Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...limit. If, by four years after leaving college, he hadn't made it, he would go into business. He made it in less than two. At 24, Boudreau became the youngest big-league manager in history.* Last week, after six seasons as playing boss of the Cleveland Indians, Shortstop Boudreau was still the youngest manager in the business. He was also managing the hottest team in both leagues...
...batting a phenomenal .519 from his unorthodox crouch and was leading the league in runs batted in. Afield he looked a little slow (his brittle ankles were troubling him again), but he still had the uncanny knack of outguessing the ball that made him the league's top shortstop last year. As a manager, Boudreau has been somewhat less phenomenal. Yet when President Bill Veeck tried to trade Boudreau off last season (the club finished fourth), Cleveland fans flooded Veeck with 10,000 letters demanding that Boudreau be kept. He was on a $50,000-a-year contract...
Samborski, who shook up his order Tuesday to good advantage, will probably use the same lineup that started the game against Dartmouth. Myles Huntington, who celebrated his elevation to leadoff man by whacking a home run, will again start things off. Chip Gannon, Cliff Crosby--still at shortstop--, Walt Coulson, and John Caulfield follow with most of the batting punch...
Last Saturday's shakeups still hold in the Varsity lineups. The outfield that helped lick Middlebury Caulfield, Gannon, and Roche--will start; Cliff Crosby continues at shortstop; and Armie Essayen, who had a big day at the plate against the Vermonters, will catch...
...different story at Medford as Lloyd Harper's Jayvee powerhouse squeezed 23 runs out of four Tuft pitchers. The Jumbos' starting pitcher lasted a third of an inning, the first reliefer pitched one inning and the procession of Tufts hurlers ended with the shortstop, who twirled the last frame...