Three of baseball's topnotchers changed uniform last week:
¶ Philadelphia Pitcher Curt Simmons, 22, after 20 months in the Army (mainly on occupation duty in Germany), shucked off his fatigues for baseball flannel and pitched a winning seven-hitter, 8-2, against the Chicago Cubs.
¶ New York Yankee Second Baseman Jerry Coleman, 27, veteran of 57 combat missions as a dive-bomber pilot in World War II, switched from one champion's clothes to another's: Marine Corps green. Captain Coleman's final day in baseball featured a flawless fielding performance and a hot day at bat: four hits, climaxed by a rousing triple that brought the...
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