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OCTOBER
1953
IN THE NEWS:
The Yankees go 2 up as Eddie Lopat beats Preacher
Roe 4-2, despite the Dodgers' 95 edge in
hits.
Bill Veeck resigns as Browns president.
IN THE NEWS:
The WS moves to Ebbets Field as Carl Erskine establishes
a new Series strikeout record by fanning 14 Yanks,
including Mickey Mantle and Joe Collins 4 times each.
Roy Campanella breaks a 2-2 tie with a game-winning
solo HR in the 8th for a 3-2 Brooklyn win
IN THE NEWS:
In Game 5, Mickey Mantle hits a grand slam off Russ
Meyer, and the Yanks hold on to win 11-7.
IN THE NEWS:
The Yanks end the WS in 6 as Billy Martin's 12th WS
hit, a record-breaking single to CF in the bottom
of the 9th, gives the Yankees their 5th championship
in a row. Carl Furillo had tied it up in the 9th with
a 2-run HR.
IN THE NEWS:
Bill Veeck tells stockholders that he faces bankruptcy
unless they drop their suit to block the move to Baltimore.
The Browns stockholders will drop their suit against
Veeck.
IN THE NEWS:
Cuba defeats Venezuela 4-0 before 32,000 partisan
fans in Caracas's University Stadium.
The city of Birmingham, AL, bars Jackie Robinson's
Negro-White All-Stars from playing there. Robinson
gives in and drops the white players from his group.
IN THE NEWS:
The Yankees buy the contracts of black players Elston
Howard and Vic Power from the Kansas City Blues.
IN THE NEWS:
The Dodgers force Charley Dressen's resignation as
manager when he refuses to sign anything less than
a one-year contract. The club reportedly offered him
a $7,500 raise, but on the insistence of his wife
he tried for a 2-year contract and lost. Dressen immediately
signs to manage the Oakland Oaks in the PCL.
IN THE NEWS:
Bill Veeck wastes no time getting a new job. He becomes
a special adviser to Phil Wrigley of the Cubs.
IN THE NEWS:
The Orioles agree to pay the International League
$48,749 for its territorial rights in Baltimore.
The Giants leave on a one-month tour of Japan,
Korea, and the Philippines.
IN THE NEWS:
The "Old Redhead," Red Barber, resigns from the Dodger
broadcast booth and takes a job with the rival New
York Yankees.
IN THE NEWS:
After touring Japan with the Giants, Commissioner
Ford Frick says that Japanese baseball is the equivalent
of Class A in the U.S.
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