Word: mounds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Healey, Lou Clay, Charley Brackett, Jack Schwede, and Burgey Ayres are the main reasons for current optimism concerning the mound staff, and the tough Southern trip should provide plenty of work for them. Northern nines that have no opportunity for outside work until they head southward for vacation trips find keen competition in the collegiate grapefruit circles there...
Although confined to indoor practice as yet, the Yardlings have promise of developing into a powerful aggregation, featured by a good mound staff and a promising group of batsmen...
Gone are Lupe Lupien, Art Johns, Bob Gannett, Dick Grondahl, and several losser lights, but last year's Freshman team has provided many capable replacements. The mound staff is shaping up pretty well, with Captain Tom Healey ready for a bigger year than over before. Behind him are Charley Brackett, Lou Clay, Burgey Ayres, Jack Schwede, and a couple of other comers...
Stahl is probably better fortified in the battery positions than anywhere else, with Tom Healey and Charley Brackett heading the pitching staff, and Bob Fulton as number one backstop. Captain Healey, veteran fireball artist, should be ready for a bigger and better year then ever, and the supporting mound cast looks promising. Most of Charley Brackett's work last year consisted of relief chores, but the lanky Junior is slated to step into a regular assignment this spring...