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...gentle practical jokes and good-humored cracks. He once told John F. Kennedy: "They tell me I'm too old to play baseball and you're too young to be President. We ought to get together." Playing for Fun. A onetime pitcher who learned to spin a southpaw curve on the sooty sidewalks of Donora, Pa., Musial could, if he chose, retire with honor and security. He has never haggled over money: when he signed the National League's first $100,000 contract in 1958, he was frankly embarrassed. "I would have settled for less," he told...
...Crimson southpaw Paul Del Rossi held the Bulldogs to one hit in the first three innings, but the sophomore's number finally came up in the bottom of the fourth...
Sophomore pitcher Paul Del Rossi got credit for the win, although he was replaced in the eighth inning by Al Yarbro. Del Rossi's record now stands at eight wins and no losses, and the shutout pushed his earned run average below 1.00. As usual, the southpaw showed good control, striking out five while walking none...
...attempting to silence the Navy guns will probably be sophomore Paul Del Rossi (4-0). A 6 ft. southpaw with good speed and a tricky change-up, he has been one of the big factors in the Crimson's surprising 9-1 team record to date. Del Rossi has completed three of his four starts and currently is working with a 0.82 earned run average, pretty good in any league...
Backing Yarbro up in the bullpen will be fireball righthander Dick Garibaldi (also 1-0) and southpaw Bill Guzzetti...