Evening star., 1952-10-01
Dodgers Tied
With Yanks, II,
In Third Inning
Robinson, McDougoId
Hit Homers as Black
DueIs With Reynolds
By Burton Hawkins
Sior Stoff Correspondent
The Lineuu.

By Burton Hawkins
Star stoff Correspondent
BROOKLYN. Oct. 1.-The
Yankees and Dodgers were tied.
IL, after 3 innings of today's
opening World Series game.
Jackie Robinson homered for
Brooklyn in the second, but Gil
McGougald matched the blow in
the third.
FIRST INNING.
YANKEES Bauer watched a
ball. fouled off a pitch and then
flied deep to Pafko. Rizzuto took
the count to two and two and also
flied to Pafko. Mantle went to the
full count before popping to Reese.
DODGERS-CoX hit Reynolds
first pitch and chased Noren back
to the left field wall to make a
shoulder-high catch. Reese took
Reynolds to a 80 count and then
watched the third strike. Snider
flied to Mantle.
SECOND INNING.
YANKEES - Berra's sharp
grounder glanced off Hodges
glove to Robinson, who threw to
Black, covering first. to retire the
Yankee catcher. Collins flied to
Furillo in short right. Noren
popped to Reese.
DODGERS-Robinson carried
Reynolds to a full count, then
blasted a home run into the lower
deck of the left-field stands for
his first World Series homer and
the first hit of this series. Cam
PAMELA also took Reynolds to a
full count. then singled to right.
Campanella was out attempting to
steal, Berra to Martin. McDou-
gald threw out Pafko. Reynolds
took Hodges tap down the first
base line and threw him out. One
run, two hits. -----'~- ..,. .-
THIRD INNING.
YANKEES-McDo Dougald smashed
a home run into the first row Of
the lower left-fleld stands for the
first hit off Black to tie the score
at IL. Martin went down swing
ing. So did Reynolds. Bauer took
a third strike. One run, one hit.
DODGERS-Furillo fouled to
Berra. Black took a third strike.
! Cox walked. Cox was out attempt
ing to steal when Rizzuto made q
stab of Berra's low throw.
NOren Replaces Woodling.
Irv Noren. former Washington
outfielder, replaced injured Gene
Woodling in leftf1eld for the
Yankees.
Noren was named to the starting
lineup by Manager Casey Stengel
shortly before game time. Wood
ling has been nursing groin in
jury for several weeks.
Overcast skies, with the tenn
perature in the 70s, greeted early
arrivals at the home of the Nas
tional League champions.
Noren, who went to the Yankees
in May in a six-player deal with
Washington. batted only .237 dur
ing the regular season but finished
strong in the closing days of the
campaign.
Reynolds Opposes Black.
Allie Reynolds, a 20-game win
|ner, was Stengel's mound choice
to oppose Rookie Joe Black, 28-
Iyear-old Negro right-hander who
was sensation in relief roles for
the Dodgers.
Black made Sc appearances for
Brooklyn during the season but
only two of these were in startling
assignments. Black had a 15-4
record.
Seating capacity of Ebbetts Field
lis 31,902. but sale of standing
room tickets was expected to swell
the crowd to $4,000.
The Yankees were hoping to be.
come the second team in major
league history to win four straight
championships. tying the mark
Iset by the 1868 Yankees under
Joe Mccarthy. The Yankees also
were trying to bring a sixth sue
Icessive world title to the Amer
ican League.
The Yankees had appeared in
18 previous World Series and had
emerged as champions IA times.
The Yankees were installed as
8-to-5 favorites to take the series
and were 6-to-5 choices to win the
first game.
The Dodgers had appeared in
five previous World Series and
had lost all of them, three times
to the Yankees. In each of those
losses to New York, in 1941, 1947
and 1949, the Dodgers lost the
first game.
A CounIe of Iestere