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THE BASEBALL BUBBLE TROUBLE
Martin Kane
August 16, 1954
The most furious trading in the U.S. nowadays goes on not in Wall Street or the Chicago grain market but among youngsters out to collect a connoisseur's fistful of baseball trading cards. The cards come as dividends with the purchase of a one-cent or five-cent package of bubble gum. But the dividend seems to have even more pull than the puff-and-pop stuff.
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August 16, 1954

The Baseball Bubble Trouble

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Mel tried the pitch and it helped him become one of the AL's 4 twenty-game

Home: Santa
Born: October 13, 1931

he a N.L. home. Breaking in 49. Eddie played with Atlanta in 1950-51 and joined the Braves in '52.

INSIDE BASEBALL

In '52 Spring training, Ed showed he could hit.

But he wanted to prove he was a good fielder. One day he chased a pop up?

It went near the seats. Ed tried for it and landed in the lap of Ford Frick?BB Commissioner!

TOPPS 32
EDWIN DONALD SNIDER
outfield BROOKLYN DODGERS

Height: 6'
Weight: 185
Bats Left
Throws Right
Home: Lynwood, Calif.
Born: September 19, 1926

"Duke was one of the big reasons the Dodgers won the N.L. Pennant in '53. He was the League's top Slugger (.626), led in Runs Scored, Total Bases (370) and set a Dodger record for the Most Homers in 1 season. "Duke" poled at least 1 circuit smash in each N.L. Stadium and hit .320 in the 1953 World Series.

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