Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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McGrath prepared for college at Brookline High School where he was captain and star shortstop of the 1927 team. He led his team in many departments of play and gained a reputation on the all-scholastic team by an unanimous vote of the coaches...
...this season McGrath has held down the shortstop position on the 1931 aggregation...
...regular Harvard lineup, which has seen service in most of the clashes to date, will probably take to the field, it was announced yesterday by Coach F. G. Mitchell. Willard Howard '28, the likely starter in the pitcher's box, will make his season's debut this afternoon. A shortstop two years ago, he was transferred into a hurler and turned in several creditable performances last spring. It is rumored that R. C. Sullivan '28 will not be able to fill his regular berth at shortstop due to a reported recurrence of the injury to his ankle which bothered...
...Sullivan '28 and W. S. Hardie '30, other newcomers to the regular ranks, have had little difficulty so far in fathoming the deliveries of opposing pitchers. Sullivan, now stationed regularly at shortstop, is credited with an average of .357. Hardie, last year's first-string Freshman pitcher who is patrolling left field, has hit only four times in 14 appearances at the plate for a .285 mark, but three of his drives have been for three bases...
...Tobin '27 and Lord during the last two seasons will undoubtedly cover the initial sack whenever the nine takes to the field. Chase will be at second base while Sullivan, a regular on last year's team, will be called on to fill the part of shortstop, according to present indications. The hot corner position will most probably be held down by Donaghy, another veteran, who is brilliant, though often erratic in his fielding...