Evening star., 1951-08-26
New YorkersCut
Lead
To Single Game
Rizzuto Also Shines;
WoodIing Is Walked
To Get at DiMoegio
By Burton Hawkins
Sior Stoff Correspondent

Stor Stoff Correspondent
CLEVELAND, Aug. 25.-Mickey
Mantel, thrice rejected by the
Army, and Gene Woodling; twice
rejected by the Indians, further
frightened the tense American
League race today by leading the.
Yankees to 7-3 conquest Of
Cleveland. The victory cut the
Indians margin over second-place
New York to one game.
The 19-year-old Mantle. who
this time last week was playing
for Kansas City, contributed a
home run and double to the
Yankees 11-hit attack on three
Cleveland pitchers, while Wood
ling, last nights hero, supplied
two timely singles to drive across
three runs.
Pesky little Phil Rizzuto. the
Yankees shortstop, was a less
dominant figure, perhaps, but to
a ladies' day crowd of 66,110 it
seemed every time they glanced
in the direction of the plate Riz-
zuto was scoring. He tailed four
times as the result of three sim
giles and walk.
Reynolds to the Rescue.
The Yankees. who came to town
with two-game deficit and
dropped three games of the pace
by losing Thursday, surged back
to capture the series, 2 games to /.
Threatened with virtual expulsion
from the pennant race, they
shared Friday nights contest,
20, then erupted for six runs in
five innings today against burly
Mike Garcia, the Indians right
handler of Mexican ancestry.
When Ed Lopat, the Yankees
softballing left-hander, faltered
in the late innings Allie Reyn-
olds replaced him and disposed of
the last five Indians in order. Lo-
pat got the decision, his 18th win
against seven losses, to boost his
lifetime record against Cleveland
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The Yankees piled up a 6-1 lead
against Garcia, but Bobby Avila,
the peppery Mexican second base
man. trimmed Cleveland's deficit
TO three runs in the fifth with a
two-run homer.
Mantle's Throw Nails Ayila.
1t was Avila, though, who took
the Indians out of a possible rally
In the seventh. With two out, Dale
Mitchell singled and so did Bobby
for his third hit, but Avila turned
f1rst base too far, tripped attempt-
ing to scramble back. and was
nailed by Mantle's fine throw to
Johnny Mize at first base.
Again in the eighth, the Indians
stirred up threat when AL Rosen
singled for the third time and Ray
Boone bounced double over Third
Baseman Bobby Browns head.
When Lopat pitched one ball to
Bob Kennedy. Manager Casey
Stengel summoned the sturdy Rey-
noldS. who only 48 hours before
had been declared out of the series
due to an injured left arm.
AL Lopez, the Cleveland mana
ger, countered by sending Barney
McCoSky to bat for Kennedy. The
veteran watched a Reynolds fast
ball whisk by him for a third strike
and the potential rally expired
when Brown grabbed Harry Simp.
sons grounder and threw him out.
History of sort was made in
the ninth inning after Rizzuto
singled with one out and moved
to second base on Mantle's tap
to Steve Gromek, then pitching
for Cleveland. For the first time
in his major league career, the
famed Joe DiMaggio saw the pre-
ceding batter walked Intentionally
to get at him.
High Tribute TO Woodling.
The batter who was walked was
Woodling, failure with the In
dianS, who had collected II hits
in his last % trips to the plate.
DiMaggio had fashioned a harm.
less single in II tries in this series.
but he protected his pride on this
occasion by smashing a sharp
single to center, scoring Rizzuto.
The Yankees got to Garcia for
a run in the first inning when
Rizzuto walked. went to second
on Nantes grounder and scored
on Weddings single to left.
The Indians retaliated with a
run in the same session Avila
singled to left with one out and
went on to second when Wood
ling fumbied the ball. Bobby
moved to third when Lopat per-
mitted Larry Doby's easy cne-
hopper to squish from his glove
for another error. Roseu's sim
gle scored Avila, Dolby stopping
at second, but Lopat eased out Of
additional trouble when Boone
and KennedJ popped out.
Lopat knocked down Garcia
with a line drive in the second
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