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Another outstanding National League rookie is Centerfielder Sam Jethroe of the Boston Braves (TIME, March 20), who steals bases with the ease of a practiced pickpocket. Ordinarily no slugger, switch-hitter Jethroe has several times managed to knock the ball out of the park when a home run was what the Braves needed most, and his early-season average as a .300 hitter brought him a salary raise. At midseason, the fleet 28-year-old Negro is the almost unchallenged base-stealer of the major leagues: 24 bases, 15 more than his nearest competitor...
Follansbee's hardest hitters are third baseman Lee Quinn and keystoner Joe Wennick. Both bat right handed; both hit a long ball. Jim Palmer, another slugger, follows Wennick and Quinn in the batting order. He plays right field...
...winter out of doors, including a month of lazy fishing at the edge of the Florida Everglades, he was tanned to a light mahogany. His brownish green eyes were clear and sharp, his face lean, the big hands that wrapped around the handle of his 34-oz. Louisville Slugger were calloused and hard. He had 198 lbs., mostly well-trained muscle, tucked away on his 6 ft. 3¾ in. frame. He expected, he conceded, "to have a pretty good year." But as usual...
...good spanking for Cinemactress Elizabeth Taylor, 17, was recommended by the Sunday Pictorial, a London tabloid, because "her behavior in breaking off engagements has become as silly as a schoolboy smoking cigars." Meanwhile, in Hollywood, beautiful Elizabeth had a date with a new fellow: Home Run Slugger Ralph Kiner of the Pittsburgh Pirates...
...style of the team is varied. Hugh Foster, captain of the team, will play in the number one position. Foster won his spot on the team last year as a slugger, but he has added finesse to his play and now appears to have a well-rounded attack...