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FRESHMEN WIN 6-5 BY EIGHTH INNING RALLY

Pinch Single, Double Steal, and Two Run Squeeze Play Enables '39 Nine to Gain Close Victory

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Pinch-hitter Paul Counihan's single in the last of the eighth and a double steal set the stage for Dick Grondahl's perfect double squeeze play which scored two runs and gave the Freshman baseball team a 6-5 win over Lawrence Academy yesterday on Soldiers Field.

Today the Freshmen travel to Providence where they will engage the Providence College nine, a team which trimmd the Harvard Yearlings last year. Harvard box score:   ab  r  h  po  a  e Johns, 2b  3  2  2  1  2  1 Soltz, 3b  0  0  0  0  0  0 Grondahl, ss  3  0  0  1  1  0 Galbraith, rf  0  0  0  1  0  0 Gannett, cf  5  1  1  1  0  0 Lupien, 1b  4  0  1  16  0  0 Prouty, cf, rf  3  0  1  1  0  0 Heckel, ss, 3b  2  1  1  0  5  0 Cunningham, lf  4  0  0  2  1  1 Bacon, c  3  0  0  4  0  0 Curtiss, p  1  1  0  0  7  0 Counihan *  1  0  1  0  0  0 Stone **  0  1  0  0  0  0 Edinburg, p  0  0  0  0  1  0   29  6  7  27  17  2

* Batted for Curtiss in 8th.

** Ran for Counihan in 8th. Harvard '39  1  1  1  1  0  0  0  2x--6  7  2 Lawrence  2  1  0  0  0  0  0  2 0--5  8  2

Struck out--by Curtiss 2. Base on balls--off Curtiss 1. Two base hit--Prouty. Three base hit--Heckel.

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