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...capable work behind the plate. Although his hitting faded after the North Carolina game, in which he poled a home run. Regan has handled his catching assignment remarkably well, playing errorless ball and giving up no passed pitches. His defensive superiority has gained him the call over Charley Spreyer...
...Captain Tom Healey, ace pitcher, the sixteen-member squad includes Charlie Brackett, Burgy Ayres, Lou Clay, and Jack Schwede, pitchers; Bob Fulton, Fred Keyes, Bill Tully, Ed Buckley, Jim Lynch, and Sam Merrill, infielders; Torby Macdonald, Al Pitchford, and Gene Lovett, outfielders; Charley Spreyer and Bob Regan catchers...
...probable starting battery will have Healey pitching and Spreyer or Regan catching. Likely to hold down infield starting berths are Tully at the initial sack, Buckley at second, Keyes at short, and Fulton at third...
...Regan, Bill Parsons, and Charley Spreyer are still waging a three-cornered battle for the number one backstop post, vacated by Bob Fulton, with the result very much in doubt. The pitching will undoubtedly be good, probably good enough to make up for inexperience in other key positions...
That leaves Bill Tully, originally counted on as a first base prospect, in the outfield patrol with Torbie Macdonald and Gene Lovett in the other lead roles. The catching is uncertain as yet, but there is enough material there in Bill Parsons, Charley Spreyer, and Bob Regan to silence most doubts. They are all rather inexperienced, but good enough prospects to let Stahl shift Fulton last year's ranking backstop, out to third...