Evening star., 1952-07-05

by the Yankees yesterday at Grit.
f1th Stadium, is confronted with
the tough task Of rekindling {
spark on a club that had much o1
its spirit sapped by a disastrou!
decision which cost it the explosive
second game.
With the Red Sox invading to.
might for the opener of a two-gams
series. Harris is hoping the Mats
will direct their fire toward the op.
position rather than dissipate it or
Umpire Ed Hurley. the target OF
many missiles as yesterdays dou.
ble-header ended on a rebellious
note.
Most Of a crowd of 26,52S, which
included President and Mrs. Tru-
man for three innings Of the first
game, survived a drenching tc
heap abouse. paper cups and 9
couple whisky bottles in Hurley's
direction as the climax of an
|eight-heur day.
Decision Wrecks Mats Lead.
The Mats were in 81 command
in the seventh inning of a second
game played under lights when the
uprising occurred. Joe Collins was
on third base with one out when
Yogi Berra slapped high bounder
down the first base line. Vernon
took the ball in front of first base,
foul by 3 feet, and didn't bother
to make a play on Berra, jogging
down the line. or Collins. heading
for the plate.
Then, as an amazing after
thought, Hurley called the ball
fair. Although Berra repeatedly
confessed later to Spec Shea,
Washington pitcher. that the bali
was foul. Hurley insisted Vernon
f1elded the ball back of first base,
that the ball had crossed first
base fair. then twisted foul.
Harris. Catcher Mickey Grasso
and Vernon. enraged, rushed Hur-
ley. who stuck to his somewhat
exclusive opinion. Harris pushed
Grasso out Of the argument, but
after the manager and Vernon
abandoned the debate Grasso
'heaved his glove skyward. Hurley
countered by tossing Grasso out
of the game.
Cascade Of Missiles.
Virtually everything that wasn't
bolted down cascaded in Hurley's
vicinity. For the remainder of
the game fans showered the field
with rubbish, and at the end Hur-
ley was escorted from the field by
two policemen, who didn't deter
one aroused fan from taking a
wild swing at Hurley as he was
descending the clubhouse steps.
Hurley's ruling led to a three
run inning. Mickey Mantle fol-
lowed by beating out a bunt and
Bobby Brown singled to right.
scoring Berra. On the. throw to
the plate Brown dashed to second,
enticing a wild throw from
Catcher Clyde Kluttz which en-
abled Mantle to score.
Jim Busby's double and Jackie
Jensen's triple with none out in
the eighth staked the Mats to an
opportunity to tie the score, but
ex-Nat Bob Kuzava famed Ken
Wood, Vernon and Pete Runnels
successfully to thwart the threat.
Connie Marrero, who remained
the route, thus was dealt his third
defeat.
President Waits in Rain.
The first game was delayed 2
hours IA minutes In the fourth
inning due to a downpour. Presi-
dent Truman and his party stuck
it out for more than an hour be-
fore departing with the score
tied at IL.
Randy Gumpert yielded the
Yankees a run when play was
resumed, but the Mats quickly re-
taliated to grab Az lead. Bill
Miller walked Vernon. Runnels
and Mel Hoderlein successfully to
remove himself from the scene.
Earl Rapp greeted Bob Hogue
with a pinch double to score two
runs and Eddie Yost's fly to CEN
ter later scored Hoderlein.
But Gumpert wilted. Mantle
doubled across two runs in the
fifth. The Yankees unloaded
three runs in the seventh inning
when Joe Collins and Berra dou-
bled and Mantle tripled. Gil Nc
Dougald. Berra and Mantle each
collected three of the Yankees II
hits off Gumpert, Don johnson
and Tom Ferrick.
NOTES: Shea will try for his
seventh win tonight against Bos-
tons Dick Brodowski, rookie right
handler. Jensen'S consecutive
game batting streak ended at 90
when he went hitless in the first
game. Catcher Hal Keller, due
to report to the Mats from their
Chattanooga farm club. didn't
He couldn't make plane con-
nections out Of Little Rock. where
the Lookouts were playing.
The crowd was the largest of the
season here. About 2,OOC
soaked fans left during the storm
:. The Mats changed position fol
the 18th straight day by dropping
from fourth to fifth. Grassc
probably will be fined as the result
Of his indiscretion.
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