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Published on April 1, 2021
It’s opening day of the 2021 Major League baseball season, and here are some photographs and stories about the old ball game at Bates.
High Pitch
The Bates Student and an “elongated lefty” by the
Bangor Daily News, the late Donald Webster ’41 wore this glove as a 6-foot-5 lefthanded Bobcat pitcher. He was also a standout high jumper who held the Maine indoor record.
With a nifty curveball and changeup, Webster one-hit the University of Maine 70 years ago this month, allowing only two fly-ball outs and striking out eight.
Items from the Edmund S. Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library for Bates Magazine “Archives” section November 2015.
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This Evening Express photo shows former Boston Red Sox player Harry Lord stands with Babe Ruth in Portland, a few years before Lord died in 1948.
Deb McCleery photo
Researching the life of Mainer Harry Lord, who played for the Boston Red Sox during the early 1900s, was like completing a huge jigsaw puzzle for Bob Muldoon.
Bob Muldoon, a 1981 Bates College graduate, stands at the plate after reciting the poem, “Casey at the Bat” in full regalia.
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Muldoon, a 1981 Bates College graduate, has always been fascinated with Major League Baseball players from the early part of the 20th century.
1900s Red Sox player Harry Lord spurs push for Bates College hall of fame
Bob Muldoon hopes that bringing to light the life of Mainer and short-time Bates athlete Harry Lord, who played for the Red Sox and White Sox, will help another Bates alumnus, Ira Waldman, in his push for an athletic hall of fame at the school.
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This Evening Express photo shows former Boston Red Sox player Harry Lord stands with Babe Ruth in Portland, a few years before Lord died in 1948.
Deb McCleery photo
Researching the life of Mainer Harry Lord, who played for the Boston Red Sox during the early 1900s, was like completing a huge jigsaw puzzle for Bob Muldoon.
Duke Heads to Blacksburg for Virginia Tech For invitees
News Highlights: Duke Heads to Blacksburg for Virginia Tech For invitees
Story links DURHAM, NC – The Duke athletics team continues its indoor slate in the Virginia this weekend Tech Invitational in Blacksburg, Va.
Traveling to Rector Field House next to Duke is Virginia, North Carolina, Syracuse, High Point and Rhode Island. Events begin on Friday at 5:00 PM ET and the race concludes with the men’s 4x400m relay on Saturday at 3:30 PM.
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EVENTS IN THE FIELD Duke’s weekend on the field kicks off with senior Ben Beatty making his seasonal debut in the men’s weight throw at 5:00 p.m. , which he placed in Blacksburg on Virginia last February Tech Challenge. Freshman Gage Knight and graduate Harry Lord will compete in the men’s unseeded pole vault at 7pm. Knight …