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Tommy Henrich and Stan Musial, at the moment baseball's leading indispensable men, are alike in temperament and talent-except that Musial cannot sing.* Both are southpaws. Both are versatile outfielders, who have filled in at first base in emergencies (and forthwith won rank among the best first-basemen in their leagues). Unlike many other stars, they are specially distinguished by players and sportwriters as "old pros," team players without ego or flamboyance...
...Petersburg, Fla., where they both limbered up for the season (Henrich with the New York Yankees and Musial with the St. Louis Cardinals), they were less conspicuous than the greenest rookies. Nobody had to give them orders about getting in shape; they trained themselves. Many a player turns up at camp hog-fat; Musial, who had put himself on a winter schedule of two meals a day, reported five pounds underweight and built up to his normal 175. When the season began, Stan Musial dug in at the plate with his peculiar crouch. "He looks like a kid peeking around...
Cardinal Spark. As usual, 28-year-old Stanley Frank Musial, three times National League batting champion, was expected to spark the Cardinal attack. When he got off to a slow start the club sagged into seventh place. But last week, the indispensable Cardinal hit his stride and began to earn his $50,000 a year...
...Brooklyn, his big bat thumped out two home runs to knock the Dodgers out of first place (6-3). Next night, Musial's 14th-inning triple with two men on base upset the Dodgers again (7-4). In Boston, he connected for home run No. 9 to help beat the Braves, 8-1. Musial's batting average jumped 39 points in one week-to a healthy .297-and the Cardinals were within striking distance of the National League lead...
Fenway Park has Theodore S. Williams. Sportsman's Park has Stanley Musial. Yankee Stadium has Joseph Dimaggio. Cleveland's Municipal Stadium has a half-dozen men whose autographs are in great demand. But Braves Field seems to have no one of even moderate pen appeal...