Word: outfielders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there when the ball comes down. Nobody, not even Bill Cunningham, will be able to rave about Jethroe as a defensive player. And Sam is already 30 years old, with not more than four or five years of good baseball in him. Since Rickey's present outfield averages 25 years, why should be add an old man of 30 and bring up the average...
...game will probably labor under a considerable handicap. In former years ebullient observers have wandered into the outfield in search of autographs and dandelions and have often slowed up the game. Needless to say, however, these fans are not ousted because you just don't eject a Harvard...
McInnis has taken a leaf from Billy Southworth's book when it comes to picking his starting outfield. If the Yale coaching brains decide to pitch a right hander against the Crimson. McInnis will probably put lefthanded hitters Charley Roche and Ed Foynes on either side of centerfielder Hal Moffie...
...rest of the lineup seems certain to be unchanged. Herbie Neal and John Caulfield will alternate in the outfield, depending on whether opponents use right or left-handed pitchers; but otherwise things will be the same as in the last league contest, before exams...
There will be no drastic revisions in the Harvard lineup. McInnis seems to have found a combination which can produce hits and handle itself competently in the field. If a right-handed pitcher faces the Crimson, the outfield will be Ed Foynes, Hal Mofile, and Chuck Roche; if it is a southpaw, John Caulfield and Herbie Neal will switch with Foynes and Roche. Both sets of outfielders have shown improved hitting. The changed batting order, which has Mofile batting third and Ernie Mannino fifth, also is likely to stick. Mannino is the club's leading hitter with a sharp...