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...sons of old Erin have taken over the Yardling infield in grand style. Aside from being wicked wielders of the oak shillelagh, first basemen Jack Casey, keystone sacker Vince Leahy, shortstop Jim Gallagher, and hot corner guardian Johnny Kilpatrick have given the Freshman squad some of the fanciest exhibitions of fielding finesse that have graced the enclosed arena in many a campaign. The outfield has had little but batting practice...
...eagle's nest" for umpires. Like the crow's nest tried out at a Southern Oregon State Normal basketball game last month, the ballpark nest will be about ten feet above the ground, will give the base umpire a bird's-eye view of the infield. But Dumont's nest will be perched on a movable derrick, which, at the press of a button, will whisk the umpire to crucial spots...
Pacing the Kirkland attack was Jack Dixon, shortstop, who hit every time he came to bat. Larry Munson and Harold Levitan, the left side of the Eliot infield, starred for Eliot...
...infield, the Yankees have the slickest keystone combination in baseball: Shortstop Phil Rizzuto and Second Baseman Joe Gordon, who have chalked up 194 double plays this season, equaling the all-time major-league record. Rizzuto (with a batting average of .306) and Gordon (with a season's total of 24 home runs) are also dangerous hitters...
...promising farm products. Still, St. Louis has nothing to mope about. Manager Billy Southworth, a paternal oldtimer with infectious enthusiasm, has a green thumb for ripening green players. This year's Cardinals have six regulars batting over .300; Creepy Crespi, a rookie second-baseman who has made the infield click; Ernie White, a 24-year-old South Carolina southpaw who, in his first year with the Big Team, has won twelve games-three of them on three successive days...