Word: shortstopping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...another-is indeed the antithesis of Ring Lardner's celebrated boneheads. A charter member of the Linguistic Society of America, he speaks seven languages-excluding Brooklynese, which he picked up when, fresh from the Princeton campus and trying to hide his Phi Beta Kappa key, he played shortstop for the Dodgers...
...young to know what they've done to him, the other so old he doesn't care." Thus a New York sportswriter summed up last week's big baseball news. The "one too young" was 24-year-old Lou Boudreau, shortstop of the Cleveland Indians. The "one so old" was 60-year-old Hans Lobert, coach of the Philadelphia Phillies. Within 24 hours of one another, they were appointed managers of their respective ball clubs...
Breaking through with four tallies in the fifth inning, Dunster outscored Adams 7 to 5 in the nightcap of yesterday's inter-House softball doubleheader. Earlier in the afternoon Kirkland swamped Eliot 15 to 5. Wes Truscott went all the way on the mound for the Funsters, while shortstop Bill Lucke led the hitters with three singles in four tries. Bernie McMahon pitched for the Gold Coasters, but third baseman Charlie Morin was their star of the day, adding a professional touch with his slides into the keystone sack...
Pacing the Kirkland attack was Jack Dixon, shortstop, who hit every time he came to bat. Larry Munson and Harold Levitan, the left side of the Eliot infield, starred for Eliot...
...baseball honors in the season just past. Joe DiMaggio, native of San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf, was voted the American League's Most Valuable Player. Dolph Camilli, another San Franciscan, was voted Most Valuable in the National League. Phil Rizzuto, New York Yankee shortstop, was the outstanding rookie of the year...