Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Providence nine has suffered five losses so far this season in addition to the defeat at the hands of the Crimson and have scored two wins, over Tufts, 12 to 0, and Connecticut, 7 to 5. The Bruins' chief trouble in their tangle with the Stahlmen was shortstop, Bob Brownell, who fumbled weak hits often enough to get credited with four errors...
...Varsity's four tallies were chalked up in the first inning. Don Swegan topped a pitch, sending it bouncing down the third base line, and beat out the pitcher's throw. He stole second and, after Pete Petrillo had bee walked, made third base when Bob Brownell, Bruin shortstop who was credited with four errors for the contest, fumbled Bill Fitz' grounder...
...Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance double-play combination was declared officially famous. Shortstop Joseph Tinker (ailing off & on in Florida), 2nd Baseman John J. Evers (bedridden with paralysis in Albany), and ist Baseman Frank Chance (dead 22 years) were finally admitted to baseball's Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Declared white-haired Valetudinarian Evers gratefully: "That leaves me with no more worries...
...Swegan, aco shortstop, was elected captain of this year's Varsity baseball team following practice yesterday. In today's game, scheduled here for 3 o'clock, Joe Phelan will take the mound for the second time this week in an attempt to halt a strong, well-rounded Boston University nine...
...doctors decide to bench Swegan, who was injured in the Quonset game last Wednesday, Iris shortstop position will be filled by Butler...