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htr.nn; IP—Inning Pltcnfldj 80— StruaSr out; OB— Base on bail*; Blk-~Sa.lV: IIBP-r» haramuru WP-Wild pitch; Sfl—Stau! oiiia: W—Cra4ltelt;f wfib win: X 'rbarKurt I Mi inasiHE CALDWELL STORYTames CTOEJa-FtTEXiHadd:MarUSanmflantoDemaYorkWynnKara:Yocti!BurnjTotParisYexaHARUNGKN, July ?. (API — arl Caldwell, as seereUve about s age as an old maid but one of ie oldest active players in pro* sslonal baseball, is having an* her big season.TJiIs is at least his 27th year in to game, It isn't likely to be his ist either.At the halfway mark of the ulf Coast League season, Caleb ell had won 13 games pitching «• Harlingen's Capitols.'on 22 Last Year He is used mainly in relief but ft’s still the winnlngest hurler in da Class B circuit. Six of those ictorles were gained in lees than *ree innings on the mound. When ig portly veteran, who looks more ke the vice-president of a bank •an a pitcher, strolls to the hill, le whole club, which averages pproxlmately 20 years less than ie published figures in Caldwell’sAKER PILOT INES SELFLAKE CHARLES, La „ July 3. (AP);—What’s the old say* ingL-praotice what you preach?Ask Lake Charles Lakers’ Manager Joe Kracher. Laat night;he got socked five bucks under n penalty rale he had established to try to pull his team out of the Gulf Coast League' caller.Any player who doesn’t hustle gets fined $5, according to his new team ruling. 'In the eighth inning of the Lakers - Texas City game (Which Lake Charles won) last night, Kracher slapped a slow roller back to Texas City pitch-age, seems to pick up.Earl has been the bellwether of the Harlingen pitching staff for two years now. Last season he won 22 games,The former major leaguer—he played with the St. Louis Browns in the late thirties and the Chicago )Vhite Sox in the forties— relies mostly on a sharp breaking curve, nearly perfect control and headwork.The Gulf Coast League is known as a hitter's circuit, but not when Caldwell is pitching, He allowed less than two earned runs per gamo In 1951 and his permitted only 21 in almost 100 innings this season.As late as 1945 he wae pitching for the White Sox, then, as now, seeing most of his action in relief. He pitched to Joe DiMaggio back In 1037 when the Yankee clipper plajrcu’Tiis first big league game. With Waco l„ 1026 Caldwell is listed by the Har-Kngon., club as 43 years of agebut privately they'll tell you he is somewhat older, Caldwell justK-lOnRC Dom X PDem i*crt 2, IHO-iro-YbclHBPWJw75actWICUBMurMot.QueiVanprutMaliManDanTlt;grins. Nor will lie say when hestarted playing ball. The Texas League has him listed as pitching for Waco in 1926, This is believed to have been his first year in professional baseball,Caldwell despite his age—most folks think it's 47—says he could probably «UH go two or three innings In the majors but not much more. Anyway, Caldwell chooses to play here in his home town where he’s in the citrus business.LorcudHunMooDot?DftpMaiAndBcaAlb'WicDonE Doc HR Fa! t. I MURUmp Enters HospitalNEW YORK, July 3. I/P* — Umpire. Art Passarella of the American League staff entered a hospital today for treatment of aSiI die toe toweselA1Aisohe25
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Corpus Christi Times
Corpus Christi, Texas, US
Thu, Jul 03, 1952
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