Bat met ball with a crack that sent 32,000 Brooklyn fans into an uproar. It was the league-leading Dodgers' first home game in three weeks, they led 1 to 0 and First Baseman Jackie Robinson had lined a drive to left center that looked like a sure triple. In center field, the Philadelphia Phillies' fleet Harry Walker started moving fast. As ball and outfielder converged under the floodlights, Walker pushed his spiked shoes in front of him, dropped to his rump, began to slide. At the last instant he stuck his gloved hand forward...
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