Evening star., 1951-10-09
Winner Can Gamble
Tomorrow and Save
Aces for Finale
Later Story on Page All
BY Burton Hawkins
Stor SioH Correspondent


siar siaff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.-The
Yankees, winners of two games
in the World Series, and the
Giants. also winners of two games.
were keenly aware of one thing
as they headed into the fifth game
today: They were at crossroads.
The winner of today's game will
|be in the drivers seat.
The Yankees decided to go with
Lefty Ed Lopat. 21-same winner.
and if they win. Manager Casey
|Stengel can gamble on the series
|clincher behind Tom Morgan or
Johnny Sain and still have Vic
Raschi and Allie Reynolds for the
seventh game. If necessary.
The Giants are pitting 23-game
winner Larry Jansen against Lo-
|pat again today. Larry lost to
|Lopat in the second game. If the
Giants win, Manager Leo Duro-
cher can try to get home with
Dave Koslo and save Jim Hearn
land Sal Maghe for the finale.
Money Mark Established.
A money mark already had been
Established in the series and bat
ting and attendance records were
in jeopardy. The big players fund
|set the money record.
Threatening to surpass the
dozen hits in seven-game series
achieved by the Mats Sam Rice
against the Pirates in 1895 and by
Pepper Martin Of the Cards in
1881 were the Giants Monte Irwin
and Alvin Dark. Irwin now has
nine hits-eight singles, and a
|triple-while Dark has accumu-
lated three singles. three doubles
and, a home run. They got five
of the Giants eight hits of Allie
Reynolds yesterday as the Yankees
SHARED q 6-2 decision before 49.010
at the Polo Grounds to square
the series.
II the series is extended to seven
games it's a certainty that the at
tendance record Of 389.763 set
by the Yankees and Brooklyn
Dodgers in 1947 will be surpassed.
The present series already has
drawn 232.736 customers, and if it
goes seven games easily will top
100000
Pool Reaches $560,562.
The money to be split by the
players is all in-they share only
in the first four games to remove
amy incentive for prolonging the
series-and the players pool Of
$3.50, ,562.37 is the richest in his
tory. The pool topped by more
than $4,000 the previous high
set by the Indians and Braves in
194S. when $3.50, 900 from radio
and television rights were poured
into the pool. That money now is
funneled into the players pension
fund.
Although not official until an
nounced by Commissioner Ford
Frick it was learned today the
Giants voted to split their share
Iof the players purse into 81
shares. That means each share
will net 81 ,594.71 if the Giants win.
II they lose each share will be
worth $5.192.17.
Yanks vete 36 Shares.
The Yankees. spreading their
money around more, voted to split
into SO shares. A winning share
will return $6.539.S9 and a losing
one. $4,359.65.
The Indians each shared So
772.05 in 1948. In 1941, the Dodg-
ers set the losers record of $4,-
829.40 a share.
AS far as the hitting of Irwin
and Dark is concerned, fans can't
get too steamed up about them
yet. Irwin has contributed five of
his hits in losing efforts, while
four of Dark's safe blows have
been in losing games. Al injected
three straight doubles yesterday
but the Giants casred in on only
|one.
Joe DiMaggio twice was called
out on strikes. and after four
games was batting .125. but he
gave the Yankees supporters a
glimpse Of his old self yesterday
when he slaShed q two-run homer
and q single to spark the Giants
12-hit attack on Maglie and Shell
don Jones.
Maglie Has Bad Day.
Maglie, sticking almost ex-
clusively to a curve ball, had one
Of his rare bad days. His catcher,
Yves Westrum. said, II don't think
I've ever seen him with less stuff. /"
1t was evident from the outset,
even though Maglie famed two
Yankees in the first inning, for
Yogi Berra lined out viciously in
that session and DiMaggio fouled
|of numerous well-kissed drives
before finally taking a third
strike.
The Giants spurted into a 10
lead in the first inning when Dark
doubled and Irwin singled him
across, but the Yankees tied 1t up
in the second when Gene Wood
ling doubled and later scored on
Joe Collins single.
A single by Bobby Brown, q walk
Ito Collins and Reynolds single
to center boosted the Yankees
into a 2-1 lead in the fourth and
they increased the advantage to
Al in the fifth when Berra
singled and DiMaggio crashed a
tremendous homer into the upper
Ileftfield seats.
Rizzut0 Turns Tables.
Phil RizZuto, embarrassed Sat-
urday when Eddie Stanky kicked
a ball out Of his glove. turned the
tables in the seventh. He singled
and with Two out. Woodling