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...fire fastballs all through the long, hot afternoon. Such a pitcher was Iowa Farm Boy Bob Feller, who came off a sand lot at 17 and struck out 348 batters for the Cleveland Indians in 1946. Such a pitcher also is moonfaced Michael Jones, a $3,000-bonus rookie who plays for Johnson City, Tenn., a St. Louis Cardinals class D farm club. A rangy (6 ft., 174 Ibs.) right-hander with a smoky fastball, shy Mike Jones has yet another distinction: at 16, he is the youngest player in organized baseball...
Robert E. MacNeal, president of Curtis (Saturday Evening Post, Holiday), brooded in silence for a few days, then issued a statement blasting the bonus gimmick as "a hurried move calculated to preserve the illusion of leadership." Said MacNeal: "We see no virtue in winning a race to the poorhouse.'' But the Journal entered the race anyway, replied to McCall's by announcing a 10% cut in its ad rates...
...eyes and an asphalt-seasoned sense of humor. He had tried out four years earlier as a first baseman and, after being told that he was too scrawny, turned to pitching in a tough sandlot club until a record of more than 20 wins earned him a $7,000 bonus to play Class C ball for the Yankees. As a rookie he had a 9-1 record, won the final game of the World Series against Philadelphia in 1950. After two years in the Army, he returned to an 18-6 season, went on to become the clutch pitcher...
...hours after he graduated, young Wade Blasingame finally got into the act himself, signed a contract with the Milwaukee Braves for a $100,000 bonus. "Not a penny less and not a penny more," says his proud father. "And he gets a darn good salary besides...
...Binge. Wade Blasingame was only one of several bonus babies the Braves have landed this season by all but digging into the mortgage money: four other pitchers cost them around $275,000. (Clubs never disclose exact bonuses, are suspected of wildly inflating some figures for publicity, deflating others to prevent resentment among their regular players.) Nor was Milwaukee the only club showering greenbacks on green schoolboys. June graduations brought on a binge of bonus payments that have cost the majors close to $4,000,000, and Los Angeles Dodger Scouting Director Al Campanis figures that teen-age stars will take...