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Last week, against Cleveland's slick Southpaw Al Smith and Righthandy Jim Bagby (who relieved Smith in the eighth), Di Maggio failed to get a ball past the infield. Off Smith, he grounded out twice and drew a walk. Off Bagby, he hit smack into a double play...
Tyrus Raymond Cobb, the fiery Georgia Peach whom the Detroit Tigers bought for $750 in 1905, was a daredevil base-runner, a shoestring-catching outfielder, a dazzling hitter. He could go from first to third on an infield out. On one afternoon, in six times at bat, he hit two singles, a double and three home runs. When he finally hung up his spikes, he had a lifetime batting average of .367, had broken innumerable different baseball records...
Coach Stahl has expressed doubt as to the makeup of the Harvard nine starting in tomorrow's game, indicating that Fred Keyes and Gil Whittemore may not yet be ready for service. Injuries kept this veteran left side of the infield out of the Columbia game, and Art Scully and Jay Gleason may have to fill in for them again. Stahl might also juggle his outfield around in order to make room for either Bill Barnes or Burgy Ayres. Harvard's hitting is still not satisfactory, and any switches which would insert a bit more punch into the lineup...
...third Yardling tally rolled across in the ninth when, with none out, lead-off man MacMillan drove a triple towards the stadium, and came home on O'Donnell's infield...
...solid horses" were Our Boots and Porter's Cap. But by the time the bands tootled My Old Kentucky Home and eleven of the nation's classiest three-year-olds paraded to the post, Whirlaway had become the favorite. In the paddock, the picnic-like infield and the $100 boxes echoed and re-echoed the hardboots' enthusiasm: if Arcaro can keep Whirlaway from bearing out, there is no horse that can outstay...