Word: cissell
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...might develop; Cleveland slumping after a burst in the early season; Boston trying hard, well-bossed by Carrigan, but raw; Chicago weak all round; Detroit expensive, theoretically strong, but actually little better than Chicago. They considered personalities: Ed Morris, Boston pitcher, called the best youngster in either league; Chalmers Cissel, swaggering Chicago shortstop who, drying himself in a locker room, said scornfully in early season: "Major league pitching is more of a cinch than Coast League," who the week before the Fourth batted .240. They considered National League personalities: those famed roommates and Cincinnati outfielders, Marty Callaghan and Everett...