Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...played second base and shortstop on the high-school team and was offered a scholarship to Dartmouth College. He turned it down, worked as a $10-a-week reporter on the Attleboro Sun, played semi-pro baseball on the side. By the time he was 24, he had saved...
Tackling a consistently strong prep school squad, the Yardlings were not able to score until the seventh when Ed Smith was hit by a pitched ball, moved to second on Ernie Wohler's sacrifice, and scored when the Andover shortstop muffed Harry Cavanaugh's grounder...
...infield has moved up intact from Roxbury Latin, and he had been using three erstwhile pitchers in the outfield. In fact, a total of four pitchers are cavorting elsewhere than the mound. "They're fast, and we need the batting strength," claims Berg. Third baseman Vinnie Morton, shortstop Hal Marshall, and second sacker Harry Cavanaugh played in the same infield at Roxbury Latin last year. Ed Smith, Berg's towering six-six first baseman and Freshman basketball captain, appears to have found his batting eye already and makes a good target in the infield...
After three straight tie games, the Freshman baseball team finally made an entry in the won-and-lost columns yesterday afternoon in Providence. Unfortunately, it was in the debit side of the ledger, since Brown won a 4 to 2 decision from Warren Berg's forces. The Yardlings elected shortstop Hal Marshall captain...
...Terriers have shown up well in recent practice sessions. They are led by shortstop Charlie Espanet, returning for his third year of ball and considered one of the best local college players...