Show I Rookies Rookies' Big Year I THE l beginning of It this baseball season will m probably be he remembered I for t r one thing thil at least the least the surprisingly large 1 rge number of t rookies rook It i who ho survived ed preliminary wordings and managed man ged to carve car cara a pace for fit themselves early earl in III their careers a Take lake the case CASO of or l I r h r. r vh ltd 1111 v Kc Bed l So So o freshman rrt out out- vil il Cr R ec en I I he lu h e stood s t nod al lit a t the llio plate facing Hob 1111 tiger riser In 1 h iM I uI ilk b him It Iii when hen l us I I k e a It hu r I It t is t eti Well ti I here Ii ert she ht hl Co Ill 5 itt Ihl 3 0 pitch 1 I spose IIII P o lre gouIn lilt hit II it II Williams didn't even l' turn when lie ho replied I Im I ni gonna COlina take a 1 out lUt at iii 1 t It and d andI I II II I always tell the truth i York didn't didn I believe that even t en the I greenest t rookie would swing swill at lit n a 3 0 pitch A lot ht of clubs dubs would slap I a tIne line on Ln a 1 player er who II hI tie was tas sucker enough to bite bi I e on It I hut Iut Williams III leaned harl anil nod far Into III to the distant dl tant Mantis the ball Kill sailed for fr A II i nin came came- u Inning In ii lug homer nut r his hl ii Is second ul of the game Williams to say lY the least Is 15 one of It the seasons season's 5 freshman I finds Jut But there are others who I iio ho are arc just ns S invaluable to their teams the world champion New York onic Yankees came up tip with three exceptional finds in Catcher Buddy and Outfielders Charlie Keller ichler nod Joe Gallagher In III I ii addition 1111 In to Williams tim he the lied So Sn look with on Oil Jim iii nil baseman ha se ma U at mul U mid row ro U iu ii pitcher Both Williams 1118 s amsil lalor went lInt rot south with wi Boston this tiuis ear em r as- as a u of or jobs johl IllIa Ir Joe ht i i mu h. im d traded I ra d oil otT Hen lIl hl ii a i ia a ad linky 11 I i IRK Ins inc to Iu mike room roo III for I hem hemmi It ic is has ha us consistently con s iy looked good on un Ihl mound 11 Eddie l SIllier Miller fielding demon tar for formerly f r. r merly from rom Kansas City does docs much to bolster Casey Stengel's Miller I has been rated by elbert Gelbert former Cardinal star as ns the 10 finest shortstop he ever saw In action With ith Miller Stiller tin the flees Uces have hare one nc of the smoothest functioning in in- fields elds In the country In 1937 1931 Manager Jim Jimi of the lime Chicago White hite SOY Soc tried to get I Salvo Salto from San Han Diego lie lit i wasn't successful Lad hilt this timis jear ear IllI Hill Terry erry brought the tall poker fared Allan lIan to time the Giants Both Iloth Curl Carl Ca 11 Hubbell and Hat hal Schumacher arc are ns as asyet yet ct et unknown 11 quantities In III this thiu j years year's tars ears race ace and anti Salvo Sao has stepped Into Inlo a R starting starlin job and has managed to hold old It It Isn't nil all luck that this excel lonal crop of ot rookies hove over the horizon this year Its It's the result of ot ottIe tIe the far Hunt store chain systems un under un- un der den which big leagues groom croom pros pros- prospective material And Its success I couldn't be more strongly evidenced than han by the tile success of today today's fresh fresh- men U 0 VT I Of course many of them wont won't last It It just Isn't in the tho cards for the majority of them to follow In the footsteps of Ruth Huth and other baseball immortals Cut But n a large number lumber of them can cnn and will vill dem- dem demonstrate demonstrate enough playing ability to remain on some big league roster Quite Quilo a few ew year first men have al- al already ready cady themselves In ii a steady toady position and a 1 good many more moro are arc giving the tho old guard more than han a run for or their money Sport Shorts I N NOTRE DAME was the nations nation's i best football drawing card in I 1938 1038 playing before more marc than persons from coast to coast Saliva tests taken by the New York state tale racing commission have havo re je the use of ot 74 different drugs In hopping horses r r- Don Meade is 15 isa a m hand rider sel sd- seldom dom using a whip r c p f to pilot a horse home Jimmy Gleeson Chicago r Cub left fielder f socked out one or more base hits in 94 04 9 V fu of the International International V League games L k N d he played for New- New Newnon ark last year Don non Meade Walter vet eran pro ranks ns lIS one of golf's most rabid baseball fans tans It costs to ship one horse in a 1 box car from rom New York to Churchill Downs In n 1879 a batter balter was not allowed to take first until nine balls were called Lynn Myers Car Car- Cardinal Cardinal dinal dinah infielder is one of at the major leagues league's smallest players pl lie He is 5 feet Ceet 6 inches tall and weighs pounds Johnny Butt Buff former bantamweight champion has re- re reenlisted reenlisted reenlisted enlisted in the United States navy Players' Players squawks dont don't bother Umpire Bud Newman of the East Texas League Hes He's deaf deat Said to be the highest paid prep coach in the country is Js Bill too 00 ball mentor at Salem Mass school He Is paid annually Joe McCarthy age remains a mystery The Yankee managers manager's mother says he is 52 his sister in in- insists insists s 51 the records show 54 Jo doesn't say anything The big big- biggest biggest gest price ever paid for Cor a horse at auction was for The deal was made at Newmarket Eng July 11 1938 1838 The Cincinnati Red Stockings scored 56 consecutive victories between March Maich of 1869 1860 and June 1870 Syd Hull British promoter predicts a Joe Louis Louis- Tommy Farr battle in London would gross a million Bill Terry says cays if he can get another hitter like Zeke Bonura he tan can win the Na Na- National National league pennant Sun Beau leading racehorse money win win- winner winner ner of all time is 14 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