Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nathaniel Ware '34, Harvard shortstop offset his two fielding errors by three hits out of five times at bat, his single in the ninth frame driving in the sole Crimson tally...
McGrath Back to Shortstop...
Captain McGrath, who has been transplanted from infield to outfield, and back to shortstop, adding third base to his repertoire in last Saturday's fiasco with Syracuse, will return to the shortstop position this afternoon, while Mays, who covered this section of the diamond on Saturday, has been shifted to second base, in place of Kiernan, Sophomore ball-tosser who was slightly unsteady in the last contest. At third Mitchell hopes to reinstate DesRoches, veteran baseman who has been out of the game for some time due to a wrenched knee. DesRoches's absence from the infield has been keenly...
...Players. George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, as all baseball fans well know, was once a high-grade pitcher. Many managers last week considered new places for old players. Most remarkable is the case of Mark Koenig, last year shortstop for the Detroit Tigers. This year he will probably be a pitcher. John Watwood, Chicago White Sox left fielder, may shift to first base. Lindstrom, the Giants' third baseman will try the outfield. Rogers Hornsby, new manager of the Chicago Cubs, may transfer from second base to first, moved famed Hack Wilson from centre field to right...
Other promising candidates include: Benjamin Beale '34, who played third base three years on the Milton Academy team and starred on the Freshman football and hockey teams; B. C. Elkins '34, captain and shortstop of the St. Marks team: J. T. Summers '34 of Noble and Greenough, who also plays football and hockey; John Ware '34, who captained the Milton team in 1930; Nathaniel Ware '34, who played shortstop at Noble and Greenough; Edward Laughlin '34, captain of Williston Academy last season; E. P. Morse '34, first baseman for Proctor Academy; and L. C. Jackson '34, of Houston, Texas...