Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...infield needed tightening. He had a newcomer, Vern Stephens (an expensive refugee from the St. Louis Browns) at shortstop. A reformed shortstop, Johnny Pesky, was playing third base. And Joe had a rookie first baseman, Billy Goodman, who took a while to get warmed up, and was now proving to be one of the league's best...
...infield, especially Eddie Joost (a shortstop who wears glasses) is inspired. But the team as a whole is slow afoot and short on power hitters...
...left field, Steve Howe, possessor of a .457 Jayvee average, will appear in place of light-hitting Jim Kenary. Howe knocked in 20 runs in 12 games for Harper's charges. Mort Dunn, captain of the Jayvees, will displace the much-injured Ernie Mannino at shortstop...
...will try to climb up the Ivy ladder a rung or two. Ernie Maunine was hurt in the B.U. game and will not make the trip; nor will Armie Essayon, who is still ailing with a leg injury sustained in the Dartmouth game. Tom Sullivan will fill in at shortstop and Web Durant will catch...
...stand by two lineup changes made before the recent loss to Army at West Point. With catcher Armie Essayen out for at least a week and a half more with a badly sprained leg, Dolph has moved Cliff Crosby back behind the bat and has returned Ernie Mannino to shortstop...