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...modern National League record of 33. (Anyhow, the Boston Braves's roly-poly, 180-lb. right fielder had modestly figured Wee Willie Keeler's ancient 44-game mark as his goal, and had not seriously hoped that his luck would hang around until he caught Joe DiMaggio's American League record...
...FRANCISCO--"Joltin'" Joe DiMaggio, slugging New York Yankee outfielder, received permission from his draft board today to enlist in the Army and will be inducted tomorrow...
...joined the armed forces, including such key players as the Cardinals' Enos Slaughter and Johnny Beazley, the Yankees' "Red" Ruffing and Phil Rizzuto, Dodger Slugger Pete Reiser and Red Sox 1942 Player-of-the-year Ted Williams. Last week two more mainstays were headed warward: Yankee Joe DiMaggio and Dodger Manager Leo ("Lippy") Durocher...
...DiMaggio's wife Dorothy (exActress Dorothy Arnold) went to Reno for the second time in eight months. Last time Joe explained she was "just visiting friends." This time she was visaing a lawyer...
...winning the fifth and final game, Beazley turned in another masterful performance. In the fifth inning, trailing by one run, with the bases loaded and two Cardinal errors behind him, he calmly retired Cullenbine and DiMaggio. He kept his head until Whitey Kurowski broke up a nerve-racking ninth-inning tie with a home run to bring in an extra run and give the Cardinals the game (4-to-2) and the championship, four games...