Word: backstopped
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Clay will probably draw the starting nod from Stahl but Jack Schwede and Burgy Ayres may also see action on the hill. Charley Spreyer is favored for the backstop post in place of Senior Bob Fulton...
...outfield bulwark, will be missing from the lineup for this afternoon's encounter. His right field berth will be filled by Lee Hartstone, while Sophomore third sacker Burgy Ayres will move up to the No. 4 spot in the batting order. Bob Fulton and Charley Spreyer will share the backstop post, with Lou Clay and Charley Brackett also likely to see action on the hill...
...starting battery for the local forces will find Captain Tom Healey hurling and Bob Fulton on the receiving end. Fulton held down the backstop post last season but was shifted to third this year in an attempt to make room for Charlie Spreyer, Sophomore aspirant for the post. Dissatisfied with the receiving on the spring trip, Stahl returned Fulton to his old berth at the beginning of this week filling in the empty hot corner spot with either Dick Whittemore or Burgy Ayres...
...Regan, Bill Parsons, and Charley Spreyer are still waging a three-cornered battle for the number one backstop post, vacated by Bob Fulton, with the result very much in doubt. The pitching will undoubtedly be good, probably good enough to make up for inexperience in other key positions...
...Gene Lovett in the other lead roles. The catching is uncertain as yet, but there is enough material there in Bill Parsons, Charley Spreyer, and Bob Regan to silence most doubts. They are all rather inexperienced, but good enough prospects to let Stahl shift Fulton last year's ranking backstop, out to third...