Word: pete
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wasn't sure that he hadn't pitched his last ball; his arm ached badly. Said Murry Dickson sympathetically: "I had a sore arm in St. Pete back in 1940. The fellows asked me to go bowling, so I went . . . suddenly I felt a pricking pain in my forearm and elbow, but I kept bowling. When I finished the game, the pain was gone. I've never had a sore arm since...
Bill Roseneau will be on the receiving end of the Freshman pitches, with either George Emmens, Pete Webber, or Jim Gabler hurling...
Also last season's Varsity goal tender "Algy" Allen is now throwing his weight around the midfield. Dave Abbot, Bill Kegg, Pete Withington, Bob Lang, and injured Austie Lyne round out the corps...
Happy Man. The people Marse Joe talks to most freely are his coaches and old friends on the Yankees' side. He tries to convince them that the Yankee training camp at St. Pete is inferior to the Red Sox setup at Sarasota. He praises the Sox front office as better than the Yankees'. Just to prove that he is happier than ever, Joe McCarthy raps everything about the Yankees...
...Vero Beach, Fla., veteran George Sisler, 54, the greatest first-baseman who ever wore spikes, got ready to manufacture a new first-baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had a talented and versatile athlete to work on: hard-hitting, fleet-footed Pistol Pete Reiser. After two weeks of private lessons, Teacher Sisler expects to have Outfielder Reiser (who seemed to be forever crashing into the concrete outfield wall at Ebbets Field) ready to replace Jackie Robinson at first base for the Dodgers...