Sport: Baseball of 1941

Last week, as the 1941 baseball season was about to begin, baseball experts were perversely all agog about its far-off end. Some of the best dope available came from an exciting dress rehearsal at Brooklyn's Ebbets Field. There 48,000 jabbering fans turned out to watch the Dodgers and the New York Yankees, both returned from spring training in the South, play in a three-game exhibition series.

The Yankees, generally favored to win the American League pennant this year, have the infield help of Rookies Phil Rizzuto and Gerry Priddy, the flashy Keystone Kids brought...

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