Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...infield suffers a severe loss in Captain F. E. Nugent '30, who handled second base last year and is the only man missing from the first nine. At first base W. B. Wood, Jr. '32 and Captain McGrath are competitors, at shortstop Wood and E. A. Mays...
Last year the Wendell Bat was awarded to E. H. McGrath '31, captain of this year's nine, and T. W. Gilligan '31 was declared the recipient of the Wingate Trophy. In the 1929 season Gilligan played in the outfield and also caught; while McCrath covered the position of shortstop. Both these men are back this year...
That Harvard's fielding was slow was shown in the seventh stanza. Ryan flied out to MacGrath in deep center field and after the catch Dougherty scored all the way from second base. Mays was the outstanding man on the Crimson team. He covered the shortstop territory efficiently without errors and made one hit in three times at bat. Nugent and McGrath each made two singles...
...Rhode Island lineup because of an examination, will be back in the game at left field. McGrath will play centerfield and Lupien, right field. The infield combination, as it played in the Rhode Island game will continue with Wood at first base. Captain Nugent on second base, Mays at shortstop, and Des Roches at third base...
There is a possibility that Wood will be given the shortstop post and McGrath will take the initial sack. If Ticknor is also called from the outfield to mount the mound. E. B. Samborski '31 will see action in the field Lupien may then play at either left or center field...