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Show Lee M Made The Team; Could You? It's tough on a young "Brave" to have to go to the hospital for an operation just when the team , is getting into full swing of the baseball season That is the plaint of young Lee Morrison, member of the Braves team of the Cottonwood Heights ''Major League" in Western Boys Baseball. After working so hard to gain a spot on the team, where he was getting in some good practice and occasional occ-asional chances to play the outfield.and even a chance on first bas?, it was tough to have to go to the Shriners Hospital for another operation on that right arm after only one or two league games. That right arm has been Lee's "bugaboo" since he was seven years oid , when a serious bone infection made it so the doctor had to take his arm off above the elbow. But he likes sports, and especially baseball, so despite his difficulty he joined his playmates in throwing and catching the ball, catching it with his mitted left hand and then quickly flipping the mitt off to throw the ball. Batting was even easier. Though maybe he could'nt hit as hard, he developed an accurate swing and could lift the ball over the infield quite frequently. When the season started last summer Lee was right on the spot to try out for the major league team. He did'nt make it, but won a place on a minor league team, doing his job so well that when tryout time came this spring, Lee was chosen on the. Braves major league roster. Then he was just getting into the swing of things, practicing hard in the outfield and first base positions and looking forward to chances to get into some "for keeps" games against other clubs, when some difficulty developed with his arm again, and he had to go to that darn hospital while hi3 mates played the games. But he came home Wednesday, and he has high hopes of helping help-ing his team win the league championship - or something. Lee is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jean Morrison, 2892 E. 7320 South, in cottonwood Heights. f |