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Newspaper
Miami Times
Location
Miami, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1952
Page
12
Brooklyn pitcher Joe Black, after beating the Cubs this week, is boosted from Rookie of the Year to Most Valuable Player. With 11 wins 2 losses in 44 games and a 2.19 ERA, Black is seen as Dodgers staff anchor and the key to their success.
New York report states the Giants refuse to concede the pennant as yet. With hitters Thompson and Dark heating up and Monte Irvin emerging, they aim to challenge the Dodgers in the final month. A recent western swing left them 9 games back but confident, even sending a scout to watch Brooklyn.
Josephine Baker sues Walter Winchell for a million dollars amid coverage by Barry Gray and the L’Affaire Baker. Louis Armstrong’s Paramount return stalls after a shaky Labor Day film link, while Muriel Smith lands a Moulin Rouge role with Jose Ferrer, playing Aicha as she shifts from Broadway to cinema. The Journal American flags crime fillers and shifts in entertainment gossip.
Daytona Beach Florida Bethune Cookman College Wildcats started two a day football drills with 60 prospects led by head coach Rudolph Matthews. Early sessions feature morning films calisthenics windups and three hour afternoon hitting drills as returning lettermen assemble for the 1952 season opener against Lane on September 27 with a tough schedule including Florida A and M Morris Brown and Kentucky State.
Cleveland experts expect the Indians to win the American League flag aided by 11 games left against last place Detroit. Paul Richards of the White Sox questions the logic noting Detroit’s strong pitching and tough top liners will make the Tigers pesky, even if the Yankees lead the chase.
Brooklyn manager Walter Dressen says pitcher Joe Black will receive a raise, but only at season end. He cites past issues with midseason raises affecting performance and insists Black will be well paid, though delayed until the finale.
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