Word: eli
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Crimson baseball team, which has been squeaking by on one-run victories all season, ran out of luck yesterday. Leading Yale 4 to 3 going into the ninth inning, the varsity suddenly fell victim to a six-run Eli rally and went down to a 9-4 defeat...
...attempting to sacrifice, bunted a low, twisting pop-up down the third base line. Emmet made a head-first dive for the ball, knocking it into foul territory, and the bases were loaded. Clearly rattled by the play, the tall lefthander walked the next two batters, forcing in two Eli runs, before he was finally replaced by Byron Johnson...
...plate when Allan Pond lined a bases-loaded single to center. The Crimson finally managed to get two outs without further damage, but with Schumann at bat for he second time in the inning, Len Hassler raced one of Johnson's pitches to the plate and scored the final Eli run on a steal of home...
More balloons sailed skywards in the sixth inning as the home team rallied for three runs to take a 4-3 lead. After Tom Bergantino walked, captain Bob Cleary, Frank Saia, Jim Shue, and John Davis rapped out successive singles to rout Eli starter Bruce Irving...
...only loss of the year came at the hands of a very strong Yale team, 5 to 4, at New Haven. The rest of the Crimson's matches were veritable slaughters as it plowed its way through various opponents to set the stage for the all-important Eli match. Captain Larry Sears climaxed a very successful season in this match when he beat the Eli's Sonny Howe in three quick games. The crucial match was between the varsity's Gerry Emmet and the Eli Captain, Harvey Sloane, and while it went to five games, Sloane eventually won the match...