Word: exceptional
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After bowing to two southern teams last season, the Crimson went on to beat everyone else except Cornell and Princeton. This year the team is much greener, but Barnaby wouldn't be a bit surprised if his players were able to do the same thing again...
...turn salary negotiations into a dogfight between players and owners which could hurt the sport immeasurably. If players went to the highest bidders, the rich owners like Tom Yawkey would soon corral all the talent. In post-war major league baseball, there is comparatively little injustice in salaries; everywhere except in St. Louis and Brooklyn, public acclaim keeps the paychecks high. The clause looks like slavery; in the minor leagues, it often is. But the experience of the past thirty years has shown the reserve clause to be the chief stabilizer in the big league player market. Although exceptions...
...Except for Godin, whose 8-3 record topped the Harvard pitchers last season, McInnis must experiment with the rest of his staff to see who will stand up under fire and who won't. The six games in as many days next week will definitely test his mound corps. Barry Turner, Ralph Hymans, and Roy Meears are expected to back up Godin. Hymans wears a special plastic covering over his sweatshirt this year, which he claims keeps his arm warmer...
However, after Godin, McInnis' mound staff lacks depth. Hymans and Tunner, a left-hander, saw only limited action last spring. Meears was the leading pitcher on last year's ill-fated freshman squad and did some heroic work, but in general the staff 'lacks deception and control except when Godin is on the mound...
...Have Messrs. Lowis and Foster of the '47-'48 Album disappeared from the surface of the earth? Is editor Paul of the '46 volume still operating, or has he, like the members of his staff, left town? It would be pretty funny if the '49 Album beat them both--except for us, who deposited our ten-dollar bills with these poltroons one, two, and even three years ago. Robert W, Morgan '46 Monroe S. Singer '47 Jay K. Weiss...