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Allen School, however, has a hard-hitting aggregation, Jackson, Powell and Cartaya being especially skilled in this line and reputed to have the habit of gathering extra bases. Jackson also covers a large amount of ground at his position of shortstop, and Cartaya is a wide awake catcher...
...both in the field and at bat, making a beautiful one-handed stop of C. MacDonald's hot grounder that threatened in the sixth, and netting two hits, one of them the double that brought home the winning tally. S. B. Chase Jr. '21 played a steady game at shortstop, and J. C. Bancroft '23, although not fielding very accurately at first base, knocked out three hits. Dickson's home run in the ninth was the feature of the contest...
...when, with two men on base, a Crimson player overthrew second, but Crocker's fast fielding and beautiful throw to third cut off Stone and ended the rally. The University gained its last two runs in the fifth, Conlon walked, got to second when the ball trickled out of shortstop's glove on a throw from catcher, and crossed the plate as Thayer's hard grounder skimmed the grass along the first base line for a triple...
...infield, composed of Kernan, Murphy, Aldrich and Hickey, is practically sure to be the regular combination. Aldrich has shown remarkable ability as a shortstop, where he has fielded in a brilliant fashion besides batting consistently better than 300. Murphy's speed on the bases is a great asset, and the fielding of Kernan and Hickey is very good, although the batting of these two is not quite up to the average of the rest of the team...
...proved an excellent fielder and his batting average is about .275. Gotshalk is considered one of the best fielders on the squad by Coach Clarke. He played on the 1920 second team but his hitting has improved so much since then that he is favored for the shortstop position this year. Weiser of the 1923 team has also shown up well at short...