Sport: Two Old Pros

Tommy Henrich and Stan Musial, at the moment baseball's leading indispensable men, are alike in temperament and talent—except that Musial cannot sing.* Both are southpaws. Both are versatile outfielders, who have filled in at first base in emergencies (and forthwith won rank among the best first-basemen in their leagues). Unlike many other stars, they are specially distinguished by players and sportwriters as "old pros," team players without ego or flamboyance.

In St. Petersburg, Fla., where they both limbered up for the season (Henrich with the New York Yankees and Musial with the St....

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