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Bill Chauncey will bat in the cleanup position and play center field with captain George MacDonald catching and batting fifth. Steady Paul Murphy, who got a single, against the Green, will bat sixth and play shortstop. Utility man Dick Hoffman in right field, constitutes the only change in the lineup. Used sometimes as a pinch hitter, Hoffman has caught three games for the freshmen. Garry Cranney will start at first base and hit eight...
...stepping Hannibal (7O-to-1) set the pace for the first three-quarters of a mile. Then Hill Gail took off, quickly opened a six-length lead. After that, it was just a matter of hanging on, and the bay did-with only two whacks of Arcaro's bat-to win by a clear two lengths from lightly regarded (23-to-1) Sub Fleet. Two come-from-behinders, Blue Man (second choice at 4-to-1) and Master Fiddle (at 9-to-1), finished third and fourth, beaten ten long lengths...
...Jerry Coleman, 27, veteran of 57 combat missions as a dive-bomber pilot in World War II, switched from one champion's clothes to another's: Marine Corps green. Captain Coleman's final day in baseball featured a flawless fielding performance and a hot day at bat: four hits, climaxed by a rousing triple that brought the cheering Yankee Stadium crowd to its feet. ¶ Boston Red Sox Outfielder Ted Williams, 33, also called back as a Marine captain (he was a flying instructor in World War II), bowed out in what was probably his final game...
High scorer for the home team was Jim Ongley with 13 runs. Ace "bat" Win Rickards, though, was unable to get down for the game...
...Seaga will captain, and also fill the "wicket-keeping," catcher's position. His opening bat will be Frank Davies, followed by Jim Ongley...