Sports: Tommy Harrison, 1950, Winn & Grant Parishes, LA.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 23, 1950 Winn Parish Enterprise or Winnfield News-American

Young Montgomery Pitcher Sets Fine Record At Kilgore

Montgomery is justly proud of one of its native sons, 21 year old Tommy
Harrison, rookie southpaw pitcher and ace moundsman on the Kilgore Drillers
staff of the East Texas baseball league.  Tommy, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. O.
Harrison of Montgomery, is heralded as one of the most promising young left-
handers in organized baseball today.  

With four years of baseball behind him on the Southwestern Louisiana Institute
squad, Tommy joined the staff at Kilgore at the beginning of this season and
has established a sensational record that should bring him on up the baseball
ladder of fame by next season.  On June 14, 1950, he won his eighth game of
the season.

Formerly and outfielder and a good hitter, Tommy was converted into a pitcher
at Southwestern during a tilt with Tulane.  He entered into the game in a
fireman's role and quenched the flames.  Thus he became a pitcher, and a good
one, too.

This youth, who played for Winnsboro when that squad won a state championship
in 1943, has become known as "Torrid" Tommy.  The Kilgore paper says he has
all the tools of the trade, "poise, control, the three necessary pitches,
something extra for a jam, confidence in his ability, and a great move to
first base."

"He's a young man definitely ticketed for stardom," says the Kilgore News-
Herald.