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...developed a pro's poise to carry him through inevitable slumps. As a 19-year-old kid out of Commerce, Okla., Mantle was bewildered by the big money and the big publicity that swamped him when he took over the job of Joe DiMaggio in the Yankees' centerfield. Mantle is still a shy, stubborn introvert, who now manages to relax enough among teammates to be judged a wry dugout wit, is respected for playing while injured...
...foul line) clanged like a Chinese gong under the impact of balls that would have been easy outs in other parks. On occasion, outfielders staggered about mazily as flies descended out of the sun. Batters strained to pick out the ball from the backdrop of shirtsleeved bleacherites in centerfield. "I don't know how these fellows can even hit the ball," confessed Umpire Ed Hurley. "The ball just seems to explode in your face...
...slick Johnny Antonelli (16-6), the pop-off lefty whose feud with newsmen is so bitter that he issues statements only through Manager Bill Rigney (dubbed by the press "John's other voice"). To hit, the Giants have the bull-necked Cepeda and the wondrous McCovey. Out in centerfield, Willie Mays, 28, is beginning to make the awesome plays in Seals Stadium that he used to pull off in the Polo Grounds. Most important of all perhaps, the Giants have a grim determination to win. After a defeat, the team's locker room bristles with fury...
...Those Long Knockers." What makes the feats even more impressive is Griffith Stadium's pasturelike outfield. There are no near fences to invite Chinese home runs; leftfield is 350 ft. away, centerfield 401 ft., rightfield 320 ft. Faced with this expanse-and a considerable lack of talent-Washington's late owner, Clark ("The Old Fox") Griffith, relied on bunts, slap-singles and speed on the base paths. Legend has it that Griffith watered the infield to slow bunts to an unplayable dawdle, even slanted first base downhill to benefit his sprinters. One vestige of Griffith's parsimonious...
With two out in the fifth inning, Ravenel again set things moving with a single to deep shortstop and stole second a few pitches later. Then Shima blasted a double between the gap in left centerfield to give the Crimson a 2-0 lead...