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...showed well on the trip were sophomores Jim Mullin and Dick Diehi, most likely starters this season at first base and catcher; pitchers Dick Garibaldi (1-0) and Al Yarbro (2-0); and "hitters" Captain Al Martin (.381, leading the team), Diehi (.353), rightfielder Mike Drummey (.318), and shortstop Dave Morse (.292.). The team average...
...personnel should fill most of the starting line-up. Captain Al Martin, second baseman last season, will switch to first base, with junior Mike Drummey moving into Martin's old spot. Dave Morse, one of the hockey team's leading scorers and last season's top hitter is the shortstop, while sophomores Jim Combs and Corky Cronin are in contention for the third base position...
...powerful youngsters who forgot about their averages and swung for the fences: in the National League, Los Angeles' Outfielder Frank Howard (6 ft. 7 in., 245 Ibs.), 24, batted .268 but hit 23 home runs and drove in 77 runs; in the American League, Baltimore's Shortstop Ron Hansen (6 ft. 3 in., 190 Ibs.), 22, batted .255 but hit 22 home runs and drove in 86 runs...
Dave Morse, a shortstop, was awarded the Wright Memorial Cup last night as the best all-around performer on the 1960 varsity baseball team. Morse, a junior, received the award at the annual baseball banquet at the Varsity Club...
...Bald, bitterly competitive Dick Groat, 30, shortstop and captain of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was voted the National League's most valuable player for leading the league in hitting (.325) and providing the spark that fired his team to its first pennant since 1927 and a World Series victory over the Yankees...