Word: sox
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...futilely combed the field for a proper first baseman. The Brooklyn Dodgers congratulated themselves on having acquired one player (Bobby Bragan) who could double as catcher and shortstop, an other (42-year-old John Cooney) who provided triple insurance as pitcher, outfielder and first baseman. Said Chicago White Sox Manager Jimmie Dykes: "Any team that can keep nine men on the field will be dangerous...
...Crimson baseball squad cracks the big leagues this year when it plays a game with the Boston Red Sox April 15 at Fenway Park, according to the new, revised 12-game schedule announced yesterday by Carroll F. Getchell, Business Manager...
April 10, Boston University at Boston; 14, Andover at Andover; 15, Red Sox at Boston; 20, Boston University; 21, Brown at Providence; 27, Boston Coast Guard; 28, Exeter at Exeter; May 1, Yale at New Haven; 5, Boston Coast Guard; 8, Northeastern; 12, Brown; 15, Dartmouth...
...Jimmy") Collins, 73, baseball's onetime and perhaps alltime greatest third baseman; of pneumonia; in Buffalo. Famed for his fast defense against bunts, he once had the pleasure of tossing out Bunt-Attempters Wee Willie Keeler, John McGraw and Hughie Jennings in succession. He managed the Boston Red Sox to victory in 1903-8 first World Series, quit professional baseball in 1911, invested in real estate, went broke in the depression, managed the Buffalo Parks Department teams...
...Tony's athletic history has been a series of spurts to the top. Serving as '39 baseball captain, he was picked up by a talent scout and shipped at Louisville, where he got his "basic." Too good for a minor league club, Lupien was bought by a Red Sox farm and then, when Al Flair got drafted, "Tony" took his place at first base...