Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-10-02
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS s1Aap
The Dodgers Need Podres

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and Dodgers the sixth time in 10 years-but with
change the World coverage year ago of the
New York daies hired that grandma from Georgia who
vowed the quiz addctS the 900 TV question Turned
she could memorze the books but had little
trouble locating second base she got into the ball park
This time competing daies have signed Mickey
and Joe DMaggio the Series and that's quite
entry They do where to look for second basehome
plate too-but they don't talk freely Grandma In
his heyday words had to be pried out of Dag at
time Mantle says hello and goodbye the ghosts have
their work cut out
Mantle, or rather his man wearing the white sheet
with the holes in the head portion did have this much
say in his initial opus: Il think have advantage
because pennant easily and had time to rest
up Could be that young Mantle has point although the
same situation has in the past and many club
with full head of steam prohted by momentum.
THERE is COMPLETE AGREEMENT here that the
Yankees will wn perhaps in ve six games but not be-
they fully rested. The primary could
be that Brookyns top pitchers largely unframed for
World Series triumphs.
Don Newcombe is the winningest Dodger in 81 years
and Sal Mage is the gravy the dumping. But if the
Dodgers going to repeat last triumph both New
combe and Mage will have to learn how to win in October
Newcombe has had three shots-two in 1949 against
the Yankees-and another last year against the same
tormentors His record is Os with earned
of 519 Dons best effort that memorable ve-htter
in 1949 when Tommy Henrichs ninth Inning homer beat
him. 10
the Yankees chased him inside of six innings Manager
Walter Aston decided could do without DON He did,
too when Johnny Podres pair and Glen Labne and
Roger Craig each captured one
IN 1851 MAGLIE WAS the best pitcher in the National
League perhaps but that the fall the big playo
when Buebeard was pitching for the Giants and beating
the Dodgers in the key As result he only got
Shot-that in the fourth game-and he left in the
sixth inning When the Giants in "a Sal pitched once
but to no decision,
Maglie will the Series for Brooklyn and
to differ with Aston Down the stretch Magle big
man. He kept the pennant from Milwaukee and If he'd
been sold to Cincinnati instead of Brooklyn they'd
dancing on the banks of the Rhineland tonight
Most visiting authorities and they include virtually all
of the employed managers and front Office in both
major leagues, think Maglie better key-game pitcher
than Newcombe over season the big guy (Newcombe)
may win more one pilot put it, but if had to go with
one pitcher I'd take Mage He's rough with that
The first game may be the big one. They say the
Dodgers are rough efthanded pitchers but Whitley
Ford, who will open for the Yankees is cut above all
except few Southpaws, notably Warren SPAIN Johnny
Antone and Herb Score When he wasn't quite % years
old Ford his first World game and he's 81 with
tidy ala earned percentage.
THERE is EVIDENCE that Newcombe is smarting from
criticism that big game" winner Veteran re-
pores who covered the clubhouse after the Dodgers victory
noted that Don alternately shreked I'VE won did il"
and then bitterly sobered to say: h
4 can't get big game. Can't hold ive-run lead
against the Pirates had chance to get carried of the
hed That's great thing but couldn't do IT, Yeah got
credit for the win he muttered disconsolatey but it's
not the same finishing
Il wish people would tell what big game is
Newcombe ranted Il stopped losing streaks and
q games
Come to think OF it, how You fault guy who
comes only the third National League pitcher
in two decades?
WHERE THE DODGERS FIGURE to be hurting and
Aston brings the topic voluntarily, for lefthanded
pitching The Navy Podres and more than
Ign history
II the Yankees split with Maglie and Newcombe
they figure They've got too many solid lefthanded swnger
Mantle Berra Sebern Collins Slaughter
and with steady diet Of rghthsnded pitchers coming up
Perhaps Casey STENCILS best hope that Author Mantle
viii find time during the hoedown play in every game
He only appeared in three Of the last year due to
LEG injury, and the Dodgers more richly blessed