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Died. Fred Merkle, 67, oldtime New York Giants first-baseman famed for a pennant-losing blooper in 1908 (see SPORT); in Daytona Beach...
...sixth, the Dodgers jumped on Reynolds for three runs, on a four-bagger by first-baseman Gil Hodges, a single by Billy Cox, and Shuba's pinch homer. Sain came on to relieve Reynolds, but soon found himself in trouble as the Dodgers put together the game-tying run on successive singles by Roy Campanella, Hodges, and Carl Furillo...
...Tufts, and dropped a decision to Boston College. This afternoon they plan to start righthander John Kowalski, a junior, who gained credit for the victory over the Engineers. The home team's power will be provided by Don Russell, the shortstop, Jim Hurley, the centerfielder, and Harry Agganis, the first-baseman. On Monday Agganis hit two 400-ft, home runs and a single against Tufts...
Rizzuto, who heads a faculty staff of nine major league stars, listened to some coaching tips from Elder Baseball Expert Bernard Baruch, first-baseman at City College of New York some 60 years ago. To 1,200 boys between the ages of 10 and 18, the staff will teach the finer points of baseball and sportsmanship...
...hole. I was just looking at the ball, and it looked pretty good." Henrich swung and the ball sailed into the Yankee Stadium's right-field stands for a home run. In the last half of the ninth inning, ailing (back injury) First-Baseman Henrich had robbed Don Newcombe, the Dodgers' towering Negro righthander, of a four-hit shutout in his first World Series pitching assignment, and won the Series' opening game for the Yankees...