"It was Milt Laurie, who delivered papers for the New York Journal-American, who first saw the potential in Koufax's left arm. And he saw it in the most prosaic way, during infield practice, when Koufax was a senior playing first base for his high school team, just whipping the ball around the horn. Laurie's sons , wally and Lary, also played for Lafayette. At their father behest, they recruited Koufax to pitch for his sandlot team."
Milt had been a prospect once for the Boston Braves. Just before spring training, his newspaper delivery truck skidded on a wet New York City street, flipping over and crushing his right side. He saw in Koufax the hopes and ambitionsof his own thwarted major league career. Perhaps this is why he saw what no one else did."
Sandy Koufax: A Lefty's Legacy By Jane Leavy