Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There was also scrub baseball, in which the littlest kid was allowed to play "pigtail," meaning that he stood behind the catcher and retrieved all the passed balls. There were boat races on nearby Crystal Lake, where the air was afume with adult cigar smoke ("One of the great disappointments of my life has been the fact that no cigar ever tasted as good as that cigar smoke used to smell there by Crystal Lake"). Of course there was a high school play. In a performance of Peg o' My Heart, Bruce was called upon by the script...
Died. Charles Leo ("Gabby") Hartnett, 72, star Chicago Cubs catcher for 19 seasons (1922-40) and member of baseball's Hall of Fame; of cirrhosis of the liver; in Park Ridge, Ill. A portly, good-humored player once spurned by the pros because of his small hands, Hartnett played in more than 1,900 games for the Cubs, set a lifetime batting average of .297, and in his heyday was widely considered the best catcher in the game...
...this season. He has, says one scout, the "quick eyes to see the field, pick a hole and go like hell." Cunningham is known as "Sam Bam" for his devastating blasts up the middle, and he is also an "exceptional blocker and capable pass catcher." Other running backs whom the scouts like include Chuck Foreman, 6 ft. 3 in., 200 lbs., Miami, and consensus All-America Greg Pruitt, Oklahoma, 5 ft. 9 in., 176 lbs., who will probably be turned into a wide receiver and kick-return specialist...
Range was a Little League catcher back in Athens, Ga. He kept dropping pitches because the star hurler threw only blazing fastballs. Athens fans still call that pitcher Francis Tarkenton. Both youngsters were to switch to football, but Range's career stopped in high school. He was a second-string quarterback whom the coach sent in during one game out of a misguided sense of charity. The first pass was intercepted and the unintended receiver easily scored. Range immediately turned to journalism...
...having missed seven games because of injuries. At 38, crew-cut Veteran Earl Morrall, Griese's mid-season replacement, has demonstrated that he may be the best old quarterback in the game by keeping intact the Dolphins' winning streak. Sleek, swift Paul Warfield is a nonpareil pass catcher who runs square-out patterns of almost geometrical perfection. The other starting wide receiver, Howard Twilley, is small and slow, but he has an uncanny knack for getting open and holding on to passes in a crowd...