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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Roger Bresnahan, 64, oldtime great baseballer; of a heart attack; in Toledo. A native of Tralee, Ireland, "The Duke" took to his adopted country's No. 1 sport so featly that the New York Giants' famed Manager John McGraw made Bresnahan his No. 1 catcher in 1902. He caught Christy Mathewson, one of baseball's alltime greats, wore baseball's first pair of shin guards. Traded to St. Louis in 1908, ruddy, iron-jawed, black-haired Bresnahan served there as playing manager, retired from the sport...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Dec. 18, 1944 | 12/18/1944 | See Source »

Company I--Pitchers: Hoekstra and Dill; catcher: Gould; infielders: Donovan, Berra, Fisher, Davis and Bloom; outfielders: Armstrong, Arsulich, Droomers and Delph...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/12/1944 | See Source »

Company II--Pitchers: Keith Miller and Mataset; catcher: Paligraf; infielders: Rafferty, John White, Stafford, Withrow and Stewart; outfielders: Ogden, Wing, Simone, Mills and Tom Smith. Final Standings W L Browns 7 1 Beavers 5 3 Tigers 5 3 Dodgers 2 6 Cardinals...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 9/12/1944 | See Source »

...Yankees, perennial pennant winners under Joe McCarthy, had pitching trouble, too. All season they had missed the deft touch of longtime star catcher (now Navy Lieut.) Bill Dickey. Last month they also lost veteran catcher Rollie Hemsley to the Navy. But like all Yankee clubs, the present one is giving its pitchers plenty of hitting help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Pennant Parade | 9/11/1944 | See Source »

Wally Trumbull, who does all the kicking for the team, has the quarterback, or blocking position, with Al McDonald and George Strout as replacements. Bill Jenkins, fleet pass-catcher, holds down the wing-back, while Glenn Schultz and Bob Meusell, both civilians, are the substitutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lamar Chooses Starting Eleven; Varsity Shell Ready for Regatta | 9/8/1944 | See Source »

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