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Combine Tennis 2C BROOKLYN EAGLE, SUNDAY, JAN. 18, 1942 Title Events War to Help Instead of Hurt Sandlot Ball Block, Ex-Dodger Farmhand, a Cub Second Baseman From Flatbush Bought From Macon for $15,000 CLEARING THE BASES By TOMMY HOLMES SHADES OF NAP RUCKER One popular theory kicked around by the 1941 Dodgers until it got lost was that a pennant-winning team must have at least one effective pitcher of left-handed persuasion. Manager Leo Durochcr had five southpaws at the Brooklyn training camp last Spring but he might just as well not have had any and he might just as well not have had any after the season started. The final check-up showed that Brooklyn left handers la.st year won exactly two ball games. One of those was Important only because It Wichita, Jan.

IT (INS- By JAMES J. MURPHY Strange as it may sound, the Continued from Pafa 1 its traditional Longwood Bowl Invitation tournament abandoned last year. This tourney will be combined with the national veterans' doubles and father-and-son doubles and will be played beginning Aug. 17. 3.

The national men's indoor championships, scheduled for Oklahoma City, have been abandoned temporarily at the request of the sponsoring club because of a lack of entries but may be re-scheduled In another city at the decision of the IT. T. A. xeoutJv pnmmltlM 1 vj' Told by a high school coach that he couldn't catch cold on a baseball diamond, and sold away from the Brooklyn chain gang, Seymour (Cy) Block has already made his critic eat his words and may yet haunt Larry MacPhail. The sprightly second baseman of the fertile sandlots of Flatbush gets a trial with the Chicago Cubs Ward exnlalnlnff that the TT T.

was the 100th Dodger victory of the season, credited to Bob Chipman, a rookie fresh from Atlanta. Earlier, Kemp Wicker, relieving, had beaten the Cardinals. Lee Grissom. Larry French and Vito Tamulis were other Dodgers left handers who appeared briefly but never long enough to get credit for a victory or be charged with a defeat. Wicker lost two games, so that the complete record of Brooklyn left handers for 1941 was two victories and the same number of defeats.

That constitutes a new low for southpaw inefficiency in Brooklyn and the left handed situation here has been pretty bad now for almost ten solid seasons. 'J vfy present war situation will not hamper one sport sandlot baseball. While a majority of major attractions may be temporarily halted or called off in some sports due to losing participants to the Army and defense industries, the sand-lots by the same token will bene-fit. This Is due to the fact that the vast majority of the estimated clubs over the nation will represent industrial and Army camp teams. The other division of the sandlot game "town" baseball may suffer.

This is due to the fact that a number of the boys in the smaller communities will be forced to leave, thus causing many teams not to organize because of scarcity of material. This may be offset at least partially by the Civilian Defense program, which is co-ordinating its group with the facilities of the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress, with their units encouraging and organizing more teams in the smaller communities in connection with the nation's health program. Semi-Pros Sitting Pretty Although most of the 48 State tournaments and the national tournament at Wichita, Aug. 14 to 28, are depending upon lights for night play, the semi-pros will be in position to go forward even if the Government requires blackouts or causes cancellation of night games to conserve electricity. This is because 90 percent of the sandlot teams do not depend on lights for their games.

While athletic organizations, no doubt, will curtail development temporarily during the coming season, the semi-pros, in their annual meeting at Chicago, Jan. 18 to T. A. henceforth would work closely with the health division of the Civilian Defense Organization, said the members stood willing to serve in any capacity the President or War Department saw fit but emphasized that amateurs would not be permitted to accept cash prizes, even in defense bonds, or to compete in open tournaments with professionals. "We must preserve the structure of the amateur game," Ward added.

"We will co-operate with professionals in every other Instance and we must remember that all our activities can be carried out only at the pleasure of the Government. Henceforth, all tournaments approved today are subject to cancellation if such a move becomes necessary." Ward estimated the stock of tennis balls on hand would carry the sport at least five months if rationed properly and said he believed that some rubber might be granted to manufacturers or that the students of the game would design a new bal for use during the next few years. The delegates re-elected their entire slate of officers, added a mixed doubles division to the national public parks championships, amended this Spring, having been purchased from Macon of the Sally League for a reported price of $15,000. Milton Stock. ex-Dodger infielder, under whom Block played last season, touts his charge as a sure bet to make good in the majors.

The records seem to bear out this contention as Cy topped the league In batting with a mark of .358, led In runs driven in with 111 in addition to being voted the most valuable player of the circuit, for which he was awarded a wrist watch and a silver plaque. Offensively he was right up there, too, he and Shortstop Ed Stankey, also purchased by the Cubs and farmed to Milwaukee, setting anew Sally record for double plays with 154, two better than the old mark. This was accomplished although Cy appeared in only 120 games on account of a protracted absence because of spike wounds. Block is fleet afoot as evidenced by the fact that he scored all the way from first on a single to- beat the All-Stars last season, 3-2. Block has already signed his working papers with the Cubs and will be off to their Pacific Coast training base in a couple of weeks.

The lad has the necessary requisites as he is 22 years old, an even six feet in height, weighs 181 pounds and has a good pair of hands. His baseball career was shaped at three local grammar schools, P. S. 43, 25 and 91. At the latter institution his batting and fieldnig helped win the Brooklyn elementary title, but his school was HELPS THAT TIGER Al Benton, Detroit Tigers righthander, is expected to.

help team to first-division berth despite continued loss of Hank Greenberg. Benton is rated one of best relief pitchers in American League. Bob Chipman Cy Block Al Benton Makes Good as Starter Tigers' Relief Pitcher Expects To Take Regular Turn in 1942 By HENRY P. EDWARDS Just Imagine a pitcher these days pitching a ten-Inning game on Monday, 4 to 3, putting on a relief job of four and one-third innings to win on Tuesday and then making it three straight victories by allowing only one hit and no runs in six and two-thirds innings of relief work on Wednesday. Well, Al Benton of the Detroit" a few playing rules, approved the to Macon where his swatting mark was .315.

Block was returned to Elmira in the Fall, but in the meantime the Dodgers got rid of the farm club and Cy was sold to Montreal. He made tohe trailing trip to Macon with the Royals last Spring. The day before Montreal broke camp MacPhail gave him the alternative of going to Durham or being sold. He preferred the latter and was bought back by Macon. Cy got sweet revenge on MacPhail a few days later when his double in the 11th beat the Dodgers in an exhibition game, 3-2.

The blow w'as made off Lee Grissom, who had relieved Luke Hamlin. CLARK AND HIS CURVE In fact, It was back in 1932 that a Dodger wrong-hand last gave the bugs something to yell about. That year, Watson Clark parlayed a curve ball he learned down in the Mississippi swamps and a gluttonous appetite for work into 20 Dodger victories. Clark, a slender, earnest fellow, hadn't the physique to match his ambition. He had a bad arm for a couple of years afterward, never was the same again.

As a matter of fact, Clark had help from a couple of other left handers that year. Freddy Heimach, a hilarious southpaw who specialized in beating the Pirates, won nine games and Joe Shaute, as famed for his lyric tenor voice as his fast ball, knocked off seven. So between the three left handers, Max Carey, who managed the Dodgers that year, celebrated 36 victories. No Dodger left hander had won 20 since Clark's time or has even come close. Brooklyn left handers have won as many as ten only three times since 1932.

Clark came back and won 13 in 1935. Ed Brandt copped 11 in '36 and Vito Tamulis won 12 in '38. It isn't that the club didn't try to get a southpaw star. The books show that Brooklyn has tried 23 different left handlers in the last ten years. Some, like Brandt and old national rankings released several months ago, and figuratively slapped the wrists of Frank Kovacs, Robert Riggs, Frank aPrker, Jack Kramer, Ted Schroeder and three tennis clubs for combining to violate the expense regulations.

knocked off for the city laurels by a Bronx nine. Although he had already starred with the Falcon A. C. and the American Legion Raiders at the Parade Grounds, he was told he 21, are ready to set up the mast ambitious program in their seven short years of expansion. Highlights for 1942 season follow: Observance of National Semi-Pro Baseball Day, Sunday, May 3 when the estimated 70.000 clubs Tigers pulled just such a trick when pitching for Oklahoma City.

But, Mack Sees Ace In Christopher The Flatbush lad will report to the Cubs in fine physical condition. He has been working out all Winter in the Midwood High gym and spends weekends ice skating and taking long strolls at Lake Hopat-cong. Cy hopes to make MacPhaail regret the day he turned him adrift. Philadelphia, Jan. 17 (INS) Connie Mack, veteran As manager, start play simultaneously, each with a celebrity throwing first ball at 3 p.m.

(C. S. Organization of an estimated 500 leagues into one National Association, each under a nationwide player contract system. Establishment of a minimum of eight district tournaments to precede each of the 48 State tourna ments. didn't have the ability to make the team upon entering Boys High School.

Cy continued his sandlot activities and in 1937 was one of 3.000 who attended school at Ebbets Field. Block was one of the 50 survivors sent to Elmira for a further trial before the critical eyes of the Dodgers' scouting staff. But 11 were selected, with the result that Cy, then 17 years old, was sent home. Far from discouraged, he attended Joe Stripp's school in Orlando, in 1938. Joe Tinker, old Cub shortstop, and Jimmy Jordan, ex-Dodger infielder, saw great possibilities in the Flatbush lad and gave him a thorough schooling.

Tinker recommended him to Memphis and he was farmed to Paragould in the Northeast. Arkansas League, managed by Paul Rucker, a relative of Nap, famous Brooklyn southpaw pitcher. Cy batted .322 and led the league in stolen bases with 37 and in hits with 145. He finished the season with Memphis and in. 38 Now, Benton figures that he should be reckoned on as a regular starting pitcher in 1942.

"Of course," says Al, "I'll do whatever Manager Baker tells me to do but I would prefer to start than relieve. This bullpen Job gets a fellow down. The pitcher who starts gets in trouble. You get the signal to warm up. The other pitcher settles down.

You cool off. Two innings later, you are advised to warm up again. "Perhaps you do go in and finish the game. Perhaps you do not. The next day, it is the same story.

Then again, you may have a session of pitching in batting practice thrown in. All in all, a berth as a relief pitcher is a tough Job but if I can serve my clubs better by finishing than by starting games, I'll go back to my former bullpen duty. But I hope I never will have to. "Now, there has been plenty of talk lately about use of the 'Slider' by a pitcher hurting his arm. This talk started when it was announced that Bob Feller was using It.

In my opinion, the 'Slider' does not hurt a pitcher. I have used it the last few years and I know it has not that in 1932, nine years ago. Such iron men do not exist now. And, at that time all that Al boasted of was a fast ball. On the strength of his record of fourteen victories in '32 and again in '33, Benton was purchased by the Philadelphia Athletics.

He started out well but when the opposing batsmen discovered he lacked a curve ball to go with his speed, it was a different story. Ed Rom-mell, now an American League umpire but then one of Connie Mack's hurlers, sought to teach him a curve but without success for the time being and Al was shipped to Williamsport in '35 arid then to Albany and Chattanooga in '36. In 1937, Mr. Mack dropped him off at Memphis. It was then that Benton found himself and Detroit bought him and used him almost exclusively as a relief pitcher, before sending him to Toledo to finish the year.

Back with the Tigers in' '39, he seemed unable to win as a starter and back to relief roles he went. In 1940 hen the Tigers won the American League pennant. Al really Increasing prize money to the 10 leading teams in annual National tournament at Wichita, with a minimum of $7,500 in defense bonds to the No. 1 team of the United States. Distribution of 500.000 rule books Caliguiri Gave Up Engineering for Baseball Fred Caliguiri, a big right-hand pitcher, who finished the season with the Philadelphia Athletics after winning 16 and losing seven games for Wilmington, planned on being an electrical engineer prior to taking a course in a baseball school and then Joining the Greenville IN.

club of the Coastal Plain League in 1937. In 1940 he beat Kinston 1 to 0 in ten innings, allowing only two hits, both infield scratches. believes he made no mistake when he grabbed young Russell Ormand Christopher, 6-foot 3 -inch right-handed pitcher, in the draft from Newark last Fall. Without comment, Mack released the 24-year-old pitcher's past record indicating that it speaks for itself. It begins by stating that Christopher won 16 and lost seven for the Newark Bears in the 1941 International League campaign.

Russ broke into organized baseball at Colvis in the West Texas-New Mexico League in 1938, recording seven wins and five losses. Next year at El Paso in the Arizona-Texas circuit, Christopher won 18 and dropped seven. That earned him a promotion to Wenatchee in the Western International League, where he broke even eight and eight in 1940. The Bears brought him north after that, and his work with them caused Mack to make Russ his No. and guides to encourage more participants into playing baseball.

In conclusion, semi-pro baseball which has survived four other U. S. wars since Abner Doubleday invented the game will go forward war or no war. Yanks Call Up Candini Browns Have Promising Southpaw in lott Although Clarence Iott, tall southpaw bought from Paragould. made good.

Although he was in 42 games, he never pitched a complete 1 choice in the draft, games chastised the Southern Association hurling for a percentage of .333. In 1939 he was optioned to Greenville, in the Cotton States League, led the team in clubbing with .315 and set the pace for the loop in double plays, assists and putouts. He was traded to Brooklyn for Pitcher John Gaddy in the Winter of 1940 and farmed to Elmira, who in turn shipped him Milo Candini, right-hand hurler called from Kansas City by the Yankees, has had six years in the New York farm system, starting with Akron in 1936. In 35 games in 1941 he won nine and lost seven. Milo is a California boy who played American Legion ball before turning pro.

Tom Zachary, were past their peak when they arrived here. I wonder how many will remember fellows like Charley Perkins, Phil Page, Frank Lamanske. Hank Winston and Wesley Flowers. And there were a few who could really throw a ball but for some reason or other never clicked here lads like Roy Henshaw, Al Hollingsworth, Ralph Birkofer, Wayne LaMaster and the puzzling Mr. Grissom.

Backed to the wall and forced to select the best Brooklyn left hander since Watson Clark, I'd name chunky, little Tamulis. You could buy ten lady fingers at the nearest bakery and use them to catch his fast ball but that light-hearted little Lithuanian had control, courage and was as tricky as the devil. Durocher often wondered what would happen if Johns Hopkins could graft Tammy's head on Grissom's shoulders or Grissom's arm on Tammy's shoulders. THE OLD LEFT-HANDED GUARD Maybe the recent dearth of Brooklyn left handers is only the natural law of compensation in operation because right through Watty Clark's time, the Dodgers invariably had one of the best southpaws in the league hanging around somewhere. George Napoleon Rucker, of course, was reputed the greatest.

The tense pitching duels that soft-spoken Georgian staged with New York's Christy Mathewson was the first epic'feature of those celebrated interborough duels. Later, there was Rube Marquard, whose successful comeback under Wilbert Robinson after John McGraw had given up on him. widened a breach between those two old Orioles. And Sherrod Smith, a big, lazy, drawling Southerner whose "move" to first base is generally supposed to have been the best ever. They insist that Smith deliberately walked batters in order to pick them off first.

Pete Kilduff wante'd to brain him one afternoon after having been caught napping three times. There was Clarence Mitchell, who over his entire career was the only left hander in the majors using a spitball. And Dutch Ruether, a great slinging, stylist who was also a great hitter. And Jess Petty, the rollicking Silver Fox whose antics added a few gray hairs in Robbie's head as well. THEY CARRY ON The old tradition was that there had to be something wrong with a left hander.

Maybe so. But it so happens that your agent has run into all of these fellows within the last year or so and they seem to be a particularly hardy breed. That is, all except Mitchell, who, I believe, lives on a farm in his native Nebraska. Rucker resigned a good job as Dodger scout because he wanted to do something in the defense program. He's now in Panama, director of recreation at an Army camp.

Marquard sells pari-mutuel tickets. He's in Florida now, works at New England tracks in the Summer. Smith is head prison guard of a State clink in Georgia. Ruether scouts for the Chicago Cubs and if you want to see Ruether's pitching style take a look at young Verne Olsen of the Bruins, whom the Dutchman coached. Jess Petty is tending bar around Chicago.

And Clark is in the real estate business at Brooklyn's old training base at Clearwater. And way, way up in civic councils, too. by the St. Louis Browns is only 22 years of age he has been on the roster or reserve list of the following clubs: Siloam Springs, Bartlesille, Topeka, San Antonio. Youngstown, Springfield.

111. and Paragould. He really did not find himself until joining Paragould last season. Winning 13 and losing six games, he struck out 242 batters. The young southpaw weighs 200 pounds.

FREDERICK HOMER RECORD ENDURES nil mwi iim. injured my whip. To tell the truth it is one of the easiest deliveries, much easier than the curve. "Say, if you are going to write 9, story about me, don't overlook my breaking the record early in August. I cannot brag about my batting like Lefty Gomez, who is prouder of his hits than his pitching victories, for I made only three hits all year, but I just want you to remember that on Aug.

7. when we rolled up 11 runs in one Inning against Cleveland, I made two sacrifices in that one round. Yes sir, I bunted twice that round for Del Baker was taking no chances on hitting into a double play." Al is Oklahoma born. Father died when he was young but Al managed to go through high school. Played center, guard ond tackle on his football team and first base as well as pitched for the baseball team.

Then he turned pro with nothing but a fast ball and inability to hit to recommend him. game and worked only 79 innings. His official record was nothing to brag of as he was credited with only six victories as compared with ten defeats. That record, however, fails to tell about the numerous games he saved. In fact, he finished 21 winning games for Detroit and the Tigers won the pennant by only one gome from Cleveland.

Because of that impressive record, it was natural that Manager Del Baker used him as relief pitcher at the start of the 1941 campaign. Again, Al made good. He was credited with six victories and only one defeat while he saved seven others prior to July 25 when Manager Baker decided that Al was ready for a starting job once more. He lost two, won two, lost two and then finished with an unbroken string of seven victories, all as a starter. He wound up the season with two five-hit games.

By BILL GOTTLIEB One of the most significant of a flock of batting records held by Dodgers Is credited to Outfielder John H. Frederick and it has evaded swatters fo ra period of 10 years. It was established in 1932 when Johnny delivered six home runs in the role of a pinch hitter. The surprising part of it all is that Frederick started to manufacture the enviable mark afte rthe season was half over. It was given impetus on July 12 in a losing battle with the Pirates in Pittsburgh.

Watty Clark, Dodger southpaw, was on the short end of a 7 to 8 score i nine eighth inning. Heine Meine, who had started on the mound gor the Pirates, was relieved by Bill Harris in the eighth when Frederick upped his new record to five at Ebbets Field on Sept. 10 and Pat Malone of the Cubs was the victim, although the visiting right-hander prevailed, 92. Lefty O'Doul, who led the National League batters that year with a .368 average, accounted for one run with a four-bagger. Frederick wa sinserted to tote the hickory for Dazzy Vance in the eighth and uncorked a prodigious wallop against the right field screen for a complete tour of the paths.

Sir Johnny's sixth pinch homer was a sweetheart, one they still talk about where the Hot Stove League convene. This, too, was delivered in the same series against the Cubs on Sept. 12 in the yard that Ebbets and the McKeevers built. With the invaders leading, 3 to 2, in the first half of the ninth, Frederick was ,1 a NOT BIG, BUT POWERFUL Johnny Frederick's hands and wrists didn't look muscular but they carried plenty of power. Rookie Sanders Set For Mize's Job CAMILU'S VALUE SHOWS IN SLUGGING RECORDS St.

Louis, Jan. 17 fINS) Will the trading of tirst baseman Johnny Mize to the New York Giants materially affect the St. Louis Cardinals' prospects of bagging the 1942 National League pennant? Even the crystal gazer couldn't help out on this question and therefore, it- mus' remain unanswered until 'late next September when the baseball season normally ends. However, the decision of Cardinal chieftains Sam Breadon and .314 in 1940, and .317 in' 1941. A candidate for Mize'g former job Is 23-year-old Ray Sanders, a St.

Louis boy who played last season for Columbus, Cardinal club in the American Association. Sanders, who stands 8 feet, 2 inches, comes to the Cardinals with a promising record. Like Mize. he bats left-handed and throws with his right arm. He batted .308 for Columbus in 1941, and in the important department of driving in runs he had 120 to his credit.

In event Sanders doesn't make the grade, the Cardinals have a power at home plate last year than the batting averages. So if you're scouting for new talent, better switch from the batting averages to the S. A. It's a cinch to keep. Yon figure batting averages by dividing the hits by the at-bats to 3 decimal placps.

To get the slug- the home club took command with a three-run splurge. Just when it appeared that the cause had been lost fo rthe Dodgers, Manager Max Carey looked up and down the bench in the ninth Inning and told Frederick to select a piece of lumber and go up to the plate to swing for Clark, scheduled to come up first. Johnny took a murderous cut at one of Harris' pitches and sent it hurtling across yonder right field wall for a circuit blow to tie the score. However, the Pirates pulled out the decision with a run in the 12th on Dave Barbces single and Ous Dugas' long triple. Thrre dajs had elapsed when Johnny was called upon to take the cudgel for Van Mungo at the hitting post.

It was the eighth Inning and Lon Warneke was coasting along with an 82 advantage for the Cubs in Chicago. Once again Frederick parked the pellet out of the yard. It gave previously delivered two homers, carried home the winning run for our side on George Grantham's error, thereby giving Dazzy Vance, third pitcher, the verdict. Frederick finally broke the then existing record of clubbing three homers as a pinch-hitter, held Jointly by Ham Hyatt of the Pirates, Cy Williams of the Phillies, and Cliff Crawford of the Giants. It was fitting that Johnny should execute his Dick Merriwell stunt against the hated foe the Giants in the first Rame of a doubleheader at the Polo Grounds on Aug.

14. The old meal ticket Carl Hubbell was the victim. The pecan grower, who had hooked up in a duel with Van Mungo, ha da 1 to 0 shade going into the ninth. Johnny once again went up to swing for Van, a pretty good sticker in his own right, and parked the apple in the stands to put the teams on par. The Dodgers wont out in the 10th, thanks to hits by Hack Wilson and Tony CucclneHo.

Jack Quinn, relief pitcher, getting credit for the victory. Needless to say, the Giants copped the second fray, 84. Frederick didn't see action again until the second game of a doubleheader with the Reds at Ebbets Field on Aug. 10. Van Mungo had given the Flatbush-ers a 6 1 decision in the opener, and Ray Kolp was returning the compliment for the Reds in the seventh inning of the nightcap, 73.

The fans had just seated themselves in the lucky frame after stretching, when Hack Wilson brought them to their feet again with a murderous blast over the fence with a mate aboard. Two more Dodgers got on when Austin Moore, who had relieved Watson Clark in the fourth, was yanked in favor of old reliable Frederick and Johnny responded with a belt beyond recall for another round-tripper to make. the count 87. If there had been an election that day, Mr. Frederick would have been voted unanimously into incumbency as Borough President.

Things were temporarily spoiled as the Reds went ahead in the eighth, only to have the Dodgers knot it again in their half. The game carried on to the 13th, when Lefty O'Doul, who had called upon to perform his specialty and accommodated by swinging a bludgeon for First Baseman Bud Clancy and tagging the onion high and hard against the same right field screen to give Watson Clark a 43 triumph. As Frederick crossed the home plate he was all but mobbed by the overjoyed spectators and had to be rescued fro mthe frenzied rooters by the park police. Since that day, Johnny Frederick's record has withstood the onslaughts of numerous other mighty sluggers who have tried to lift it from the archives of our great American pastime. It'a still there and may survive another decade before it is broken.

Since leaving our bailiwick, Frederick has been pastlming in the Pacific Coast League, and. like Babe Herman, another old Flatbush favorite, has been doing Branch Rickey to part with Mize's services was in line with their policy of depending on replacements developed in the club's extensive Everybody watches the batting averages. The slugging average is Just tomrthine that geu in the Guide, rarrly figures in fan arguments. Yet the slugging average tells the real story. Take Camilli.

He led the National League in runs-battec-in and in home runs. Tops on defenw. was elected Most-Valuable-Player of 1941 without a struggle. His batting average was a mathematical fallacy. But, take a look at the "Shinning Percentage" tebley.

No. 1 is Reiser. .558. No. 2 is "iVi There's a 21 -point di ui tne next man.

gin? percentage, divide the total by the AB. Example he's up four times in today's game and gets one hit, a home run. His batting average for the day is 250. His slugging percentage is 1 000. Hank Closed With Bang Henry Greenberg celebrated his iat ganr wrh Detroit before being minor league "farm system.

Filling Mize's shoes isn't going to be an easy task due to the fact that hitters of big John's type are not found without diligent searrh. Mize came to the Cardinals in 1936 from the Cardinal-owned Rochester team of the Internation fellow by the name of Johnny Hopp, an outfielder who also can play first base. Hopp filled in capably for Mize when the latter was on the sidelines with injuries last season. Breadon and Rickey said they are "satisfied" with the trade. They got right-handed pitcher Bill Lohiman, who will add strength to an already powerful hurling corps, catcher Ken O'Dea, first baseman John McCarthy, and cash running into five figure.

M'Mwtrk lis the a lane the .500 the slugging outfielder a mark Jnhrny Mi onlv other mark pared to al League. Dunne his six-year term with the Cardinals Mize's batting average always topped the .300 mark. It was .329 in 1936; .361 in 1937; .337 In 1938; .344 in 1939; ir.rii ted into the Army by hitting of (w0 nomrrs and double as right well, despite his advanced years. "It l'apur. a pinch hitter in four tries in the "Bad lands'' of the West.

successive home runs off Bonhan' of New York. was a much better Index of his.