Evening star., 1946-10-05
Dimensions Of Parks
Will Dictate Dyer's
Pitching Selections
BY Froncis {. Stonn
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ST. LOUIS. Oct. 5.-As rabid st.
Louis fans licked their wounds after
q virtual free-for-all battle for
World Series tickets and as victors
and losers alike looked forward to
tomorrow's opening game between
the Cardinals and Red Sox, Manager
Eddie Dyer today disclosed that the
dimensions of the respective ball
parks will more or less dictate his
starting pitchers.
At an early hour today Dyer re-
fused to say definitely whether
Howie Pollet, 25-year r-old stylist and
ace of his staff, or Harry (the cat)
Brecheen. 32-year-old clutch"
pitcher. would face the favored Red
Sox in the curtain-raiser. Sometime
today, Dyer promised. he will name
his choice, admitting that II Pollet
had not been bothered by q strained
side the slender Louisiana southpaW
would have been named outright.
ITS going to be one or the other, !"
Dyer said last night. II plan to use
four starters-Pollet, Brecheen,
George Munger and Murry Dickson.
But. they won't necessarily be used
in that order.
.I'm going to pitch my left-hand-
ers- -Pollet and Brecheen-m st.
Louis and my right-handers- Mum
ger and Dickson-in Boston. We
play percentage baseball. That. ]
figure. Is our percentage.
st. Louis Fence Invites williams.
The rival fields involved In the
series differ sharply as concerns
physical characteristics. The Cards,
home park has long left-field BAR
rier, but q short right-f1eld fence.
In Boston there is a very short left
field fence and long right-field
barrier.
Dyer unashamedly admits that he
had Ted williams In mind while
planning his overall pitching pro-
gram. On the time-honored theory
that a left-handed pitcher is more
inclined to bother q left-handed hit
ter, Dyer Is going to use Pollet or
Brecheen-or Brecheen or Pollet
tomorrow and Monday.
Not only williams but Johnny
Pesky, Wally Moses, Hal Wagner
and other Red Sox have dumped
home runs over st. Louis short
stand in right field. On the other
hand, Rudy York, Bobby Doerr,
Pinky Higgins. Dom Di Maggie and
other right-hand hitters have to
poke ball very hard to pull pitch
into the left-ield bleachers here.
Hughson Is Cronin's Fayorite.
In Boston williams Is not re-
gafded as so potent a home-r,ln
threat as Doerr, York or Di Maggie.
Hence, Dyer plans to employ Mum
ger and Dickson and take a chance
on Rightfielder Enos Slaughter
catching a long ball by Williams in
Boston's spacious rightfeld-a ball
that would be home run In Sports
mans Park.
Manager Joe Cronin and his Red
Sox, who arrived here shortly after
the Cards, are almost certain to
open with Tex Hughson, their "stuf3
pitcher" despite the fact that Dave
Ferriss has the better record Of the
pair on paper. Ferris undoubtedly
will start the second game II the
Sox lose the opener. II the Sox
win, Cronin, who lacks depth In
starting pitchers, may start Mickey
Harris or Joe pobson and gamble
saving Ferris for the Boston opene,
next Wednesday.
"Hughson," said Cronin last week
In Boston, ''has been q real tough.
| luck guy this season, but every time
he had q hard assignment he de.
livered. Ill use him whenever pos.
sible IN a pinch" And getting thu
Jump on a rival In q World Series
must be considered q pinch" "
No sBoudreau Shift" for Dyer.
Although managing In q league
noted for radical departures from
baseball, Dyer doesn't intend to iini-
tate Lou Boudreaus celebrated
shift when Williams comes to bat
That he made clear to Iaewsmen
en- route from Brooklyn.
well play Williams as we would
any other good pull-hitter, Dyel
said. "We.u shade him to right
field, OF course, but we're not going
Ito have q left fielder playing deer
short and everybody else toward
his strength