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William Clarence Matthews '05, of Montgomery, Alabama, shortstop, prepared at Andover, where he played on the baseball nine for four years and was captain for one year. He played substitute end on the University football team for two years and in his Freshman years was substitute outfielder on the baseball nine. This is his second year as regular shortstop. He is 27 years old, weights 152 pounds, and is 5 feet 8 inches in height...
Greene pitched a creditable game and had good control of the ball until the last inning, when he became unsteady with men on bases. Sullivan gave him weak support at catch, and threw to bases poorly. Russell at second base, and Mahar at shortstop, both played their usual strong gome...
...will be seen by the batting order below, the whole Harvard outfield is new. Greenough played last year on the second team, and also shortstop on the University team in the Georgetown, Virginia, and Annapolis games. He has played in several of the games this year. Nichols played first base on last year's Freshman team, and in the Annapolis and West Point games this year. McCarty, a Freshman, played in the Virginia game. Fischel was on the second nine last year, and has played in a few of the games this spring...
Harvard scored the first run of the game in the fourth inning. Stephenson was given his base, stole second, went to third on Clarkson's grounder to shortstop, and scored on Matthews' single over second base. In the next inning, Keady made a single, stole second, took third on Stephenson's passed ball, and scored Dartmouth's only run on Reeve's hit. No more runs were made until the eighth inning, when with two men out Harvard scored three runs. Kernan was given his base and stole second, going to third on a passed ball by McCabe. Stephenson...
...shortstop, Greenough is nervous and consequently unreliable in the field, but he hits well...