High School Ace Gets Athletics’ Contract - Lew Krausse, 18-year-old Chester, Pa., high school pitcher sits with Kansas City Athletics’ owner Charles O. Finley as he was signed in New York by the A’s today for a reported $125,000 bonus. Standing, left to right are Frank Lane, A’s general manager; Lew’s father, Lew Krausse, Sr., scout for the Athletics, and A’s manager Joe Gordon. Krausse has 18 no-hitters to his credit.

Associated Press · [ca. June 1961]

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