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THE YANKEES ARE STILL THE TEAM TO BEAT
Robert Creamer
August 23, 1954
If they win, it will be six straight pennants, six straight World Series. If they fail, the team that beats them will always be known as the team that stopped the unstoppable Yanks
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August 23, 1954

The Yankees Are Still The Team To Beat

If they win, it will be six straight pennants, six straight World Series. If they fail, the team that beats them will always be known as the team that stopped the unstoppable Yanks

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INSIDE BASEBALL

Frank got Big League bids the day he was out of high School!

Every team wanted him?but Frank picked the Yankees.

He signed for a $50,000 bonus? and experts think he is worth it! The believe he will be a second Gehrig

ENOS BRADSHER SLAUGHTE
OUTFIELD
NEW YORK YANKEES

Height: 5:09
Weight: 190
Throws: Right
Bats: Left
Born: Roxboro, N.C., April 27, 1916

In the seventh and deciding game of the 1946 World Series, Enos scored the run that won the Series for the St. Louis Cardinals by racing all the way home from first on a single to center! The Cards sold "Country" to the Yankees in 1954 in one of the most startling deals in baseball history.

TOPPS 230
ROBERT LEROY KUZAVA
pitcher NEW YORK YANKEES

Height: 6'2"
Weight: 204
Throws Left
Bats L. & R.
Home: Wyandotte, Mich.
Born: May 28, 1923

Blond Bob, effective as a starter and reliever, lost a no-h with one out in the 9th against the White Sox in '53 wh sub lined a double to left. He came up to the Major stick in '49 with the White Sox and compiled a 10-6 record In '51, when the Senators traded him to the Yankees, Bob 11 and lost 7. At Charleston in '42 he had a 21-6 mark.

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