Evening star., 1941-10-07

McLemor.. down to one
Word-Gordon.
The Yanks won the series four
games to one, and the reason they
won that easily was the presence at
second base of Joe Gordon
Give the Brooklyns Gordon and
the series would still be going on.
Take yesterdays game as starter.
The winning Yankee runs were
scored on hits in and around second
base There were two of them.
Coscarart, a young man who played
second for the Brooklyns, didn't even
come close to these hits. He started
on the wrong foot, was slow once
he got started, and had bewildered
look on his face when the balls
passed him by to roll into the out
field.
Gordon would have handled both
of these balls The first one. to his
right, he would have converted into
a double play. The second one
well. he would have been waiting for
( it. There went two runs.
Gordon won the first game with
his home run. Some say he lost
! the second by an error. but how
many second basemen who ever
lived would have been fast enough
to handle the ball and get an error?
/ Ill name EN- for you. Collins, and
no one else.
/ didn't pick Gordon a. the M.
/ / man of the series all by myself,
l don't have enough faith in my
judgment of baseball to do that. So
/ I walked around the press box and
the stands and talked to men who
make their living at the game.
1 talked to Clarence Pants Row.
land, former umpire and fellow
who knows what it is all about.
Gordon was the man of the
series" Rowland said. There may
have been better second basemen,
but who are they?
I talked to Larry MCPhail. the
president of the Brooklyns man
who was slightly prejudiced. But
he came right out with it.
The standout guy he said,
Gordon was the guy who licked
us. He must have cut off 10 runs
with plays that no other lnfelder
between here and heaven could
make. Give me that guy next year
and we'll win the National by 90
games"
1 talked to Lefty ODoul. one Of
the greatest hirters the game has
ever seen, and the most successful
minor league manager in baseball.
Gordon was the main difference
between the two teams. IIe made
plays that can't be made
I talked to Gordon.
The Oregon Flash was s'2pplng
himself with a towel in the Yanks'
dressing room: he hao ? bottle Of
beer in his hand. He was singing
Roll Out the Barrel
You're the hero Of the SERIES
I said.
Yeah! What about Rufting and
Russo and Bonhsm and Keller and
the other guys? I did the best
could, that's all, and it was fun TO
lick the Dodgers Touch ball club.
They gave us a wrestle all the way.
They didn't think We were so hot,
and tried to give us the works. OF
all the World Series this club has
won since I've been with them. this
is the one they really got A kick
out of winning.
That was a nice compliment for
Brooklyn.
Gordon wasn't the only one to
pay them tribute.
From Mccarthy down to the bat
boy, the Yanks had nothing but
praise for the rough and tough
hustle of the Dodgers.
I gained the impression that the
Yankees thought the Dodgers were
the only National League team they
had played in a long time that
didn't yell Uncle before the first
ball was thrown.
4
I asked Di Maegio what he said
to Wyatt in that little brush in the
last game.
Joe laughed
When I passed him I said. The
series is over, kid. so take it easy
So he called me a few names that
don't go where I came from. So I
said, 'Okay, we've licked your team
so I might as we'll lick you
Loving hands parted them, you'll
remember. The series is over.
The better team won Next year
and this is prediction - the
Yanks will beat the Cards. Thank
you
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