The Phils arrived at Hershey on March 15 to discover the field they were to use was frozen. In addition to warm weather, with only a dozen players signed, they also needed warm bodies. Among the collection of hopefuls they tried out that spring were a Narberth fireman, Penn's freshman baseball coach, a former boxer, and a pitcher who occasionally blacked out during games and was so nearsighted the Army had recently classified him 4-F.