Word: joost
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...infield, especially Eddie Joost (a shortstop who wears glasses) is inspired. But the team as a whole is slow afoot and short on power hitters...
...pitching (Phil Marchildon, Dick Fowler, Bob Savage, Russ Christopher), mediocre fielding, and almost the weakest hitting in the league (Outfielder Barney McCoskey is the only .300 hitter). What can't be measured statistically is their hustle, a lot of it contributed by Rookie Ferris Fain and Shortstop Eddie Joost. One day recently, Star Pitcher Marchildon was being pretty casual about his pre-game warmup. Shouted one of Connie's enthusiastic young men: "Look, if you don't want to pitch today, let somebody else do it!" Marchildon pitched...
...Joost Kiewiet de Jonge '41, Dutch astronomer who was drafted last winter by the Netherlands government in London, has successfully escaped from Java to Australia, news reaching Professor Bart J. Bok at the University Observatory revealed yesterday...