Word: bats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Medford was elected captain of the varsity nine for the 1952 season. Third baseman Kevin Patrick Reilly of West Roxbury and Adams House received the Wingate Trophy as the team's most valuable player, while center fielder Edward Nixon Foynes of Quincy and Dudley Hall won the Wendell Bat, emblem of Harvard batting supremacy...
...this year, made his bid; in front at the mile, he folded in the stretch. Meanwhile, another field horse, Count Turf, had moved into contention. The Count threw up his head at the roar of the crowd, got a couple of solid whacks from Jockey Conn McCreary's bat, and took over the lead. From there to the finish, Count Turf poured it on, and the crowd goggled in amazement...
Scooting around the first-base bag like a hopped-up jackrabbit one night last week, Cleveland's Rookie Outfielder Harry Simpson handled the new position without an error and cracked out two hits in three times at bat as the Indians beat the Boston Red Sox, 7-1. Rookie Simpson, substituting for injured Luke Easter, turned in a bang-up performance in his first-base debut. But the occasion was noteworthy for another reason too. It was the first time in the major leagues that one Negro had substituted in the starting line-up for another...
Giants: First Baseman Monte Irvin, who often carries the load of the Giant attack by batting in the cleanup slot; Third Baseman Henry Thompson, who swings a heavy (.289) bat and fields with agility if not always with grace; two rookie newcomers: Catcher Rafael Noble and Infielder Art Wilson (TIME, April...
...Miller set his editorial staff to work. Said he: "Some people think there's a lot of quick money in this business. But you've got to have a good book, you have to spend money, and you can't look for profits right off the bat...