Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 47, No. 14, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 8, 1954 Page: 7 of 10
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'JPhuraday, April 8, 1954
PALACIOS BEACON, PALACIOS, TEXAS
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ON THE 20th ANNIVERSARY OE
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THE SPORTING NEWS PICKS
THE OUTSTANDING ROOKIES
Which rookies made the best
impression in major league camps
this spring? Here they are, as re-
vealed by a poll of THE SPORT-
ING NEWS correspondents:
BILL TUTTLE (Detroit Tigers)
—Yankee doodle dandy from
Peoria, 111. Born on July 4 and is 24.
Best range in center field since
Johnny G r o t h.. . . exceptionally
strong throwing arm. . . troubled
by curve ball in spring training,
but ha3 good power to both fields.
Hit .276 last season at Buffalo
with 11 home runs and 75 RBI’s...
If he can hit .250 for Detroit,
Briggs Stadium will have fine new
center fielder.
FRANK BOLLING (Detroit Tig-
ers)—Kid brother of Milt Bolling,
Red Sox shortstop. . . Prank at 22
is 15 months younger than Milt...
Charley Gehringer regards Frank
as best defensive second baseman
to come up to Tigers since World
War II, which virtually means
since Gehringer, says The Sport-
ing News. . . Frank is 6-1 and
weighs 175 lbs. . . batted .318 last
year in 57 games for Buffalo.
DICK TOMANEK (Cleveland
Indians) — Nicknamed Bones be-
cause he eats and eats and can’t
put on weight. . . is a shade over
six feet tall. . . weighs 178, age
23. . . Dad said he would walk the
20-odd miles to Cleveland Stadium
to see his son pitch if he ever made
big leagues. . . had to carry out
that promise last summer when
Dick made his debut against the
Tigers and beat them on six hits...
Southpaw. . . best pitch a fast
ball that sinks.
CURTIS ROBERTS (Pittsburgh
Pirates)—24-year-old infielder
from Denver (Western league)....
First Negro player on Pirate
roster. . . Three years in Western
batted .281, .280 and .291 last year.
Fine glove man, says The Sporting
Ncw3 and good leadoff batter, . ,
Drew 94 passes with Denver in
1953. . . On small side at five-eight
and 165 pounds.
ED BAILEY (Cincinnati Reds)
—Regarded as best catching pros-
pect Reds have had in years and
years. . . at 6-2 and 202 pounds,
he’s shortest male member of his
tribe of Bailey’s to grow around
Strawberry Plains, Tenn., for years,
but also the heaviest. . . Bats left
with more power than the .243
average he rang up in 485 swings
in 147 games for Tulsa (Texas
League) last year indicates... his
118 hits included 26 doubles, four
triples and 21 homers. . . Voluble
talker, says The Sporting News,
and rip-snorting man back of bat.
HARRY AGGANIS (Boston Red
Sox) — Lefthanded hitting first
baseman who is better known as
an All-America quarterback from
Boston University. . . Harry has
played only one season of baseball,
that with Louisville (American As-
sociation) a year ago. . . he hit
slightly under .300 and drove in
over 100 runs, points out The
Sporting News. . . He’s a 6-1, 200
pounder.
ALEX GRAMMAS (St. Louis
Cardinals)—Trim, pleasant son of
Greek ancestry, is a graduate of
Mississippi State College... Bat-
ted .327 for Muskegon (Central
League) in 1949, but at Memphis
(Southern) and Tulsa (Texas)
next three years he posted averages
of only .223, .254 and .243. . . On
option at Kansas City, Golden
Greek boosted mark to .307 and
was named shortstop on American
Association all-star team. . . He’s
just turned 26, 6-feet tall, weighs
180.
MICKEY MICELOTTA (Phila-
delphia Phillies)—Rookie infielder
from Terre Haute (Three-I-
League) who found his batting eye
when he donned glasses last year,
Batted .297, made 15 homers and
72 RBI’s. . . Can play second,
short or third. . . is a holler guy
and good fielder, says The Sport
ing News.
FOSTER CASTLEMAN (New
York Giants) — A slick-fielding
young infielder, Castleman has been
the real surprise package of Giant
camp. . . was originally slated to
have season of polishing at Min-
neapolis. . . Solid hitter with sur-
prising power in his lean, well-
muscled 6-foot, 175 pound frame...
a shortstop most of his life, he now
looms as strangest possible replace-
ment for Davey William, whose
aching back is still the weakest link
in Giant bid for comeback in ’54,
point out The Sporting News.
SPOOKS JACOBS (Philadelphia
Athletics) — Wispy (147 pound)
South Jersey fugitive from Brook-
lyn chain gang (drafted from
Montreal) will be A’s regular
second baseman. . . does every-
thing well, reports The Sporting
News compensating for lack of long
ball with bunts, splash hits. . .
Started pro ball right out of Army
in ’46; except that year, has stolen
at least 20 bases every season.
BOB GRIM (New York Yankees)
—Born in the Yorkville section of
Manhattan, New York. . . moved
up through Yankee system. . .
Amsterdam, Norfolk, and then, in
’51, Binghamton, where he won 16
lost five and had an ERA of 2.39.
Just when the Yankees were really
getting interested in him, Uncle
Sams Marines plucked him for a
two-year hitch.. . Son of Hun-
garian immigrant parents, Bob
was following his father’s foot-
steps as a waiter when he dis-
covered there was more money to
be made in serving fast balls than
blue plate specials, says The Sport-
ing News.
• • •
OTHER PLAYERS listed in the
current issue of THE SPORTING
NEWS: Angel Scull, Washington
Senators; Ernie Banks and Gene
Baker, Chicago Cubs; Don Mossi,
Cleveland Indians; Bob Talbot,
Chicago Cubs; Cliff Ross, Cincin-
nati Reds; Gair Allie, Pittsburgh
Pirates; Dave Pope, Cleveland
Indians; Carlos Paula, Washing-
ton Senators; Pete Wojey, Brooklyn
Dodgers; Vachel Perkins, Balti-
more Orioles; Clyde Schell, Phila-
delphia Phillies; Nelson King,
Pittsburgh Pirates; Solomon Hamp-
ton, Brooklyn Dodgers; Bill Wil-
son, Chicago White Sox and Bill
Skowron, New York Yankees.
NEXT WEEK—Publisher J. G.
Taylor Spink of The Sporting News
goes on the annual limb in pick-
ing the pennant winners. His aver-
age, over a number of years, is
high. Watch for these selections
in the Beacon and The Sporting
News.
• • •
CONNIE MACK, forsees th«T
White Sox and Indians fighting
for the '54 American League pen-
nant, with the Yankees finishing
third, says The Sporting News.
• • •
PAT MONAHAN’S definition
of spring: “When the days get
longer and the underwear gets
shorter,” gets The Sporting News
crack-of-the-week award.
* * *
When DUSTY RHODES report-
ed to the Giants this spring, he was
assigned to room with Bobby Hof-
man, the team’s classiest di-esser.
Rhodes was the worst, until he be-
gan climbing into Hofman’s clothes.
This was Bobby’s comment on his
roomie: “Dusty reported in good
shape. He came with his under-
wear.”
Many an American League man-
ager is amazed that the Baltimore
Orioles are playing Gil Coan in
center field, where the demands on
a strong throwing arm are im-
portant, says The Sporting News.
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