Word: battering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bill Harford's .353 mark has been a big help in keeping the Crimson average over the .500 mark. Although he went four for zero in Wednesday's tilt against Squantum Harford has been a valuable asset in the batter's box. BATTING AVERAGES G AB H RBI PCT Peterson 1 1 1 1 1.000 Farrell 2 6 4 1 .667 Harford 5 17 6 4 .353 Fiorentino 5 18 6 1 .333 Apthorp 1 3 1 0 .333 Feloney 2 3 1 1 .333 Moravee 4 13 4 2 .308 Senseney 5 17 5 4 .299 Essayen...
...time up he announced: "I'll make 'em walk me again." Then he went into his dance. While Pitcher Johnny Lanning tried to find the plate, Brooklyn's brat writhed, wiggled, squatted and crowded the plate. Umpire George Barr ordered Stanky to get back in the batter's box and behave. When the count got to three balls and two strikes, Stanky carefully fouled off any pitch that came near the plate, finally got the fourth ball...
Guessing Game. Feller was finally ready for the first pitch. His arms heaved from below his knees to a great overhead stretch, his left leg twisted up & around, he practically put his gloved hand in the batter's face, his right arm snapped through with as much wrist English as though he were cracking a blacksnake whip. The Yankee lead-off man hardly saw the first one that buzzed by with a full two-inch...
This afternoon at 3 o'clock the team will meet the Tufts University nine, which has yet to win a game, at Soldiers Field. The Jumbos have lost of Northeastern, Bowdoin, Boston University, and Brown. Don Swegan, first string shortstop and the team's leading batter, was spiked in the first inning of the Quonset game but will start today's game. Joe Phelan, a former Marine who pitched for the Crimson in 1941 and 1942, is scheduled to do the hurling for the Stahlmen...
...sixth inning Wallace decided to make the game more even by handing out a run free of charge. He walked the first batter, Tom Barrett, then picked up Duke Duzukola's easy grounder and spoiled a double killing by heaving the pellet to Carlton in centerfield, Barrett and Duzukola advancing a base of course. Then came the first of two wild pitches, but Eckenroth's throw to Wallace was in time to catch Barrett coming home. On the next wild heave, which Wallace threw soon afterwards, they weren't quickly enough to nab Duzukola before he could cross the platter...