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...Crimson's hard-working batsmen collected 17 hits before the last Springfield pinch-hitter finally struck out to end the game...
Right-handed ace Al Yarbro, who went the limit on the mound for Harvard, paced the one-sided victory. He held Springfield to five hits and two earned runs, striking out eight while walking five...
...spite of the cold weather, Springfield managed to fill the small grandstand with an enthusiastic crowd, which included a small but vocal group of hecklers. When Crimson catcher Dick Diehl dropped a pitch, the fat little Springfield bat boy yelled, "Hey, frog, you slimy, slidey, goofy thing...
...Crimson scored again in the second and third innings, but Springfield bounced back with three runs on three hits, a walk and an error in the last of the third. Harvard tallied in the fourth and the seventh to make it 7 to 3, but apparently Coach Norm Shepard decided that the Maroons hadn't taken enough punishment...
...Crimson batters came to the plate in the top of the eighth, and six of them scored. Yarbro started the inning with a single to right and ended it by striking out. In between, five batsmen hit safely, the Maroons made two errors, and the faces of the Springfield fans grew longer and longer...