Tight Pitching and Fielding Raise Nine's Defensive Average--Batting Marks Fall--Pitchers Hurl Shutouts

Two out of the five games scheduled for the-University nine during the past week were cancelled, and in the three engagements played the pitchers held the limelight and the whip hand. The three opponents of the Crimson were shut out in games of scant hitting on both sides.

J. N. Barbee '28 registered two of the three scoreless victories, running his season's shutout record up to four, while F. B. Cutts '28 received credit for a shutout over Colgate, although the game was forfeited 9 to 0 in the seventh inning with the bases clogged with Colgate runners at a time when the score stood 1 to 0 for Harvard. Four hits had been the extent of the damage done to Cutts's hurling up to the forfeit.

Barbee conquered Georgetown, previously triumphant over Harvard, 5 to 0, setting down batter after batter, and allowing only four hits. On Monday he hurled his second victory over Brown at Providence, limiting the Bruins to seven safeties.

Behind this pitching the University fielders have played a sterling defensive game. One lone mistake marred the Brown fracas, while in both the Georgetown and Colgate games the Harvard fielding has been faultless.

With such emphasis on defensive baseball, the team fielding averages have risen, while the batting aggregate has suffered a slump of three points. From the 294 figures to its credit last week, the nine has dropped to 291, a mark still well above last year's record at the first of June. The fielding average has mounted from 946 to 950.

Henry Chauncey '28 regular backstop of the Harvard aggregation, still leads the vanguard of the batsmen, although his figure took a 13 point plunge during the week's play. A lone single was the total of his activities with the ash in the Georgetown tilt, and he failed to hit against Colgate. At Providence, I. R. Duchin '27 took his place behind the bat.

Only Three Hitting 300

G. E. Donaghy '29 rose three points to maintain his berth in second place in the team average, with a mark of 358. H. W. Burns '28 is still third with 310, five notches above his last standing. These three are the only members of the regular team who are in the select 300 circle. W. B. Jones '28, who did not see service in the last three games, is near the verge with 297, while J. P. Chase '28, William Ullman '27, and Captain Isadore Zarakov '27, follow closely, with 294, 293, and 291 respectively. W. W. Lord '28, one of the leaders in the early season games, has fallen to 283 although he still ranks as one of the hardest sluggers on the team.

W. P. Ellison '27 who was relegated to the pinch-hitter's role early in the spring, has been established in right field, in place of Jones, and is now hitting 273. Barbee got three hits against Georgetown and one against Brown, raising his average almost 100 points, from 130 to 226.

Burns stole a base from under the eye of the Colgate catcher, and purloined two sacks in the Brown contest. His mark of 35 stolen bases is setting a record far above any previous Harvard accomplishments in this line of predatory endeavor. Jones, who has been guilty of seven steals, is his nearest competitor.

Burns, with 32, still leads the run scorers, and Chauncey is showing the way to the hitters with 35 safe blows. Cahuncey also leads in two-baggers with five, and in home runs with three. Lord holds the palm for triples, having driven out five three-ply wallops. Jones's total of 10 sacrifice hits is still higher than those of his mates.

Barbee's two victories give him an average of 887, with eight games won and one lost. The lone loss charged against the Junior twirler was the first engagement with Georgetown at Washington, when he, as relief pitcher, allowed a pinch-hitter to drive in the winning run of a 7 to 6 contest. The four-hit shutout of last week avenged this stain on his record.

Cutts, with four games won and two lost, for a 667 average, is still lowest in the pitching annals, but two of his triumphs have been shutouts. R. H. Booth '27, twice victor and undefeated to date, leads the hurlers. Willard Howard '28, E. L. Molloy '29 and Howard Whitmore '29 have each one victory and no losses, while R. R. Ketchum '29 trails. Barbee with three wins and one loss for a 750 mark.

LEADING THE VANMOST RUNSBurns  32MOST HITSChauncey  35MOST DOUBLESChauncey  5MOST TRIPLESLord  5MOST HOME RUNSChauncey  3MOST STOLEN BASESBurns  35MOST SACRIFICE HITSJones, Zarakov  1