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Originally Posted by darwinbulldog
I'm also told he played for one of the Cardinals' farm teams.
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"Herbert A. “Hooks” Dessauer, Shirley’s husband, was a semi-pro baseball pitcher who went to Spring Training with the Cleveland Indians and was offered in the 1920s a professional contract with the St. Louis Cardinals, but turned it down because of family obligations."
Source:
http://iagenweb.org/clinton/people/patin/PTPatin.htm
(This source also includes the photo that was posted above.)