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darted to his left to grab the
grounder and converted it into a
double play. Cox followed that
eye-popper by making a terrific
back-hand stab of Martins
grounder and whipped him out.
That defense, coupled with
home runs by Robinson, Duke
Snider and Peewee Reese, which
accounted for all of Brooklyn's
runs. came as a tonic to most
OF the crowd of 34,861 at Ebbets
Field. 1t was the largest crowd
ever to see a World Series game
here.
Allie Reynolds, who also dropped
the opening World Series game
last year to the New York Giants,
was clipped first by Robinson's
clout into the lower left-feld
seats in the second inning. That
gave the Dodgers a briefly en-
joyed 10 lead, for McDougald tied
the score with a homer off Black
in the third inning, which barely
eased into the first row of the
left-field stands.
But, after Reese singled with two
down in the sixth inning, Snider
crashed towering homer over the
rightf1eld scoreboard to give the
Dodgers a 81 lead. Black made
it stand up, although the Yankees
cut the deficit to 80 in the eighth
after Gene Woodling batted for
Reynolds and tripled off the CEN
terf1eld screen. Woodling, nursing
a groin injury and replaced in the
starting lineup by Noren, scored
after Bauer flied deep to Snider.
Reese gave the Dodgers added
insurance in the eighth inning
when he slammed a home run into
the leftfield stands off Ray Scar
borough. and Black set the Yam
KEGS down in order in the ninth.
Black, 28-year-old rookie right
handler who was a relief specialist
for the Dodgers during the regu-
lar season. made an all-out gamble
by Manager Charles Dresser look
good. He held the Yankees to six
hits in winning the first opener
captured by Brooklyn in six World
Series appearances.
Now Black is available for re-
lief duty in remaining games, if
needed in crucial situations, and
has established himself as calm,
collected starter who isn't in
clined to wilt under pressure.
Speaking of pressure, the
Dodgers had the Yankees under
some of it today when the clubs
returned to Ebbets Field for the
second game. Misunderstanding
Carl Erskine was to pitch for the
Dodgers against Vic Raschi, who
wasn't impressive for the Yanks
in the final weeks of the cam
paign.
The Dodgers made only six hits
off Reynolds and Scarborough,
but they went for distance and
cashed in with their three hon.
ers. Snider Clipped in with a
double in addition to his home
run.
NOTES: This Yankee club
misses the big man in the lineup
:. There's no Babe Ruth or ice
DiMaggio on the current edition
and there's feeling that if tbs
Dodgers get past Mickey Mantle
and Yogi Berra without trouble
they shouldn't experience toe
much difficulty with the rest OF
the Yankees batting order.
Reese was shaken up by Mantle
in the fourth inning when Mickey
broke up a possible double play by
crashing into the Dodgers short
stop. Photographers were
miffed when they were banned
from the Yankees dressing room
after the game. {. Reporters were
admitted. Ex-Nats Noren anc
Scarborough didn't distinguish
themselves. Noren walked once
but failed to get the ball out of the
infield on three other trips to the
plate. .. Scarborough was clipped
for a home run by Reese in the
only inning he pitched.
Reynolds said he pitched slop.
py game. After Cox hit hi.
first pitch in the first inning, Allie
was in the hole on the next fivt
hitters, throwing three balls tt
each. He walked only two il
seven innings, but Reynolds wasn't