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...second base, shortstop and third base situations, Park said, "I just don't know yet." Jimmy Stoeckel is returning at short from last year, but may be switched to second. Also at second will probably be Rick Lacivita. Larry Barbiaux and Hal Smith are the top contenders for the corner spot, while Eddie Durso and Jim Thomas are competing for the shortstop position...
...edict to put down a proposed boycott of the Dodgers by a group of St. Louis Cardinals. On the field, though, race-baiting continued unabated, most stridently and offensively by the Philadelphia Phillies and their manager Ben Chapman. Once, when Robinson seemed ready to storm the Philadelphia bench, Dodger Shortstop Pee Wee Reese, Jackie's closest friend on the team, silenced Chapman by challenging him to "take on somebody who can fight back...
...Shortstop Maury Wills who has stolen more bases than any other major league baseball player in history was placed on waivers yesterday by the Los Angeles Dodgers Wills recently turned 40 was used little this season ten years after he broke Ty Cobb's mark by stealing a record 104 bases in one year...
...threat Tenace drew a lead off walk and was soon replaced by pinch-runner Odom. Ted Kubiak popped up tempting to advance the runner with a bunt. Pinch hitter Dave Duncan drilled a single down the left field line, and Odom streaked to third. On a low pitch shortstop Bert Campaneris popped up behind first base. Joe Morgan called off first baseman Tony Ferez, pulled in the ball, and threw a sizzler to catcher Johnny Bench, who tagged out the sliding Odom...
Luis came to Boston after a distinguished career with the White Sox and Orioles, and his monopolization of the American League shortstop All-Star honors lasted through three decades. At thirty-eight years of age, he arrived in Boston with a broken leg after his finest season at the plate, a sparking .312 with Chicago...