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...Herb Score, 22, fireballing southpaw of the Cleveland Indians, was elected American League Rookie of the Year...
...First Game, at Yankee Stadium, made the smart money seem safe. Seldom out of trouble, Southpaw Ford held off the Dodgers through eight tight innings. Furillo and Snider reached him for homers; Jackie Robinson stole home-like a Mack truck. Still the Yanks stayed in front. They knocked out Big Don Newcombe before he finished six innings. Trying too hard to be the team sparkplug, Billy Martin was thrown out stealing home, but he saved the game with his fielding. First Baseman Joe Collins more than made up for the absence of injured Mickey Mantle by belting two home runs...
...Second Game saw the Dodgers still suffering from the Stadium jitters. Aging (35) Southpaw Tommy Byrne, a rehabilitated major-league castoff, kept them in check all the way. At bat in the fourth inning, he won his own game by knocking in two runs. Starting with volatile Billy Loes, Dodger Manager Walter Alston used four pitchers keeping the score down to Yankees 4, Dodgers...
...Halfback Murtland suited up and played right and left half with equal agility; Kyasky came in to limp through a touchdown drive; Fullback Pat Uebel started at left half, switched to right half and took his turn at the fullback slot besides. No matter who was playing where, Southpaw Holleder faked or ran, handed off or passed with the same precision. His passes were still a little hot for handling, but he eased up when it counted, and flipped a short one to End Don Satterfield for the first score. He called his running plays so skillfully that Penn State...
Pitchers are Casey's biggest problem. His two surest starters, Whitey Ford and Tommy Byrne, are both lefthanders. And no one knows better than Casey that all season long only one southpaw, the Cardinals' Luis Arroyo, started and finished a game against Brooklyn-and he lost...