The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-08-06
Brooklyn 
 Amazing

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 New York, Aug. 6-UP)-Base- ball history was in the making to- day in Brooklyn where the l94o Dodgers are bidding brilliantly for a National League flag with 15 rockies on a squad of 30 players.
 Few teams down through the years have dared even to compete with a roster so heavily-laden with inexperienced players. Never be- fore has major league team been up in the race at this late date with half of the players on its squad lacking a full season of big tune competition.
 The amazing thing about the Dodger kids is that seven Of them rose so quickly they were not on the teams official roster at the start of the season. All of which has craeted an impression that the Dodgers are a miracle team be- cause they are winning games with out a full complement O. estao- lished stars.
 Only Lack Reputation
 That is unfair to the kids because they are stars in every sense of the word, good enough to perform reg ularly in the company of such older Dodger favorites as Dixie Walker Pete Reiser, Peewee Reese, Kirby Higbe, or Eddie Stanky. All they really lack is reputation and they are fast acquiring that.
 Just who then are these babes in the baseball woods?' The seven who came up SO fast they didn't even get into the Dodger propagan- da brochure are pitcher Hank Behrman of Maspeth, N. Y, catch CTS Bruce Edwards of Sacramento Cal, and Terrell Anderson of Hays Kan, outfielders Dick Whitman o1 Los Angeles, Carl Furillo of Pitts burgh, and Joe Tepsic of Penn State College, and infelder Bot Ramazotti of Altoona, Pa.
 Branch Hickey, jr., head of the vast Dodger farm enterprises, em- phasizes that Tepsic had no profes- sional experience when the Dodger: signed him for sl7,00o bonus, ane that only Furillo and Edward! among the others ever were in league above class "B". Edwards caught less than 50 professiona games before the Dodgers called him up recently from their clas! A Mobile, Ala, club in the South. ern Association, while Furillo put 1T year at Montreal in the Interna. tional. The others, Whitman, An derson, Ramazotti, and Behrmar worked up to the Dodger Class E Durham, N. C.. Club of the Pied mont League before going intt military service.
 Those seven are the rookie rockies, but the club has eigh more who have only little more background. First baseman Ec Stevens, infielder Eddie Miksis, out. fielder Gene Hermaski, and pitcher Rex Barney, Ralph Branca, ant Calvin Coolidge McLish, all hac less than half season with tn, Dodgers before this year. Infielde Stan Rojek and pitcher Joe Halter each put in year at Montreal il 1942
 Always On Call
 How vitally the Is freshmen fig ure in the Dodger pennant plan is brought out by the readiness o Manager Leo Durocher to call ol any of them at any moment break ing them into the lineup as start CTS, substitutes, pinch hitters O pinch runners.
 Last night when the Dodger topped the Braves, ' to 4 at Bostol in the only major league gam played, Whitman, Edwards, Rojel and Hatten were in the startinI lineup. Behrman and Branca wer used as relief pitchers, and Her manski as pinch hitter. Brancj held the Braves to one run an three hits in the last five innings t score his first victory. Veteran Dixie Walker and Peewee Rees supplied the big punch, however with fifth inning homers that pro duced five runs. Morton Cooper who had been given an early lea on Danny Litwhilers homer, wa victim of the Dodger homers.
 The victory bootsed Brooklyn lead over the runner-up Cardinal to 2h games. It was the l2th vii in l5 games this season for tn Dodgers over the Braves. Tn game was played before 41,645 fam largest crowd at Braves Field sine 1883 They overflowed the stand and part of the outfield was rope of, necessitatinp pro,1nd r,lles