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To get to the tax dodgers, teams of government inspectors fanned out over the country to check up on owners of luxury yachts, big villas and costly cars. The move flushed some big game right away, e.g., one man who owned three cars, employed three servants and declared no income...
Brooklyn baseball fans are a faithful and long-suffering lot. Six times since 1916, the fans have gone into a fine frenzy over a National League pennant, only to see their Dodgers ignominiously beaten in the World Series. This year the Dodgers are determined to make amends.
By last week one of the hottest Dodger teams in years had run away with the National League race, won 98 games while losing only 44, and clinched the pennant with twelve still to play. Reading the statistics, wiseacres made the Dodgers favorites to beat the American League's...
Five Dodger regulars are hitting over .300: Outfielder Carl Furillo leads the league at .344; Outfielders Duke Snider and Jackie Robinson, First Baseman Gil Hodges and Catcher Roy Campanella are among the league's top batters. The Dodgers have hit a club record of 196 home runs-40 of...
Even more important, Dressen's 1953 Dodgers have played their best when the chips were down. Last year the Dodgers fattened up on second-division clubs, lost to the strong teams. This year Brooklyn trampled all opposition, won 30 of its last 37 games in the pennant drive. Growls...