Word: rizzuto
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...Louis, Veeck enraged baseball purists by sending Midget (3 ft. 7 in.) Eddie Gaedel up to bat against the Detroit Tigers. League President Will Harridge instantly wrote midgets out of baseball-and that was all Veeck needed. At 5 ft. 6 in., he insisted, should Yankee Shortstop Phil Rizzuto be classed as "a short ballplayer or a tall midget"? And "are we to assume that giants are also barred...
Died. Paul Bernard Krichell, 74, chief scout for 37 years for the New York Yankees, credited with discovering more baseball talent than any other man in history (he signed some 200 players including Lou Gehrig, Leo Durocher, Vic Raschi, Red Rolfe, Phil Rizzuto, Tony Lazzeri); after long illness; in New York City...
...later the mountain moved to him. At Washington's Sheraton-Park Hotel, 40 Eisenhower advocates from the capital area, 60 more brought in from around the U.S. by Citizens for Eisenhower-Nixon, gathered for a "press conference." Though Ike knew that his audience (it included ex-Yankee Phil Rizzuto, John Roosevelt, Medal of Honorman "Commando" Kelly, onetime Ambassador Lewis Douglas) was sympathetic, questions had not been screened...
...Tightening up for the late-season drive for the flag, the New York Yankees gave their longtime (13 seasons) Shortstop Phil Rizzuto, 37, his unconditional release to make room for a new outfielder. The new man: Kansas City's 40-year-old Enos ("Country") Slaughter. A remarkably durable relic of the old Cardinals, Country Slaughter was traded to the Yanks in 1954, sent to the Athletics last year...
...long known that each generation of Americans is larger than its predecessor, but the trend to larger, stronger ballplayers is not merely the result of genetics and good diet. Choke batters like Outfielder Richie Ashburn of the Phillies and small, rabbit-quick infielders like the Yankee's Phil Rizzuto are going out of vogue. Said National League President Warren Giles: "Every scout is now looking for the power hitter. The primary question today is: How far can he hit the ball...