Evening star., 1953-08-27

you want back before the turn of the century
the Dodgers have gone 8-for-O in World Series play.
WAY BACK IN 1889 the Dodgers began making career
blowing payos after they the Association
pennant and met the Giants In those days the
recognized major league The Giants won games
to Two pitchers, Cannonba Ed Crane and Hank ODay
later become famous umpire accounted for all of New
YorkIS victories.
The next year Brooklyn moved to the National League
and Louisville jumped from the cellar to first place in
Association So many the reigning artisans
of the day jumped to the Players League however that
the World Series curtaed due to lack of interest Each
team Brooklyn and Louisville had three and tied
another when it was called off,
That Series in 80 was the closest the Dodgers ever
to winning six modern" playoffs Brooklyn twice
tended the Yankees to the limit but still the Flabushers
record is pretty sad. They only total of II
THIS MUCH CAN BE SAID, however, for the Dodgers.
They beaten patsies When they lost to the
Red Sox in 1916 by four to they losing
good club One notable Boston victory thinning 2to-
decision young southpaw named Babe Ruth did in the
Brooks whose only win delivered by Jack Coombs the
old American League caStof
1920 pretty good rocked Dodgers
to The able Iris Speaker led the Indians in Series
sisted triple play by Bill WambsganSS
Took Brooklyn long time to Twenty-one years.
to be exact When the Dodgers finally beat their out
World Series until 1929 riding high Maybe they weren't
the great Yankees of 1927 193619S9 but by the time
Brooklyn again in 941 the winning of the World Series
had become an old Bronx custom.
THE FIVE GAME SERIES of 41 was deceptive Until
the fourth game it anybodys affair Brooklyn
by 32 The Dodgers lost the third game to
Then with Brooklyn leading by 4S in the ninth inning
the fourth battle Tommy Heinrich not only missed
ending ball by Hugh Casey but did the Fatbush
catcher Mickey Owen
There is great the CORY details
flee to remind Heinrich wound first base and before
inning the Yankees had scored four runs to w
to The last ancimactc. Their backs broken
the Dodgers promptly lost the next day, 8 to l.
For the next five years the Cardinals and Cubs sole
representatives of the National in the Series
successful Not single Brooklyn pitcher went the route but
still the carried the Yankees to the seventh
game. In the process they 80 victory day when
Bill BevenS holding them to hit And that
winning pinch double by Cookie Lavagetto with Bevens
only out from the first no-htter in Series history.
TWO YEARS LATER the Dodgers came croppers again
when a pnch-hitter named Bobby Brown did much to
beat them anybody. young medical student at the time
Brown could do nothing outstanding except hit especially
when meant in the pocket Pinch hitting and play
ing at third baSe Brown appeared in three games and
counted for the winning margin in EACH Final
games to l.
Hardly any Series involving the Dodgers is routine in
cuding last years. This went games giving First
BaSeman Gil Hodges opportunity to down in history
the only regular to go hess in ulength Series.
1t from Hodges that Brooklyn looking for to
drive home Gil knocked in exactly in1ed
out.
lot of people, studying abect Hodges pronounced
him washed up. He'll never recover" they predicted.
They OF course, dead Hodges, who never
has driven than the regular
first baseman in 1949 is almost lead-pipe cinch to
top his best mark of u.s. Maybe the gamblers mung
the grand ammer unaSsiSted triple play Ruhs pitching
and hitting, DR.. Browns clutch herocs Owens mu and
Hodges op figure it's about time the Dodgers
of ways to lose.