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SENATORS
Continued From PAGE C.,

COntlnueu from rage C-l
a low, fastball hitter, Norm
feels he'll smash other deliv-
cries If he gets the opportunity.
1T takes a little time to get
accustomed to the pitching of
Bob Lemon, Whitley Ford, Bill
Pierce or any of the good ones
they throw at you," zauchin
said. You can't get a chance
to figure them out very we'll
unless you're in action against
them"
AS indicated, Norm is a YER
satile athlete. A bowling in
structor. he has a 204 average
with the big pins and four
times has scared over go in
competition. His best golf was
a four-under-par 68 at Wood
ward Country Club in Besse-
mer, Ala.
He toured the country with
the basketball Vagabonds. He
scored over so points on occa-
sion but says that means Moth
ing. Wed go into a town where
one Of our fellows was popu-
lar" zauchin said, land feed
him the ball all night"
The 6-foot-5 first baseman,
Ia sturdy 215-pounder from
Royal Oak, Mich, currently is
bothered a bit by a mending
left wrist. He wasn't taking
his full cuts in his first workout
Tuesday, but he doesn't antici-
pate trouble.
Il know when I broke it, but
I don't know exactly how"
Norm said. I'm a game at De-
troit last year I rolled into Sec
ond base trying to break up q
double play and hurt my wrist
but stayed in the game. -Four
innings later Harry Byrd hit
me on the wrist. I don't know
whether ! broke it sliding or
whether the pitch broke IT,"
Norm spent the winter in
Birmingham, Mich, to be near
the physician who was treating
his wrist. He also is familiar
with Birmingham, Ala, where
he slammed IS homers and
batted in los runs in 1850.
Rapid Climb
He climbed quickly. Norm
broke in with Milford of the
Eastern Shore League in 1948,
crashed 80 home runs, batted
across 1873 runs and wound up
with a 1853 average. The fol-
lowing year he batted 1872 and
doomed % homers at San Jose.
After his big year at Birm-
ingham he moved along to
Louisville. His average dipped
to .267 and his horners dropped
to IL, but he batted in 104 runs.
After two years in the service
he returned to Louisville in
1854, batted .298, hit 10 homers
and batted in 118 runs. He was
deemed ready for the Red Sox.
Norm feels his rookie year
with Boston was successful, de-
spite the low average, but he
never regained regular status
after Vernon joined the club.
With Washington he's THE
first baseman and he likes the
idea.
Hes a giant and maybe he
doesn't look too graceful around
first base" Cookie Lavagetto
said, but he's a good fielder.
I won't have any worries about
that. II he can clip a curve ball
once in a while I won't have
any worries about his hitting,
either"
NOTES: With rain beating
down, Lavagetto held a two
hour meeting in the clubhouse
and lectured the Senators on
signals. cutoff plays, running,
attitude. etc. I'VE just about
covered the field" Cookie said,
land I told them I want them
to gamble more this year. when
the gamble is good"
Milt Boiling arrived at the
Senators hotel Tuesday night
unaware he had been traded
to the Indians a few hours pre-
viousiy. ;. He spent the night
with his former teammates and
took of yesterday for Cleve-
lands training base at Tucson.