Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-06-13
Yankees Team
Play Key TO
Their Success
By LAYTON CARVER


NEW YORK, June l3,-Things
happen TO the New York Yankees
lust as they do 20 other baseball
clubs. but somehow they aren't
noticeable unless the Yankees
happen TO fail 10 WIN another
pennant.
Al the moment the Yankees are
crippled for cstchers. Everything
has happened 10 deprive them OF
backstops and they would be JUS
tilted in hollering 10 high heaven
against this terrible thing that
has happened 10 them. Other CLUBS
would. But the Yankees 60 along
day by day winning or losing and
doing either OF both with a mini
mum of applause or ahbis for the
moment
The Yankees lost Bill Dickey,
their first string No. ] guy be-
cause of a bruised instep a few
DAYS ago. then lost Buddy Rosar
through an injury and are falling
back on the inexperienced I'd
Kearse. The Yankees do not plan
10 call in a catcher TO help out.
TO KEEP RIGHT ON
They do plan 10 keep right on
winning until finally they have
won another pennant. as they
seem SO certain 10 do this season.
But they will do il with what
they've got apparently.
Perhaps you get little tired
hearing about the Yankees and
their great deeds. IL could be as
tiresome as talking about II or
reading about IL. yet l think you
will have a better idea of what
the club is made of If you will
listen for just another moment.
This catching problem brings
out the clubs team play as a
highlight OF its success that can't
be laughed off and is indicative OF
what makes the team click year
after year, to win pennants most
often but to finish fighting for
the top even when beaten.
A few days ago Rosar was
catching and going along nicely
when he was hurt and obviously
had to leave the game.
STARTS TO DRESS
Dickey was sitting up in the
stands at the time, not even in
uniform, and to all intents and
purposes strictly a spectator due
to his injured foot. But as soon
as he saw Rosar rendered hors
de combat. he Immediately went
TO the dressing room and was
half way through a change from
his street clothes TO a uniform
when Manager Joe Mccarthy
came along upon postponement O
the game on account of thu
weather and told him to forge,
Meal Kearse had caught
one inning. the first OF his major
league career. But wouldn't have
gone any farther IL Dickey could
have gotten into his Uniform be-
fore the game was called.
/ think as long as we have gone
this far on the Yankees we might
just as well take a full windur
and point out many, other things
that make them click. II we car
put our finger on them.
To me their fielding has beer
the standout thing in their sue
cess rather than their hitting
which. Of course, has been prett.
good too.
FIELDING BACKBONE
But their fielding seems Il
show just how much team pla.
the club has and Is the backbon
of the clubs success. No team II
either major league has a secon'
base shortstop combination com
parable to Joe Gordon and Phi
Rizzuto. No team can compare II
several other departments. an
I'm not overlooking pitchinI
either.
The Yankees seem to have tn
knack of coming up with som
one player 10 set the league o.
fire in case standby falter,
Right now IL Is Gordon when ID
Maggie can't buy a base hit. tn
one trouble with the club is II
lack of color, such as the Yankee
OF old knew.