Sport: The Battle of Brooklyn

Dodger fans, than which there are none more fanatic, long ago gave Ebbets Field a charm of its own. Branch Rickey, who became president of the Brooklyn club last winter, has made it over into vendetta alley. Hawkeyes from the stands size up each Rickey move; hawkeyes from Rickey's aerie perched over home plate size up every reflex in the stands. There is plenty for each side to see.

No Illusions, Some Signs. Branch Rickey looks like Lionel Barrymore playing Thaddeus Stevens, talks like an evangelist in a voice that exploits the whisper as...

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