Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...style. The inevitable first-day wild throws and booted grounders were naturally in evidence and the oozy condition of the field made speed of foot impossible, but nevertheless Coach Slattery expressed himself as pleased with the result. On the first-string infield group Captain Percy Jenkins '24 was at shortstop, H. E. Slayton Jr. '26 at third base, J. C. McGlone '26 at second, and Thomas Campbell '24 at first. The second combination was composed of B. M. Rice '25, shortstop; Philip Keene 3 E.S., third base; Earl Evans '25, second base; and R. H. Field '26, first base...
Captain Jenkins and J. W. Hammond '25, last season's mid-diamond pair, will naturally again have the call at shortstop and second base respectively. J. C. McGlone '26, L. O. V. Mann '25, J. E. Knowlton '26, and R. P. Bullard '24 are their most likely understudies. McGlone has, however, had experience in the pitcher's box, the outfield, and third base. He may be tried in any one of these positions...
Third base is open game, with F. S. Hill '24, H. E. Slayton '26, and possibly McGlone in the running. Hill, an "H" man, was the handy man of the Crimson infield last year, playing at shortstop, second, and third...
Died. Mrs. Joseph Tinker, 41, wife of the famed former Chicago Cub shortstop, suicide (by shooting) while temporarily mentally deranged, at Orlando...
...first major trade of the winter baseball season was announced. Dave Bancroft, captain and shortstop of the New York Giants, and " Casey " Stengel, who won two World's Series games for the Giants last month, were traded by Manager McGraw to Boston, together with Fielder Cunningham, for the Veteran pitcher Oeschger and the hard-hitting fielder, Billy Southworth. Bancroft will be Boston's new manager...