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...after the first few innings, Sal Maglie was just the second-best pitcher in the game. Towering (6 ft. 4 in., 220 Ibs.) Yankee Larsen was scarcely wasting a pitch. Only once, against Pee Wee Reese in the first inning, did he go to a full count on a batter. His sharp curves found the plate as if they had eyes. He needed no more than 97 pitches (71 of which were in the strike zone) to dispose of the absolute minimum of 27 Dodger hitters, and not a single Dodger got to first base. While the crowd watched tensely...
Team: Milwaukee (by 2 games) Pitcher: Lawrence, Cincinnati (12-0) Batter: Bailey, Cincinnati (.333) RBI: Musial, St. Louis (65) Home Runs: Banks, Chicago (22), Kluszewski, Cincinnati...
AMERICAN LEAGUE Team: New York (by 9½ games) Pitcher: Pierce, Chicago (13-3) Batter: Mantle, New York (.371) RBI: Mantle, New York (74) Home Runs: Mantle, New York...
...I.A.B. began to formulate and the Corporation voted $200,000 for a new Faculty Club. The baseball team beat the Quantico Marines. 9 to 7, as Gilligan led the Crimson with a single, a double, and a home run. Before the Yale game, Gilligan was the leading Varsity batter with a .388 average followed by McGrath and Ticknor with .343 and .306 averages, respectively. Yale put somewhat of a damper on the season as they beat the Crimson...
...irate husband throws his wife onto a sofa, then knocks her down against a table; she retaliates by belting him with a vase and breaking a chair over his head. While the salesman, cowering over his vacuum-cleaner attachments, quavers: "You shouldn't do that!" husband and wife batter each other around the room. Jovial M.C. Jack Bailey explains the hoax: the husband and wife are Hollywood stunt players; the smashed furniture consists of harmless "break away" props-and, while the audience howls, the vacuum salesman is congratulated on being a good sport...