Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 49, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1951 Page: 3 of 8
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Young Casagrande May Be "Another
Ruth/' Coach Coffey Tells Phillies
N I' A Sports Editor
Bjr HARRY GRAYSON
CLEARWATER. Kla — Base
Jiall writers each -pring con-
trived to find "another Ty
Colit.'" until it got to he a gag.
Now comes the original "an-
other Babe Ruth.”
The Phillies hear they have
him in a red ■ haired, freckle
faced, hhte eyed Irishman
with the Italian name of Tom
Ca. aerande.
Roltert Carpenler paid this
partieuhir phenomenon SIO(KK)
for signing, started getting his
£noney hack immediately by
featuring the Seymour. Colin.,
lad's picture on the Philadelphia
Nationals’ advance sent sale
brochure.
"Another brilliant prospect is
added to the growing list of
young pluvers who are making
history as the Whiz Kids.” it
says there, "lie is six foot four-
inch, iKl-ycar-old Tom c.tsagran-
de, currently a junior at Kurd
iiain i'niv'ersity. whom 1 lie Phil
Olios signed over the efforts of
nine other dubs"
f huek Ward, the old shortstop
placed the stamp of approval on
fasagrandc, which is the tea-
son he got that dough. It was
Ward, the one time Rutgers
Coach who OK'tl Robin Ro-
Oil fey. the Fordham athletic di-
rector who shortstopped major
and minor for 11 years, and who
is starling his doth sea-on as i
the Rams’ baseball coach.
(•■fat Pnsiwl
"Tom Casagrande has greater
potentialities than any college
player I have seen,” testifies
Professor Coffey.
He is gently, but firmly, re-
minded that Eddie Collins and
Loti Gehrig came out of Col-
umbia, (ieorge Kisler out of
Michigan and Frank Frisch out
of Fordham. just to name four.
"I am well aware of that, my
friend,” replies gray - thatched
Professor Coffey, "but Casagra-
nde is one the Italic Ruth order.
"He will hit a hall as far
as Gehrig, and Gehrig couldn’t
pitch like tie can I am not
sure which is hi forte pitch-
ing or first base.
"He is too slow' to play the
outfield, unless it would be
right field at the Polo Grounds,
where till a fellow has to do is
learn how to play hall off the
wall."
Casagrand* is two inches tul-
le than Ruth and will weigh
about the same in chape — 215
(Pounds.
laddie Sawyer obviously^ does
not intei d to have Casagrande
j put in any time pitching, as
1 .Ibl
flighty - regarded word of .lack
belts.
If Foxy Fatvger Ward1 did Ruth, for tie has stylish
Couldn’t believe his eyes, he! Kdilie Waitkfs teaching him the
had the studied opinion and finer point of first basing.
Casagrande is. of course, two
or three years or more "away”,
hut he certainly is a hunk of
raw material.
Young Casagrande was horn
Hayes, but. like a lot of other
fine boys, took his stepfather’s
name.
II Turn Casagrande lives up
to expectations, he’ll make it
famous.
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Trainer Says Ted's
Elbow Good As Ever
SARASOTA. Fla.. Feb. 27
( UP) Ted Williams’ left elbow,
(smashed in the All-Star game
j last summer, will he as good as
| ever by the time the baseball
season opens April 16. Red Sox
Trainer Jack Fadden predicted
today.
Fadden revealed that he had
given the slugging ace a series
of special exercises to strength-
en his left wrist and forearm
and that the developments were
"very optimistic.”
"His left arm should be 98
per rent normal when he reports
in camp tomorrow.” Fadden
( said. " And it will he 100 per cent
! normal when the season starts,
i I’ll keep him working on special
devices to strengthen the arm
land there’s no qu - >nn hut what
they will do the .r'cV”
| The reassuring .word from
! Fadden pepped up the Red Sox
! on t he eve of the scheduled ar-
rival of Williams from Key
| Largo, where he spent the off-
season fishing in the Ever-
I glades.
i There was some apprehension
among the Red Sox when Wil-
| Hams came hack late last sea-
| son lie wasn't taking his usual
cut of the plate. He was sweep-
ing, rather than swinging, at
i the hall, favoring his left el-
i bow.
"But you'll notice he has his
old swing back the first time he
| takes batting practice,” Fad-
jden said. "Ted is as confident
I as I am that his elbow will be
I as good as ever."
U. P. Cage Ratings
NEW YORK. Feb. 27 (UPl —
The United Press rating- (first
ilaee votes in parentheses):
Team Points
1— Kentucky 1281 339
2— -Oklahoma A anil M (-ft 303
3— Kansas Shite (11 213
1—Columbia 11 •
5— Illinois
6— Indiana
7— St. John’s
8— Bradley
9— North Carolina State
10—Brigham Young
Second 10 St. Louis (It, 73:
Southern California. 21; Ari-
zona and Washington t Seattlei
19 each: Villanova. 11; Oregon,
3; Beloit, 6; Cincinnati. 1; St.
Bonaventure. 1.
Fight Results
NOTTINGHAM. Eng. lUP) —
Ronnie Clayton, 125 . Blackpool,
Eng. retained British Empire
featherweight title b\ outpoint-
ing AI Phillips. 125 L. London
(15).
NEW ORLEANS CEPi—Len-
ny Alvarez. 133. New Orleans,
outpointed Eddie Bertolino,
133V2. Galveston. Tex., HO).
salt LAKE CITY (UPl
Rex Layne, 193, Lewiston. Utah
stopped Bill el’terson. 212, Chi-
cago (3>.
FUCK INK PACTS
SAN BERNARDINO. Calif..
Feh. 27 (UPl- General Manager
‘ Branch Rickey announced the
signing of Outfielder Wally
1 Westlake ami I lino Restelli and
Pitchers Bill Werle and Paul
'Pettit today and said the Pitts-
I burgh Pirates had only fix e
I players still unsigned.
Sweetwater, Texas. Tuesday. February 27.1951
Southwestern life
Annuel Report Has
New Record Gains
Teacher Sues As
Result Of Raid
On Nudist Colony
DETROIT, il I’i \ former ,
Toledo. (). music teacher has 1
filed a *120.000 damage -uit
against !2 police officer and
prosecutors chi rging that they '
violated her privacy when they j
raided a nudist column in l‘M.8 j
Edith Church, to. of Maumee, 1
For Quick Sale
Practically new good size 2-
bedroom house with garage.
Located in Hillcrest addition.
$2565 in cash assume F.H.A.
loan. Payments $55.00 per
month, including taxes and
insurance. ,
Halfback Harmony
LINCOLN. Nell. — Nebraska
| Halfback Bobby Reynolds was
I the only unanimous choice on
Penn Stale's all-opponent foot-
ball squad.
Sole Spot
HIALEAH. Fla. - While ice
skating in Miami, apprentice
jockey Charley Burr sat down
so hard that his assignments at
at Haileah ha dto be cancelled for
several days.
Southwestern Life Insurance
Company this week reported a
record business year in 1950 a- it
released foi publication the
Company’s 48th annual financial
statement.
Two new records were an-
nounced by Company President said -he v.as 1.legally aiie-t-
I Ralph Wood, who said the ed along with 1. ot Imt members ,
company’s ageticx force in 1950 of the American Sun Bathing
produced $115,186,021 of new V -social ion while they w ere
paid-for business, which result- "holding a Iiusiik - meeting • t
ed in an increase in the Com scheduled -pot near .M0111 oc
pane’s insurance in force to a to- Mich., in August 'is
till of 8829,222.212 at the end of "I was wearing a mu. -a"
(|l(. voal .-he -aid "and some ot the other
Botli the new paid-for insur ha<< ('lot^ntY . v,.„.
anee and the increase in insur- '.a 1 .f 1 ,] lik .
ance in force. *67.578,223. are the otf lo llKl '’a’
greatest for any year in the his-1t,e-
lory of tlie Company. MBs church said photographs
The eompanv's financial state- ta^n <>' hei wete li ' nut.,
ment now- 1950 year-end assets he't '
in a total amount of $223,090 lhl\'' » nn ,nvl,‘ 01 ' '
135.07. an increase during the ‘atv
year of $22,957,213.66. Funds for The raid was made by Monroe :
safeguarding the savings of •' toynty sheriff Ray Genslei.
policyowners were increased py 1 former prose'iitor roster Luce j
the addition of 81.000,000 to capi- and several state poll.troop- ,
tal, $500,000 to surplus, and $628,- ers She filed two SoO.dOO suit.- I
09,8.98 to reserve for cuntingen- in federal court against the in-
cies, which raised the totalIdivldualK and two $10,000
amount of capital, surplus and | against the Fidelit;. an.l < 1 ■ ual
contingency reserves to $20,-jt,v Co. of New 5ork. t.ei, •
952,015.90. ‘ i bonding agency.
following long-established Mi-- Chur, an" ’w
policy, the company in 1950 in- anion- were li 1 -•>. • c.i.'h n|!
creased its loans on Texas real she said the resulting om.licit'
estate by *17.192.822. More than .au-ed hei to lo. < Let G 91). ■ .
$7 l,0(K),0(K), about one-third of tlu war, p.. -it ion in the 'loledo I’uh
company’s assets, are now in- lie School system,
ve.- ted in loans for construction
or improvement of Texas homes, thkoTTI I l»
farm-, or business properties I HESS IHK01 11.1.1
Policyowners and beneficiaries | MEXICO CITY Feb. 27 H I’m
reeeivett payments during the Seventeen director- of the In
yea 1 of policy benefits amount- ter-American Pres-- .'. -sociation
ing m the aggregate to $10,289.-! condemned unanimously yester
550.81. 1 lay the closing of the Argentine
President Wood -aid Texans j newspaper La Prensa a.- ’a.typi-j
are liuying larger amounts of 1 yal example ot government mtei-
life insurance than ever before.; I'erence.
Policies delivered in 1950 aver-! The directors representing
age.1 .81,831 in face amount. In ' newspapers throughout the \Yc-
194'1 the average was $4.261. tern hemisphere, voied to con-
st iuth western Life is repre 1 sider the case of La Prensayim-
sente.l here by Clifton S. Perkin- mediately and separately lie
.lr.. ind Robert H. Wheeler. 'cause of its Importance.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Kla.. Feb.
27 (UP) - St Louis Cardinal j
Catcher Joe Garagiola—a World!
Scries hern at 19 and back in
tbe mini.: - at ’22. appeared ready •
to reclaim hi,- job as the St. i
(’ irdiiiuls’ regular catcher today .
The -warthy. 21 war..Id native1
of St. lanii- has impressed Man-
ager Martliv Marion with his |
long-ball hitting and accurate
throwing to second base.
Rfewc? mM&THGHt pe*
CORRECTION
Due To An Error
, p)-
Was Omitted From the list oi Merchants Giving
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Baker, Allen. Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 49, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 27, 1951, newspaper, February 27, 1951; Sweetwater, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth749985/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sweetwater/Nolan County City-County Library.