Word: hitter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...bench during most of the southern trip, but his peppery performance in practice this week has impressed Samborski. It is no accrete that the throwing of his catchers down south displeased the Harvard coach. "Essayan has a good arm," he says, "and is a pretty fair hitter, too." The former Watertown High three-letterman collected two hits against Suffolk Wednesday afternoon...
Vincent Brandt and Captain Ted Backe are the core of Barnaby's ripening fruit, Brandt is a hard hitter, Backe steady and versatile, and as a doubles due they can dish up about any kind of return from any position, reports Barnaby...
...Yankees were playing for keeps too. Joe DiMaggio played the entire game. Manager Bucky Harris had let his best hitter go the distance in only three exhibition games-all against the Red Sox. Clearly, each team wanted to establish its superiority before the season even began. It was a war of nerves between the two clubs that would fight it out for the American League flag (the wise guys had already voted the other six clubs out of the running). The Yankees won again...
That's the way the game stood until the eight, when Bob Moeller singled, stole second and scored on pinch-hitter Wilson's one base knock. This run ended the scoring for the afternoon, and although the Terps threatened in each of the overtime frames, the necessary punch to drive in the winning tally was sadly lacking...
Cliff Crosby continued his heavy hitting of the previous day by cracking out a triple in his one appearance at the plate as a pinch-hitter in the ninth inning. HARVARD (10) ab h po a e Gannon, lf 5 1 3 0 1 Caulfield, rf 5 3 0 0 0 Kenary, cf 3 1 2 0 1 Coulson, 1b 5 2 1 1 0 Dunn, ss 3 0 1 4 3 Sullivan, 2b 3 0 0 1 0 Huntington, 2b 0 0 0 0 0 Coppinger, 3b 2 1 8 1 0 Durant...