Word: platee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...third base. Tobin was an easy out at the hot corner. DeRham came through in time with a single to right field, scoring Hammond from second base, but the Crimson backstop was caught by a fast relay when he tried to take second on the play at the plate...
Against the Springfield College nine no change in the infield is expected. Against Holy Cross, Keene filled the shortstop position handling eight chances with a single error and getting two hits out of four trips to the plate. If he can continue his hitting, and his fielding is almost sure to improve with a little more regular action, the infield problem caused by Howard's injury will probably have found its happiest solution...
When O. P. Van Sweringen took the stand last week in the Nickel Plate case before the Interstate Commerce Commission, some interesting facts concerning the past history of that merger came out. Much attention was paid to his assertions relating to his and his brother's profits, which have amounted...
...Sweringen brothers entered the steam railroad business in 1916 by purchasing the old "Nickel Plate" (New York, Chicago & St. Louis R. R.) from the New York Central for $2,000,000 cash and $6,500,000 credit. Despite old Nickel Plate's official title, it possessed no real terminal facilities at New York, Chicago or St. Louis. To make something of the line, it consequently became necessary to expand it. First they went after and acquired (for $750,000 cash and $2,250,000 credit) the "Clover Leaf" (Toledo, St. Louis & Western), then in a receivership. Next, the brothers...
...centers around the quartet of errors that lost the lead in the seventh. The Purple batters found Spalding much more effectively in the closing frames than they did at the outset, but ragged fielding let two runs tally in the seventh and the trio of tallies that crossed the plate in the next inning were not needed as far as the verdict was concerned. Spalding was found throughout the game for 11 hits...