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Bucky Harris had taken a chance on aging George McQuinn, a 37-year-old first-baseman who was as washed-up as any big leaguer could be: the last-place Philadelphia A's had given him an unconditional release. Now, besides being the best fielding first-baseman in baseball, McQuinn was just shy of Joe DiMaggio's .339 batting average. Harris also had a prize asset in Pitcher Frank Shea, a 24-year-old rookie, the cutup of the Yanks' locker room. As of last week, he was the league's top pitcher. His record...
Both Captain Lou Clay and first-baseman Ned Fitzgibbons are expected back in the starting lineup, after missing the first Yale match last weekend because of illness. With these heavy batters ready again the Eli hurlers may expect even greater worries than they encountered at Sew Haven...
HARVARD--Johns was called out on strikes. Gannett singled, stole second, and counted on Grondahl's ringing triple to deep right center. This drove Joe Wood out of the box and Dud Humphrey, his successor, walked Lupien, but forced Hoye to pop out and got Tully on a grounder, first-baseman unassisted. Two hits...
Apparently decided for the time being on the recently revamped infield, Mitchell has named first-baseman and Captain Ulysses Lupien, newly converted second-sacker Dave Shean, Art Johns at short, and Dick Grondahl, third baseman, along with the utility infielders, Russ Ayers and Dick Ulin...
...appeared in a mere 42. To students of pitching, however, the 42 might well be worth all of Gehrig's 1,800. Almost every one has been a pitching masterpiece. In Pitcher Hubbell's proudest record there is less than one game for every 100 of First-Baseman Gehrig's, but the record is not, on that account, the less impressive. In the long history of organized baseball, until last week only seven pitchers (Rowe, Grove, Wood, Johnson, Marquard, Keefe, Radbourne) had ever been able to win 16 or more games in a row. Last week...