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Coach Floyd Stahl has kept intact the lineup which he used in the four games last week. The infield positions are probably the most definitely set of any on the squad, with bespectacled Freddy Keyes holding down the shortstop position, Bart Harvey safely settled on second base, Red Tully on first and Gil Whittemore on the third sack...
Coach Floyd Stahl, who led his team on the annual tour, commended the work of the infield, which he considers the best unit of the team, and of pitchers Bud Waldstein, Charlie Brackett, and Jack Schwede, who are the leaders in a mound department which has turned out to be slightly below par. It is in the outfield that the Crimson can expect most of its troubles, if past performances is any indication at all of their strength...
...infield is well balanced, centering around shortstop-Captain Freddy Keyen and second-sacker Bart Harvey, who shows great promise though the polish is still lacking. Veterana Gil Whittemore at third and Bill Tully at first round out the infield...
Last week that someone turned out to be some 65 New Orleans fans and business firms who were unwilling to see the old track go the way of Metairie. In the old Fair Grounds club house, across from the infield where Black Gold (1924 Kentucky Derby winner) is buried, they took title to the track. The price was $177,000 down and a $348,000 mortgage - to be paid off by selling stock to New Orleanians. Said Syndicate Head Sylvester Welch Labrot Jr., president of the new Louisiana Jockey Club: "[From now on the] Fair Grounds will operate...
...cold at Hialeah that lady railbirds tucked their winter tans into fur coats. Others huddled under blankets, shivered and wished they had stayed home in bed. Runaway breezes whipped the bright costumes of Seminole Indians squatting beneath the palms in the infield, parted the tail feathers of long-legged pink flamingos parading before the stands...