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...wonderful afternoon, at a time when the Dodgers seemed determined to outbungle the opposition and give away the flag, Brooklyn suddenly put on an exhibition of big-league baseball. Almost every regular got a hit, and Big Newk led the pack. While he held the Cards to two measly runs, the shambling fireballer walloped back-to-back homers his first two times at bat. Then he hit a clean single; a few minutes later he got his big feet churning and stole second. When the dust settled and someone took time to add up the score, the Dodgers...
Next time he bestirred himself, Big (6 ft. 4 in., 225 Ibs.) Newk took on the Phillies, and his teammates got him what he wanted. They got four runs in the first inning, fielded flawlessly as the pitcher worked away with a lazy grace. His big curve snapped wickedly off the corners of the plate, his fast ball boomed into the catcher's mitt, and his sneaky change-up gave the batters fits. For six innings he had a no-hitter. Then Philadelphia First Baseman Marv Blaylock blooped a single. Catcher Stan Lopata backed it up with a home...
Squeaking with enthusiasm, Campy keeps a chatter of encouragement flowing back to the pitcher. "Come on, roomie," he will holler at his road-trip roommate, Don Newcombe. "Hum that pea." Neither Newk nor anyone else is permitted a moment's carelessness. Once, when Don Newcombe crossed up his catcher with a slow curve after taking the signal for a fast ball, Roy promptly flipped off his mask and padded out to the mound. "How come you give me the local when I call for the express?" he demanded in singsong irritation. Campy believes that his chatter helps. Says...
...lead that they have been hanging on to steadily. They have been equal to all their troubles. Out of long experience. Manager Walter ("Smokey") Alston knew just how to discipline Big Don Newcombe when he kicked up a fuss about pitching batting practice (TIME, May 23); Big Newk has been pitching (18 won, i lost) and hitting (.376 at week's end) with astonishing skill ever since. With Pee Wee Reese, Junior Gilliam and Carl Furillo all doing their share, there is hardly a chance that the team can pick up its old habit of relaxing and folding...
Prized Pitching. If the Dodgers have their wish, that strong right arm will never give out; but if it does, Newk has no worry. His batting eye is so sharp that he could be taught to shag flies and turned into a good outfielder. (Impressed by the same kind of hitting. Boston Red Sox Manager Ed Barrow turned a good pitcher named George Herman Ruth into an outfielder in 1918.) So far this season, Newk boasts a .406 batting average and a slugging percentage (calculated by dividing total times at bat into total bases reached on hits) of .797. With...