THE BASEBALL BUBBLE TROUBLE
Martin Kane
August 16, 1954
The most furious trading in the U.S. nowadays goes on not in Wall Street or the Chicago grain market but among youngsters out to collect a connoisseur's fistful of baseball trading cards. The cards come as dividends with the purchase of a one-cent or five-cent package of bubble gum. But the dividend seems to have even more pull than the puff-and-pop stuff.
He proved he could hit no matter where he 100 R.B.I.
TOPPS 29
JAMES EDWARD HEGAN
catcher CLEVELAND INDIANS
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 195
Bats Right
Throws Right
Home: Lynn, Mass.
Born: August 3, 1920
An Indian regular since 1942, Jim is noted for his ability to handle pitchers. In 1948 and 1949 he led the American League backstops in Putouts and Assists and topped the League in 1951 with a .991 Fielding Average. In 1950 and 1951 he played on the A.L. All-Star Team and caught 6 games in the 1948 World Series.
INSIDE BASEBALL
Jim's one of the top defensive backstops in the game today.
He tied a major league record by making an unassisted double play in '49.
He's also caught 3 no hitters in nine years as an Indian!
TOPPS 102
GILBERT RAY HODGES
first base BROOKLYN DODGERS
Height: 6'2"
Weight: 200
Bats Right
Throws Right
Home: Brooklyn, New York
Born: April 4, 1924