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...Gussie's folding money, the Cards have picked up the Yankees' aging (34) Vic Raschi to beef up a pitching staff weakened by the loss (to the Army), of Wilmer ("Vinegar Bend") Mizell. They have a 25-year-old, $100,000 shortstop named Alex Grammas, out of Kansas City in Class AAA, who should give Regular Solly Hemus a run for his position. For another $100,000 they have hard-hitting Tom Alston, a first baseman and the first Negro on the Cardinal roster. And they have an impressive list of seasoned money players: Outfielder Enos Slaughter, Second...
...Petersburg,the New York Yankees sold expensive (salary: $40,000) Pitcher Vic Raschi, 34, to the St. Louis Cardinals of the National League. Raschi, who won 13 while losing six last season, had balked at a salary cut, and the Yankees, said General Manager George Weiss, were fed up with "independently wealthy men, who, through the winning of five pennants and world championships, have become too complacent." Within four days, Holdouts Mickey Mantle and Whitey Ford agreed to sign their Yankee contracts...
...Raschi 13-6 and Carl Erskine 20-6, a pair of righthanders, will be the opposing pitchers in today's third game, the opener at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field...
...Raschi, 34-year-old veteran of five previous Series, has a 5-2 record in Series competition. He can tie Allie Reynolds' six victories by beating the Dodgers today...
...same kind of runaway; this week, by beating second-place Cleveland two in a row, they clinched the pennant with a 13-game lead. Manager Casey Stengel has a cool, battle-hardened pitching staff to throw at the Dodgers: Whitey Ford (17-5), Eddie Lopat (15-3), Vic Raschi (12-5), onetime National Leaguer Johnny Sain (14-6). Backing them up is the greatest money pitcher in either league: Allie Reynolds, who at 34 can still pitch his way out of a tight spot with three blistering fast balls. Though Yankee hitters are less fearsome than the Dodgers, four regulars...