Salt Lake Telegram | 1952-01-01 | Page 22 | Cardinals Ink Rookie Mound Star

I Cardinals Ink II I I Rookie Mound Star ST. ST T. T LOUIS LOVIS Mo Jan 1 UP UP- UP St. St Louis Cardinal owner Fred said Tuesday that with the signing pitcher Wilmer Vinegar Vinegar Vine Vine- gar Bend Mizell the club has taken the first step of oC many to tobe tobe tobe be taken to strengthen the Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals Car Car- with new and young blood who put Mizell's lizell's name nameon on a Card contract Monda Monday said he rates the year old southpaw easily the thc outstanding pitching prospect in the minor leagues I Mizell's pitching in professional baseball has been done with penant penant pen pelf ant winners only He tallied an earned run average of oC 1 96 with Houston 1 and his topped the strikeout column in the Texas League Mizell drew his nickname from his home town in Alabama Vinegar Vinegar Vinegar Vine Vine- gar Bends Bend's entire population of I 37 went to Houston last summer his pitching in the Dixie I series While playing with Winston- Winston Salem N. N C C. champions of the Carolina Carolin League in 1950 he scored 17 The year before he helped Albany Ga to Q the Geor Geor- gia-Florida gia League pennant by winning 12 and losing three I