Word: playe
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stuffy is a smallish gray-haired man who played first base when Eddie Collins was at second, Jack Barry at short, and Home Run Baker was on third. He learned his baseball as part of the greatest infield of an era, and from the way he talked, it second he had learned it well. As part of his talk, Mcinnis demonstrated a foolproof method of running down erring base runners with just two pegs. Nobody had ever seen it before; but this spring everybody who even sees the Sands Point Tigers play will...
Above all else, Stuffy Mcinnis emphasized that the secret of good defensive play is teamwork, and that the pivot of and infield is its first baseman. His part of the program was purely defensive baseball, no Mcinnis' theories on how to hit a baseball will have to wait until he holds his first Harvard practice session in March...
While Gieseking played and prospered in Nazi Germany, millions were being burned and gassed. Many of these were undoubtedly "artists" of great talent who believed that "artistic license" does not remove a man's responsibility for his own principles and actions. Gieseking chose to play for the Fatherland; had his side triumphed, he undoubtedly would have played Carnegie Hall more than once. Should we welcome him now because we won? Are contemporary German artists that indispensable to our artistic lives...
Muggy Mugasoth, who learned to play squash in Bombay, India is number two. Wynn particularly likes his good placement and drop shots. Next on the ladder stands Austin Flagg, an accurate placer who usually manages to hold the center court position...
Quick on relexes and deceptive play, Wister Wood, from Penn Charter School, ranks as fourth. Captain Sam Hear, who wins with hard serves and powerful drives, completes the squad...