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In the National League, the race was beginning to look like a walkaway. The Brooklyn Dodgers, who have led the league since the middle of May, were still far out in front. Backed by three members of the 1951 All-Star team-First Baseman Gil Hodges, Second Baseman Jackie Robinson...
The Tight Ones. As the third-base traffic manager, Dressen is ordinarily kept busy enough just waving the slugging Dodgers on to home plate. But last week, against the second-place St. Louis Cardinals, he showed that he also knows how to win the tight ones.
By this week the Brooklyn Dodgers were beginning to make the other entries in the National League pennant race look like a bunch of platers chasing Man o' War. It was no longer a question of who would win the race, according to happy Dodger supporters, it was now...
In the first game the Cards outhit the Dodgers, 9 to 6, but Dressen juggled three pitchers astutely enough to get a 3-2 victory on Roy Campanella's double in the ninth. The Cards outhit the Dodgers in the second game too, but Dressen helped to ease Pitcher...
But Abrams dropped into a fearful slump at the end of May, leaving left field as serious a problem as third base where the club has had to fall back on Billy Cox. A slow start by right fielder Carl Furllio has hurt slightly. Don Newoombe and Preacher Roe have...