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...been batting back and forth between the minors and majors for nine years. Everywhere, he looked pretty good; nowhere could he make the grade as a major league player. Even with the Red Sox, Billy had to wait his turn while Milt Boiling, Owen Friend and Eddie Joost took their cracks at his position. Then, when his chance came, he caught fire...
...suffered a dislocation of his right thumb. That winter, the hot-water heater in his home blew up in his face. As the year wore on, Campy picked up a startling assortment of injuries: a split thumb from a foul ball hit by the Athletics' Eddie Joost in an exhibition game, a bruised hip (during a slide), a chipped elbow when Whitey Lockman of the Giants crashed into him. Still he played, and still he was the sparkplug of the team...
...most famed prisoner-of-war, Major General William F. Dean, appeared as a witness for Colonel Schwable, told of writing two letters which the Reds might have used as propaganda. General Dean said he would never go to war again without a suicide pill as insurance against captivity. Dr. Joost K. M. Merloo, a Dutch psychiatrist who worked in the anti-Nazi underground during World War II, testified that any man-including the members of the court-would eventually confess if subjected to Communist mental torture...
...Philadelphia Athletics overcame a 4-0 deficit to turn back the Washington Senators yesterday and give Bobby Shantz his first victory of the year. Home runs by Gus Zernial and Eddie Joost helped the A's in their uphill fight...
Rarely have two teams looked worse than Philadelphia and St. Louis. Put together, they would still be at the bottom. Ferris Fain, the Athletics' first baseman, is leading the league in batting, and Ned Garver has won seven of the Browns' 13 victories. Eddie Joost and Gus Zernial of the A's and Joe Coleman of the Browns are hitting well. The rest are best forgotten. Bankruptey is more probable than sixth place for either of these two--already over, 15 games behind...