Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...salts his peppery chatter with baseball's four-letter Anglo-Saxon, has some sound reasons for his optimism. He has an infield which matches or betters any in either league, both in fielding and hitting, a stable of booming hitters (see box) and, in Roy Campanella, the best catcher in baseball. Though his pitching staff is a little short of reliable starters, it is long on reliefers, especially when handled by Dressen's particular brand of managerial magic-a shrewd combination of coaxing and coercion...
...Crimson's smooth-working first string catcher, Charlie Walsh, who suffered a broken hand in the Columbia game a month ago, has gotten well faster than expected and may be ready to go behind the plate against the Eagles. While Chuck Wade has been substituting effectively for Walsh Harvard has won four out of its last six contests (record now six and six) since the loss of one of its better players...
...Eagles have three high-averaged power hitters in leadoff batter Len Ceglarski, first baseman Bob Manning, and catcher Mike Roarke, and one of the top pitchers of the east in Bill Scholz. Scholz a righthander, won six straight before losing to the camp LeJoune Marines and dropping a 7 to 5 game yesterday to Holy Cross ace Dick Bogdan. Eagle coach John Temple may be willing to start Scholz again after only two days' rest...
...rookie manager Marty Marion has the same trouble as the Giants: only two regulars are hitting. Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst just have not been able to make up for the sudden failure of Country Slaughter, while first and catcher have not been strong spots in the batting order. And the older pitchers, Brecheen, Lanier, Wilks, Pollet, are over the hill...
...third baseman and right fielder in the game, but only Hal Newhouser is pitching adequately. Hoot Evers, easily the best left fielder in the league last year, is hitting .133 and sitting on the bench. Johnny Lipon's fielding at short has fallen apart after a great year. Only catcher Myron Ginsberg has shown improvement...