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...since "Rapid Robert's" heyday, countless youngsters have been called "another Feller." None has managed to live up to his press clippings. But last week baseball men were finally convinced that another Feller had arrived in the person of burly (6 ft. 2 in., 207 Ibs.) Robert Lee Turley, a fireballing righthander for the Baltimore Orioles...
...Bullet Bob" Turley threw two convincers last week. First, going a full ten innings against Cleveland, Turley pitched a 4-hitter (striking out five) and won his third game of the young season, 2-1. Later, against the Boston Red Sox, Turley left the Boston batters gaping as he reared back and struck out eleven of them in an eight-inning stint (he was lifted for a pinch hitter) and won his fourth game of the year...
...drawn raves all over the American League circuit. "He's the fastest thing I've seen since Bob Feller was at his best," said New York Yankee Manager Casey Stengel. "This fellow throws lightning bolts." Baltimore's Catcher Clint Courtney, gingerly waving a sore hand, says, "Turley's the fastest guy I ever caught...
...object of this acclaim takes his successes as calmly as his failures. Early in the season Turley pitched dramatic no-hit ball for eight and one-third innings against Cleveland, then lost the game 2-1 on a single and a home run by Larry Doby. Ordinarily, a pitcher would make crestfallen excuses. Not Turley. "I've always been amused," said he. "to read the statements pitchers make when something bad happens to them. 'The pitch got away from me.' they say. This one got away from me-350 feet away. I threw Doby the precise pitch...
Baltimore (Turley) 3, Chicago...