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Sophomore Burgy Ayres who has played in the infield and who Saturday proved his ability on the mound by handcuffing the Quaker nine, will take over Gene Lovett's right field post for this afternoon's games with Dartmouth at Hanover...
Highlights in the 49 year jester-journalist diamond rivalry were recalled by veteran observers and innocent bystanders yesterday. They agreed that the greatest thriller of the series was the 1902 game, when a powerful Lampoon outfit (whose entire infield was later sold to the Brooklyn Dodgers for a song) when down in defeat, 23 to 2, after a pitchers' duel that lasted 25 innings...
...this generation of Dodger fans, as devoted as they are daffy, the 1940 team is second to none. Even rival clubs admit the Dodgers have a crack infield and their pitchers have made them blink. Brooklyn may not boast a DiMaggio or a Feller, but, in its first nine games, the assorted collection of castoffs and come-ups assembled by President Larry MacPhail and Manager Leo Durocher proved that they are a clicking machine...
...Green has the largest cage n the country, giving its squad a chance to work as effectively indoors as out. There is a 100-yard straightaway, and the circumference approximates that of the outdoor tracks. The infield, too, is sufficiently large to permit jumpers, vaulters, and weight men to work without get ting in each other...
Bart Harvey at second and Captain Justin Haley at third are strong at the plate and quick in the infield, while Bill Barnes on first also seems to have found his batting eye. Art Scully, the only batsman to get more than one hit against Belmont Hill, was recently moved to short from third where he has shown ability in handling hot grounders...