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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Ulysses J. Lupien, Jr. '39 has left College for spring training with the Boston Red Sox at Tufts. The "Iron Man" had been serving with the H. A. A. and ran special conditioning classes...
...freakish 4-Fs. Two hundred and one big-leaguers (more than 50% of the regular personnel) have joined the armed forces, including such key players as the Cardinals' Enos Slaughter and Johnny Beazley, the Yankees' "Red" Ruffing and Phil Rizzuto, Dodger Slugger Pete Reiser and Red Sox 1942 Player-of-the-year Ted Williams. Last week two more mainstays were headed warward: Yankee Joe DiMaggio and Dodger Manager Leo ("Lippy") Durocher...
...Flatfoot but fleet-footed Frankie Sinkwich, University of Georgia's galloping, pass-perfect halfback: the Associated Press annual poll for the No. 1 athlete of 1942; surpassing his nearest rival, Red Sox Outfielder Ted Williams, by 94 points to 55. Leading ground gainer this season (2,023 yards), Sinkwich sparked the Georgia Bulldogs to ten victories in eleven games...
Commenting on what he thought should be the goal of the war preparation measure, the Red Sox first baseman said that any physical fitness program should aim at "coordination as well as muscle building." "In wartime as well as in peacetime both mental and physical development are of the utmost importance," he said. "We must be sure that we get a proper balance between...
Although the future of major league baseball is still uncertain, "Scrap Iron". Lupien says that he hopes to go back to the Sox if the team plays next year...