The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-10-01
Dodger Catcher
Refuses X-Ray
OF His Hand
By cAYLE TALBOT

NEW XOhk Mt-Tbe team which
has been widely acclaimed as the
greatest hitting outfit In modern
National League annals, the Brook.
lyn Dodgers, has taken to bunting
against the New York Yankees al
he outset Of the 1852 World Series,
and 30 after this you can expect
almost anything to happen.
Actually, the main question after
that 3 hours and 10 minute exhibi.
ton they struggled through yes.
terday Is whether the two clubs
can last Il out. The Yankees are
cut In front yodeling that old fav.
orite to the effect that anything
you can do they can do better.
When the Dodgers started hit.
ding home runs, the Yankees re-
Piled In kind. When the Dodgers
belted Allie Reynolds from the hill
and pulled abreast at SIS, the world
champions came alive again and
Knocked out their decisive 9-5 vic.
tory, going away. You don't know
how or when Casey Stengel's star
struck athletes are going to do it.
You only know that 1t win happen.
As fans discussed the situation
far into the night, three subjects
were uppermost. The first con-
cerned the mental gymnastics Of
Manager Charlie Dresser of Brook.
lyn In ordering two straight hunts
at the juncture when his team was
threatening to break the opening
contest wide open. The second had
to do with the throwing hand Of
Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn
catcher.
catcher and the third with Allie
Reynolds aching back.
Taking them in order of their
importance. Campanella's hand
probably bore the greater weight
over the question whether Reynolds
win be Of any further use to the
Yanks during the Series.
Whether Campanella win be able
10 operate at something approach.
ING 100 per cent Of capacity in
the remaining games Of the class
ic could well mean the difference
between q Yankee sweep and such
q tingling seven.game thriller as
the same two teams waged year
ago.
The Squat Brooklyn backstop was
struck on the outside fat of his
right hand by one of Reynolds
fast balls at the start Of the sec.
ond inning. For the remainder Of
the game Campanella could grip
neither his bat nor the ball snugly
His poor peg to second in the
eighth inning enabled Billy Mar,
Tin 10 effect the steal that set of
the three-run Yankee rally that
sealed Brooklyn's doom.
Last night the hand was swollen
and Campanella refused to have
IN X-ray made. He said 1t would
make no difference one way or an
other, that he intended to play
In today's game, whatever the
cost. This Is an admirable senti
ment, but it Is to be taken into
serious consideration in evaluatint
Brooklyn's chances, such as they
are.
All year the Dodgers have gone
as Campanella went. When he wa.
coming through with his long hit.
IN the climactic stages of theil
big games, Dressen's men won
When he was in a slump the Dodg
era were just another ball club
II he is seriously handicapped
from here on, you may star
measuring Stengel for his five
halo.
The question Of whether Charlie
Dresser proved himself something
less than q genius in ordering twt
straight batters to lay the bal
down in the seventh inning yester
day still was wide open at a lat,
hour. Brooklyn pa-tisans mutteret
about second guessing" and sal,
their pilot had followed the book