The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-10-05
Tanks Take Ear.IyLead To vitiory
Several Sensational
 Plays Made in Game Only One Error Today
By JACK HAND

NEW YORK, Oct. 5--Rl-Steady Eddie Lopat squared the World Series for the New York Yankees today by edging the New York Giants 3-1 with a five hitter in the second game, watched by 66,0l8 fans at Yankee Stadium.
 Oil McDougald's first-inning single following two bunt singles off loser Larry Jansen and an error gave the Yankees a run in the first. Joe Collins added the second with his 31o-foot homer into the right field seats in the second. Lopat himself knocked in the final run with an eighth-inning single ckf reliefer George Spencer.
 Lopat was hard pressed to es- cape from seventh inning situa- ton when the Giants scored their lone run. Singles by Monte Irwin and Whitey Lockman and . walk to Wcs Wcstrtim loaded the bases with only one out.
 
 Pinch hitter Billy Rigney's fly to deep right let Irwin score easily from third. Another pinch hitter. Ray Noble, failed Manager Leo Durocher, when he lofted an easy pop foul to Yogi Berra for the fin al out.
 From Collins homer in the second to Bobby Browns leadoff single in the eighth, Jansen and Spencer retired l6 Tanks in order, But they never could overcome that early Tank lead sss''s'.s s'sssAs ~ Asassess isss
 Thus the clubs move across the Harlem River to the Polo Grounds tomorrow for the third ganse. They'll play the fourth and fifth in the National League park Sun- day and Monday. If . sixth and ceventh are necessary they return to the stadium Tuesday and We'd ncSday.
 Monte Irwin continued his sensa- tional series hitting with three singles to make it seven hits in the series. The most any man ever got in series was l2. record held jointly by four men.
 Jim Hearn (l7-9) was to pitch for the Giants tomorrow against Vic Raschi t21-l0) in battle of righthanders.
 The Tanks caught the Giants unawares in the first when Mickey Mantle, the 19-year-old rookie who later was injured, beat out drag bunt for . single.
 Little Rizzuto. an expert bunter, tapped another bunt toward first and beat it out for hit, when Lockman threw wildly to Eddie Stanky, coverhig first, for an error, Mantle sprinted to third. v
 McDougald's short fly ball that dropped in shallow right field for single brought home Mantle. There was nobody out at the time.
 Jansen escaped without further damage when Joe DiMaggio rapped into double play and Yogi Berra struck out.
 With two out in the second, Collins lofted a high fly into the fourth row of the. lower right field stands, about BIO feet away.
 After that homer. Jansen pitched beautiful ball, moving down the Tanks in order in the third. fourth, fifth and sixth.
 But Lopat. with his tantalizing slow stuff and fancy dipsy doodle curves and screwballs. was even more effective. Irvin's second-in- ming single was the only hit off the Tank 2l-game winner until Al Dark rammed harmless single to left with two out in the sixth.
 Once he escaped his seventh inning jam, Lopat coasted home. Irvin's single in the ninth was the only other safe hit.
 Jansen was lifted for pinch hit- ter when the Giants had their big chance in the seventh. He had given up only four hits. three in the first inning and struck out five without walking man.
 Mantle collapsed in . freak ac- cident in the fifth when he sank to the turf, face down, a Joe DiMasgio raced into right center to make catch of Willie Msy's fly.
 Carried from the field on a stretcher. Mantle was found to have suffered badly sprained right knee. Apparently he stepped in a small hole in the outfield while chasing the fly. Although 1t first was announced he would be taken k. h. e. Itc