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...American League batting champion (.323) and Rookie of the Year. Though his average is down to .295 this season, Oliva is making more key hits, leads the league in doubles (26). He is second only to another Twin in the number of runs scored; Oliva has 60, Shortstop Ziolio Versalles...
There are other things, too, in the Dodgers' grand design-little things like a single, a stolen base, a sacrifice at just the right time. Shortstop Maury Wills at 32 is still the best base runner in the business: by last week, he had stolen 44 bases in 71 games-14 games ahead of his pace three years ago, when he broke Ty Cobb's 47-year-old big-league record by stealing 104 bases. Sighs Mets Manager Casey Stengel: "Those Dodgers are a running club. They hit and run. They run and hit. They bunt. They steal...
...Shortstop Tom Bilodeau, a three-year letterman for coach Norman Shepard's Crimson teams, was named to the second team behind Columbia's Archie Roberts, who hit .400 in league play. Bilodeau...
Crimson pitcher Jim McCandlish, thinking he had detected the beginning of a fad, ventured another bunt. He was right. The catcher hit him in the back with the ball and the bases were loaded. Houston then grounded sharply to the left side of the infield. The Holy Cross shortstop made a diving catch but had no play as Neville crossed the plate...
...statistics released today covering the Crimson's first 19 games of the season, Dan Hootstein ranks as the squad's leading hitter with a .354 average. First baseman Joe O'Donnell is the only other player with a mark above .300; he bats at .204. Shortstop Tom Bilodeau has knocked in 16 runs for the leadership in that department...