Word: bonuses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...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...
...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...
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...
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...