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Burt had reclaimed talent beaten down last year by Leo the Lip's rough & ready handling. He helped Outfielder Gene Hermanski renew his self-confidence, and had him fielding better, hitting 83 percentage points higher than last year. When Pitcher Hank Behrman was sold to Pittsburgh and flopped, Manager Burt was the first to say, "We can use him"- and made a serviceable retread...
...Dodgers, whose loud Lippy Leo Durocher threatened to jettison his ancient outfield-Walker, Galan and Rosen -and gamble on three rambunctious rookies named Carl Furill, Gene Hermanski and Dick Whitman. With Mickey Owen in Mexico, he would depend on Rookie Ferrell Anderson behind the plate. The Dodgers were pointing mainly...
...Allen. When he was through pruning, only 14 of the 34 spring players remained. With few exceptions, other clubs could find no new material worth buying. In St. Paul, Rickey found 6 ft. 6½ in. First Baseman Howard Schultz; in Montreal, Outfielder Luis Olmo; in Durham, Outfielder Gene Hermanski. He brought in other youngsters. He asked 20,000 school and semi-pro coaches to name their best players, so far has seen 3,700 of them at 15 try-out camps (estimated cost...
...Hermanski, Olmo and Schultz fitted the bill. Although the Dodgers continued to lose more games than they won, the newcomers more than upheld their end of the show. This earned Branch Rickey no vote of confidence from the Brooklyn skeptics. Baseball fans, like military armchair strategists, are impatient for quick victories. But Rickey is a realistic general with the long view. He stands firm before Brooklyn like Montgomery before El Alamein...