IN THE NEWS: Norman Bel Geddes, after designing a 5,000 seat complex for the Dodgers in Vero Beach, FL, states that Walter O'Malley has asked for a stadium design for Brooklyn. It is to have a retractable dome, garage, automatic hotdog vending machines, and artificial turf that can be painted in different colors.
IN THE NEWS: Cardinal pitcher Bob Slaybaugh is hit in the left eye a line drive, necessitating an operation to remove the eye. Slaybaugh will pitch briefly in the minors in 1954 and then retire.
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