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...After an astonishing series of fractured fingers, assorted bruises and an injured nerve in his right hand, the Brooklyn Dodgers' Roy Campanella came down with a new catcher's complaint: spurs on the kneecap. One of the bony growths broke off, caused enough pain to force Campanella out of the lineup. There was every indication, though, that Brooklyn's hard-hitting (.335) backstop will be back in uniform long before his teammates have time to blow their 11½-game midseason National League lead...
...Brooklyn Dodgers, it was just one of those weeks. First, the eighth-place Pittsburgh Pirates gave them their worst whipping of the season, 16-1. Then, to make matters worse. Catcher Roy Campanella had the kind of trouble that can drive even normal, non-ballplaying citizens to distraction: doctor bills...
...Said Roy Campanella with admirable restraint: "I ain't saying no more about it. O'Malley's my lawyer, but I hope he don't charge me 10,000 bucks...
...windjamming, the Brooklyn "Bums" were headed for nothing but trouble. All through spring training, the press sniped at Manager "Smokey" Alston with ill-mannered regularity. When Jackie Robinson had a beef about how seldom he was playing, he got columns of space in which to howl. When Catcher Roy Campanella had a complaint about his spot in the batting order (No. 8), his words were rushed into type. Dodger President Walter O'Malley wondered out loud if a squabbling ball club might not be a healthy one. Nobody seemed to be listening...
...minutes*;but the ball was actually in play only 18 minutes 34.7 seconds of that time. Here is how many of the other 92 minutes were spent: Pitcher Don Newcombe used the rosin bag 28 times, dawdling 2 to 18.1 seconds each time, and talked with Catcher Roy Campanella as long as 45 seconds at a huddle...