Word: eds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three days there were offers and counteroffers. Then the haggling came to an end and the Giants proudly announced that they had taken on Boston's talented young (26) Shortstop Alvin Dark and his garrulous sidekick, aging (32) Second Baseman Ed Stanky. Leo Durocher seemed principally pleased to get Stanky, who had played for him in Brooklyn. Said the Lip: "Stanky'll drive the pitcher daffy. He'll drop his bat on the catcher's corns. He'll sit on you at second base, sneak a pull at your shirt, step on you, louse...
Haunted House. The most outspoken of the malcontents was Ed Stanky, who made no secret of what he thought about Southworth's managing. Stanky's roommate, Alvin Dark, said "Me, too." By August, Southworth was like a man in a haunted house, shying at every whisper, He was sent home on the verge of a breakdown. The crowning insult came when his players voted him only half a share of their series money (for finishing fourth...
Once again, a strong varsity second half rally was unable to produce a victory. Springfield concentrated a tight defense on John Rockwell and Ed Smith, and forced the Varsity to shoot from outside...
Rockwell piled up 26 points, but he did not get started until the second half; ten of his points came on foul shots. Ed Smith was second high man with 13. Gerry Murphy's set shot was the only outside shooting effective against the close Springfield guarding...
Facing the Crimson tonight is the problem of breaking their high-scoring due of John Rockwell and Ed Smith loose against the Gymnasis. Harvard's two top scorers were held to a total of 18 points in Saturday night's 58 to 33 defeat at the hands of Georgetown, and seem to control the varsity's fate tonight...