Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-18
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS srANN
In the Wake of the Oroy

ONE WOULD THINK that by the Yankees espe-
caly the older like Bill Dickey frankie Crosett
would be caoused to home of Hercuean proportions
They go back to Ruth and Gehrg But long as Mickey
Mantle is swishing bat the Yankees will to
anticipate Not home in itself, but its potential
distance
In the New York dressing after Nantes two
drives far the centereld wall into the
houses on Fifth street Dickey was saying
"A man ought not to have license to hit baseball
that far. thought saw the Big Guy hit the aItime
long Ones but this Mantle The Big Guy, of course,
was the Babe
reporter asked, Does Mantle hit ball as far as
Ruth did?"
HE does" Dickey replied Ruth hit em more often
but farther STILL give Mantle time He's just beginning
Some day it wouldn't surprise he hit ball clean out
of Yankee Stadium"
NOBODY EVER DROVE baseball out Of the triple
decked Bronx playground But 1t DONE Dickey
thinking if Mantle gets wood pitch and it heads for
the visitors bulpen 466 feet from the plate When
and the proper direction and Nantes incredible velocity
merged Bill pointed out it is entirely possible the
Oklahoma Kid will slam ball completely over the bullpen
and all.
Hes hit em farther than those two off Pascual" the
Yankee coach said. "He hit longer than his
565fooer off Stobbs in Washington in 1858 thinking"
he added looking to CroSetu for confirmation "of one
of Billy Hoeft"
Crosetti nodded agreement and Dickey went on:
eve playing Detroit in the Stadium last summer
and Mantle put one-wel you know where the last exit
is located in the third deck of left field? This ball
stopped by the seats we'll above the exit little to
the right and that would have been out of the entire
Stadium"
VETERANS ARE FOND of recalling that Jimmy Foxx
clobbered pitch by Lefty that broke seat
in the third deck. "was Nantes far Foxx'?" a
man asked.
Farther" Dckey said "Foxx' ball was coming down.
Nantes still going up There's nobody with that kids
power"
That's what the rest of the Yankees were saying as
the clubhouse buzzed Joe Collins for instance put this
way "He makes the rest of look like banjo hers It's
illegal to have all that power"
Mantle sitting in Trainer Gus Mauchs cubicle
with Don Larsen the winning pitcher when thes question
asked:
(Which of today's home went farther?"
1.-THE first one Mickey replied THE second hit
better but the first went farther At least that's what
I think"
BILL SKOWRON, A BONA FIDE muscle man in his
right watched Nantes etreatng figure from Mauchs
slab of pain, submitting to repairs slide burn.
do you realize" Skowron said that Mantle didn't
really hit his second ball with all his power9 So help me,
he wristed it,"
Besides Nantes twin home runs the other four-two
by Karl Olson and each by Yogi Dick Teel-
bach-were apologize and owed their status the new
stands Only Mickeys authentic by
pre-l956 standards
To ongtime Washington fans the orgy of home runs
quite properly Shock probably nobody could
remember when balls driven of the playing
field When the matter brought up in Chuck Dressens
office, the Senators genius poohpoohed the likelihood of
home becoming Remember there was a stiff
tailwind he said 1T helped all those home except
Mantles."
1T DEVELOPS THE SENATORS did not shorten the
barrier the spur of the moment st had line drawn in
the ouhed, right where the fence now for our last
long home stand last summer" Chuck said II had man
stationed there study each drive over the line"
Dresser had peeled himself platefu of raw onions
and applied himself for few moments.
Every club in the American League visited us while
the line drawn he said crunching, and there
nine balls hit that would have been home runs the stands
moved where they are now We hit four, the other
clubs fve So you that six day isn't going to
happen often
Probably true But may be necessary to wait until
the Yankees get out Of town to be sure"