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...Downing of the Dodgers who like Aaron, also wore no 44. 20. The Angels were 86-76 in 1962. 21. On May 15, 1912 the Tigers went on strike for one day to protest the suspension of their best player, Ty Cobb. 22. Walt Dropo drove in 144 RBIs in 1950. 23. Gene Conley played for both the Celtics and Braves in 1957. 24. In 1972 Jim Barr of the Giants broke Pirate Harvey Huddi's record set in 1959. 25. Jerry Gibson, author of Big League Barbay,. 26. a) Monte Cross...
...Adams (H) 2:11.08. 50-yd. butterfly--1. Droppo (C) 29.45; 2. Fortin (C) 29.51; 3. McAree (H) 31.29. Three-meter diving--1. Stone (H); 2. Gustafson (C). 100-yd. breaststroke--1. Joel (H) no times; 2. Poirier (C); 3. Thompson (C). 200-yd. freestyle relay--1. UConn (Toblason, Dropo, Sochanchak, Langenahn) 1:45.97; 2. Harvard 1:48.60; 3. Harvard (no time). Ivy League Basketball Ivy All Penn 3-0 11-3 Brown 3-0 5-8 Yale 2-1 7-7 Columbia 2-2 9-6 Dartmouth 1-2 9-5 Princeton 1-2 7-7 Harvard...
...Ditmar dropped. Men from both sides piled in. Even with the Chicago cops to help them, the umpires took 28 minutes to put down the fight. By then, Yankees Enos Slaughter and Billy Martin had been ordered off the field, along with Chicago's First Baseman Walt Dropo and Doby. (All four, plus Ditmar, later drew fines from League President Will Harridge.) The rest of the battlers dusted themselves off and readjusted blood pressures and the Yankees went on to win. 4-3. But they were still four games behind the Sox. wobbling sulkily in a pennant race they...
Pinch-Hitter Eddie Robinson came in for Silvera and flied out. Mickey Mantle, hitless all day, slammed a screamer off Dropo's foot and raced all the way to second. It seemed a wasted effort. Joe Collins flied out, and Hank Bauer walloped a long fly to left. Minnie Minoso had a bead on the ball, got both hands on it-and suddenly it was bouncing behind him for another unbelievable error. Mantle was home, and the Yankees were still alive...
Locker-Room Tears. In the infield, ham-handed First Baseman Walt Dropo, an adequate fielder, is hitting well enough to hold down the cleanup slot. Second Baseman Nellie Fox, a consistent .300 hitter, has picked up new tricks in the infield, e.g., learned to go to his right for ground balls, under Marion's coaching. Shortstop Chico Carrasquel, not hitting up to par, is still one of the best in the business. Third Baseman George Kell, healthy again after a knee operation last winter, is the old pro who saves the game with a stop...