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BROWNS AREN'T GOOD BUTTHEY ARE SURELY BETTEROnly Established Big Leaguers Are Pitcher Ned Garverand Veteran Shortstop Marty Marion—And, otCourse, Or Satch Paige.By Associated PressTUCSON, Ariz., March 28—The j new St, Louis Browns will hardly j attain the heights some have pre- ! dieted for them this year, but itto say they have a far bet- {11 club than they’ve had in■». .1Softball LeagueHeadedSinksA IPlay Opens May 12inv years.They have undergone a general overhauling, or reconditioning, thanks to the go-getting Ideas of president Rill Veeck.And they have survived a rigorous. exacting spring training program, due to m exacting gentleman named Rogers Hornsby, who is back in the major leagues after a 14-year absence.The established star of theBrowns isVem Sinks was elected president j of the Mt. Vernon Softball Asso- J ciation last night as managers met j to discuss plans for the 1952 sum- j mer season at the city park diamond, |At the session at city hall, con-j ducted by Secretary Fete Satter-. field, a decision was made to begin j league play under the lights on the j night of May 12. |Other officials elected last night |included:Announcer—Bob Dethrow. |—— “ - . , j I mpiro—-Boston.is their big righthander. : Qr0undkoeper—Ear! Yates.*er. He fashioned -.0 wins ^ deadline for teams to enterNed Gaiv— rrv ~ u i ucaumir iui iccuilast year, something a pitcher jeagUe—both senio. end juniorhadn't accomplished for a last club8_was set at April IT.place club in 14 years. , Teams entered to date are: Senior Leagtie—Auto-Lite. Pressed j Steel Car Co.. Stove Co. and col- [Legion;Far less established are the candidates for most of the other berths on the club, with the exceptions of Marty Marion at short and Bobby \ oung at second base,JuniorEagles andCenterfielder Jim Rivera, the Pacific coast league's most valuable player last year, a .352 hitter a terrific flyhawk and a Hornsby-type base runner, hasn’t hit anywhere near .352 this spring.Still shooting for regular «w. in the outfield are George Schi^^ a .328 batter from Hollywood on the coast; Bob Nieman. a whiz with Oklahoma City in tK.- Texas League last year; Earl F tpp. Jimmy Delsing and a couple of others.ored American League—Woodlawn Logan Street, JApplications for one umpire po- j ■ position and for the refreshment;stand concession at the ball park j ‘will be received at the next meeting. to be held at the city hall next Thursday night, April 3First 100 SeriesI *Ilick Kryhoski, from Detroit, is still getting Ihc first shot at first base. Some think Hank Arft, a holdover, will have the place when the wesson gets going.In ABC TourneyMILWAUKEE March 28 — A “darkhorse” from Fort Atkinson, Wis.. and a team from Marseilles. 111., furnished the highlights inshooting yesterday in the Ameri-i can Bawling Congress Tourna-Giants End 5-YMuch the same battle goes on at third between Leo Thomas, up from Portland. Fred Marsh, a holdover, and another aspirant or so.The Browns got Clint Courtney from the Yankees’ Kansas City club to catch. Courtney played for Hornsby at Beaumont in1950. If the kid fails to measure up. they still have a reliable manin Les Moss for the job.Supporting Garver, if all goeswell, will be a cast including Tommy Byrne, the ex-Y'ankee star; Bob Cain, an acquisition from Detroit. southpaw Gene Bearden, star on the 1948 championship team at Cleveland, and Cliff Fannin.The Browns also have the most ancient man in baseball, pitcher Satchel Page.Of the Fal“Hondo Hurricane” Was MostWar Years—But He JustBy Associated PressPHOENIX, Ariz., March 28 The New York Giants announced the outright release today of Clint Hartung — sold for an undisclosed sum to Minneapolis — thus adding what may be a final chapter in the big league career of one of the games’s most publicized rookies.President Horace Stoneham made the announcement which ended Hartung’s five-year trial with the Giants.Hartung slipped way from theti(t
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Mount Vernon Register News
Mount Vernon, Illinois, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1952
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