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DODGERS BUY DIXIE WALKER In an effort to bolster their team the Brooklyn Dodgers have purchased Dixie Walker from the Detroit Tigers Walker was sent to the Motor City club from the White Sox in 1937 in the deal that involved Tony Pict and Vernon Kennedy to the Tigers in exchange for Gerald Walker Marv Owen and Mike Tresh The Dodgers suffered an ¬ other setback when it was learned that Van Lingle Mungo suffered a broken ankle in a game with the Cardinals last Sunday