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¶ For the third time in his eight-year major-league career as a Brooklyn Dodger, Catcher Roy Campanella was elected Most Valuable Player in the National League. (Campy's other awards were in 1951 and '53.) Only other three-time winner in the National League: the St. Louis Cardinals' Stan Musial (1943, '46, '48). ¶ Statisticians finally finished wading through the columns of figures they kept so carefully all during baseball season, computed the averages and named the Philadelphia Phillies' Center Fielder Richie Ashburn National League batting champion. Ashburn's average: .338. Other National League championships: Most Home Runs: the Giants' Willie Mays, with 51; Most Runs Batted In: the Dodgers' Duke Snider, with 136. ¶ By the biggest margin ever, the American Football Coaches Association named Michigan State's Hugh ("Duffy") Daugherty Coach of the Year. After last year's sad season (when the Spartans won 3, lost 6), Duffy fielded a team that whipped Notre Dame 21-7, won all its other games but one (a 14-7 loss to Michigan), and earned a trip to the Rose Bowl. ¶ High-school athletes seeking the best market for their talents read some intriguing news from the Pacific Coast Conference. Effective next September, hourly wages for athletes working on campus will jump from $1.50 to $2.00, with a monthly paycheck of $100, rather than $75.

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