Word: stripp
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proved far more efficient than Brooklyn's famed Arthur ("Dazzy") Vance who opposed him and allowed only five hits, was horrified by news that got out after the game was over. Not only had firstbaseman Arthur ("The Great") Shires torn a knee ligament by colliding with Thirdbaseman Stripp of Brooklyn in the ninth inning; on being hospitalized, he had found that he was also suffering from a broken nose. It had been fractured by a bouncing grounder in the first inning...
...training season. Brooklyn's new manager, Max Carey, who is trying to turn a clownish collection of eccentrics into an orderly big-league machine, announced that he had traded Herman, Gilbert (third baseman) and Lombardi (huge catcher) to Cincinnati in even exchange for two in-fielders-Joe Stripp, Tony Cuccinello-and Catcher Clyde Sukeforth. In a trade with St. Louis, Brooklyn last month acquired a hard-hitting outfielder who may make up for the loss of Babe Herman -squat, red-faced Lewis ("Hack'') Wilson, who made 56 homeruns in 1930 and was last winter traded...