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...Breland's university are his "Caseys at the Bat" (hens that play baseball). It takes a very short time, he says, for a hen to learn that when she tugs at a rubber ring, an electrically operated bat will knock a small ball toward a wire-screen outfield and a few grains of wheat will fall into a trough. So the hen pulls the ring, and then runs madly for "first base'' (the trough). If the ball is intercepted by mechanical "defensive players," she knows by experience that she will have to try again, so she hurries...
...never so dismal that it cannot be brightened by the sight of Stan Musial at the plate or the pleasure of second-guessing hard-luck Manager Eddie Stanky. For a few weeks this spring, the bleacher jockeys even got a kick out of razzing Rookie Wally Moon in the outfield. "Where's Enos?" they would yell. Did that lanky, crew-cut college boy really think he could fill in for Enos ("Country"') Slaughter...
...varsity starting lineup for the 214th meeting between the schools since 1868 includes Ned Felton or George Anderson at first, Art Noyes at second, Ed Krinsky at short, Jim Rahal at third, one George MacDonald behind the plate. In the outfield, Captain Dick Scheer in left and Don Butiers in right will flank Bill Cleary...
...Rossano, a sophomore who has developed rapidly for Coach Stuffy McInnis this spring. His catcher will be George MacDonald, while around the infield McInnis will use George Anderson at first. Bob German at second, Ed Krinsky at shortstop, and either Jim Rahal or Ray Maesaka at third. The outfield will include Bill Cleary in center, Don Butters in right, and either Bill Chauncey or Captain Dick Scheer in left...
...league's leading batters will also start for the varsity. Back in the outfield is sophomore Bill Cleary, who, with a .344 average, stands eighth in league hitting. Captain Dick Scheer and Don Butters will flank him in the outfield...