Show A Sacker Socker In the world of players players players play play- ers arc aro traded about by the tho Clubs as if they were so much so-much much raw ma ma- Under the laws of baseball U players never ne known who they might 1 bo ho 0 playing for on the next da day and the they can bo traded by their home club without their consent con sent or knowledge e. e Any fan kno knows vs this and it is a tradition in the tho sport Even though trades occur all along a recent one in the American American American Amer Amer- ican League Leacue shocked the baseball world It was unusual and anI opening oye-opening because it was the first tune lime in memory that a Major League batting batting batting bat bat- ting champion was wai traded for the tho Leagues League's home run home run champion The trade between Detroit and and Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land in the American League involved in Roch Rocky Colavito and Harvey Harvey Har lIar vey ey Kuenn Calavito socked two forty-two home homo runs 1 for Cleveland in 1959 and was the darling of Cleveland fans Kuenn was the Leagues League's batting champion in 1959 and has a lifetime average of be better 1 than It has hns been more than thirty years since sinco a trade of this significance significance significance signi signi- occurred in the world Back Dack in 1026 1926 the St. St Louis C Cardinals sent Rogers Hornsby to the New York Giants for Frankie Frisch and md Jimmy Ring Thus the Calavito Colavito Kuenn Kuenn trade was a historical event in baseball l history story Baseball fans every every- v re Jc are aro now watching to see whether Cleveland or Detroit ge get the best of tho the trade Even those who arc not ordinarily interested in baseball will find it interesting if Kuenn Ruenn helps win a pennant fo for Cleveland Cleveand or if Colavito becomes become tho the run home king in lS a in Detroit Detroit De De- troit and makes Detroit a top lop contender |