Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-08
A Soddened Coleman Speaks

NEW YORK, OCT. 6-Jerry Coleman had barred the
body and then stood in his cubce at Mwaukee County
Stadium and bravely barred his soul He the goat OF
the Yankees 10 loss to the Braves yesterday The former
Marine major with many missions Korea, appeared
Is If he would weep at any second.
Reporters who surrounded him respectful and
quiet To man. they sad the interview
sary. because slim Jerry is fellow Of whom they
fond He's modest, articulate and intelligent While his
batting average generally is light he personhes what
loosely is labeled the Yankees class" He Is smart
player. on the field he's the young executive type.
The play that viii haunt him happened in the sixth
inning with two Braves Coleman dred back Is feet
onto the grass Of rghed the powerful Eddie Mathews
stepped into the baters box. At that spot perhaps he
could knock down of Eddies blasts and throw him out
But Mathews didn't blast one. He hit routine
grounder to Coleman, who helded it clearly. Matthews
dashed down the line and beat the throw to first base
It extremely close 1t also the ball game. Hank
Aaron popped single rghtheld sending Mathews TO
third Joe Adcock followed with more legitimate line,
single TO right, scoring Eddie.
THAT WAS THE SEPARATOR between the polished
pitching Of Burdette and Whitley Ford It play
Coleman could make thousand times successfully with
out permitting Mathews to reach rst base safely But
this time Jerry negligent.
They had played i've games and previously had
Mathews grounded to Coleman. Jerry might have men,
toned that. but he didn't He said, simply. 1T was my
boot misjudged Mathews speed"
Sensitive to Coemans deep hurt reporters preferred
TO let Jerry talk it out rather than prod him with ques-
tons He should have been out Jerry continued. 1T
wasn't hard play But let the ball come TO me instead
of going at It, II had come in another step he'd have
been out The play Mathews the difference in the
pitchers"
So Coleman principal factor in getting the Yankees
OF winging in the first game now by his own unfaering
admission the leading candidate to become the goat OF
the Series II Milwaukee wins that play will stand out
Is the turning point.
1T WAS DIFFERENT after the FIRST game Jerry had
doubled in the second inning of that His ffthnning
single In the sixth inning he squeezed across
another Since weren't coming too easily to the
Yankees that day in 81 victory over Warren Spahn
Coleman shared the lmelight with Ford and his hve-
hit pitching
Jerrys routine handling of Mathews bounder won't
show in the box for Eddie was credited
with hit Coleman might have attempted to wiggle on
the hook with sort of lame Instead he pulled
continually at cigarette and laid 1t on the line honestly
In his misery the ex-et pilot commanded respect
Manager Casey stengel avoided mentioning Coleman
but said I'VE should have made the play 1t good
pitched game We didn't hit except McDougald thought
he hit the ball good twice butthey made the catch We
shoud have been what you call even-up 1t tough
game for him to lose"
STENCILS maneuvering after Coleman singled with
one in the eighth inning angered many Of the 4581l
fans He sent Ford to the plate He called time and then
sent Mickey Mantle for Coleman Then he recalled
Ford and dispatched Elston Howard TO bat for him.
This regarded staling procedure calculated
to disturb hdgety Lew Burdette. Casey denied this.
Il was gonna sacrifice" Stengel said. Then de-
eided TO 60 for two instead Of one"
That didn't jell for Howard watched third strike,
glaring hercey at plate Umpire Joe Papparellas Anal
call. Then Mantle went out attempting TO steal.
Casey said. THAT fella made aNgood play when he
got Mantle He had to catch the ball on pickup" He was
referring to Felix Mantia, who replaced injured Red
schoendenst in the second inning and performed ad-
mirably on defense.
BURDETTE AND FORD still might be pitching except
for lefteder Yves Covington McDougald crashed deep
drive to left leading off in the fourth inning It seemed
the Yankees would be of in front when the ball descended
But Covington charged back, eaped and caught the
ball he crashed into the wire fence Yves wasn't certain
that the ball would have cleared the barrier But those close
to the say there's doubt McDougald robbed
of homer.
Burdette required little help thereafter He was in a
Jam in the inning when AWKWARD Joe Adcock
bobbled Yogi Berras erounder and Country Slaughter
followed with a single. But Harry Simpson bounced q
double-play grounder to Mathews
The Yankees only hits in the last Ave innings were
Berras overwhelming single and Coemans eighth
inning single In 10 innings against the Yankees Burdee
has allowed two He has given up IA hits ~ Of them
singles. He has placed the Braves in position where
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