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Show ROOKIE WAS PEANUT VENDOR First Baseman Grimm, Formerly With Little Rock, Has Had Rapid Rise in Baseball. Charlie Grimm, who has been purchased pur-chased by the Pirates from the Little Rock club of the . Southern association, associa-tion, has had a rapid rise in baseball. Three years ago he was a peanut and soda vendor in the Cardinals' park and played semi-pro ball when the Cards were away from home. Last year he applied to Jack Hendricks, then manager of the Cardinals, for a tryout, and Jack, granting it, liked the youngster's looks so well he kept him over for a time, finally turning him over to Little Rock for further seasoning. sea-soning. Grimm played a fine brand of ball in the Southern association this yeai nnd the Pirate scouts believe he will show to better advantage at the initial in-itial sack than George Whitted. |