Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Catchers Bill Barron and Armen Essayen will be available for the two remaining "spring" contests as well as the summer schedule, as will pitchers Norm Wholley and John Knowles, and first sacker Bill Fitz. But the rest of the squad, second baseman Saul Mariaschin, shortstop Don Forte, third-baseman Don Coppinger, and outfielders Nick Rodis and Mal Allen will leave the Crimson squad after the Eli contest, and their positions remain a matter of doubt until Samborski sizes up his new prospects...
...Swegan, shortstop and captain of the Crimson baseball team, was a member the Eastern All-Star college nine which defeated the Western All-Stars, 6 to 2, at Fenway Park Friday afternoon, in a game sponsored by the College Baseball Coaches' Association, expected to be the first in a series of annual intersectional battles...
...only Harvard representative on the Eastern club, Swegan started at shortstop, giving way to West Virginia's John Fox later in the game. He went hitless in two trips to the plate, handled four chances cleanly, and was charged with one error. A member of the recently deactivated NROTC program, Swegan will not take part in the second game of the Yale series, scheduled for New Haven on June 24. It is expected that he will soon return to his pre-service alma mater, Bowling Green...
...Harvard team who played in the Yale game will be eligible for the second game even if they have graduated, according to new eligibility rulings. The only member of Coach Stahl's first team who is not expected to play against the Eli's is team captain and shortstop, Don Swegan. Swegan got one of the three Crimson hits against Yale on June...
...Stahlmen's fielding is still a trifle erratic, but their hitting has come up sharply to provide them with 7 to 2, 11 to 2, and 15 to 9 scores in late-season games. Shortstop-captain Don Swegan is still leading the team batting parade with a lusty .368 average, while his teammates Nick Rodis and Bill Fitz, who have been hitting steadily all season, have healthy percentages of .346 and .342. The nine's only other .300 hitter is left fielder Mal Allen, who has risen sharply after an early season slump to his present...