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Bing Crosby will catch and John Simourian will play first-base. Bob Cleary at second, Bob Hastings at short, and Stu Levine at third will round out the infield, while, reading from left to right, the outfielders will be Dick Fisher, Walt Stahura, and Matt Botsford...
...expected. They made only six safeties. But MacLeod was generous to a fault. Though he had good stuff, he walked nine, hit three, unleashed a wild pitch, and fumbled a bunt. His catcher, Bill Formosi, got into the spirit by committing three passed balls. The rest of the infield was poor, too, making five errors...
...infield seems firmly anchored by Simourian at first and Lavine at third, but while he used Cleary at shortstop and Hastings at second frequently, he said that Tom Bergantino, unable to play in the South, was still in the running for either post...
Walt Stahura is the outfielder definitely set: the sophomore will play center. The other positions depend in part on who makes the infield. for Botsford, Cleary, Hastings, and Sais all might play in the outfield. And then there are John Getch, a left-fielder who has seen little work because of a pulled muscle, and Dick Fisher, a reserve last season...
...weeks earlier, Evers had called for the ball, touched second base and claimed a forced out. Umpire Hank O'Day had overruled him, and the league president had not allowed the Cubs' protest. Undaunted, Evers tried again at the Polo Grounds. Fans were already swarming across the infield, but somehow, in the confusion, canny Johnny Evers got his hands on the ball (or a ball) and pushed his way to second. Standing on the bag, he called to the head umpire-the same Hank O'Day. This time O'Day surprisingly called Merkle out, ruled...