Baseball Averages Indicate Better Batting and Pitching, Weak Fielding

The team batting average of the Crimson nine has reached a new peak of 280 for the year as the result of consistent slugging in the last three contests. The defense, on the other hand, has crumpled sadly on occasions and will enter the Yale series with the low season average of 921.

T. W. Gilligan '31, right fielder of the University aggregation has passed both E. H. McGrath '31 and J. A. Prior '29, and is now the team's leading batter. Captain G. E. Donaghy '29 and B. H. Ticknor '31 are members of the 300 class. McGrath also stands as the leading base stealer, having pilfered 11 hassocks. Gilligan with 10 stolen bases, is a close second.

Ticknor has developed into the team's most consistent extra base hitter. Of the 15 sateties he has garnered this year, seven of them have been good for more than one sack, and on four of them he has completed the circuit. McGrath is the leading run scorer and has also made more hits than any of his teammates.

Howard Whitmore '29 still ranks as the dean of the pitching staff. He has played in 13 games and is credited with eight wins and two losses besides one 18 inning tie. W. H. MacHale '31 is second, with four wins and two losses while W. K. Page '31, the southpaw find of the 1929 season should see action in the series which starts today.

Harvard's preliminary season has included 24 games, of which 17 have been victories seven losses, and one a tie game. Holy Cross, once with Nekola in the box, has twice taken the measure of the University outfit while the Quantice Marines divided their two game series. GILLIGAN LEADS BATTERS ON EVE OF YALE SERIES Player  a.b.  r.  b.  2b.  3b.  h.r.  s.b.  s.h.  Ave.  p.o.  a.  e.  Ave. Page  8  3  4  0  0  1  0  0  .500  1  5  0  1.000 Gilligan  80  21  31  3  0  3  10  2  .388  24  0  0  .923 McGrath  102  31  35  5  3  1  11  0  .343  56  56  24  .829 Prior  85  19  28  3  2  0  7  1  .330  215  16  4  .982 Donaghy  104  18  33  3  3  3  6  1  .317  38  46  8  .909 Ticknor  49  12  15  2  1  4  2  1  .306  22  0  5  .814 Nugent  94  25  27  2  2  0  2  1  .287  56  63  12  .908 Whitney  54  12  15  0  0  0  4  0  .278  18  5  1  .958 Todd  30  5  7  0  0  0  1  1  .233  13  0  1  .929 Batchelder  50  7  11  0  1  1  2  0  .220  24  17  4  .911 Bassett  54  11  10  0  0  0  4  0  .185  26  1  3  .900 Dudley  44  6  8  0  0  0  1  2  .182  9  3  1  .923 Whitmore  32  4  4  0  1  0  1  2  .125  5  30  2  .946 MacHale  24  1  3  1  0  0  0  0  .125  2  27  1  .967 Ketchum  8  1  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  1  13  1  .933 Durkee  4  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  .000  5  0  0  1.000 Malloy  2  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  .000  0  5  0  1.000 Totals  824  177  231  19  13  13  51  14  .280  515  287  69  .921