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...roughest melee the American League had seen in years. And Casey came home with a team full of trouble. Few teams win a pennant without a first-class shortstop to tighten up their infield, and veteran Phil Rizzuto was five years past his prime, a step too slow in the field, a little too tired to play regularly. Jerry Coleman, who could have filled in, broke his collarbone April 22 and was out for three months. No sooner was he back when he was beaned and bench-ridden again. Often, Casey's pitching was pitiful...
...sensational fielder (though he manages to stop the tough ones), he throws with remarkable lack of grace (yet he manages to get the ball across the infield on time), and at the plate he looks as if he could not hit at all (but he is currently slapping the ball at a surprising .300 clip). Like the Cardinals' ex-Manager Eddie Stanky, what Billy knows best is how to win ball games...
Locker-Room Tears. In the infield, ham-handed First Baseman Walt Dropo, an adequate fielder, is hitting well enough to hold down the cleanup slot. Second Baseman Nellie Fox, a consistent .300 hitter, has picked up new tricks in the infield, e.g., learned to go to his right for ground balls, under Marion's coaching. Shortstop Chico Carrasquel, not hitting up to par, is still one of the best in the business. Third Baseman George Kell, healthy again after a knee operation last winter, is the old pro who saves the game with a stop...
...Tebbetts and Walker grappled in the dust, triggered the season's most spirited rhubarb. While Cincinnati's monolithic (6 ft 2 in., 225 Ibs.) Ted Kluszewski laughingly held struggling Cardinal Solly Hemus in a bear hug on the sideline, some 15 brawls burgeoned all around the infield...
...looked like a bad day for the big spin in "The Brickyard." Grey rain clouds scudded over Indianapolis; damp winds skittered across the infield as the Memorial Day 500-mile auto race got under way. But Wild Bill Vukovich, 36, the "Grape Picker" from Fresno, Calif., had no time to worry about weather. He kept his eyes on the track. A two-time winner in the 500, "Vuky" was hell-bent on pulling off an unprecedented three...