Word: baseman
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...York Yankees (American League), undefeated in the last two World Series. At last opponents see a ray of hope. Small, shrewd Miller Huggins, the Yankee manager, has been forced to replace an important cog in his almost-perfect machine. The agile legs of Joe Dugan, third baseman, gave way. Huggins has moved Mark Koenig, shortstop, to that position...
...Prior '29 and G. E. Donaghy '29, will in all probability play first and third base respectively, the position they occupied on last year's nine. At shortstop E. H. McGrath '31, captain of last season's Freshman team seems to have the call. The choice of a second baseman is Coach Mitchell's main problem. F. E. Nugent '30 has a slight edge over A. G. Whitney '29 in the race for this post...
...umpire, three months ago sailed from San Francisco to Japan. Last week having toured the country lecturing on baseball subjects at Keio, Waseda, Meiji and Osaka (four leading universities which, with a Japanese newspaper, paid for his trip) and having played nine baseball games in the capacity of first baseman, Ty Cobb returned with his party to San Francisco...
...Bottomley, first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals, was last week awarded $1,000 and a diploma by the Baseball Writers Assn. of America for being the most valuable player in the National League...
...supplanted him as manager. Because Bostonian baseball fans were annoyed at this and because Rogers Hornsby demanded $50.000 yearly, Judge Fuchs sold him. Hornsby likes to bet on horse races; he is imperious and impudent and in Chicago he will be neither captain nor manager but merely second baseman. Next winter again there may be hornswoggling for Hornsby...