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...graduation, Hank worked for a while repairing furnaces in a beer-bottling plant. In 1941 his older brother Herman, a White Sox farm hand, wangled him a pro tryout. Hank landed with Oshkosh in the Class D Wisconsin State League. But he hardly burned up the bushes. Alternating between infield and outfield, he batted a measly .262. The manager thought he might be a pitcher. Earned-run average in three games: 5.03. "I tried a curve once," grins Bauer, "but nothing happened...
...worse (he led the league in errors), but he also whacked 42 home runs. This tied him with Rocky Colavito for the league home-run title. It also guaranteed him a job. Killebrew has even become an asset on defense. Having wandered to and from every position in the infield, he has finally found a home in leftfield. It is just right for his medium speed, average agility, good hands and reasonable right...
...slippery track as if the championship depended on it, touching 155 m.p.h. on the straight. Power-sliding through one glassy corner in full opposite lock (with the front wheels turned against the direction of the turn), Clark nonchalantly flashed a thumb-up victory sign to a friend on the infield grass. "My God," breathed a mechanic in the Lotus pit as Clark cut huge chunks out of Surtees' lead: 5 sec. on the fifth lap, 7 sec. on the sixth...
...Yankee home runs so far this year (with 19), led the team in R.B.I.s (61) and, naturally, in walks (59). In two crucial games last week, he demonstrated why, in case anybody had forgotten, the Yankees pay him $100,000 a year. Against the Orioles, Mickey beat out an infield hit, moved to second when Tom Tresh walked and then set sail, aching legs and all, for third. He slid under the tag with a stolen base; Tresh, playing follow the leader, dashed to second. When Joe Pepitone singled, both runners scored -and the Yankees beat the Orioles...
...after eight innings, he shipped Starting Pitcher Steve Hamilton off to the showers and sent in Reliever Hal Reniff. Even that was not quite enough: the White Sox loaded the bases right off, but none of the last three Chicago batters could even get the ball out of the infield, and the Yankees still won 6-5. "It was incredible," said Manager Berra...