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...Batter: Hoak, Cincinnati...
...league, but it lacks pitching, which is Milwaukee's strong point. Brooks Lawrence stands out as the bellwether of the staff, with Hersh Freeman in an ace role as fireman. The Redlegs will miss the hitting of Ted Kluzewski, sidelined with a slipped disc, but the addition of Don Hoak to such sluggers as Wally Post, Gus Bell, Frank Robinson, and Ed Bailey give Cincinnati an attack which goes a long way toward making up for its pitching deficiencies...
...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...
...Hoak's blatant assault on the rules was too much. From now on, said National League President Warren Giles, if an umpire thinks that a runner has deliberately interfered with a batted ball in order to break up a double play, both the runner and the man behind him on the base paths will be called...
While the authorities were busy hopping on Hoak, the Braves and Redlegs were chewing up another old rhubarb: Does Milwaukee Pitcher Lew Burdette throw a spitball? Even Burdette does not deny that he wets his fingers while he fidgets on the mound. But when Cincinnati's Manager Birdie Tebbetts accused him of serving up a spitball, Burdette put on a look of innocence. A spitter? Not he. He always dried his fingers before he pitched, said Burdette...