Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-29
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IA NEW YORK, SEPT 49, - BY this mid-afternoon 1t is
quite conceivable that It win be brand World Series
With the Yankees DODGERS tied at victory apiece Be
that Is may would greatly alter the basic impression
that here Is one more Of these typical New YorkBrookyn
1ousts unfolding.
FOR I'VE whole series plus one game ID sixth between
the borough rivals the Yankees somehow to come up
with money man." They vary In shapes sizes qualihca
lions and ability year the Dodger killer might be Spec
Shea rookie pitcher in l947 Or Tommy Heinrich the old
reliable Or making more painful slap-tting OPP
portnist like Dr.. Bobby Brown. Gerry Coleman or Billy
Martin.
one way or another the Yankees heat you and what
they doing the Dodgers ought to be brought to
the attention Of the Society for the prevention OF Cruelty to
Human Beings (GoWanus chapter) most Of the time the
Yankees simply routed the Dodgers might be easier to
take But mostly they don't They beat them by two,
q form Of slow torture.
And they ask for-and get-those amazing performances.
- they were % receive yesterday from Joe Collins
COLLINS Is 32-year-old Pole from Scranton Pa, who
plays better at first base but hardly
hits for average although most years 1t Is higher
than 23 For he has been almost but not
quite Casey Stengels first He Is platooned great
deal because he is handy with the tt and because more
pitchers righthanded than left Joe usually gets to
action than single Of Caseys other first sackers.
usually legion.
ne hardly the guy however, whom the Dodgers thought
would break their backs although by they probably are
resigned to anything But Joe the difference between
SIS win and licking yesterday with his two whsing home
runs three runs scored and three batted across.
On paper you'd have TO the Dodgers had the most
especially
and Phil Rzzuto operating parte basis The Yankees
had makesft outed required two shortsops to do the
Job OF one, led with pitcher who had forgotten how to
complete Whitey Ford), and perhaps proted by
toodsrng attempt to steal home by the repressbe Martin
Too, the Dodgers caught the Yankees No. and No. a
hte-Irv Noren and Yogi Berra-when they making
six outs between them against yogis lonesome single
and o base on balls
PROFESSOR STENCIL IS the first to admit that he is
not managing Of his best Yankee teams On the other
hand his troops sometimes revive-as they did yesterday
their wonderful knack OF leaving minimum Of baserunners
stranded. Exactly two were left.
At the present pace this series very we'll could ret
record for home Five In game Is not bad start
and must be remembered that both clubs leading
with their socaled pitching aces Ford and Don Newcombe
Of the Dodgers The distributed follows:
Collins ~ Eston Howard Duke Snder and Carl Furo and
only the latters blow Of modest proportions Since
also happened to be the rt 1t Is possible Frlo merely
furnishing the range for the others to bracket.
not entirely reasonable to like the Dodgers chances
at this point mainly because Of Newcombes defeat
won nearly twice (20 the next Brooklyn
starter Carl Erskine Of the lost ball 18 and today
1t to be Billy toes Q04), facing the veteran Tommy
Byrne 6-5 The only other starter with 10 wins Johnny
Poes had been knocked out of the box IL straight times
TO close out the National League and this hardly
much recommendation
THIS WAS NOT yet cocky Yankee club to brutality
frank mildly jubilant ALL perhaps because Collins and
Howard not the Stenge and expect
carry the load They see hitting Mantle
taking his cuts Also 1t would help Ford could the
distance again.
"That wasn't my best game" Whitley was saying in the
clubhouse 1.-THE same pitch used to strike out Snder In
the first inning he belted million miles The pitch
say actually both but the the strike
out broke down and from him and the in the third
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