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Behind the Tigers, come the Chicago White Sox with pitching and not too much else. With Billy Pierce, Early Wynn and Dick Donovan, the Chisox have a strong big three, but their only real batting strength comes from catcher Sherm Lollar and Jim Landis. Nellie Fox is always a dependable singles hitter, and Luis Aparicio is one of the classic players in the good-field no-hit school, combining with Fox for an excellent double-play pair...
...first time in decades, the White Sox are operating with a first-line player in every position. Behind the plate, Catcher Sherman Lollar is a new man under Marion's managing. A journeyman backstop under former White Sox Manager Paul Richards, he is now hitting around .270; his pegs to second scoot low and fast; he handles his pitchers with skill. And the pitchers have responded. Newcomer Dick Donovan has racked up a 13-3 record. Veteran Billy Pierce, pitching tight ball, has won 7 and lost 6. Harry Byrd, a castoff Oriole...
...Lollar is backed by Rookie Robert ("Red") Wilson, who hit .297 for Seattle. Says Richards, eying the opening of the season next week: "We are going to give them all a battle." The word "all" obviously includes the world-champion Yankees. Chicago fans hope Paul Richards isn't just cajoling them...
Before the grand jury, Killingsworth had testified under oath that Brownie Lollar was there, too. But on the stand, he could not remember saying that-not even when it was read back...
Another witness declared that she recognized Lollar's voice among a hooded mob that had hauled her mother, her sister and herself, together with three men visitors, into the woods and whipped the three of them with a rope after a preacher had prayed over them. A man whipped by the Klan testified: "I recognized Brownie Lollar when he laughed...