Ballplayers arrive
Red Grandy / Stars and Stripes

The twelve staff members of the EUCOM Baseball and Softball Coaches and Officials Clinic arrive in Frankfurt, Germany, on February 4, 1951. At left, Capt. Russell Sarff greets Dick Butler. Behind Butler, in pairs from left to right, are Red Sox manager Steve O'Neill and umpire Larry Goetz; former Cubs manager Charlie Grimm and umpire (and NFL referee) Charlie Berry; players Jerry Coleman of the Yankees and Dizzy Trout of the Tigers; Athletics player Elmer Valo and clinic instructor Joe Frannicola; and players Jim Konstanty of the Phillies and Stan Musial of the Cardinals. At top is former Giants and Cardinals star Frankie Frisch, who along with Musial is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.