Word: backstop
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...Fulton's backstop post will be handled by Bob Regan while Sophomores Oscar Haussermann and Bill Parsons will take over in place of Gil Whittemore and Lee Hartstone at third base and right field respectively. Burgy Ayres or Lou Clay will get the call to start on the mound facing Ed Barry and Charlie Foster, Northeastern's ace chuckers...
...ninth inning Gleason accounted for the last two counters with a single through the infield. Captain "Pooch" Haley and Bud Waldstein formed the nucleus of the outfield while Bart Harvey, Art Scully, Bill Barnes, and Gleason filled out an errorless infield. Bob Axtell did a creditable job at the backstop post...
...Clay will probably draw the starting nod from Stahl but Jack Schwede and Burgy Ayres may also see action on the hill. Charley Spreyer is favored for the backstop post in place of Senior Bob Fulton...
...outfield bulwark, will be missing from the lineup for this afternoon's encounter. His right field berth will be filled by Lee Hartstone, while Sophomore third sacker Burgy Ayres will move up to the No. 4 spot in the batting order. Bob Fulton and Charley Spreyer will share the backstop post, with Lou Clay and Charley Brackett also likely to see action on the hill...
...starting battery for the local forces will find Captain Tom Healey hurling and Bob Fulton on the receiving end. Fulton held down the backstop post last season but was shifted to third this year in an attempt to make room for Charlie Spreyer, Sophomore aspirant for the post. Dissatisfied with the receiving on the spring trip, Stahl returned Fulton to his old berth at the beginning of this week filling in the empty hot corner spot with either Dick Whittemore or Burgy Ayres...