Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-16
Players Cant Forget
Those 81 Happenings;
Managers Not Talking
By Joe Reichler
Associated Press Sports Writer

best figure the Yankees a cincl
to win the American League pen
nant and declare the Nationa
League race anything but sur,
thing for Brooklyn. And Their,
seems to be sound reasoning be-
hind this.
THE Yankees have the con,
fidence of champions" a veteran
baseball man said. "They win tn,
big ones. They don't scare easily
They have the solid men in ALI,
Reynolds, Vic Raschi, Ed Lopat
Yogi Berra and Phil Rizzuto.
Lacking in Confidence.
"The Indians may be a better
|au-around club. But they lack tn,
confidence Of champions. They
have proven that they are unable
to win the big ones. They tighter
up under pressure. And they have
no leader-no take -charge guy,
If the American League race
were all even today. the Yankee.
would still win it,"
And the Dodgers?
II it were any team but the
Dodgers" the learned baseball
man replied. "I'd say I don't know
how they could lose with q three
game edge.
But the trouble with the Dodg-
ers Is they cannot forget last year
Especially when this race is follow.
ing last years script almost to the
letter. Everytime the Giants win
and they lose. the Dodgers are
reminded Of last years debacle.
They know it can happen because
it already has happened.
THE Dodgers are in trouble
even with their big lead. Their
pitching staff is in q bad way.
II the Giants had the services of
Larry Jansen to go along with Sal
Maggie and Jim Hearn, they'd be
sure to pull of another miracle.
AS 1t is, it's going to- be another
squeaker right down to the finish. u
Not Talking Now.
Neither manager-Leo Durocher
OF the Giants nor Charlie Dresser
OF the Dodgers-is doing any talk
ing these days. Not even after
yesterdays victories that left them
still three games apart with II
left to go.
Brooklyn received another
shoddy pitching performance -
this time from Carl Ersline-but
their big bats atoned for the
pitchers lapsesv as the Dodgers
pounded out an lis triumph over
the Cincinnati Reds. Jackie Rob-
inson and Duke Snider hammered
two homers apiece and Gil Hodges
hit one in one Of the biggest
Brooklyn outbursts Of the season.
Erskine couldn't go beyond the
seventh inning, but he was cred
tied with his 18th victory with the
help Of Joe Black, relief ace.
Rookie Jim Greengrass hit q
three-run homer for the Reds in
the seventh inning. cutting
Brooklyn's lead to 6-5. But the
Dodgers sewed it up with a four
run splurge in their half Of the
seventh. Greengrass knocked in
four runs altogether. making it
eight in two days.
Sal Maglie looked like the Mag
lie Of old as he pitched the Giants
to a six-hit, 1911 victory over the
st. Louis Cardinals. He was never
in trouble as he pitched his first
complete game in nearly three
weeks to register his 18th success.
A nine-rpn sixth inning-the big
gest single inning Of the season
for the Giants-made it easy for
the 35-year-old Highlander.
Lopez Still Hoping.
The Indians and Yankees were
idle yesterday but. unlike their
League counterparts,
Managers al Lopez and Casey
Stengel had plenty to say.
This race isn't over yet" in
sisted Lopez. Remember the last
time the Yankees left here every
body had written US OF and the
Yankees fell fiat on their face.
If they lose in Detroit today, and
we win. everybody viii be smiling
at us again."
Stengel. . wise old man, who has
been IN three tight pennant races
In the past three seasons, isn't
gloating, although his Yankees are
three up on Cleveland in the i'm
portant lost column.
I'VE thought we had them when
we left Cleveland last time" he
said. as If he had rehearsed his
speech with Lopez. so what hap
pened? We came in here to De-
troit and got knocked on our
backs. We lost four out Of i've
and let them (the Indians) breathe
again.
This still figures rough. It's
better to be 21a games ahead now
than, say. In the spring. But we
are q long way from being sure
Of this thing"
Back In Action Today.
The Yankees and Indians renew
warfare today with the champions
facing the Tigers IN Detroit and
the Indians taking on Washington
in Cleveland. Rookie Bill Miller
(3-5) was Stengel's choice to OPP
pose Art Houtteman t8-l8). Mike
Garcia (20-10). who lost to the
Yankees Sunday, was Lopez nomi-
nee to oppose the Mats Bob Por-
terrified (12-13). Garcia pitched
only three innings Sunday.
The Dodgers play host to Pitts
(See BASEBALL, Page A-19.)
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