Brooklyn Dodger pitcher Sal Maglie, acquired from the Cleveland Indians, pitches a 5-0 shutout no-hitter vs. the Philadelphia Phillies at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn.
The WOR TV Channel 9, in New York, coverage begins in the top of the 9th inning. Al Helfer at the television microphone with the Brooklyn Dodgers leading 5-0. Helfer announces that Happy Felton's "Talk To The Stars" program will follow the game.
Al Helfer mentions that we are watching, WOR TV CHANNEL 9 (station identification).
Sal Maglie faces pinch hitter Frankie Baumholtz whose pop up is retrieved by Brooklyn Dodger catcher Roy Campanella. Pinch hitter Harvey Haddix strikes out. Richie Asburn is hit on his left leg and goes to first (3rd on base runner for Phillies of the game). Marvin Blaylock grounds out to Brooklyn Dodger second baseman Junior Gilliam to end the game as Sal Maglie joins baseball immortality.
When the baseball game ends, Helfer proclaims " Ladies and Gentlemen, a no-hitter for Sal Maglie." Maglie becomes the oldest pitcher to toss a no-hitter since Cy Young in 1908.
Interestingly, Sal Maglie only completed seven of his twenty four starts this year, but this start by Sal "The Barber" Maglie will always be remembered most of all.
NOTE:
Posted on you tube there is a 20:56 audio upload of this game as heard on Radio with Jerry Doggett doing play by play and Vin Scully doing color commentary, beginning in the bottom of the Brooklyn Dodger 8th inning, with Duke Snider, Sandy Amoros, and Gil Hodges batting. There is also a second audio upload which runs 7:19 beginning with the Phillies batting in the top of 9th inning picked up with two outs, Richie Ashburn at bat.
Not only is this television audio air check the only known extant WOR TV broadcast recording of this Sal Maglie no-hitter, it is the only example of a WOR TV regular season Brooklyn Dodger baseball game broadcast preserved on audio or video in any length.
