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...Chicago Cubs' Dick Ellsworth, New York Yankees' Whitey Ford, Cincinnati Reds' Jim Maloney and San Francisco Giants' Juan Marichal...
...look at the American selections quickly shows the changing character of the League. Gone are Yogi Berra, Whitey Ford, Roger Maris, Minnie Minoso, Vic Power, Norm Cash and other big names of the past. Only two players catcher Earl Battey (.270) and left fielder Leon Wagner (.333) repeat from last year's team, although the incomparable Mickey Mantle (.310) won the vote despite his injury. Neophyte Pepitone (.273) is the only Yankee in the starting team, and Zoilo Versalles (.283), Minnesota's shortstop, is practically an unkown. Some old reliables, such as Nellie Fox (.277) at second, Al Kaline...
...performance of the Yankees has been quite phenomenal. The loss of Mantle was only the climax to a series of injuries that at one time had nearly half the starting lineup on the bench. Whitey Ford suffered with a sore arm for two months, Tony Kubek missed a couple of weeks, Roger Maris was sidelined, Lois Arroyo finally had to be sent down to the minors, and Mantle himself had missed some games early in the season...
Ralph Houk once said that only one thing could stop Whitey Ford from winning an important game--another superb pitcher. Over the past two years only a supreme pitching effort has been able to defeat Harvard's Paul Del Rossi, and that has only happened twice in 19 decisions...
...WHITEY MITCHELL...