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...their error accumulation. Louis Gehrig, New York first baseman, hit a ball into right field. Paul Waner, Pittsburgh right fielder, rushed in, attempted the physically impossible feat of reaching the ball before it fell. The ball struck the ground in front of him, bounced past, rolled toward the fence. Batter Gehrig reached third base on a hit normally good for only one base; fielder Paul Waner had started Pittsburgh on the road to ruin. In the third inning Second Baseman George Grantham kicked a grounder from Batter Koenig; Catcher Smith dropped a thrown ball from Third Baseman Traynor; the Yankees...
...More correctly, One Old Cat. This game is derived from baseball, is played with batting and fielding, changing by rotation rather than by inning. Any number, usually not more than five, can play. As a batter is put out on the run from home to first base and back to home, he moves into the position of the most remote fielder...
Each of these big men boasted he would batter the other unconscious and each?though Sharkey had been coached to check his "killer" instinct and weary Dempsey by skillful boxing?reverted quickly and satisfactorily to the brute soon after the first gong sounded...
Last Saturday, when the Crusaders had Dobens, a southpaw in the box, Sullivan, a left-handed batter, was placed in the lineup to add to the team's strength at bat. He went in for Donaghy at short, while the latter's ability both at the plate and in the field kept him in the game at right field. This same shift in the lineup will be maintained today against Creson, the southpaw pitcher who will face the Crimson sluggers. It is possible that Lord will be replaced at first by Tobin, another lefthanded batter, while Duchin's liking...
Barbee conquered Georgetown, previously triumphant over Harvard, 5 to 0, setting down batter after batter, and allowing only four hits. On Monday he hurled his second victory over Brown at Providence, limiting the Bruins to seven safeties...