Word: douthit
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...month. Bought by the Cardinals for $2,500, he was schooled at Fort Smith, Syracuse, Houston and Rochester, minor league teams maintained by the St. Louis Cardinals as developing ground for young players. Tried as a substitute in 1928, he became a regular when St. Louis traded Centrefielder Taylor Douthit to Cincinnati last summer. Gay, generally grimy, accompanied by a wife who cried whenever he made a hit, hawk-faced Pepper Martin last week seemed highly pleased with himself and the World Series. Interviewed by fuzzy-headed Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who said he would like to change places with...
...Louis lunged for the hit as it bounced off the wall. He hurried his throw and dropped the ball. Foxx went on to third. Later, in the sixth, hard-hitting Third Baseman Dykes of the Athletics hit a two-bagger with a man on base. Center Fielder Douthit of the Cardinals had the ball in his hand, but Gelbert hesitated relaying it to home plate. The chance of catching Bishop was lost and the Athletics had another...
Batting. The reason that Mack did not rely so much on his left-handers against the Cubs last year was that he thought it a bad idea to use "lefties" against a team of good right-hand hitters. The Cardinals hit just as well right-handed as the Cubs. Douthit, Hafey, Wilson, Gelbert, Adams are all right-side batters; Frisch can bat on either side. This year (up to last week) the Cardinal outfield averaged .353 at bat, the Athletics outfield .311. Every man in the regular Cardinal line-up except Bottomley has hit over .300. The six best Athletics...