Word: shortstop
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...Shortstop is another big question mark for the Crimson, with Tom Bergantino, Matt Botsford, and John Hamlen all battling for the position. Botsford, who led the team in hitting last year with a .370 mark while playing right field, seems the leading prospect, but the spot is still open...
...broad expanse of arts and sciences that must be understood by a future military leader. How knowledgeable is today's Army man? Confided General Taylor to a reporter later: "The profusion of skills and learning we have in the Army is astonishing. If I need a shortstop who plays the violin, I can find him some place...
...ninth inning of the final game, the score at the Polo Grounds was tied, 1-1. There were two outs when the Giants' Outfielder "Moose" McCormick beat out a single. Long-legged Fred Merkle, the Giants' first baseman, sent him to third with another single. Shortstop Al Bridwell lined a clean base hit over the head of the Cubs' Second Baseman Johnny Evers. McCormick scored. Merkle did not bother to touch second; he trotted out to the clubhouse in center field...
Part of the Budget Bureau's job is to clear all proposed legislation before the executive agencies submit it to Congress; this not only allows the bureau to shortstop any requests for new spending, but ensures the President that nobody is proposing legislation contrary to his announced policies. (The Budget Bureau keeps a card file of presidential opinion on all subjects, even compiled one on Adlai Stevenson...
Died. John Peter ("Honus") Wagner, 81, the "Flying Dutchman," famed as baseball's greatest shortstop; in Carnegie, Pa. (see SPORT...