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Playing Boston University on Russell Field yesterday, under arctic conditions, the Maine team showed itself weak at the bat. In the infield, Johnson, at the keystone sack, who made two errors and was completely fooled by the Boston base-runners, seemed to be the weak point in their defense. The outfield also contributed its share of errors, muffing two flys and being generally slow in covering bases...
Yesterday the University squad practiced for over three hours on the first team diamond. Coach Slattery gave most of his time to correcting the faults in the infield which the southern trip had brought to light...
...infield, Lucas at first is a hard-hitter but somewhat lacking in finish as a fielder. Second and third are well held down by Lee and Buell respectively. Lee, a former Middlesex player, is the most experienced of the infield, while Buell, the Pomfret graduate who last fall captained the 1923 football team, is a neat fielder, and on the bases the fastest man of the 1923 outfit...
...held team A to one run in the last five innings, showed the best form. T. H. Gammack '20, who did the catching for team B, gave a fine exhibition of pegging to the bases by throwing out five men in their attempts to steal second. In the infield of Team A. Captain R. W. Emmons, 3rd. '20 and A. J. Conion '22 featured by their all-round playing. Conion also got two doubles and a sacrifice out of four times at bat, and Emmons hit two singles. K. W. Perkins '20, batting for team A. Drove in four runs...
...Freshmen tied the game in the fourth when C. C. Buell '23 hit for two bases to centre field and advanced to third on J. C. Bancroft's hit, after G. Owen '23 was put out on an infield fly. In the pinch S. J. G. Nowak made a smashing single past the pitcher's box scoring Buell with the tying run. W. Butterfield '20 tightened up, however, and prevented further scoring...