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Brooklyn's powerful Dodgers moved into a commanding lead over the closely bunched National League during the past week after a long period in which all eight teams played about .500 ball. With two fifths of the season over, only the Giants and Cardinals have a chance to overtake the...
Charlie Dressen broke the Dodgers on top with top hitting. Jackie Robinson has just dropped below .400 for the first time. Gil Hodges has hit is homers, Peewee Roose, Duke Snider, and Roy Campanella have hit hard and often. Even Cal Abrams was hitting.
For General Douglas MacArthur & family it was a week of catching up on peacetime fun. In his new civilian uniform (double-breasted, grey flannel suit, bow tie and grey felt hat), he arrived at Yankee Stadium to see the Yankee-Browns game, was asked by the announcer to say a...
Team: Brooklyn Dodgers Pitcher: Bickford, Boston (5-1) Batter: Robinson, Brooklyn (.409) Runs Batted In: Pafko, Chicago (22) Home Runs: Hodges, Brooklyn (9)
Dodgers: Second Baseman Robinson, who is currently smacking the ball at a .415 cleanup clip (and last week drew a sharp rebuke from League President Ford Frick for "popping off" to umpires); Fire-bailer Don Newcombe, ace of the Dodger pitching staff, who won 19 games last year; Catcher Roy...