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...school football well enough to be offered a college scholarship, but books were not his speed. At 18, with $2, two pairs of pants, and two sandwiches in a brown paper bag, he took his first train ride and joined the Indianapolis Clowns, a barnstorming black team. He played shortstop for $200 a month. Looking Aaron over one month later, Braves Scout Dewey Griggs was startled to find that he was batting cross-handed, a handicap that every schoolboy learns to avoid. The scout advised Aaron to switch to the standard grip, then watched as Henry collected seven hits, including...
...Dave Lopes is hitting a lusty .298 and has stolen 28 bases. And after trying 42 aspirants at third base over the past 15 years, Alston seems to have finally found a winner in Ron Cey, a stocky, sure-gloved fielder who has driven in 55 runs. Along with Shortstop Bill Russell, a third-year converted outfielder who has finally shaken a case of the fumbles that plagued him in 1972, Lopes and Cey have helped plug the Dodgers' once woefully porous infield. Leading the way in the outfield are the sharp-hitting veterans Manny Mota (.346), Willie Crawford...
Crimson infielders Ed Durso at shortstop and Ric LaCivita as utility infielder were named to the squad selected by the coaches on GBL performance. Durso was among the leading hitters in the GBL as he placed fifth with a .364 average for the season...
Both teams came up with six hits in the game, spread out among four pitchers, two per team. The difference was a throwing error by Minuteman shortstop Ed McMahon that allowed Jim Thomas to score the winning...
Fortunately for the Crimson, the Red batting average is almost as low as its ERA. Outfielder Frank Calaguire leads Cornell with a .292 average and shortstop Bob Lazor is batting .289. The team, however, averages only a slumping...