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The Brooklyn Dodgers, the runaway leaders in the National League race, virtually settled the issue last week, once & for all, by whipping the second-place New York Giants in three straight games, bounded off to a 12½-game lead this week.
For its first color telecast of a baseball game, CBS unloaded its cameras last week at Ebbets Field. After watching the game (Dodgers, 8; Braves, 1) over a color receiver at CBS' Manhattan headquarters, Herald Tribune Sport Columnist Red Smith reported:
There are two significant difference between these two teams. The first is the St. Louis Cardinals. The Cards have beaten the Dodgers twice, lost 14 times. They have an eight and seven record with New York. The second difference is the 11-game losing streak the Giants started in April...
For the sake of argument, let us neutralize somewhat these differences. The Dodgers pick up five losses to St. Louis, giving them only a nine and seven record. The Giants pick up at least four wins to neutralize the losing streak--one of them over the Dodgers. Now, instead of...
Then, with Maglie and Jansen matching Newcombe and Roe, and with Thomson and Mays hitting homers, perhaps the Giants would then be able to stay ahead of the Dodgers.