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...such bright hopes as Outfielder Bill Virdon (now batting .311 for Pittsburgh), Pitcher Brooks Lawrence (who has won 16, lost 7 for Cincinnati) and Southpaw Harvey Haddix (who has won 11, lost 5 for Philadelphia). They even managed to sit still for the trading of Infielder Red Schoendienst (who is hitting .319 for the Giants).* All this, they were told, was going to buy them a pennant-this year. Still they are limping along in fourth place, and it hurts so much that the fans are impatient even with their old friend and favorite, Musial...
...rowed merrily down the Thames at New London, Conn, to defeat ancient rival Harvard for the 54th time in 104 meetings. ¶In the season's biggest trade, the seventh-place New York Giants swapped four players even with the St. Louis Cardinals, got a lift when Red Schoendienst, their new second baseman, hit a homer while Shortstop Al Dark and First Baseman Whitey Lockman were spoiling their debuts as Cards by making three errors...
Admittedly, most of the '46 heroes are gone now. Of the three remaining, Al "Red" Schoendienst has had his driving license stamped "Restricted to Glasses," and Stan Musial has trouble loping in from the outfield. And poor Ted Williams, though still the most popular slugger since Babe Ruth, doesn't like to play on cold days...
...knows better than Harry Walker, though, how much Stanky has accomplished in rebuilding the Redbirds. Says he: "Baseball is played basically the same by all clubs. The players are the important thing." The Cards today have the players, all right-the lively oldtimers Musial and Schoendienst, some heavy-hitting youngsters, Moon, Repulski and Virdon, and a few reliable pitchers, Arroyo, Harvey Haddix (an 18-game winner last year) and fireballing Brooks Lawrence. To bring them along as fast as he can, Harry Walker uses one un-Stanky prescription: relaxation. "I feel that you should let the players be natural...
...Petersburg, Fla., fresh from a winter of baseball in Maracaibo, Venezuela, his batting eye sharp. Manager Stanky was so impressed that he never thought of sending Wally back to the minors. But taking Slaughter's place was a tough spot. Wally kept badgering old hands like Musial and Schoendienst for advice. In the field, he made few mistakes. At the plate, he started belting out base hits steadily. His current average: .331. "Here it is August," says Second Baseman Schoendienst, "and I think I have a shot at the batting championship, but I wouldn't be surprised...