Evening star., 1951-10-11
Die-Hard Battle
In Ninth Echoes
Penndnt Victory
Buuer Yankee Hero
After 3-Run Triple and
Catch of Final Out
By Burton Hawkins
S,or S,oH corre,oondsnt

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE
Giants lost the World Series to the
Yankees, but they have two i'm
portant things left today-their
self-respect and the admiration
of all baseball followers.
Manager Leo Durocher's die
hard crew went out of the series
the way it came into-with a last
ditch fight that kept the fans
glued to their seats and hearkened
back to their National League
pennant victory.
The Yankees are still champions
only because they escaped from a
dramatic ninth -inning rally that
was checked off by a brilliant de-
fensiye play by Outfielder Hank
Bauer. muscular ex-Marine.
The Giants didn't quite bring
about their miracle, but in going
down to defeat in a six-game
series. losing the final battle, 4-3,
before a crowd of 61,711 yesterday
at Yankee Stadium, the Giants
made the incredible appear
routine.
Bauer Hero of Game.
Bauer. awarded two Bronze
Stars and a Purple Heart for
South Pacific action, helped
greatly in burying the do-or-die
Giants. He did it extensively, with
ia bases-loaded triple with two out
in the sixth inning, and he did it
|defensively, with a sitdown catch
of Sal WARS liner with two out
in the ninth inning and Whitley
Lockman streaking for the plate
with what represented the tying
run.
Bob KuZaya, the former Wash
lington lefthander, retired the last
three Giants in order after coming
in with the bases filled and none
out. but Bob was more fortunate
than proficient. Every pitch hit
against him was well-kissed, but
the result was three loud outs
which gave the Yankees their
third straight championship and
the winners share of the fattest
players pool in history.
The Giants trailed by three runs
entering the ninth and Eddie
Stanky opened with a single. AL.
vim Dark beat out a bunt down the
third base line and Johnny Sair
was chased when Lockman sin.
Igled to right. filling the bases.
Giants Rally Again.
Thus the setting was provided
for the Giants to attempt the
amazing again. Their cleanup
hitter, dangerous Monte Irwin
was up and following him was
Bobby Thomson. whose ninth in.
ming homer scored three runs anc
beat Brooklyn. 5-4. in the fina.
game of the playoff for the Ma.
tional League pennant.
Irwin rammed a drive to deer
left but Gene Woodling was play
ing far back and stabbed it. The
blow was distant enough, though
to enable Stanky to score, DARK
to take third and Lockman tc
shift to second after the catch
Now the tying run was on Sec
ond base and Thomson was in q
spot to shine. But he duplicated
Twins drive and Dark scored
after the catch.
His bench depleted, Manage,
Leo Durocher summoned Sal
WARS from the bullpen to bat
for Hank Thompson. It was
WARS first series appearance and
none has been briefer. He whaled
Kuzava's first pitch on a low line
into right field. 1t was labeled
"hit." but the feet Bauer dashed
in. lunged for the ball and grabbed
lit while sinking to the turf in a
sitting position.
Weak i'm Pinch Hitting.
Durocher's ordinary bench hurt
the Giants. Ten times he called
on pinch-hitters and only once
did he obtain a hit.
Keen disappointments, too, were
Sal Maglie and Larry Jansen
They won 20 games each for the
Giants in the regular season anc
it's possible their heavy duty ir
the stretch weakened them for the
series.
But the failure of the Giants
lpinch-hitters was equally disas.
trous. In the second game, fo
instance, the Giants were trailinf
by two runs when they filed tn,
bases with one out. They got i.
fly ball from Pinch Hitter Bill
Rigney which got run across, bu
Ray Noble batted for Jansen an,
fouled out.
The Giants had a glittering op
Iportunity with two out in tn,
eighth yesterday when Sail
walked Thompson, Yves Westrun
popped single into left and vii
lie Mays walked to fill the bases
but in that situation Noble battet
(See HAWKINS, Page C-3.)