The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-10
Reynolds Page Bu|Ipen Combination Given Biq
 Credit in World Series
BY JACK HAND

SCengelS lnVallQS or lJeStlny won
 the World Series yesterday from
 the startled Brooklyn Dodgers for
 several reasons-but the most inn
 portant was the Reynolds-Page bullpen combination.
 Because he had the right relief
 men when he needed them most.
 Stengel led his assorted cripples to
 the winners share of the jackpot
 $5,884 for each Yankee.
 Pitching usually tells the story
 of a short series. It was no dif-
 ferent in the five-game l949 set. Only this time it was the reliet
 work of Allie Reynolds and Fire i, man Joe Page that stood out after , the Tanks and Dodgers swapped 10
 shutouts in the first two record- | breaking games.
 OTHER STARS TOO Certainly there were other stars. Bobty Brown for his 500 batting average, Johnny Mize for his 1000 pinch hitting, Tommy Heinrich for the homer that won the opener and Little Phil Rizzuto for his superlative shortstop play But way out front there were , the two Big" men of the Tanks 18th Series triumph in 16 tries Reynolds and Page.
 Page, of course, ran true to form. Hadn't he marched from the bull pen 60 times during the regular season, 20 of them to save Rey- holds?
 "OLD WAHOO" WORKS TT Reynolds brilliant performance of no runs and only two hits in 12 l-3 innings was direct right
 about-face. "Old Wahoo" had com pleted but four games in 3l starts. It was Page with 2-3 inning stopper after Tommy Byrne went bad in the third game. Reynolds bailed out Lopat by retiring the last 10 men in succession in the fourth.
 Things ended normally at Ebbets Field yesterday afternoon. with Page ambling in to finish what Raschi started. Working with only two days rest, like NewcomEe in Saturdays sad effort, R c h i ov,,v,,blol ;,, fla DodIoar Cayanfh A 10-2 lead melted to l0-6. There was nobody on when Page walked in. Normally the joint is jumping. But Gil Hodges had just unloaded a three-run homer as parting shot to Raschi. The Fire man was all alone. Boss Burt Shot, ton sent up Luis Olmo. A right handed batter, for Dodger Mary Rackley, a lefthander. Three hop ping fast balls and the side was out.
 Nobody knew it until Page told it after the game. but Smoky Joe was throwing only fast balls because he injured his hand Friday. It didn't make much difference. The high hard one was plenty hard. Pinch hitter Bruce Edwards singled with one gone in the eighth. The next batter, Pee Wee Reese hit a comeback ball to Page, who start ed a double play.
 GOOD WORK IN NINTH Page didn't let up in the ninth. He ended matters with a flourish. Following a menacing pinch double by Eddie Miksis, he whlffed Duke snider, the most striking man in the Series, and famed Jackie Robinson. He lost Gene Herman ski on a walk Gil Hodges worked the count to 2-2 and beat the breeze on the next. That was all. It was all over but the post mor- tems. They were brief, too. That last week was tough for
 both clubs" said Stengel in the
 Clubhouse, They had to beat the
 Phillies; we had the Red Sox. We
 had just enough to last five games
 more, that's all"
 Shotton was philosophical about
 the whole thing. Most of the Dod-
 gers seemed glad it was all over.
 They have got a little bit more
 what you need in World Series
 said Shotton, But, we'll be better
 when we meet them next Fall"
 The concensus was that the Dod-
 gers would have to be better by
 next Fall if they're going to win.
 They gave it plenty of hustle, tut
 their pitching just wasn't deep
 enough.
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