Evening star., 1953-10-03


"That beats the World Series record by one" ma a
"GoSh" Erskne said. II wasn't @@&@&&4A@ as@aaa
thinking :" Francis stann
'I know what you mean Buster" Preacher "a guy
does something the ball field and he's the last to know it,
WAS JOHNNY NIIzE no less had become Erskines
4h stkeout victim in by far the best game of this series
and of the best in any Roosevelt padded
Supreme Court the way Casey Sengel padded his batting
array the final inning when the Yankees needed that big
hit to prevent Erkine and the Dodgers from making of
with very important contest
guy belt the short fence in right
field and he had potentially just the men at his hngertpS
Erskine however had the same in his hip pocket
First, Stengel had Bolweg, large young who
hits lefthanded bat for Phil Rizzuto Erskine Whitfield him
for his 18th victim tying the strikeout record set by Howard
Ehmke of the Athletics in 1929.
stenge sent up place his pitcher, Vic Rasch
Last year Mze off the bench in the third game and
blasted three homrs in the rest of the series Even at A.
the games top hitter After Erine famed him.
suffered lapse of control and walked Pnch-htter
v Noren but Joe Collins tapped out and the game was over
ERsKINE WAS TALKING to the reporters. when
started" he said T had real good fast ball. Not just
good one real good So kept pouring it, But in
fifth inning suddenly realized didn't have it SO good
and shifted to the mixed em about $3.50 the
rest of the way
"of those IA guys you famed one reporter said call
except Not bad for righthanded
pitcher"
I gave the left-handers overland curves" said
1.-THE best ball hit off me was by Rzzuto don't know how
the press box especially since it ground
out Hodges but that Rizzuto really cobbered it,
asked.
"I think So" Erskine replied sips from coke
Anyway it was my biggest thrill Bigger than no-hitter
The slender almost delicate pitcher from Anderson d
pitched no-hit game last season against the CUBS
saying this performance better, Umpire
Larry Goetz walked
GOETZ, WHO is NOT WORKING in this SERIES shook
Cars hand THAT the bestpched game seen
major minor anywhere else" Larry said Mice going
Carl"
Gee thanks" ErSkine said
"No" Goetz said, it. The est-pitched game
ever BY any one, mean"
A few minutes later Chuck Dresser was talking in his
private dressing
T it the best game you Erskne pitch?" he was
asked.
Hell yes" replied Dodger manager you're think
ing about that forget it. The Cubs amt the Yankees
There wasn't pressure ErSkne like there all
today. Now we're back in the series"
Chuck reflected moment and said: "He's just helluva
pitcher Erskine He got knocked out in inning
first That's what everybody said HELL he didn't get
knocked out needed pnchhtter. He's the kind of guy
that has bad inning and shuts out for week.
'I could have pitched him right back the next day, if
Roe is sick or something.
TT MUST HAVE BEEN after some 20 minutes of inter-
viewing when the queries started to slower that Eskne
had chance to pose question of his own. 1t was:
"You say broke srkeout record. Whose record did
I break?"
Howard Ehmkes," reporter supplied First game of
the A'S-CubS series :"
"Gee," Erskine said. Imagine Howard Ehmke
used to read about him"
If he meant he used to read about Ehke at that time
and Ehmke already old-timer when Connie Mack
surprised everybody by skipping Grove and Earnshaw
pitch the veteran-Carl was indeed prodigy.
really meant that he had read of Ehmke later because
when old Howard from Silver Creek N Y set the record
which Erskne had just topped, Carl only DID,
IF THE DODGER VICTORY not regarded nationally
with good deal of enthusiasm the TV people who such
by poverty themes had better rack up
This it, and real good. The third game had every
thing except villain,
Roy Campanela, who may may not have broken
h0ao hand oiOIth th-nn tho
tally Up to that point the good burghers of
Brooklyn developing deep apathy toward Roy
And froSng the cake Erskne not only beaten
but Inundated last Wednesdays first game 20game
unable to last than round If Carl does
nothing question that lot of people
asking, namely:
did that guy get to be considered ptcher?"