Easiest Baseball Position Debated by Managers and Players
A crowd of managers and players including Joe McCarthy weigh in on the easiest infield spot. Consensus favors third base, with first base a close second, citing fewer errors and quick action, while shortstop and second base showcase more star power but tougher defense.
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Joe
Stirnweiss
McCarthy
Bill Dickey
Cardinals
Yankees
Red Sox
Tigers
Indians
Charley Comiskey
Hal Chase
Hal
Fred Tenney
Frank Chance
Stuffy McInnis
George Sisler
Lou Gehrig
Bill Terry
Lajoie
Collins
Evers
Frisch
Hornsby
Gordon
Doerr
Honus Wagner
Shortstop
Bancroft
Jackson
Jennings
Tinker
Long
Wallace
Wagner
Jimmy Collins
Pie Traynor
Art Devlin
Heinie Groh
Red Rolfe
Bill Bradley
Marion
No Room for Alibis in Box Score Tradition
The box score remains a national institution for 70 years, delivering runs, hits, errors, strikeouts, and stolen bases. It focuses on factual play without room for alibis or excuses, connecting small hamlets to big league centers through a complete record of the game.
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United States
New Tricks For Kitchen Curtains From Make Your Own Curtains
A Victorian style notice promotes the booklet Make Your Own Curtains by Ruth Wyeth Spears offering practical curtain ideas for many rooms. It lists a 15 cent postpaid price and a corner shelf woodworking pattern Pattern No 266 with 15 cents required, to be requested by mail from Bedford Hills New York.
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Ruth Wyeth
Bedford Hills
N. Y
Bibliomaniac Secrely Hoarded 800000 Books in Paris
The Collier's account notes Antoine Boulard of Paris in the early 1800s amassed over 800,000 books not for reading but for sheer quantity. Wealth enabled his retirement at 49 and a life spent storing tomes in five empty houses, with no concern for quality or subject.
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Antoine Boulard
Paris
Collier’s
Boulard
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