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Despite the failure of Joe DiMaggio and the retirement of Tommy Henrich, the Yanks still have outfielders of the calibre of Bauer, Mapes, and Woodling, in addition to the even younger Jensen and Mantle. But Reynolds and Shea leave much to be desired this year as third and fourth starters behind Lopat and Raschi. And the collapse of Joe Page has left the club without a reliable relief hurler...
...First and second: Boston Red Sox Outfielder Ted Williams ($125,000), New York Yankee Outfielder Joe DiMaggio ($100,000). Neither got a 1951 raise...
...that seemed to be worrying Manager Stengel was whether to send Mantle back for another season to the minors (where he could be sure of playing every day) or to keep him on the Yankee roster (where he would run the risk of gathering bench splinters). But with Joe DiMaggio already on record that the 1951 season will be his last ("The old geezer will be getting out. I can't go on forever"), Rookie Mantle was beginning to look like the kid who might be able to pick up when Joe leaves...
Hollywood autograph dealers listed some spring bargains. Signatures of Cinemactresses Betty Grable and Virginia Mayo were in stock at 40? each, William S. Hart at 50?. Lily Rons and Buster Keaton were tagged at $2, Joe DiMaggio at $3. Charles Chaplin, Greta Garbo, the late Rudolph Valentino, John Barrymore and Director D. W. Griffith were $10 items; George Gershwin, $15; Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, $30; Harry Truman...
...show its all-electronic color television tube to CBS last October, RCA said no; it would be like asking the Yankees to give Joe Di-Maggio to the Phillies for the World Series. But last week, RCA unwrapped the tube (known to the trade as the "Joe DiMaggio") for all to see. To 25 tube-makers, RCA sent 14 pages of illustrated instructions on how to make it. At the moment, the instructions will do the manufacturers little good, for FCC has approved only the CBS color system. RCA apparently hopes to build up a string of potential customers...