Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Outstanding in the B. U. lineup is Captain Collins, three-year veteran. With him in the infield will be Croke at third, Faladino at short, and Rosnitzky at first. Coach Harmon will probably start Gordon on the mound, Cowan at catcher, Hale in right field, Carroll in left, and Murphy in centerfield...
Walsh was attempting to steal home in a practice game in the Briggs Cage, and seeing that his chances of making the plate weren't better than 50-50, tried to slide past Catcher George Blackwood. His foot caught as he made the slide and three bones were snapped. This is expected to keep him out for at least a month...
...Chicago last week, a committee of baseball writers announced the winners of their annual poll to determine the most valuable player in each major league. Most valuable National: Pitcher Jerome Herman ("Dizzy") Dean of the St. Louis Cardinals. Most valuable American: Catcher-Manager Gordon Stanley ("Mickey") Cochrane of the Detroit Tigers...
...World Champion St. Louis Cardinals, Pitcher Dean last season won 30 games, lost 7, best National League pitching record since 1915. For the pennant-winning Detroit Tigers, Catcher Cochrane last season played in 121 games, had a batting average of .321, a fielding average of .988, made only eight errors...
...ball club secretary who falls in love with the handsome young star pitcher, Robert Young, who not only comes through to win the series for the Cards, but even gets the murderer with a well-aimed ball. Nat Pendleton and Ted Healey make a pretty good comedy team as catcher and umpire respectively, and there is also the movies' idea of the wise young reporter who solves the mystery as well as the stereotyped dumb detective...