Evening star., 1951-10-08
Yankees Reaction TO Rough Stuff Awaited by Baseball World
Fred Hutchinson Saws
Stanky Kick Could
Cost Giants Series
Later Story on Page A-1.)
By Burton Howkins
Ca, c..se r..,..ss.I.,.


NEW YORK, Oct. 8.-Now that
Eddie Stanky has applied the boot
to the usually model-mannered
Yankees, the baseball world is
awaiting the Yankees reaction.
The impression is that they will
shed their politeness and get
tough.
THAT kick could lose the series
for the Giants" said Freddie
Hutchinson. Detroit pitcher and
American League player repre-
sentative. "It might have been
just what the Yankees needed to
wake 'em up."
In the 1910 World Series be-
tween Detroit and Cincinnati, the
Reds became aroused over an in
cident at the plate late in the
fifth game and knocked off the
Tigers in the next two to win the
championship. The incident in
volved another pepperpot. Dick
IBartell, Detroit shortstop, and the
late Jimmy Wilson who, though
past 40, caught all seven games
for the Reds due to an injury to
Ernie lombard.
Bartell racked up Wilson with
a rolling block, but it was costly
run that he scored because it
made a new team out of the Reds.
Stanky's kick-he booted the
ball out of Shortstop Phil Rizzuto's
glove Saturday to touch off the
Giants five-run inning-figured
prominently in giving the Giants
a 2-to-1 edge as the clubs clashed
in the fourth game of the World
Series at the Polo Grounds.
Counter Action Likely.
The normal reaction would be
to counter with equally rough
baseball, and most folks expect
the Yankees to display the normal
reaction. There was no rush by
the Yankees to condemn Stanky,
the Giants chesty little second
baseman. There seemed to be re-
strained admiration among them
that he had gotten away with a
clever play in q throwback to the
days of Ty Cobb. There was a
feeling, though. that henceforth
the Yankees will try to be just as
clever.
Rizzuto protested to Umpire
Bill Summers that Stanky should
be ruled out for interference. then
insisted Stanky hadn't touched
second base in his swashbuckling
slide.
Phil's left wrist was Jared on
the play. His forearm and chest
hurt. too. as the result of col
Ilision with an inside pitch by Jim
Hearn in the eighth inning. His
arm stiffened a bit, but yesterdays
rain which washed out scheduled
action at the Polo Grounds gave
him time for treatment and he
was expected to play today. The
weather was cloudy this morning
but becoming fair.
Rizzuto wasn't the only miffed
Yankee. Yogi Berra revealed that
Alvin Dark, the Giants shortstop,
kicked the ball from his mitt
when he crashed into the Yankees
catcher at the plate in the same
inning. Dark scored when Berra
dropped the ball.
Loosened grip on ball.
"He kicked the ball out of my
hands" said Yogi. II didn't have
lit in the pocket of my glove, but
near the top. When he came in
feet first, my grip loosened."
AS Hutchinson says, those
|tough-guy gestures could lose the
series for the Giants. But all the
Giants will concede at the mo-
Iment is that those kicks were in
Istrumental in putting them ahead
in the series.
Sal Maglie hoped to increase
the Giants margin today, but to
oppose that 23-game winner the
Yankees now have Allie Reynolds
available. The Yankees would
have started the less impressive
Johnny Sain II the teams had
played yesterday-but, granted a
day Of rest, F.eynolds was ready
today and Manager Casey Stengel
happily switched.
Unless Joe DiMaggio emerges
from his slump with surprising
suddenness, it probably will mean
the voluntary end of his dis
tlnguished baseball career.
Many Slump Ridden.
DiMaggio has been delaying a
decision on his future, but it's
significant that he says. 1--WE lost
the swing through the strike
zone" The Yankees famed CEN
terf1elder was hitless in ii at
temptS in three games.
Joe isn't alone in his misery
among the Yankees, DiMaggio,
Berra, Gene Woodling and Hank
Bauer are hitting a combined .076.
Bauer hasn't obtained a hit in 10
tries, Berra has contributed two
meaningless singles in 10 efforts
and Woodling is .125 hitter with
one "a homer) for eight.
.DiMaggio, who will be 81 next
month. apparently has reached
the end Of the line. He was a
1858 hitter during the regular sea-