Word: shortstop
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When high-strung Lou Boudreau, the Indians' manager and shortstop, juggled his line-up last week and lost a game, there were public mutterings that maybe Club President Bill Veeck should have fired him last year, after all. One afternoon Boudreau sat listening to a broadcast of a Boston Red Sox game. He raked his hair with his fingers and exclaimed, "Jeez! Jeez!" every time the Sox scored. The Sox, under square-jawed Manager Joe McCarthy, seemed a shade less panicky. They had power to burn-what they prayed for was pitchers able to last nine innings. This week...
Died. Arthur Devlin, 68, fast, scrappy shortstop and third baseman for John McGraw's rowdy championship New York Giants in the 1900s; of a heart ailment; in Jersey City...
Bunker Hill. Apart from Southworth, the Braves got most of their early-season drive from pepperpot Second Baseman Eddie Stanky, late of the Dodgers, almost a "playing coach" until he broke his ankle on a slide. It was Stanky who helped Rookie Shortstop Alvin Dark (now batting .331) off to his sensational start. Even without Stanky, Billy's boys picked up speed. For pitching, Southworth relied on two work horses-tobacco-chewing right-hander Johnny Sain, with two 20-game seasons under his belt, and lefthander Warren Spahn...
...seized first place amid pandemonium in the bleachers. A couple of hours later, amid more pandemonium, the Braves took it back, 2-1, and Brooklyn's bright blue banner was hauled down. One big reason why it was too soon to count the faltering Braves out: Shortstop Alvin Dark, whose fat .331 batting average, made him a likely Rookie-of-the-Year...
Died. Joseph Bert Tinker, 68, last survivor of baseball's immortal double-play combination, "Tinker to Evers to Chance"; of a heart ailment; in Orlando, Fla. Fiery little Shortstop Tinker helped spark the Chicago Cubs to four National League pennants, two World Series victories (1907-08), left in 1913 to manage the Cincinnati Reds, later won and lost a fortune in Florida real estate...