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Show i TV" t Rookie Born in Graveyard Shows He Is Live One BOGOLUSA, Ia., March 1 Phil J Todt. a Brownie recruit, was born In a graveyard. The young ; St Loul9 star, who has made good with Manager Lee Fohl of the I Browns first saw the light of day In his present family home, locat- ed In St, Peter's cemeter Phil Todt'a rather, Anthony Todt. ts the caretaker at tho cemetery. The elder Todt has lived In the cemetery for years, raising a family fam-ily of six children, three boys and three girls. The strangest part about the Todt family's residence! is the fact that Che word Todt In German means "dead." Phil is nineteen years of age, six feet pne Inch in height and weighs I 170 pounds. He started pitching for the Chaminadc College team at Clayton, Mo, in 1015, and later In' the season pitched for the Area- I cllas.- Todt can fleln and hit. asr well as pitch, as ho has shown in I practice here ! - |