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...rest are manpower-hungry and struggling to shake off a second division complex. Yawkey's Red Sox have Batsmen Bob (.324) Johnson and Ervin (.315) Fox, little else. The loss of Third-Sacker Ken Keltner leaves Cleveland with but one top-drawer infielder, Shortstop-Manager Lou Boudreau. Dynamic Jimmy Dykes, Chicago White Sox manager, has high hopes that Rookie-Infielder Bill Nagel, a fence-buster from Milwaukee can fill the shoes of Hal Trosky. Weak behind the plate, strong on Cubans again. Washington is minus its only .300 hitter, Stan Spence. Philadelphia's Athletics hoped ex-Milwaukee Outfielder...
While our armor was pushed on toward Germany, our infantry has stayed in position acting much as a shortstop catching everything that the Germans have batted their way. It is no longer a question of individual Germans surrendering here & there. They are surrendering in groups of three, four and five hundred. There are no longer enough trucks to handle the prisoners still pouring...
...deluge had set in. It seemed unlikely that businesslike Manager Sewell could set the house in order again. His none-too-robust pitching staff had sprung a major leak: Bob Muncrief (12-7), out with elbow trouble. The team's only outstanding player, 23-year-old Shortstop Verne Stephens, led the League in runs batted in (91) and home runs (17), but not even the most hopeful St. Louisans thought Stephens alone could turn the tide...
...homage to a baseball veteran. They were the members of his personally picked, alltime, all-star team: George Sisler, "the greatest first baseman ever" (now a Brooklyn Dodgers scout); Eddie Collins, second base (Boston Red Sox general manager); Frank ("Home Run") Baker, third base (Maryland farmer); Honus Wagner, shortstop (Pittsburgh Pirates coach); Bill Dickey, catcher (U.S. Navy); Lefty Grove, pitcher (Maryland coupon clipper); Walter Johnson, pitcher (Maryland farmer); Tris Speaker, center field (Cleveland wine distributer); and George Herman ("Babe") Ruth, right field (who lives on annuities in Manhattan). Absent were Lieut. Commander Mickey Cochrane, catcher, who failed to get leave...
Coach Stahl's lineup will undergo a slight shakeup, with High Francke taking over Conlon's left field post, and Brewster Wolfe moving from the B shortstop position to take Falsey's place...