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...plate and he never made the same mistake twice. Slaughter calmly hit him three for five, but Sal struck out ten Yanks, stranded another nine on the bases. Behind him, the Dodgers piled up nine hits (including homers by Robinson and Hodges), got rid of starting Pitcher Whitey Ford in the third inning, tormented Relievers Kucks, Morgan and Turley, and won easily...
...Third Game brought the Yankees home to their own stadium, and they came to life. Ford was back on the mound; this time his curves were snapping off sharply and his fast ball was really running. While Whitey's good left arm held the Dodgers helpless, Slaughter pounded them to death with his bat. Old Enos began the game with a series batting average of .556; by the end of the day it was .583. The Yanks gave the Dodgers a run in the second inning, but brash Billy Martin got one right back with a home...
...little late in the game for anyone to sing the old complaint that the Yanks win because their fat pocketbook buys the best players. There they were in front, without a single 20-game pitcher. (Whitey Ford, their best man, has a record of 18-5, has never had a 20-game season.) What they boasted was an abundance of fine fielders, men who could hold their own at the plate, men who for the most part had come up through the Yankee farm system. And there was an inexhaustible bench full of reserves...
...54th time in 104 meetings. ¶In the season's biggest trade, the seventh-place New York Giants swapped four players even with the St. Louis Cardinals, got a lift when Red Schoendienst, their new second baseman, hit a homer while Shortstop Al Dark and First Baseman Whitey Lockman were spoiling their debuts as Cards by making three errors...
...radio equipment, but it was flyable-and bush pilots earn their extra dollars by taking risks. Dahl took the job and was only minutes away from his destination when the old bucket gave up the battle and went down in the Quebec wilderness. One man survived the crash, but Whitey Dahl, all luck spent at last, was found dead at the controls...