Platooning in baseball draws mixed praise from veterans
A veteran baseball man criticizes heavy platooning as harming player development and team unity. He notes Casey Stengel's Yankee rotations as successful yet disruptive, contrasts with Huggins and McCarthy favoring consistent lineups, and cites Cobb, Ruth, Gehrig, Mantle and Williams as examples of great hitters against all pitchers.
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Sports Card Highlights From Daily Card Scene
Broadcast sports digest shows boxing and auto racing notes from Hollywood venues with mixed times and results. Dodgers coverage appears alongside boxing and race results, mentioning standings and participating teams.
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PeeWee Reese’s clutch two-run double sinks Pirates
Dodgers rally in the ninth as PeeWee Reese delivers a two-out two-run double to left center. The hit scores Neal and Gilliam, giving Los Angeles a 5-4 win over Pittsburgh and tightening the gap to within a half game of Philadelphia. Clem Labine earned the win after relief for Koufax.
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Belt Leads Player by One in Open Round Coverage
Dick Groat drove in three runs as the Pirates built a 4-0 lead before the Dodgers rallied. Koufax left after Mejias singled. Drysdale worked in relief. Sam Snead and Cary M. lingered in golf talk as details of the U.S. Open at Cherry Hills were outlined with Belt leading, Player six back, and Hogan and Snead referenced in mixed action.
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Basilio Aragon Bout Signed For Wrigley Field
Basilio signed to fight Art Aragon at Wrigley Field Los Angeles on August 28 in a 12 round welterweight test for a potential late season title shot with Virgil Akins. The event guarantees Basilio sixty thousand dollars and was announced by promoter George Parnassus before Basilio’s openness to meet Akins.
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Nitehawks Dominate In Five Nothing Win
Long Beach Nitehawks coasted to a 5-0 victory at Park Ave Field as Ritchie Stephens shut out Masters Portiac of Huntington Park. Stan White and Larry Sivas homered and drove in runs, extending Stephens’ scoreless streak to 80 innings. Sugar Ray Basilio’s rising profile included a possible fight with Aragon and talk of a $300,000 gate with Parnassus, while Robinson eyes another big payday after a recent title bout.
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Carter Over Willi Decision at Madison Square Garden
New York referees ruled a 11 month layoff and weight disparity did not prevent a close matchup as heavyweight Herold Carter, weighing 191 1/4 pounds, defeated Germán Besmanoff by a 5 to 2 unanimous decision at Madison Square Garden Friday night. Besmanoff pressed late but landed few clean punches while Carter controlled the bout.
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