1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

On August 26, 1955 — 1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

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1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

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1955 – Vic Wertz of the Indians is diagnosed as having non-paralytic polio and is lost for the season. He will return next year.

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Bombarded by pop bottles in Brooklyn, irate Cubs manager Frank Chance throws one back into the stands where it cuts a boy’s leg. Chance is mobbed and leaves the park in an armored car with a police escort after the Cubs’ 5 – 0 victory. Three-Finger Brown emerges with the shutout win.

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