Evening star., 1953-10-06

two National League pennant playoffs to guwauauaa
the Cardinals and Giants, respectively. But
the Yankees, what they2 Good or lucky? .
In the dressing room, after the Yankees
made it five titles in a row, Yogi Berra was MS
asked the question .. S M
"We Just win" Yogi replied. "They wa
can't beat u.s."
."But are you good or 1ucky?" a reporter W ii
insisted "Yeu guys pulled pretty good
rocks in this series and still it," W
Maybe, Yogi said, 1--WE are little bit
of both good and lucky"
what is your manager, good lucky?
That business of yankng Ford and pitching Francis s'"nn
Reynolds when Well wouldn't answer the question:
anyway"
Eyes, would" Yogi said. "In it in
Mister stengel wins-period'"
CASEY STENCIL WAS performing the center court
under battery of hot white Photographic lights personally
explaining his for removing Whitley in of
Allie Reynolds at the end of innings especially after
had been getting better He yielded four scattered
hits during the last six innings and ne had held Jackie
Robinson closer second base instead of letting him steal
he would have held the Dodgers scoreless
put the other fellow he's always the
iob" Casey believing II got to with BEST What's
the of waiting until tomorrow? If win it today
Sure my could feel the cleaver coming
down it when that fellow urilo) hit his home to tie
up the game. But WELL like say, it's an old neck"
Stenge in fine FORM to be expected His rubber
working to perfection he alternately laughed
scowed praised berated his players His syntax
more erratc.
OF FoRDs COLOSSAL BoNER in the second inning,
when he doubled at the plate after Berra tremendous
fly to Duke Snder in center field he causcay sad at
point:
"This big Lacquer see? He's supposed to know how
to run bases maybe from watching other fellows Bera hit
the ball damn out of the park and he's third base
home after the catch But what does he do?
He forgets to up He starts without tagging He
back then he tags He takes damn long doing every
thing that he gets put out at the plate How do like hat?
"The Dodgers liked it fine, Case" somebody said
Certainly they liked it, Stengel agreed They liked all
those runners we left on base too never saw us SO lousy
Then his mood softened Ford, he said pitched real
good thought that boner might affect his pitching You
know everybody was talking sxty-some thousand
people calling you numbskul. That's why went out to
talk to him when he started pitching again. But it don't
bother the fellow He gets BETTER Casey virtually yelled
the last three words in disbelief.
STENCILS FACE WAS three shades whittier than new
bedshee the first few minutes in the clubhouse For 2Oodd
minutes it looked as if he'd pulled real big rock himself
by removing Ford for Reynolds This for the first time
Allie has shown his There times during the Amer
lean League season, when he really clobbered.
He got by the Brooklyn eighth, when the
31 Gillian Pnch-hitter Bobby Morgan teed
off long drives which Hank Bauer caught and Robinson
singled Then in the ninth, the old chief really
reelng Snider walked with out and Carl Furlo put
in the seats to tie it
This time it appeared certain the averages
caught up with the Yankees including Stenge This time
the mastemnd had broken down But Reynolds came back
Billy and Pitcher Glenn Labne (his 6St and GID
World Series skeouts for record and the Dodgers promptly
demonstrated their susceptibility toward losing
the big
Labne walked Bauer the leadof hitter for the Yankees
in of the ninth, which is way to begin
inning flied out put Mantle pounded pitch into the
ground beat out This left it to little Billy
that all, brother. He teed off for single to
CENTER Snider winding with the game ball. the Yankees
with the game, set and match. .,..,
x
"I AM IN THE CREASE" Stenge admitting in the
clubhouse You give something in the ninth inning
like did did, mean you don't start so good the
day. Maybe lose the series account of Reynolds
other fellow All know is playing the
best club played in five winning years and got to
go with my big
"He (Reynolds) throws home-run pitch. It amt him
game ninth inning, when you think got it, and
you don't do good next day.
"He Odarn) took me hook. He that the next
day would start all right"
particularly like Martin, don't you, Casey?" some
body asked wasn't he your baby from way back?"
Martin? I wouldn't have him second base If
there better second baseman which owned Which
don't Neither does any other ball club that know.
That seemed to make less unanimous For this
really Billy Martins World Series He could do no wrong
He outbated mmortas such Ruth Cobb and Speaker and
all the fielding plays. He could do excepting
perhaps meaningless Brooklyn
last Saturday at time when the Yankees rayng In
hopes of overcoming 7-3 deficit.
Billy got thrown to end the game, but it ended we'll
for Martin The third base COACH Frank CroSe took the
rap claimed sent Martin home. Right it's imma
teral While fellows like Yogi Berra, Carl Erskne Mickey
Mantle and few others played vital roles 1T was Billy Martins
World Series. - - =. .r-~..~..--