Word: groth
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Brown lineups; Scheffer, g; Groth, lfb; Green rfb; Kruger, lhb; D. Michael, chb; Scott, rhb; Leach, ol; Bartunek, il; J. Michael, cf; Silva, ir; Wieboldt...
...Detroit Tigers had their own prize bit of the rookie crop in Outfielder Johnny Groth, onetime Navyman (TIME, March 28). Chicago's White Sox had Outfielder Gus Zernial (also ex-Navy), who broke a collarbone four weeks ago chasing a line drive. White Sox fans could hardly wait for Gus to get back into the lineup: he was leading the league with a fancy .355 when he was hurt...
...build himself up, he swung an overweighted bat in the cellar of his San Francisco home, faithfully executed 25 pushups morning & night. At week's end, Coleman had hit safely in seven consecutive games, had a fat .400 average. That was not as good as Rookie Johnny Groth's .439 for the Detroit Tigers; Groth, who had been picked in spring training as the most likely candidate for rookie-of-the-year (TIME, March 28), was leading the league. But the relatively unsung Coleman was runner-up. Moreover, the Yankees had a rookie first baseman, Dick Kryhoski...
...Formal Education. Johnny Groth has always been a good ballplayer, but until four years ago his game was football. At Chicago Latin School, Johnny was a triple-threat halfback, but never spent much time at baseball. The Navy nabbed him before he could decide which college football scholarship to accept, and sent him to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station...
...DiMaggio's American League center-field crown some day. This week, in an exhibition game, the Yankees' Joe and the Tigers' Johnny got together for the first time. DiMaggio, hobbling by on his sore heel, went to bat as a pinch hitter and drew a walk; Groth got a single in five times at bat, tossed out a Yankee at the plate with a good throw from center field. Did Groth look like an heir apparent? In spite of a mine-run performance that day, he handled himself with confidence; to sportwriters he seemed a good candidate...