Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Elephant pitcher Steve Madey proved too much for the Puritans, as he fanned 12 and gave up only three hits. He received good support from an infield composed of Art Wells at catcher, Ben Gill at first, Sheldon Peterfreund at second, Cleve Amory at third, and manager Leo Demeter at shortstop. Outfielder Pete Waring collected two of Eliot's four hits. Pierce Butler pitched for the losers and Charlie Baumgarten was behind the plate...
John William Bricker, 45, oldtime University of Ohio debater and baseball catcher, expert angler, twice Ohio's Attorney General...
Last week the baseball writers made their selections: Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red Sox (in the American League), and Ernie Lombardi of the Cincinnati Reds (in the National). For big-nosed, slow-footed, 220-lb. Catcher Lombardi, who guided Rookie Pitcher Johnny Vander Meer through his two famed no-hit games last summer and outbatted (.342) every other player in the league this season, it was his first taste of fame in eight years of banging around the National League...
...football history. In last fortnight's game against Yale, Halfback Luckman completed ten out of 17 passes (most of them on the run) for a total gain of 146 yards, scored a touchdown and kicked three extra points. He not only throws a 50-yd. pass like a catcher pegging to second base, but feints his opponents out of position like a boxer...
...speed-baller with the movie profile. Both of these have shown fight--Dean, whose fast ball has passed on and who now pitches with his heart; Lee, who took the mound on four out of five days during the pennant spurt. Rather it is because of that Irish catcher who hails from around these parts. The count was two strikes and no balls on this lad last week; there were none on base and two out; the score was tied, and the game was to be called at the end of the inning. And he hit the next Pirate pitch...