The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 26, 1953, Page 7

The Florida Hoboes baseball club, known as the ‘Major Le: Club in. Rags and Bags” with a, lineup studded with Key West stsrs| will entertain a Cleveland Indiahs,¥ farm system nine composed of | AAA and B players in a two exhibition series at Wickers Fie!d |;w March 7th and 8th. Prominent) baseball figures like Tris Speake Red Ruffing, and Jim Bloodwor will accompany the club here, prexy Jim Farr has announced. The Hoboes boast of such play: ers as Alpheus ‘“‘Red’’ Deane. formerly with the New York Bla Yankees of the Negro Nation. League and the Indianapo Clowns of the Negro Americar: loop and many other i pilot ‘the club for the upcoming | s season. Eugene “Goat” Smith, formerly with the Indianapolis Clowns w hold down the second _ base po: first ‘base. By GAYLE TALBOT MESA, Ariz. -- As his 43rd birthday approaches, Emil (Dutch) Leonard, the eminent knuckleball- | er, is living himself into condition for what he expects to be another full season of duty in the Chicago Cubs Bullpen, The bald man is without much doubt the most remarkable physi- | * cal specimen in baseball today. His weight remains an almost unvary- ing 197 pounds right through the year, and his powerfully muscled legs might still pass for those of a college football star. “I’m not ever going to quit this | game,” the Dutchman insisted hap- pily as he cooled off from a hard session in the sun. “They'll have to cut this uniform off me. I'll never take it off as long as I still love to play this game.” Leonard, who reported to his first big league camp just 20 years ago this spring, saw action in a total of 45¢games last season. In the 67 innings he worked he yielded only 24 bases on balls while running up 37 strikeouts. “This relief work I really love,” he said. “I think maybe I get a bigger kick out of it than I ever did starting. It's a greater challenge to come in there when your team’s in trouble and try to outguess a good batter.” ‘Knowing it would please him, we asked Dutch if his fast ball was blazing in there with its customary velocity this spring. “It sure is,” he. exulted. “It's getting to be my best pitch, and I'm not joking either. The batters in our league think all they're go- ing to get from me is a knuckler and that's what they keep looking for. “While they're looking for it I just keep on hipping that fast one past them, and first thing they know they’re run out of strikes. Then. maybe T'll give the next! ! batter three or four knucklers in “a row, and they’re set up again | for the fast one.” If there is any one explanation | for the fact that he’s still i | drawing down a major league | s*lary at an age where the aver- eve o'teher has long ice retired | to run a bowling alley, Leonard | NN t lies in his legs. “1 started with good ones and | e kept them in shape,” he said, “Just before I came to the big leagues I was shoveling coal down in 2 maine. and there’s no better | way to build legs. You load three | or four tons of coal a day, andi keep it up. and, youll have your: seif some leg: PHOENTX, Ariz F—It took only @ very small amount of scratching Husband Sulks When Rice Isn’t Fluffy ¢ Mahwtanm iow io Phant etiamecty Mw - me baad Likes rice best Iron the Key West Conchs in the | loboes as will Clarence the fans with baseball comedy at Danny Lastres, a » loca boy who last year performed with the Ithaca, N. Y. and Pueblo, N. M. ‘clubs will perform at shortstop, George Vidal, who performed lorida International loop will see lot of mound action for the “Fly” Ice, who has refused a lot of of- ers to piay pro ball. Kaki Rodriguez, Gabe: Lastres, elio Casas, Wendj- Gallagher, oosevelt Gary, DeWitt Roberts afd Max Katowitz will also be on the club roster. fee club’ wil , show as bonus baby in the two tilts. uture rivals for ‘the Hobées: in- tay de the Stuart. Sal Sailfishers, Coast-Glades League champs; famed House of David nine, Glan om Crawfords, The berlfath the surface tc uncover the factithat the New York Giants are fotjihappy over the recent deal the event you missed the siratige. transaction, four clubs wert involved, and for an- tity Wf secondary talent, Pa wougi up with first ' "bebe ‘Earl Torgdson from the Boston Braves, Brobklyn gave up no first-line strength, surrendered player who Honceivably could been | counted upon to help in the coming race,:hnd yet obtained a sure-fire starte i, a potential 15 of 18-game | winner soy when it sorely needs sames {the Phils gave up their third best Pitcher,-along with cash, det ager when dort supposed to ‘alk ‘about it, at all, byt I think 1 ' way that much, a pret deai. ay Fe d to talk trade with the Phils anager, Steve O'Neill, at the widter meetings out here. I told hig I was interested in some itching, and that I-wasn’t about Curt Simmons and rts. 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