This follows a pregame attempted strike by the players following Leo Durocher 's 3-game suspension of P Bobo Newsom for insubordination. Minutes before the game SS Arky Vaughan handed his uniform to Durocher and refused to play. Durocher called for volunteers to play, but by game time he had just a battery of Curt Davis and Bobby Bragan . Branch Rickey intervened, and Vaughan and the others agreed to play. Newsom, 9-4, will be traded to the Browns on July 15th.
Nothing comes of the suggestion.
The two will work out for Branch Rickey in Brooklyn on April 7. Branch Rickey becomes the principal stockholder of the Dodgers. Branch Rickey announces the signing of Jackie Robinson by the Dodger organization. Black P John Wright also signs. Branch Rickey deflects pressure on Jackie Robinson by keeping him in Montreal, although it is clear the contending Dodgers can use the 1946 International League batting king.