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FRIDAY, JUNE 5.1942—PAGE FIFTEENFindlay Boy Being TrainedFor Mound Job With Yanks:« o * «WHEN Johnny Howard pitched two no-hit games for Findlay high school againstLima Central in 1S3P. big league scouts got interested,John Haddock. New York Yankee ivory huntr, came to Findlay, looked over the promising prospect, liked his speed and assortment of stuff and placed him in the class A federation at Cleveland the latter part of the cucnmer of ’TO.. Cv Slapnicka, then vice-president and general manager of the Cleveland Indians, also saw' great possibilities in young Howard.Both Haddock and Slapnicka offered Howard a contract, andJohnny chose the Yankee proposition which calld for him to report to the New York chib's class A farm at Binghamton, N Y., In tile Eastern league upon compaction of his four years in college which will be next year.In IdlO. Howard pitched for St. Albans. Vt.. under Jeff Tc--reau. Dartmouth baseball coach and former New York Giants pitcher, and late that same season be was with Graveton, N. H . in the Twin States league where he had a record of four victories, four losses and one tie game. Last summer he pitcher! in the ria-’ A federation at Fort Wayne.Ind.. winning seven and losingoneWith a Fort Wayne team.Howard pitched one one hit game and two three hitter-.. His team won the Indiana federation championship but was defeated in the national championship tournament at Youngstown.His first year at Findlay college he won four games and lost one. This rear with a mediocre supporting can he scored only one victory and lost four despite low-hit pitching performances.Howard plans to play with the Shamrocks of Ft Wayne again this summer under the watchful eye of the Yankee scout. The Shamrocks have a game scheduled with the Great Lakes Naval training station club Sunday. June 14.P *Cao«Yanks Score All!In 2d; ll’s 9thHeTiMMReversal for Ed4Initial LeagueNEW YORK. June 4 Unluckv Edgar Smith, who has blt; not been able to win a game all I ** season, suffered his ninth set-1GiKaol/ alt; V,« tr___i_ i Tllt;
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Findlay Republican Courier
Findlay, Ohio, US
Fri, Jun 05, 1942
Page 17
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