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VOL. 79. NO. 251fl’S GET LUMPE• • • •FROM NEW YORKgoiyelt;Pitchers Sturdivant and Kucks ;J“YWith InfielderI1in Trade.abc• • • •LOPEZ. TERRY TO YANKS BAlIn TWillAnother Player NextSpring.WMoreBy* Ernest Mehl.(The Star’a Sports Editor)The Kansas City AthfirstthanThleticsStatiitodayacquiredInfielder Jerry Lumpe, Pitchers Tom Sturdi- ^00and Johnny Kucksand a fourth player tohe named next springfrom the New YorkOnYankeesinxchangefor Hector Lopez and sas CRalph TerrythuncThe deal was consummated occurThithis morning in New York byArnold Johnson, president of tn?rr' the Athletics, after a lengthy ^khconference with George Weiss.|degr€ Yankee general manager, and Casey Stengel. The (IMaam particularly enthu- , : about this deal,” John* arains.son commented. “I know every deal is a gamble but this!eJ^r’ is one which must help our ?. wpitching and gives . us in r£w 'Lumpe an infielder every club 1 in the league would like tohave.“I suppose there will beSonsome yelling because we hawmade another dealWith thp Newtonwiin me ged-iwjc*Yankees but 1 have insisted KSEf,- # . V Augustaand insist again we will con-tinue to deal with the Yankees Eurpka•. l ,, .... Florenceor with any other club if we Arkansabelieve we can help ourselves.No Outfield Room.IKirksvilkOur prime motive is to getthe Athletics to the top as CL051t4quickly as possible and I sincerely believe we have helpedourselves by this deal. I rec-BerkslCaslognize the fact that Lopez M 2(carries a big bat but I have fthought for some time his* hir best spot is the outfield. And ^ there we had no room for r' i;,him- ■ ! fill- ** tollm“Again, Terry could become tho‘a big winner. And 1 hope hedoes. But we are primarily in-! urii tenested in what can help usnow. Sturdivant, at 29pitched well this seasonDemocrKucks has had some troublebut I have been assured thatthere is nothing of any sortContiLouiKenlwrong with his arm.polls t4tI also did some checkingnatorijDemon Lumpe and believe that he can play second base. We eenf know that he is a good short-L; a / stop but Stengel has worked s him out at second and is con- n°II!11J|f fident he can handle this ,position. it,?*Lumpe is v good hitter Pu !?a and somewhat rare for an in- frA * fielder in that he hits from , . vthe left side. booster“The fact is we have got! BAIto win now and this deal, I be- Thi . lieve, will help us achievewhat we want and that is afirst division bail club.”LeftJohnson added that he had at theplayer to be cf,Warwicnext tion, s“He will beftspring.with major league promise, he said. ‘ Someone for whomFalin,fic d€The cnwe would have to give a big mote Ibonus if we had to sign him crossirinto professional ball.ftTerrv Started as Yank.GOOLIt is thought the YankeesTests ctryNoTestout of Lopez, using him in right field. Terrv young right- ter*a u hander who has experienced Mayor some trouble getting started vea*elt;* this season, originally was in *ena. a the Yankee system and was h°spitatraded to the Athletics in ,a^#1957. - ' • -* JohnfarmLopez was insystem when Johnson!adminipurchased the franchise. Hea sevthad been with the Ottawaclub in 1954. was brought upBartle'causedFurtby the Athletics, optioned to? -Columbus in 1955 and thenj^^ recalled in Mav He becametinuesthe club’s regular third base- T^c §v man but was shifted to second rece(je base late last season.Lumpe who was born inBullLincoln, Mo., June 2. 1933,probatthe hiand who attended the teachers ^ays »college in Springfield, wassigned bv Scout Tom Green-wade. He is 6 feet, 2 inchesand weighspounds. HisAftfather is a banker in Warsaw.Mo..Terrv started wifh the Mc-Alester club in 1951 as a thirdbaseman and shortstop, hitting .355. He was with Joplinin 1952 and finished with aHICItMidwa^sort oiA sr*293 average. In 1953 he. an, wcplayed 32 games for Bingham- and piiton. batting .280, and fivefor the Kansas CitvgamesBlues, hitting .368. He thena planeand kijIt hwent into military service.timesIt was during the spring of§Continued on Twenty-sixth Paoe.)McGtUev-Eylar Funeral in, Lmwd-woodrd.-Adv.But thikiss, \watchirThe
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