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...starting lineup, but recent practices have seen four new Freshmen on the first nine, bolstered by five veterans. Warren Berg, experienced right-hander, will probably take the mound, with Ned Fitzgibbons, slugger transplanted from first base and the out-field, as his battery mate. Fitz is expected to bat in the clean-up slot...
Americans at Bat. Eden's pointed reference to China as a full partner did not quiet the fears aroused in the Far East. For India, there was as usual little comfort in anything that Winston Churchill said. Along with the rest of the world, the peoples in Britain's colonies had every right to read Mr. Churchill's global declaration in context with his earlier statement, for home consumption, that Britain intends to keep and rule her own colonies in her own way, after the war (TIME, March 29). The tone of the Prime Minister...
...league baseball last week got ready to open its 1943 season in the mood of tempered optimism of a batter running out a three-bagger with two out and a cross eyed player next at bat. Columnist Damon Runyon quoted odds of 9-to-5 that the major leagues would not be able to play out their 1943 schedules. Already some 225 of last year's 400 major leaguers had gone into the services. Nobody, not even Manpower Boss Paul V. McNutt, knew how soon local draft boards would call the elderly and ailing ballplayers still left...
Occasionally a newcomer tries to put something over on the teams. A few years ago a retired doctor was welcomed into the league. First time at bat, he socked a ball into left field, trotted around to second base, then turned a cartwheel to prove he was not in the least bit tuckered. His suspicious teammates delved into the doctor's background, discovered he was only 73, banished...
Paul Quinn, Paul Delahoid, although he hasn't yet reported, Howie Hodgson, Bob Axtell, and Jerry Callanan seem to be the top candidates for the backstop position so far. Stahl is contemplating shifting Ned Fitzgibbons, last year's first sacker, behind the bat in case of a shortage of catchers. Bill Harding is expected to report at the close of the hockey season...