Word: shortstop
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...Crimson pitchers, the last two of whom serve regularly as a third string catcher and a shortstop, were like picket fences against a landslide yesterday afternoon, as Yale trampled Harvard, 22 to 8, before 5,500 disappointed alumni and guests...
...four Eli batters. Stuffy McInnis went through his entire staff, except for Rufe Webb, who pitched Tuesday against Princeton. Then the coach was forced to throw in catcher Bill Fitzpatrick, who has pitched only school and legion ball, and finally to pull Captain Johnny White in from the shortstop position...
Then Larry Becker topped a grounder down to White. The shortstop flipped the ball to Cavanaugh at second, and Cavanaugh threw to Wise at first to complete the double play. But Weeden had held up at third on the play, and suddenly decided to go home. Wise threw a perfect strike to Walsh for the third...
...Louis has come up with the two beat pitching prospects of the year, Joe Presko and Tom Poholsky, and three beneficial purchases, centerfielder Peanuts Lowrey from Chicago, shortstop Stan Rojek from Pittsburgh, and third baseman Bill Johnson from the New York Yankees...
Paul Richards has collected a fast, heavy-hitting club for his first year as Chicago manager. Shortstop Chico Carrasquel and rookie centerfielder Jim Busty are the only two regulars the White Sox brought into the majors. The rest of the team has been picked up one at a time. Eddie Robinson, the former Cleveland first baseman, has been with the club for two years...