Evening star., 1947-10-07
Sports Solid Pitching Power at Bat Give Yanks 1h Series
Page Justifies Faith
OF Harris by Great
Effort in Finale
By Burton Hawkins
Siar Sion Correspondent

By Burton Hawkins
siar stoH Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. 7.-Joe Pages
return to glittering society required
seven games, but at the finish there
was Manager Bucky Harris priced
relief pitcher slamming the. door
in Brooklyn's bafi1ed faces and
steadily propelling New York's Yam
KEGS to an l1th world championship.
Bucky doesn't quit easily on a
player-one of the reasons he is,a
highly respected manager. So when
the Yankees shifted into a 80 lead
en- route to a So triumph yesterday
at Yankee Stadium before a swarm
of 71,548, Bucky. for the fourth
time in the series, summoned Page
to the mound.
Harris was putting himself on
the spot, for Page had been ineffec-
tive the day previously and had
been no sensation in other appear
ances. Bucky was doing 1t, too.
against the advice Of his bullpen
coach, Johnny Schultz, who wasn't
fascinated by Pages warm-up pitch
ing.
Harris Hadn't Lost Faith.
From the distant Yankee bullpen
in right field, Schultz picked up the
direct phone to New York's dugout
in the fourth inning and said, Tell
Bucky Allie Reynolds really has his
stuff today. Page doesn't seem to
have much"
That information was relayed to
Bucky, who said, Tell Page he's
going in." 1t wasn't necessarily q
snub of Schultz, whom Harris re-
CARDS highly. Bucky simply hadn't
lost faith in Page. as so many others
had. He had called him the best
relief pitcher in baseball and Bucky
felt he was gambling on a left
handler, who would deliver despite
previous failures.
Page delivered beautifully. Arriv-
ing on the scene in the fifth inning
Joe disposed of the first 13 Dodgers
he faced. The only Dodger to reach
base against him. in fact, was Eddie
Miksis. He singled with one out in
the ninth and Bruce Edwards
promptly smashed a series-ending
double-play grounder at Shortstop
Phil Rizzuto.
The Dodgers quickly grasped 20
lead off Frank Shea, Harris surprise
starter, in the second inning.
Rally Started BY Hermanski.
With one out Gene Hermanski
tripled to right and Edwards fetched
him across with a single. Carl
Furillo also singled and Johnny Jor-
gensen then ushered Bevens into the
game with lusty double to right,
scoring Edwards from second.
Hal Gregg walked George Nc
Quinn and Aaron Robinson in the
second and with two out Rizzuto
pumped single to left, scoring Nc
Quinn, before Bevens took third
strike.
Bill johnson walked with one out
in the fourth and after Robinson
struck out the Yankees took COM
mand. Rizzuto again singled to left
and Harris then inserted Bobby
Brown to bat for Bevens. Brown
lashed a double to left. scoring john
son, and that blow belted Gregg from
the premises. Hank Behrman came
in to walk George Stirnweiss, filling
the bases. and Tommy Henrich's
single to right scored Rizzuto before
Jackie Robinson stabbed Yogi
Berra's grounder and tipped to
Behrman, covering first, for the
third out.
Rizzuto's third straight hit was a
bunt down the first-base line in the
sixth inning. He stole second before
Page famed. A walk to Stirnweiss
brought Joe Hatten to the mound
and he. famed Heinrich, but AL Clark
batted for Berra and singled to
center, scoring Rizzuto.
The Yankees increased their in
surance in the seventh when john
son waited triple over Miksis' head
and scored on Robinson's fly to
MikSis
Was Hysterical Series.
1t was baseballs first $2.000,000
series and, although loosely played,
hysterical one, with excitement
approaching the ultimate after two
dull games. There was Cookie Lava
getto's last ditch double for the first
hit off Bevens which beat New York,
3-2 There was AL Gionfriddo's spec
tacular catch of Joe Di Magglo's S
415-foot smash which saved the sixth
game for Brooklyn. and there was
Shea striking out the same Lava
getto with two out in the ninth and
the tying run on second to preserve
the fifth game for the Yankees, 2-l,
on four hits.
There was Hugh Casey making six
relief appearances for the Dodgers
and qualifying for hero role in a
lost cause. There were brilliant
catches by Heinrich and Johnny Lin
dell. There was good pitching. but
mostly it was wretched.
There were records in wholesale
punches. The Yankees left 63 on
base. There were 68 bases on balls,
with the Yankees giving up 10 in
one game to create record and
the Dodgers tying that mark the
next day. There were eight wild
pitches, four passed balls.
Other Series Records.
There were Johnson's three triples
in one series, a record. There were
three pinch hits by Brown. There
were games which consumed 3 hours
5 minutes and another of 3:19. There
was a record crowd of 1866 for the
first game being eclipsed by the
throng of 74,065 which attended the
sixth game.
There was rookie, Shea, pitching
an opener for the first time in A
World Series. There were 81 players
used by the Yankees In the sixth
game, when the Dodgers employed
II players. There was the spectacle
of only three pitchers remaining
nine innings.
The World Series mad its rough
spots, but it also had ITS exhilarating
moments.