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■ 2 KENOSHA EVENING NEWS'A* ★ Kenosha, Wis., Monday, March 23, 1953by Sim BarnhillKenosha news spotn* editor**© C$18With practically all basketball tournament play out of the way •port fans can now concentrate their interest on baseball. There are •till a few scattered cage attractions on the calendar for this area — April 4 the Harlem Globetrotters appear at the Milwaukee Arena in their cross country tour with the 1953 College All-Stars and on Easter Sunday these two same clubs play at the Chicago Stadium, si*-Then there’s the finals of the^ill-Navy tourney slated for Great JLakes on April 10, 11 and 12, the ***turrent city minor meet opening ^tonight and the windup of the St. ..rTJames boys’ tourney next week.iaseball is the big item though and transfer of the Braves to Milwaukee has been the chief topic of conversation around these parts since last Wednesday.^ It might be a good time to look «,0ver the Braves roster this week and get acquainted w’ith Wisconsin’s newly adopted big league representative.The official training camp ro-ter lists 40 men.— Starting today with the pitching staff the lineup includes Vern Bickford, John Antonelli, Lou Burdette, Dave Cole. Gene Conley, Ray Crone. Dick Donovan, Virgil Jester. Ernie Johnson, Dave Jolly, Dick Kelly, Don Lid-dle. Warrep Spahn, Max Surkont, Murray Wall and Jim Wilson.Spahn. one of the best, if not the best lefthander in the league, was the workhorse of the staff last year and the most effective “In the matter of earned runs. The ^2-year-old lefty worked in 40 games, starting 35 and completing 19. He pitched 290 innings won 14 and dropped 19 for a seventh place club. He yielded only 73 walks and fanned 183. His earned run average was an impressive 2 98.O t h • r returning moundsmen and their records follow:C,WLBBSOERABickford7071?04623.74Burdette46«1147473.61Cole11it3*4.00Donovan .t*IS65.54.tester10a6IS253.33Johnson29•S31454.11Spahn4014731332.93SurkontSII?13761253.77WilsonS3IS14901044.73Newcomers who got their seasoning with farm clubs and are bidding for berths with the Braves’ staff include Gene Conley, the six-foot, eight-inch right hander who had a 11-4 mark for the pennant-winning Brewers last year. Moved up to the parent club Conley lost his three starts near the end of last season. Other newcomers are Ray Crone who won 12 and dropped 11 with Hartford, pave Jolly who compiled a 6-1 mark with Kansas City. Dick Kelly holder of a 7-8 mark with Hartford and Murray Wall who topped 16 and lost 10 for the jJrewers.The catching department has been strengthened this year with the return of Del Crandall from military service. Walker Cooper who worked in 102 games last year and Paul Burris are the other backstops. Cooper drove in 55 runs and socked 10 homers .while compiling a .235 mark. Burris hit .220 in 55 games and accounted for 21 flBIs.Rookie catchers include Jack Parks who hit .271 for Atlanta and Jim Solt who hit .310 for Atlanta in 101 games.
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Kenosha Evening News
Kenosha, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Mar 23, 1953
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