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Golden Age of Sport Echoes in Postwar Rush
The piece contrasts postwar sport glare with the Golden Age stars led by Ruth Dempsey Jones and Sande and notes a crowd surge and betting above 2 billion dollars. It surveys season questions from pitching staffs of the Yankees Tigers and Dodgers to Osaka Doerr.
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Babe Ruth
Jack Dempsey
Bobby Jones
Bill Tilden
Tommy Hitchcock
Devereux Milburn
Walter Hagen
Rogers Hornsby
Earl Sande
Red Grange
DiMaggio
Williams
Nelson
Hogan
Arcaro
Blanchard
Davis
New York
England
Yankee
Tigers
Red Sox
Indians
Senators
Tiger
Steve O’neill
Leo Durocher
Dodgers
Cardinals
Cubs
Giants
Mel Ott
Bob Feller
al Newhouser
A. L
Ted Williams
Joe DiMaggio
Dick Wakefield
Hank Greenberg
Pesky
Doerr
Rizzuto
Gordon
Yankees
Phillies
Athletics
Joe Gordon
Bobby Doerr
Billy Southworth
Braves
Boston