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:
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 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.
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