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...should give Regular Solly Hemus a run for his position. For another $100,000 they have hard-hitting Tom Alston, a first baseman and the first Negro on the Cardinal roster. And they have an impressive list of seasoned money players: Outfielder Enos Slaughter, Second Baseman Red Schoendienst, and Lefthander Harvey Haddix, not to mention the one and only Stan Musial...
Team: Brooklyn (by 1½ games) Pitcher: Staley, St. L. (12-4) Batter: Schoendienst, St. L. (.341) Runs Batted In: Mathews, Mil. (75) Home Runs: Mathews...
Team: Milwaukee (by 2½ games) Pitcher: Surkont, Milwaukee (9-1) Batter: Schoendienst, St. L. (.344) Runs Batted In: Campanella, Brooklyn (62) Home Runs: Mathews...
...Cardinals wound up their spring-training barnstorming tour,*** some of the evidence was in on the new Stanky regime. Always the realist, Stanky knew that he could not remake a team of veterans and rookies into the old Gashouse image. Veterans like Outfielder Enos Slaughter, Second Baseman Red Schoendienst and Third Baseman Billy Johnson already play the game to the hilt. Stan ("The Man") Musial, baseball's best, summed up the new Cardinal feeling: "We'll be more aggressive . . . We'll play more hit & run ... We'll steal more...
...rookie manager Marty Marion has the same trouble as the Giants: only two regulars are hitting. Stan Musial and Red Schoendienst just have not been able to make up for the sudden failure of Country Slaughter, while first and catcher have not been strong spots in the batting order. And the older pitchers, Brecheen, Lanier, Wilks, Pollet, are over the hill...