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During one of the tensest World Series' finishes ever played, Johnny Podres made his prediction stand up. Brooklyn's Catcher Roy Campanella, First Baseman Gil Hodges and Shortstop Pee Wee Reese bunched scarce base hits to score single runs in the fourth and sixth innings. The Yankees came clawing back every time, getting men on the bases and bringing the potential tying or winning run to the plate. Once the Dodgers were saved by a brilliant running catch by Left Fielder Sandy Amoros. But their best defense was Podres' zipping fast ball, carefully assorted with well-disciplined...
...second base, Don Zimmer is a hustler who tries hard to make up for his lack of experience. At first, Gil Hodges is as good as they come. A slick operator with the glove, he is a steady, dependable slugger at the plate. Along with Campy he makes life miserable for left-handed pitchers in the Ebbets Field bandbox...
This was the big inning Casey was shooting for. It hardly seemed to matter that it could have been bigger. Gil McDougald could be forgiven for failing to tag third and score on Mantle's long fly to right. Casey could even overlook Billy Martin's first-inning bobble that had given the Sox their run. (No sooner had Billy received the Babe Ruth Award for his outstanding performance in the 1953 Series, when he let a routine grounder scoot through his legs.) The Indians might win in Boston, but the Yanks would still be right on their...
Born. To Armi Kuusela, 20, Finland's blue-eyed 1952 Miss Universe, and Virgilio Hilario, 28, well-to-do Philippine real-estate man; their first child, a son; in Manila. Name: Gil Aarne. Weight...
...Wimbledon's courts were strewn with upsets in the 69th All-England tennis championships. Earliest high-seeded casualties: U.S. Davis Cup Player Vic Seixas, blasted out in the second round by U.S. Hard Court Champion Gil Shea ''who was ousted two rounds later by Italy's up-and-coming Star Nick Pietrangeli); U.S. Davis Cupper Ham Richardson, defeated in the first round by Sweden's Sven Davidson. At week's end, midway in the tournament, the quarterfinals roster stood: the U.S.'s top-seeded Tony Trabert, Australia's maturing (20) Boy Wonders...