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...Kansas City Athletics had to go to $125,000 to land Pennsylvania Schoolboy Lew Krausse Jr., 18, although his own father was scouting him for the A's. A week after he was signed, Lew shut out the Los Angeles Angels 4-0 on three hits, and last week he had a two-hit shutout going before the Boston Red Sox scored three runs in the seventh to beat...
...Seeking a fast return on their $125,000 investment, the Kansas City Athletics sent Bonus Baby Lew Krausse Jr., 18, to pitch against the Los Angeles Angels only one week after they signed him, decided their money had been well spent when he won a three-hit shutout...
...scout for the Kansas City Athletics, Lew Krausse Sr., who pitched for the A's in Philadelphia in the 1930s, kept close tab on an 18-year-old Chester, Pa., sensation who pitched 18 high school no-hitters. Last week Krausse and the A's landed the boy. His name: Lew Krausse Jr. His price: a $125,000 bonus...
...asleep as soon as he sinks into an airplane seat, voraciously gobbles steaks and vitamin pills. He is also hungry to improve his game. "From Pancho Gonzales," says Gimeno, "I learn to throw the ball further in front of me when I serve, so I get more power. From Lew Hoad I learn to hit the ball harder. But always from myself I learn to fight like a lion." Gimeno is assured of a lion's share of the kitty: Promoter Kramer is paying him $50,000 for his first three years on the tour, plus...
...this term, the team has exhibited its prizewinning calibre. Over vacation, eight members of the varsity sailed a 44 ft. yawl to a tie for first with Navy in the historic McMillan Cup regatta. Last weekend in the official esason opener, skippers Ford and Lehmann and drews Horn and Lew Natenshon missed winning the Boston University Trophy by three points (BU 90, Harvard 87, Yale...