good form, but at critical moments the defence behind him weakened. Two of the University's runs were gifts of Princeton errors...
...veteran centre fielder; Swain, the third baseman; Powell, a new catcher; Parsons, at second; and Young, the first string pitcher, have been Williams' most consistent performers this season. The nine is handicapped by a lack of extra men for pitching duty, however, for Young has been the only dependable twirler on the squad...
...great eclat. The big red team was up to its usual standard, and with Graves, Stiles and Ingram in their old-time form, there was little hope for the Elis. Nevertheless, the game was pretty close until the CRIMSON'S half of the ninth, when "Frozen" Isham, the blue twirler, lost his coolness. He was replaced by Meek, who, living up to his name, handed the local heroes seven runs...
...large and proficient band will represent the CRIMSON, with S. S. Hall as premier pill-heaver. The Bow Street Gang, on the other hand, is a surprisingly weak-kneed lot, and little is expected of them. "Special Delivery" Wentworth will issue free passes and round-trip tickets from the twirler's mound, "Hank Gowdy" Smith completing the battery...
...Freshman baseball team lost to Phillips Exeter Academy 3 to 0 on Soldiers Field Saturday afternoon through inability to hit Comerford, Exeter's star twirler. The Freshmen's errors counted for runs, Boyden's muff of Comerford's long fly in the third, followed by Martin's hot drive netting Exeter's first run. Exeter scored again in the ninth when Cleveland started with a hit. Peters hit to Enwright but both men were safe on Wiswall's error. McNamara sacrificed, and both runners scored on Cole's liner...