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...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...
Gift of Gab. Time was when pro ballplayers were "tobacco-chewing rowdies" who ran out their brief careers with little to show for their days on the diamond. Of the nine regulars on the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, first big-league team of all, only Shortstop George Wright went on to become a successful businessman (Wright & Ditson, sporting goods). The rest stayed only a pitch or two ahead of the bill collectors. One died in a San Fran cisco poorhouse; sentimental fans saved another from a pauper's grave. Growing prestige, says Professor Gregory, has opened a new world...
...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...
Still, in the 1956 Phillies the nucleus is there. Behind the plate, crafty Veteran Andy Seminick makes up in pure baseball savvy what he lacks in hitting; Granny Hamner at shortstop is a real pro; Richie Ashburn and Del Ennis belong in any man's outfield. As for pitchers, though, unless Southpaw Curt Simmons gets back his "bonus baby" form and until the trade for the Cardinals' Harvey Haddix pays off, Robin Roberts is the Phillies' only reliable performer...
Levon Kasarjian, Jr. of Newton, Mass., is the '59 baseball captain. Kasarjian, who plays shortstop, was on the All-Scholastic team last year while captain of the Newton High School nine...