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...Crimson lineup: ol, Godfrey Trustlow. il, Hank Holmes; cf, Mauricio Toro; ir, Dave Weiss or Bill Cowperthwaite; lhb, Carey McIntosh (C.); chb, Stacey Homes; rhb, Denny Little; fb, Hugh Sargent and Chuck Haddik; goal, Lindsay Fischer...
This is the front line that will probably play most of Saturday's game; outside right, Bill Linglebach; inside right, Marv Weiss; center forward, Mauricio Toro; inside left, Hank Holmes; outside right, Godfrey Truslow. Toro, a starter in 1952 but out last season, has become this line's key playmaker. Weiss, Truslow, and Linglebach were regulars last year, while Holmes, a sophomore, impressed Munro enough to earn a starting position. Truslow has been slowed by a leg injury which may give Ed Churchill and exveteran Juan Vollenweider a chance to make more than token appearances...
...field, injury-hobbled Al Rosen has moved between first and third with ease; Negro Al Smith has switched from benchwarmer to one of the hottest out fielders around; Veteran Hank Majeski, 37, stepped in for Bobby Avila and batted a resounding .350. Whenever a regular smoldered, his substitute caught fire...
...from a flashy, holler-and-hell-raising club, the Indians have been concentrating on the happy habit of hitting the long ball at the right time. "We get 'em when we need 'em," says General Manager Hank Greenberg. "We're a worrisome ball club to the opposition." Not only have the Indians been worrying their closest competitors ; they have been regularly knocking over the league's Humpty Dumpties. As the week began, after a three-game series with the unsinging Orioles of Balti more, they were 5½ games in front...
...visitors' locker room at Ebbets Field, the Giants sulked away a long afternoon while they waited to start the last of the series with the archenemy. Outside, a thin rain drenched Brooklyn. "Do you think those bums'll call it off?" muttered Hank Thompson as he riffled through his fan mail. "Hell, no. Anything for a lousy dollar." He slouched over for a rubdown from the trainer. Off in a corner, Willie Mays and his road-trip roommate, Monte Irvin, laughed apathetically over a joke. Across the room, a group of players carried on a silent gin-rummy...