Word: southpaws
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From Columbus comes Infielder Ray Sanders, leading run-maker in the American Association last year, who is being groomed to take the place of First Baseman Johnny Mize, recently sold to the New York Giants for $50,000. From Rochester comes Outfielder Stanley Musial, a 21-year-old southpaw whom sportswriters have already tabbed "rookie-of-the-year." Musial, who started his baseball career as a pitcher, played in three different leagues last year, outhit the ultimate batting champion in each league. Brought to St. Louis for a trial at the tail end of last season, Musial...
Gary Cooper, righthanded, found he had to learn ball-throwing all over again to play the part of the late, great southpaw Lou Gehrig. Ex-major league star Lefty O'Doul coached...
...every college is out to trip Stanford, favorite to Notre Dame Halfback Jack Warner. win the Conference title again this year. Backs Hugh Gallarneau and Norman Standlee have graduated to professional football; Pete Kmetovic is the only ball-carrying regular left over. But Quarterback Frankie Albert, the blithe, brilliant southpaw who is the key man of Stanford's devastating T formation, will still handle the ball-carriers, whoever they...
...last week there was Weltschmerz in Flatbush, Canarsie, Brownsville and Greenpoint. Brooklynites didn't like the looks of Howard Pollet, a 20-year-old southpaw the Cardinals had just brought up from their Houston farm. Dodger fans had seen enough of one left-handed Cardinal rookie, Ernie White, who had moidered their Bums in the first game of last week's series-to chalk up his 16th victory for St. Louis. The Pollet kid looked even better. In his major-league debut fortnight ago, he pitched a four-hit victory over the Boston Braves. Against the Dodgers last...
...about. Manager Billy Southworth, a paternal oldtimer with infectious enthusiasm, has a green thumb for ripening green players. This year's Cardinals have six regulars batting over .300; Creepy Crespi, a rookie second-baseman who has made the infield click; Ernie White, a 24-year-old South Carolina southpaw who, in his first year with the Big Team, has won twelve games-three of them on three successive days...