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It began in the first inning of a four-game series between the rowdy Pittsburgh Pirates and the noisy Brooklyn Dodgers. Umpire George Barr called Pirate Bob Elliott out at home, and got not-too-gently pushed for his pains. He promptly ordered Elliott out of the game. When Manager...
Leo ("Lippy") Durocher, normally eloquent manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, made personal history of a sort when he was bound over to a grand jury on a charge of beating up a heckler. Through the entire court proceedings Lippy uttered not a word.
Newlywed Pamela Schwartz, whose in-laws live in Brooklyn, said that she wasn't "scared of Jack's family."" She hoped to see the Brooklyn Dodgers play, but added determinedly: "I don't promise to support them just because Jack does." At the Brooklyn end of the...
¶ By aircraft and snowshoe, agents pur sued two draft dodgers in Alaska, finally caught them at the base of Mt. McKinley.
*Guessing that McCarthy might be through, New York sportswriters began nominating possible successors: Yankee Coach Art Fletcher (unlikely), Manager Leo Durocher, of the Dodgers (possible) and ex-Yankee Lieut. Bill Dickey, now managing two crackerjack Navy teams touring the Pacific (popular). Babe Ruth nominated himself.