| Show INSIDE I rl fc s r BASEBALL Jf y yB B BY Ted Tec Williams frI P 1 i Professional baseball Is a ape pe- pe a liar business Some players enI en- en tl I fr r fit it in a glamorous way The They QI l e paid a big bonus for signing a al l Sports writers predict a aj i iII j II career for them Then Thena a ai feir e ir bubble bursts They fail to tofake toke fake eke ke the grade and drop from u 4 JI t fe spotlight as quickly as they the iQ io it it oz enter the major leagues I II i Unheralded I heralded and unsung Their early u orts arts to make good are hardly L 1 Suddenly they do some- some l C ng which attracts attention The Them m which is lucky enough to pick t r such a diamond from the rough I III II e mediately looks stronger than itt it t 1 on on paper before the season I j I Marrero is a perfect il- il iI-I iI 11 i This little graduate luin m the Florida International R gue is quite a pitcher His effi- effi nt efforts on the rubber should of tremendous help to Washing Washing- 71 this year Yet his name was mentioned before the sea- sea l' l 1 started Few if any f figured 1 at t this little Cuban would make 2 pitching staff of the Senators rt more formidable than it ap- ap I 1 red I Is r definitely t the n to the general rule It isn't en that a pitcher jumps from eague league of such low classification tr I the Florida International to the r jors and makes good with a g. g l J And nd seldom do you expect much si om m a pitcher who stands only lite e feet seven inches and weighs y pounds The tendency is disregard pitchers who arent aren't J g and who cant can't throw hard arrero defies all the rules But Butt Buti e t i gets the ball over the plate and andl 1 4 l puts something in er e every pitch has proved to be far more ef- ef e tive than most of the highly pub- pub zed bonus pitchers with their 1 fast balls and sharp curves For or one who is facing big league 1 t tiers er fo for the fir first t ti time e he e elas has las control and pitching During my years ears in the big ague Igue Ive I've seldom seen a new her cher with such splendid control d general pitching knowledge After After seeing Marrero for the thet t time I found it easy to under- under ind nd how he had won 25 games ile losing only 8 S for the Havana 11 iam am m in the Florida In International tern a gigue gue last year Nor was it any when a study stud of the rec- rec ly Es s showed that his earned run Jerage of 1 53 last year was only s better than his earned run t of the two previous seaf sea- sea I f is s 's which were 1 GG and 1 1 his little Washington hurler is quite a contrast from fast st of the rookie pitchers you I j i nowadays who have so much trying to get the ball over je plate that they cant can't develop I Gile ate f pitching savvy which Is so I to pit pitch winning i ng b ball |
