Word: hurler
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prouty, starting Yearling hurler, pitched fine ball until the seventh, when a four run Yale barrage with no outs drove him from the box, slim Curtiss then took up the mound duties, shutting out the Elis completely, not a man reaching first or gathering a hit for the remainder of the game...
...Carr, utility shortstop, broke his leg the other day, and Dave Shean, reserve second baseman, still lacks experience or power at the bat. There is little possibility of sparing Bilodeau, a proficient hurler, for duty on the hill, or Frank Owen, an outfielder last season, for work in the outer cordon...
...than that his services are needed with the pitching corps. At present that corps consists mainly of Ingalls; for Southpaw Dick Walsh has failed to live up to expectations, Tittmann is wild, Bilodeau is sequestered at short, and the hard working John Campana may probably never become a starting hurler because of his height, insufficient for that position...
Last week, Owner Yawkey closeted himself with Manager Joe Cronin. then handed Philadelphia's Cornelius McGillicuddy ("Connie Mack") $200,000 plus two players for Slugger Foxx and Hurler Johnny Marcum. Next month Yawkey will probably pay Mack another $200,000 for Infielder McNair and Outfielder Cramer. With Foxx at first base, with his accurate home-run eye fixed on Fenway Park's short left-field fence, dopesters figure Boston the most likely outfit to topple the World Champion Detroit...
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