sentence: australian rules football victorian football league essendon wins the 53rd vfl premiership ( essendon 18.17 ( 125 ) d carlton 6.16 ( 52 ) ) brownlow medal awarded to ron clegg ( south melbourne ) and col austen ( hawthorn ) baseball january 28 the new york giants sign their first black players : negro leaguers outfielder monte irvin and pitcher ford smith .