For the Brooklyn Dodgers, it was just one of those weeks. First, the eighth-place Pittsburgh Pirates gave them their worst whipping of the season, 16-1. Then, to make matters worse. Catcher Roy Campanella had the kind of trouble that can drive even normal, non-ballplaying citizens to distraction: doctor bills."
Ever since January, said Dr. Samuel Shenkman, a Manhattan neurosurgeon, he had been trying to collect $9,500, his price for an operation on Campy's left hand. Campy had referred the bill to the Dodgers; the Dodgers had refused to pay.
Unimpressed by the fact that...
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