Word: catcher
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...estimated $60,000 a year, baseball's highest-salaried manager earns enough to keep up with his extravagant tastes. His Manhattan headquarters is a plushy terrace apartment on fashionable East 64th Street. Its built-in bar (for guests; Durocher seldom touches liquor) has stools made of catcher's mitts on baseball bats. Leo has a passion for racy autos, fancy ties and $175 suits made by Cinemactor George Raft's tailor...
Since he has had only two days of practice in which to look over his charges, Jayvee coach Harper was unable yesterday to name a starting lineup. Two men certain to see action, however, are George Strout, the squad's top catcher, and Walt Adler, who will field at short-stop. The pitching will be handled by Barry Turner of the Varsity and by Jayvees Bill Bennett and Sid Greeley...
Samborski has made two changes from the lineup employed against Maryland, Navy, and Penn. Catcher Bill Hamlen is ill, and other Bill Barron, who has been troubled with a bad hand, or Web Durand will replace him. In right field, Len Lunder will start in place of Nick Rodis, who is no longer with the team...
Jack Forte, second base; Bill Caulfield, center field; Bill Fitz, first base; Nick Rodis, right field; Walt Coulson, left field; Saul Mariaschin, shortstop; John Coppinger, third base; Bill Hamlen. catcher...
Though the ball is about the size and hardness of a baseball, none of the fielders wears gloves except the wicket keeper (catcher), whose gloves resemble a hockey player's gloves, with less padding. Batsmen wear leg pads something like a hockey goalie's, and thumb and finger guards. When cricket immortals like the late, great, bearded William Gilbert ("W.G.") Grace smote the ball, it practically tore a fielder's hand...