Gehrig, Dimag, and Dickey. Not at a bad middle of the lineup.
It’s interesting to read the old newspaper articles like this. The writing style was much different then. They wrote in complete sentences and used bigger words with multiple syllables. In some ways these old articles are more complex and require more thought than today’s articles.
Yet, these articles were written for an audience in which the majority of readers had not gone to college, and in which a significant number were high school dropouts. Yet presumeably the readers were able to read these articles and understand them. Could it be that previous generations were more fluent or educated in the use of language? Or there were higher expectations for the writers? Or that kids in school were better educated in the use of language? Just some thoughts come to mind in reading this.