Word: infielding
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...powerful infield combination of last year, only two members, Captain George Owen Jr. '23 and Percy Jenkins '24, will be on hand. Captain Owen will undoubtedly hold down first base, while J. W. Hammond, 1925 captain, is a leading contender for the keystone position. Percy Jenkins '24, regular second baseman on the nine last spring, will probably be shifted to fill Captain Conlon's old position at short stop. The third base position will also be open due to the loss of E. C. Lincoln '22. For this position the likely candidates are C. C. Buell...
...certain whom Coach Barry will start on the mound. Horan, who pitched a steady game in the first Crimson contest is the logical man for the position but according to the Holy Cross management there is a possibility that Tunney will start the contest. The Worcester infield has been worked into a smoothly functioning machine, and this together with their known ability at the bat makes the Purple's dangerous opponent for any team...
...moulded a winning team. Their success is due, not to any remarkable ability in any one department, but to a well balanced combination. On the mound there have been some pitchers capable of coming to the front in pinches. At first the nine was handicapped by a ragged infield combination, but by the time the more difficult mid-season games came, this department had been worked into a well organized machine...
...next game the ragged work in the infield was neutralized by superb hitting resulting in an 11-2 victory over the Old Colony Trust nine. But in the next game on May 2 the fielding showed the results of Coach Raymond's intensive work to improve the combination, for the team played an errorless game with St. John's Preparatory School, winning by a 16-3 score...
...play of the University infield was ragged in the opening innings and all three of the visitors' runs were helped around the circuit by Crimson errors. The Rhode Island State team likewise had a total of six errors chalked up against it, all of which aided the University scoring...