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...since May because of a bone chip in his elbow. Outfielder Tommy Davis was hampered early in the season by a shoulder injury-but that scarcely explains how a man who led the National League in batting for two years in a row can be hitting .272 now. Moans Dodger Coach Pete Reiser: "There were at least nine ball games we would have won if Davis could just have hit a long...
Well, the candidate was a Dodger, a well-known Dodger, and he was dodging the accusations made by Vermont Bricklayer Rene Morin, 51, that he, Leo Durocher, 57, had stolen the heart of Morin's wife Anna, 51. The original Lip was curled up on the witness stand in Middlebury, Vt., during Morin's $150,000 alienation-of-affections suit. "I respect and admire Mrs. Morin," grated Leo, giving the ump his side of the story. But the girl "I am very, very much in love with" is Morin's daughter...
Opposing pitchers have tried everything except serving up pingpong balls. "I thought I'd experiment on him," mutters Dodger Ace Don Drysdale. "I threw a change-up that was high, inside, and right in his wheelhouse. He like to killed Junior Gilliam with a drive down the third-base line." Willie's teammates hardly know what to expect next. In Houston last week, Giant Pitcher Juan Marichal, whose own 6-0 record has helped keep San Francisco in the race for first place since the start of the season, walked up to Willie in mock anger: "You didn...
...Yankee Catcher Elston Howard: the American League's Most Valuable Player award. First Negro ever to win, Howard batted .287, hit 28 homers, drove in 85 runs for the American League champions. Already chosen as the National League's Most Valuable: Dodger Pitcher Sandy Koufax, who led in won-loss record (25-5), beat the Yanks twice in the Series...
...HOPE COMEDY SPECIAL (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Andy Griffith, Martha Raye, Jane Russell and Dodger Pitcher Sandy Koufax...