Evening star., 1947-10-02
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Series Shoo-ins
With Two Wins
Brooks Woes Pile Up
As Defense CrumpIes
Behind Weak HurIers
By Burton Hawkins
Sfor Stoff correspondsnt

! stor Staff Correspondent
BROOKLYN, Oct. 2.-Brooklyn,
discredited Buns returned to tn
banks Of Gowanus Canal today ant
Manager Burt Shotton's most press
ing problem was to restrain then
from leaping into 1t before he coult
chaperone them to Ebbets Field fol
continuation of their World Serie.
travesty with the marauding New
York Yankees.
At Ebbets Field, baseball's land.
mark for peculiar plays, the Iodg.
ers hoped to end their erratic
shoddy performances which marked
the Yankees 1913 triumph yesterday
at Yankee Stadium and New York's
So conquest at the same spot or
Tuesday.
While Yankee Stadium's vast con.
fines have been the scene of Brook
lyn's complete disintegration, the
Dodgers are intent on returning
there to repair their regulations
which at the moment are splintered
That necessitates a complete form
reversal. of course, and few are the
fans who are willing to gamble
Brooklyn will trek back to New York
for a sixth game.
In games here, If three are reces-
sary, Brooklyn will be exposed to
the pitching Of Bobo Newsom, Floyd
Bevens and Frank Shea, a formid-
able array. A former Ebbets Field
figure with the Dodgers several
years ago, the burly. loud and an
cient Newsom was to seek a third
straight win for the Yankees today
Buns Top Hurlers Mauled.
II the Dodgers, backed to the wall
can't conquer the 38-year -old Che
says Newsom, their prospect OF
making respectable showing in the
series is remote. Thus far they've
thrown seven pitchers into two
games, including the employment
of Hank Behrman twice, and they've
reach a point of pitching despera-
ton.
Shotton has seen his top pitchers,
Ralph Branca and Vic lombard,
fail to shackle the Yankees through
combination of wildness, in
efficiency and pitiful fielding sup
port-all of which exploded rev
depths yesterday when some 50 1865
fans were subjected to a spectacle
which would have shamed sand
lotters.
The Dodgers pitchers-Lombardi
Hal Greggs. Behrman and Rex
Barney-were blasted for Is hits,
including a homer by Tommy Hen
rich, three triples that tied World
Series record and brace of doubles.
They also unleashed two wild
pitches.
Brooklyn's fielding, though, was
more shocking than its pitching, if
possible. With the score locked at
%, courtesy of Dixie Walkers
homer with none on in the fourth,
the Dodgers suddenly came apart at
the seams to leave the customers in
stitches.
Rizzuto's Pop Awes Dodgers.
Bill johnson launched the Yam
KEGS fourth with a triple. Then
Phil Rizzuto lifted a pop fly to short
left field which Shortstop Peewee
Reese ignored as If it had leprosy.
Left Fielder Gene Hermanski also
displayed considerable reluctance to
grab the ball as did Centerfielder
Pete Reiser, so it plopped safely for
a douple, scoring johnson. That
was the beginning of q Woefully
weird fielding display.
With George McQuinn on first in
the fifth inning, johnson tapped one
back at Gregg, who fired to Ed
Stanky at second. 1t should have
been a routine double-play, but
Stanky neglected the formality of
catching the ball.
Then came the comical climax in
the seventh when the Yankees
sprayed four runs across the plate
while the dazed Dodgers heard the
diSheartening boots of those fans
who already hadn't left the park in
disgust.
McQuinn singled to right and
Behrman promptly wild pitched him
to second. johnson raped single
through the box, scoring McQuinn
and when the ball scooted between
the blushing Reiser's legs johnson
streaked all the way to third.
Rizzuto popped out, but Yogi
Berra was passed purposely. Allie
(See WORLD SERIES, Page C-3.)