Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-07
THE BASEBALL
BE A 7
70 Cents Worth of Superstition
BY BURTON HAWKINS

MILWAUKEE OCT = After Ed Mathews finished
batting practice Saturday. Les Bederman OF the Pitts
bugh Press quietly slipped quarter hip pocket
Of the Braves third basemsn hitleSs the first
games explaining Once in while this would help Ralph
Kiner OF slump
Eddie vent htleSs twice but walked three times and
seemed to feel improvement over the way things
had been going SO he decided to keep the nestled
his uniform
As Mathews completed batting practice yesterday
Charley Feeney OF the Long Island SarJourna edged
over TO him and slipped three pennies his hip pocket
EDDIE didn't know who had done II the time-he
walking through OF SportSWrters toward the club
houseou ne felt IN his pocket examined the three coins
shrugged. thought maybe he'd need all the charms he
could assemble. and later rotted the field with %
cents Iingling on his pcsteror.
So in the 10th inning OF drama-drenched game
Mathews slammed a tWo-run homer to lift the Braves
from deep despair urbounded elaton 1t the blow
that beat the Yankees Is squared the World Series at
TWO each and sent Milwaukee citizens joyousy into
the night to lean increasingly automobile horns.
I'm SuperstitiouS" Eddie said later but you
might say I'm beginning believe Anyway, those
will be in pocket for the OF the series None
OF the other homers I've hit he hit POI others in his
major league touch It. II take that one
HAD HE BEEN DISTURBED al his failure to hit in
the first three gamo,2
Wei v5.lc.r >av vas frantic about IL" Eddie
replied but beginning wonder what the he'll
eolng Thev wouldn't anything inside 10
hit II didn't Gown had little consolation
because 7 was getting through walks ogt va
wondering when Id get going s.umps are unpredeta5le
YOU never know when you're going into one or when
you'll out Of
No wouldn't blame Casey ,stengell for pitching
TO with base open Eddie responded to another
question He doing right by pitching to me hadn't
been hitting we'll Besides Hank Aaron follows and
he break up a game
Mathews revealed he used Adcock bat Yesterday
but didn't switch because Of superstition My right hand
hurts he said and the knob on my bat aggravates it.
Joe doesn't have any Snoo on his bats
YEAH WHEN CAUGHT hold Of it l felt it might
20 out Of there Mathews continued :" got it little
the end and thought had it but I couldn't be
got scared when Hank Bauer started pounding his
glove he backed up but it cleared HIM
That it did ana the who has known the hys-
terica adulaton Of Milwaukee fans IS the WOW OF
Wisconsin and the entire sports world
The Suggesting Mathews perhaps started after
Saturdays fearful 1913 Walloping by the Yankees. After
every major league game It's the duty OF the kids VINO
batboys and bal boys to walt until the players
have the clubhouse then gather up the Soegy
towels sweep the place, and apply black polish to the
players spiked shoes
Because an unidentified youngster didn't neglect his
work Saturday cham reaction set IN motion which
led TO Mathews marvellous Clout
One strike Al victory. two out IN the ninth,
two on. 3D. count EIston Howard, Warren SPAIN
msred pitch Il tried to get slider low and outside
SPAIN said and got It and inSde-right into his
power" Howard doomed it for home run that tied the
Scores Of neU5papermen ripped copy paper from their
tpeWriers and began thinking Of nov best TO express the
comeback qualities Of the Yankees They stepped up those
thought processes N the 10th inning when Tony Kubek
beat out an inhed hit with out and Bauer brought
him around with triple
NOW THE BRAVES close to triumph few
ments earlier needed run to tie Nippy Jones dis
patched the plate bat for the dSheartened SPAIN
Tommy Byrnes first pitch ~hisked IN low, flicked the
top Jones right foot then scudded swiftly into the
crete base of the grandstand back Of the plate
No, no, no screamed AUgie Donatelli, the plate
umpire meaning Jones had not been hit by the pitch
Then fate lnterycncd The ball reboundcd directly to
jones Who picked il w and showed II TO Donateli There
vas shoe backing on the ball AuRle FASTENED to correct
ms error waved Jones to hrS base and when Catcher
Yog. Berla and Byrne protested merely showed them
the ball
4 felt the ball MEX top Of the big toe Jones
Il gonna that ball down all right because
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