Word: infielding
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...graduation loss of the guts the Crimson infield has hurt. The returning infielder, Terry Bartolet, been his usual magnificent self, taining a batting average well over 300 for most of the season. Sophomore Tom Bilodeau has shown occasional brilliance at short and has been pelting the ball with reckled abandon at the plate. Gavin Gilmont the Crimson's diminuative but efficient centerfielder, has been the only other remarkable hitter on the team. On the whole, however, Harvard's offense has been unpredictable and at time even non-existent. In their second league game, the Crimson pound pennant favorite Navy...
...bend over, they have flirted with the idea of entering the first division. Under new manager Johnny Pesky, many wonderful changes have been made. For example, the Sox now run onto the filed. In fact, mirabile dictu, most of this New Breed even run out infield grounders. The effect of this unaccustomed strain is, as yet, undetermined. But, many old, seasoned observers fear that it may prove disastrous...
...fierce bunt past third-baseman Petey Kann. The Crimson scored its lone two runs in the sixth inning on a 500 ft. blast by Al "Four Eyes" Crenshaw, one-time geologist and photo chairman. The play had been set up by a crucial bobble of an easy infield fly ball, hit by Richard "Gnat" Ruge...
...fifth inning at Northeastern Saturday is a case in point. With the bases loaded, Husky catcher Nathanson hit a lazy high fly in the general direction of centerfield. Gavin Gilmor called for it, but apparently didn't notice that the wind was carrying the ball back to the infield...
Navy recovered sufficiently in the bottom of the first to score one run on a single, a walk, a sacrifice and an infield grounder, but that brief flurry of activity did not noticeably improve its position...