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...Brock dashing madly for second and sliding in safely with his 36th sto len base of the season. Curt Flood running full tilt into the centerfield wall to spear a liner that otherwise would have been a sure extra-base hit. Roger Maris crossing up the pulled-back enemy infield with a perfectly placed drag bunt. Orlando Cepeda explaining his .339 batting average and 19 home runs...
...disperse at the betting windows. As the dogs, donned in colored, numbered blankets, parade past the grandstand and around the track to the "starting blocks," the unctuous, slightly sinister voice of the announcer calls "Hurry, Hurry, Hurrrry--place your bets." The odds on the big boards in the infield flash with the changing whims of the crowd. Tension mounts as the hounds wait, flash, speed. The rumbling mob roars and fragments as the end approaches. The winning number lights up on the board and the favored of fate make their way to the "Collect" windows...
...suspension from New Jersey stewards for rough riding aboard William L. McKnight's three-year-old colt, Dr. Fager, in the $119,200 Jersey Derby at Garden State Park. Going into the first turn, he dropped in sharply, cutting off his competitors and forcing one into the infield rail. Dr. Fager coasted across the finish line 6 and a half lengths in front, only to be placed fourth and last. The difference between first and fourth...
...Good Infield...
...infield, which accounted for nine double plays, was "one of the best we've ever had," according to Harris. Jim Reynolds, the shortstop and best hitter in the group at .291, worked well with second-baseman Bill Cherry at the pivot. Cherry, Harris said, didn't have too high an average but "he was walked and hit by the pitcher so often that he got on base only one less time than Thomas, and getting on is the important thing...