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Besides Chauncey, Samborski usually starts Hank Pildner and Ted Cooney in the outfield. Pildner who stopped at third in the Exeter game when he could have had a home run, is fast and has a strong arm. Cooney, substitute shortstop, has hit very well and is extremely fast on the bases, stealing and dragging bunts...
Frank Nahigian will probably be at second base, Gar Cranney at first, Paul Murphy at short, Joe Conzelman at third, Dick Hoffman behind the plate, and Jim Rahal, Bill Chauncey, and Paul Bivona in the outfield...
...usual, the Yankees are still the Yankees, however, and can't be discounted. With rookies and yearlings all over the infield and outfield, the Bombers still have an up-the-middle combination of Berra, McDouglad, and Rizzuto along with three of the best pitchers in the game. Casey Stengel's magic may well pull them in first for the fourth straight year...
...Stengel was truculently happy about a lot of things. As if answering unspoken criticism, and, as usual, rarely mentioning a player by name, Stengel talked with pride of his world champions: "I got the best outfield in the business . . . I'm five deep ... No other club's got more than two . . . What's the matter with Hank Bauer and Gene Woodling? Nothing! They could play for any team. I got those three kids [Mickey Mantle, Jackie Jensen and Bob Cerv]. They can hit; they can run; they can throw...
Although generally noncommital about the outfield, the Crimson leader was full of praise for Bob Smith, who appears the most likely replacement for last year's centerfielder, Ed Foynes. "Smith," says McInnis, "is a fine player: intelligent, fast, and a good fielder. Right now he's trying to go for distance too much and, as a result, overswinging...