Word: pre-season
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...week's end, after an operation to remove bone chips, Ted Williams said he hoped to be back "in five or six weeks." The Boston Red Sox, pre-season pennant favorites but lagging in fourth place last week, hoped so too. But the highest-paid player* in baseball might very well be out of action for the rest of the season...
...Navy and Army, it's anybody's guess. Last year the team beat Navy by a close margin, but most of their team is back and has been taking advantage of pre-season sunny weather. Army should be easier. Like the Crimson, the Cadets have been hard hit by graduation and are just beginning to use their outdoor courts...
...Pre-season dopesters have interpreted this lack of veterans in the high squad positions as a serious weakness for the coming season. However, Coach Barnaby expressed optimism early this week. "Although we were hard hit by last year's graduations, there was an unusually fine turnout for practice last fall. A large group of potentially fine players showed magnificent squad spirit and a real willingness to get down to good, hard work. We may start off a little shakily, but with such fine team morale and energy we can't fail to come up with something pretty good...
Second base should provide one of the real pre-season battles for position. Both Tom Cavanaugh and Myles Huntington played around the keystone sack last year and ended up the season with identical batting averages, 200. Huntington has only been out for a week and is still bothered by hockey legs, while Cavanaugh seems to have picked up a bit more finesse in the pivot play...
...Pitt, Schmitt coached the freshmen and scouted for the varsity. During spring practice and pre-season fall sessions he coached varsity linemen but once the season started he worked with the varsity only when his freshmen demonstration opposition plays...