Project 2.9

Baseball Problem. Nine men play the positions on a baseball team. Their names are Brown, White, Adams, Miller, Green, Hunter, Knight, Smith, and Jones. Determine from the following information the position played by each man.
a. Brown and Smith each won $10 playing poker with the pitcher.
b. Hunter is taller than Knight and shorter than White, but all three weigh more than the first baseman.
c. The third baseman lives across the corridor from Jones in the same apartment house. Miller and the outfielders play bridge in their spare time. White, Miller, Brown, the right fielder, and the center fielder are bachelors, and the rest are married.
d. Of Adams and Knight, one plays an outfield position.
e. The right fielder is shorter than the center fielder.
f. The third baseman is a brother of the pitcher's wife.
g. Green is taller than the infielders, the pitcher, and the catcher except for Jones, Smith, and Adams.
h. The second baseman beat Jones, Brown, Hunter, and the catcher at cards.
i. The third baseman, the shortstop, and Hunter each made $150 speculating in General Motors stock.
j. The second baseman is engaged to Miller's sister.
k. Adams lives in the same apartment house as his own sister but dislikes the catcher.
l. Adams, Brown, and the shortstop each lost $200 speculating in grain.
m. The catcher has three daughters, the third baseman has two sons, and Green is being sued for divorce.

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