Word: penn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Michigan State took first, overpowering defending champion Yale by 44 to 30 1/2 points. NYU, Seton Hall, Cornell, Penn State, and Harvard followed in that order. Twenty-five teams scored out of the 46 which entered the meet...
...Penn will rely on either Ed Lukivich (4-1) or Ralph Jiorle (1-1) to oppose Ira Godin. The Quaker lineup is headed by first baseman and Captain Frank Cooney, who bats third with a .339 average; center fielder Jim Smith, another better than average hitter; and third baseman Tom Mangan, currently hitting at a .345 pace...
...Penn is in second place and has made out about the same against teams which have also played Harvard. It has beaten Army, Brown, Yale, and Cornell and lost to Columbia and Princeton. Harvard beat Columbia but lost to Cornell...
Coach Howard Dallman, former star Stanford outfielder, found six veterans from the 1948 varsity to greet him in his first year at Penn. Around them Dallman has built a team which, in its first five league games, was second in the EIBL in team batting with a .255 average. After six games, Harvard was in seventh place with a .233. However, the Crimson's superior pitching may make up the difference, and besides, Harvard's hitting has been on the upgrade in its last few games...
...Monday, the team journeys to Providence for a non-league encounter with Brown. Harvard's final game until after exams. The Crimson beat Brown, 8 to 3, in a league contest earlier in the year. Since then, the Bruins have beaten Columbia, Navy, and Princeton, and lost to Penn, Cornell, and Yale. They have proved more effective on their own Aldrich Field than on the road. Barry Turner will pitch for the visitors...