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...ninth inning of a game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Johnny Temple, Cincinnati Redleg second baseman, let a hot grounder sizzle through his legs, looked up to see the Scoreboard flash "error." and began a slow burn. After the Redlegs lost in the 11th, 3-2. Temple spotted the official scorer, Sportswriter Earl Lawson, in the clubhouse. "What was I supposed to do with that ball?" snapped Temple. "Shove it in my ear?" Said Lawson: "Grow up, John." Temple started swinging. The brief fracas cost Lawson one black eye. Temple a temper-cooling $100 fine...
...Running from second to third, Don fielded a sure double-play grounder, was called out for interference, but prevented the Milwaukee Braves from getting another out by forcing the Redleg running from first to second. Now-such interference automatically costs the team at bat two outs...
...local pitcher put them away in order in the third, then got himself into mild trouble in the fourth inning. He walked the first batter, who was subse-quently retired at second on a fielder's choice. But when the third batter laid a soft grounder on the first base side of the mound Repetto cut it off and his throw to second went wild, advancing runners to second and third...
Hoak's Hoakum. Cincinnati's Don Hoak was first to set the rule writers working. Leading off second in a game with the Milwaukee Braves, Base Runner Hoak started for third when Cincinnati's Wally Post laced a grounder to short. Redleg Gus Bell, who had been holding first, took off for second. With his sharp infielder's eye, Hoak recognized the setup for an almost certain double play. With his sure infielder's hands he fielded the ball, tossed it to the Braves' astonished shortstop, Johnny Logan. "Hit" by a batted ball, Hoak...
Again in the bottom half of the ninth a Crimson double play erased a Nichols scoring threat. In that frame JV short stop Mouse Kasarjian committed an error on a grounder, and the batter reached first base with none...