Word: shortstop
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Opie Read, 86, homespinning Tennessee wit, last of the Mark Twain school, "greatest literary shortstop of his time"; of old age; in Chicago, Ill. Huge, gangling Opie Read wrote 55 books, edited the once famed humorous paper, The Arkansas Traveler. Like Oklahoma Wit Will Rogers, he belittled his own peculiarities by exaggerating those of others. Example: When a relative entered politics, said towering Opie Read: "He was so big that they didn't put him on a stump. They dug a hole for him to stand...
University of Maryland, scouts have had their eyes on a crack shortstop, Eddie Johnson, son of the Immortal "Big Train...
...shortstop Joe Lyford of Lowell and Charley Carr of Kirkland are two of the classiest ball players in the League. Smooth-working Carr barely gets the nod over hard-hitting Lyford for the post, but the latter is ton good a ballplayer to be omitted from the lineup. Therefore, Lyford goes over to third to edge out a fast-improving teammate, Bellboy Robin Scully, by the slimmest of margins. Scully's stickwork was weak until the last few games of the year but then he came up with a bang...
...Cornell Walt Sickles, the lad who set the Crimson down with five measley hits in the first tilt between the two teams, will be a tough nut to crack. And the Ithacans have started to hit behind him. Shortstop George Polzer leads the attack with a mark above 400, while Charley Bowen and Bill Mogk are close on his heels...
...Gannett returned to the lineup Saturday against Holy Cross and collected three hits in addition to playing a nice game afield. His return makes the Crimson well fortified in the outer gardens and may eventually and Sophomore Gone Levett to the sidelines. Fred Hockel played in Keyes place at shortstop throughout most of the Holy Cross game after Art Johns was driven off the mound back to his regular post at the keystone sack. "Snake" Keyes has been struggling with a rest batting slump which has found his average dipping down around 100 for the 11 contests he has played...