Word: shortstops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made by Pitcher Ed Reulbach of the Chicago Cubs in 1908. The first batter hit a fly. Next man up was Wally Berger, one of the National League's two leading homerun hitters. Hubbell struck him out. Randy Moore, the next batter, singled, but when the Giants' Shortstop Ryan caught a line drive from the next batter Hubbell's record was safe. To make it safer, he pitched 1⅔ more scoreless innings and the crowd had begun to think seriously about Walter Johnson's world record of 56 scoreless innings in a row, when, with...
...Follansbee muffed the first pitched ball letting Nevin come home, while Gleason went to third and McCaffrey moved up to second. The next batter, Hines, reached first, but Gleason was caught between third and home. A double steal enabled McCaffrey to score the Crimson's fifth tally. On the shortstop's error Sargent was safe at first, and Hines scored from second when Neel threw wild to the first baseman. Loughlin, coming to bat for the second time, fanned to end the inning, with the score six to nothing...
Despite last week's mishaps experts generally concurred in Col. Ruppert's estimate of his team. Manager McCarthy's most promising rookie is a shortstop named William Werber for what has been the Yankees' weakest spot since 1927. Charles Devens, onetime Harvard footballer, has surprised everyone by pitching so well that McCarthy may not send him to Newark for further schooling...
...Budget was written by Robert Middlemass (The Valiant), who should have known better. It dealt topically with hard times in a small town, smiled bravely at Depression. In the cast were Lynne Overman (comedian of Hot Cha!) and pretty Mary Lawlor (Good News), now the wife of Shortstop Lyn Lary of the champion New York Yankees...
...available. They are: Captain A. J. Lupien '32, left field; Reginald Fincke, Jr. '32, catcher; R. D. Kiernan '33, substitute fielder; J. P. McCaffrey '32, center field; E. A. Mays, Jr. '32, second base; J. E. Sheldon '33, catcher; H. W. Taylor '33, pitcher; W. B. Wood, Jr. '32, shortstop...