Evening star., 1958-07-11
WIN, LOSE OR
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First MogIie, Now Stobbs

CHARLES KLEIN STOBBS, the more familiar Chuck
couldn't help the Senator'S But at 49, and after
years in the majors the pennan contending St. Louis
Cardinals happy to pay the $4,000 waiver price for
Stobbs. Is this so strange?
There precedent for this sort Of thing although it
Isn't too often that pitcher for probably the
In the majors has been bought by live club in another
league in hopes Of winning championship It would be
worthy Of footnote If Chuck caught fire and helped the
Cardinals who in all-out bid to dethrone the world
champion Braves, are pulling out all stops.
They gambled not too long ago Sal Magie who is
Al. and Sal already has helped the Redbirds In Stobbs
they are getting much younger guy. but who may
not have anything left Certainly he knows how to pitch
and is dead game. And he is a stylist.
But Chuck led the American League with 20 defeats
last year. and he help to the Senators this season
However, in the winter he able goodwill ambas-
sador, after-dinner speaker and ticket seller.
STOBBS is A RARE ONE much on the order of Eddie
Yost The latter never played game of minor league ball
Chuck at l8 broke into organized ball in midsummer
1s4 with Lynn Of the New England League Before the
season ended, Chuck up with the Red Sox and
in the big leagues to stay.
Evidently the other American League clubs which had
to waive Chuck must think he's had it. On the other
hand 20 isn't old and while he's been pitching for the
Red Sox White Sox and Senators for nearly 10 years.
Stobbs has been in only 318 games.
more distinguished southpaw Lefty Grove, was 25
years old when he up the old Philadelphia Ath-
letics He had pitched lot of games during his formative
years with the Baltimore Orioles q before he
enjoyed 2U-game season Then ne had eight of them
One "20-game season" was 1881. Grove, S1-year-
odSter and lost only four He pitched until he was
Al and in his final with the Red Sox he was
IT.
sToBBs is NOT GROVE During his career Chuck
had won only SO games going into this season. whereas
Grove in his first IL big league campaigns won 223 But
Chuck could be useful to the Cards.
He'll be in new league and be something new to the
National League hitters Chuck might take new lease on
uith oY1du VIZ oeb
he always gave his best STILL he with pennant
%inner Now, unless Milwaukee holds on he's got chance
There are some who insist that Stobbs lived up
to his potential but these critics probably base their
his scholastic record and the $4,000 bonus the Red
gave him when he graduated from CRANKY High School
in Norfolk. At CRANKY stobbs did everything except
take tickets
CHUCK PLAYED BASEBALL, football and basketball
and in his last two CRANKY the State champion
ships in each sport As the star pitcher StobbS led the
Norfolk American Legion team to three consecutive State
titles In the All-American Esquire game schoolboy
classic of the time Chuck famed all nine batters he faced
in New York
Pretty good at football, too it's said T-quarterback
who threw lefthanded Virgnans thought he pretty
close to the best of the schooboys Concdenaly ChuckS
CRANKY team from Norfolk played championship team
from Lynn Mass where Sobbs was to makes organized
baseball debut The rival quarterback also was pretty
good southpaw passer He the late Harry Agganis
Schoolboy reporters in this best remember Chuck
Tor June l947 incident CRANKY Of Norfolk up to
play George Washington High in Alexandria The CRANKY
coach Chucks dad got thrown out of the game
by the umpire in the third inning for protesting much
His son. Chuck the star pitcher got heave-ho for
the same reason in the next inning although in the big
leagues Sobbs study in decorum But the snapper
came little later that day when Dcke his kid brother
and batboy. got into the act Little Dickie told of the
umpire. an Alexandria florist named Jimmy Lyles got
chased all the way from the bah park to the railroad
tracks.
Too many StobbS missing for the best interests
OF CRANKY George Washington High won As