Evening star., 1951-10-05

2 that epic struggle to the National League
MM pennant. But apparently the psychologists
49, outdid themselves =
~ True the Giants figured to be physically
A" S'hh' and emotonay drained after the most i'm
plausible dramatic pennant history But they
acting club yesterday They loose and
relaxed They hit opportune moments They stole
the inning feat unrecorded World Series
game since 1921
But most important they beat the Yankees money
pitcher" Allie Reynolds with their No Dave Koso
Beat him good too The to If there
innings regulation game might have been lopded
After the Yankees finished Koso
getting better as he went along.
THIS WORLD SERIES could be dandy. BY now the
Yankees they aren't playing the Phies whom they
Inundated year ago straight games They're playing
club that's momentum its sde The kind of momentum
that's needed lead which the Dodgers
had recently August H. The kind it took to four
in the ninth inning of the final playo to win the
nant, 5-4.
Don't think the Yankees lack respect for the Giants
they had been cocky they After Koso
in the last innings to beat them, Casey
stenge1s bunch proved to be all other clubs
The Yankees clubhouse like morgue. Stenge
strangely pale he talked with reporters The pitching
one-sded" he said MY Reynods) bothered by lack
OF control Their Koslo) getting the ball the
plate. He only gave three walks didn't hep"
This something several generations Of Yankees
losing the opener OF World Series Last time happened
in 1886, when Carl Hubbe beat Red Rung 60 Since
that time the Yankees have been in nine other World Series
and they won the opener each occasion.
NOT THAT NEWS, but just rem1nder-thiS Is not
of the great Yankee teams It's just ordinary ball
club boastng only 800 hitter-and he's rookie
McDougald. 1t has good pitching what with Reynolds Rasci
and Lopa but otherwise it's ordinary club that happens
to be managed competent and lucky
stengel
The the American League pennant because
they stuck to their knitting and let the Indians Red
eliminate themselves But the Giants aren't the Indians the
Red Sox They opened their in somewhat the
fashion the Red sox and lesser extent Indians
closed theirs The Giants dropped their first games
A ot of lbs mi unit The iants And
they're not quitting If they beat Lopat Larry
Jansen today Durocher and not Sengel will be command
insofar pitching is concerned The have
Vic Raschi but 20 lead will give the edge
Giants what with Jim Hearn and Sal Magie
And this turns out to be long SERIES can come
back hadn't pitched lately yesterdays seven
hit performance. This Koslo gets the ball plate
What's he demonstrated that he pitch against
ting order that embraced only rghthanded hers except
for Yogi Berra.
IF THE YANKEES an exceptional club they are at
least resourceu and almost follows they
four straight games STILL it could happen
sons yesterday when Yankee weaknesses openly exposed
For instance stenge sent three pnchhters against
the le-handed Koso All three lef-handed He had
rgh-handed batter his except Charlie Sivera
an unframed substitute catcher.
the inning Stenge had Bobby Brown bat for
his pitcher Bob Hogue Now World Bobbys
cup Of tea. He's been almost three of them
But Koslo retired him, swinging
In the ninth inning walked Gerry Coleman the
leadof Coleman is the kind OF hitter should
be walked But there he first base leading by
ST. and stengel searching his bench
pull that miracle against the Dodgers in the payo
might Casey and the Yankees.
But all he had Johnny Mze, another left-handed
hitter Koslo fed the large old gentleman pitch
which Mze endery popped to shostop Alvin
Gene Woodling another efhanded hitter batting
StengelS pitcher He took a third strike
Strangely finds himself writing of the Yankees
even In defeat than the who beat them This
but probably MISUNDERSTANDING But it stems from
Of things Yankee defeat in World Series is uncommon
Here Reynolds losing his first series game after winning
three and when last pitching noher against
Here was Dndaggio going for the collar.
THE MOST WORDS and the sincerest adjectives belong
to the Giants To Koso and to all Monte
1rvtn the husky Negro who plays left
thing even to picking resin bag if his depended
Irvin you never overlook. All year been hitting
that winning ball. Yesterday he singles
and triple On his fifth trip he lined First Baseman Joe
Collins whose catch deprived the distinction of be-
coming the only in World history to make five
straight hits
He stole home pitcher with the know-how of Reyn
oldS He made great rstnning to rob Hank Bauer
OF two-run homer in the opening innng-a blow
which might have ended Koso before got going good
competitor Monte Irwin And the teiants are good
competitors too.
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