Word: catchers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...CRIMSON baseball club, fresh from its triumphant trample over the prostrate form of the Yale "News," swept through the ranks of its once-greatest rival like the whirlwind. 23 to 2, the traditional CRIMSON margin of victory for yea, these many years, was the counter when erstwhile Catcher Wentworth retired the last newsgetter in the gathering darkness...
...cheers of the frenetic fans were an unfamiliar sound to the ears of squat, hardworking, 43-year-old Bill Stewart. Professionally accustomed to gibes and catcalls during a decade of umpiring, his nearest approach to popular acclaim was that, while coaching baseball at Boston University, he had made a catcher out of famed Mickey Cochrane. And Manager Stewart was a hero only for a day. After being kissed on his bald head last week by each of the whooping Black Hawks, who got $1,000 apiece for their victory, Hero Stewart went home. There he packed his blue-serge suits...
Apparently seeking a first team catcher, Coach Fred Mitchell yesterday used Bob Fulton behind the plate, while on Wednesday against B. U. Ellie Bacon drew the starting call. It is uncertain whether one of these newcomers will be in the backstop position against Princeton Saturday instead of the veteran Paul Doyle...
Besides Lupien, catcher Paul Doyle and second baseman Dave Shean garnered three hits apiece. Shortstop Dick Grondahl drove out two base knocks in three attempts, and all the other Mitchellmen, even the light-hitting Curtiss, get one safe blow, except Rud Hoye. Centerfielder Gannett and left-fielder Jo Jo Soltz smacked doubles. Two of Doyle's hits were two-base affairs...
...developments also seem to be forthcoming amongst the backstops. Don Prouty, a pitcher on the squad last spring, is being worked upon to find out his possibilities as a catcher. Being a fair hitter and having a strong arm, he has impressed Mitchell who needs to find someone to bolster up the weak catching department. Paul Doyle, however, with Varsity experience behind him, will start off the season behind the plate, with Ellie Bacon, Bob Fulton, and Tony Gallucio as the utility receivers...