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...time; I couldn't keep my mind on books"), Maris turned down some half-dozen col lege scholarship offers to try out with the Cleveland Indians and Chicago Cubs. Impressed by his fluid swing and his pull-hitting power, the Indians offered Roger a $15,000 bonus. The Cubs, for some unfathomable reason, were totally unimpressed. "Son, my advice to you," said one Cub official, "is to give up the idea of playing ball. You'll never make it. You're too small...
...only his fifth major league season, Maris was already assured of making about $67,000: some $42,000 in salary and World Series bonus, another $25,000 in fees for personal appearances and "testimonials" for such assorted products as Camel cigarettes, Infra-Rub and Aqua Velva after-shave lotion. But his busy agent, Frank Scott (other clients: Mantle, Warren Spahn, Willie Mays), estimates that movie and magazine rights to Roger's life story, royalties from a "Maris" candy bar and TV appearances (at $7,500 each) may boost his income by as much...
...Portland, Me., fastballer pitched Cheverus Classical High School to a 2-1 victory over Portland High earlier this year. Like fond relations, they were on hand with gifts for Dick's graduation last June. The Boston Red Sox presented him with a $100,000 bonus offer ($50,000 down, the rest spread over five years), and six other clubs said they were willing to raise the ante. But Dick Joyce couldn't be bought. Last week, he decided to turn down the tempting bonus offers and go to college instead...
...pondered the pros and cons of a baseball career. Joyce sought counsel from businessmen, clergymen, lawyers, and such former bonus babies as Boston's Bill Monbouquette ($4,000) and Carl Yastrzemski ($100,000). Dick's father, a onetime minor league pitcher, was alarmed by carefully planted reports that the big leagues might soon outlaw bonus payments, and urged Dick to accept the Red Sox offer. Dick refused. "If I had accepted the $100,000," he explained last week, "I would have been able to keep only about $69,000 after taxes. Scholastic and business experts estimate that today...
Before he could sign up with St. Louis, Jones had to get special permission from Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick, because he had not completed-or even started-high school. Classified as a "hardship case" (he was helping to support his parents and eight brothers and sisters), Jones gave his bonus to his family and headed for the Cardinals' spring training camp at Homestead. Fla.. where he worked out under the watchful eye of a farm system manager, Al Unser. "He would run until he got tired." says Unser. "and then he'd quit. We finally talked...