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...Louis Cardinals of 1942. In their book, nothing is too difficult. Their outfielders make octopus catches, pick off base runners with the cool precision of anti-aircraft guns. Their runners can beat out any bunt, are shamefaced if they can't make third from first on an outfield single. Last week these scooping, swooping musketmen upset Yankee morale. In the first game of the Series, with Old Reliable Red Ruffing only four putouts away from a no-hitter, they staged a rally that scored four runs, sent Ruff to the showers and nearly stole the ball game...
Again Devens could not use its mound star, Walsh, as he was on duty at game time. With Lefty Davis nursing a sprained ankle the soldiers had to turn to a left-handed hurler named Morgan, who played in the outfield last time...
Paul Delahoyde will start behind the plate and Sophomores Hoss Hamlen and Bill Barron are sure to see action. Control specialist Warren Berg will start on the mound with Bill Hoftyzer ready to relieve him. The outfield seems likely to be veteran Bill Barnes in right, and Sophomores Jim Apthorp and Vin Leahy
Walt Wiesmiller, a fast man on the bases and clean-up hitter for Dr. Walter Carliss' Pennsylvania nine, completes the outfield with Governali and Bufalino. The team would have a combined batting average of .320, while Harrison compiled an earned run average of 1.68 and Talcott won nine of ten starts...
...second; George Hain of Penn at third and Ronnie Stillman of Cornell at short. Hain also received enough votes for the latter position to tie with Stillman, having alternated between the two spots during the season. Baldwin of Princeton, Burns of Dartmouth and Clay of Harvard won the outfield berths...