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"We're an aggressive ball club," Yardling coach Kenneth Klug said yesterday, and the freshman baseball nine supported that statement by smashing four home runs against M.I.T. on Tuesday for an 18-1 victory and walloping Boston University yesterday at Soldiers' Field 12-5.
This year's Yardling team has the dubious honor of following in the steps of Harvard's greatest freshman nine. Last season's squad went undefeated. Coach Kenneth Klug said, "We have the talent to win every ball game this year, too. It's a short season with fourteen games...
Second baseman Vince McGugan leads the Yardling batting attck. Supporting him are captain Tim Bilodeau and catcher John Murray, a Boston College High School star.
Munro has a flock of lettermen returning this year, and several talented sophomores are on hand from last year's once-beaten Yardling team. "Our main problem all around is probably depth, especially at attack," Munro said last night.
Sophomore Pete Bernhard replaces Ignacio at first base. Coach Park has picked Bernhard as lead-off batter because he has excellent speed. Chico Garcia, a star of last year's Yardling team, probably will start at second base, but junior Bill Cherry is a serious contender for the spot.