Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-10-03
Righthanders Go in Third Game;
CuccineIIo Takes Blame on Lo|Iar
Donovan Choice
Of White Sox to
Face DrysduIe

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 8 (AP) .
Al Lopez, sticking strictly to
right-handed pitchers, will
start Dick Donovan here in the
third game Of the World Series
tomorrow.
1--WE never seen the COLISEUM
in Los Angeles" Lopez admit
ted as he explained with the
White Sox last night from
Chicago, but Donovan would
be my choice regardless. AS
far as the rest of the lineup
is concerned, I'd prefer to look
at the Coliseum before making
a decision"
Walt Aston, equally leary of
pitching a southpaw, an
nounced Don Drysdale as his
starter. The latter, nominal
ace of the Dodger staff, has
been a disappointment Of late.
Donovan, who shows a mere
9-l0 record for the season, was
out with a pulled shoulder
muscle from July 81 to Au-
gust 16.
Keeps Pitches Low
''But Donovan closed well
and I've got to pick him,
Lopez said today. HE pitches
best when he keeps the ball
low and I understand that's
what you've got to go in this
town."
After coming from behind
yesterday for a 4-3 victory and
a split of the first two games
in Chicago, the Dodgers are
tagged at lilo to win the best
of-seven series.
| And they're favored at 6-5
tomorrow in the first of three
games at the Coliseum-al-
ready a sellout at 92,000-plus.
That should push the win
ners' share of the loot a few
thousand past the record SILL
1880 collected by the New
York Giants in their 1854
sweep of Cleveland. There's
1881, O70.26 in the players pool
already after a two-game at
tendance total of 95,381 at
Chicago.
Work Out at Coliseum
With time off for travelling,
both clubs worked out today at
! the Coliseum, a make-shift
ballyard once more after a
quick conversion following last
nights college football game
between Ohio State and
Southern California.
The White Sox. except for
a few who played in barn.
storming games, never have
seen the Coliseum, with its
$4,000 seating capacity and
251-foot, 42-foot high screen
in left field.
Lopez said he might make
some lineup changes, after
II get a good look at this place
and think it over"
With left field so short, he
might shelve his usual pla-
looming practice and go with
right-handed hitters against
Drysdale. That would leave
rookie Jim McAnany in right
field and Bubba Phillips at
third base in place of Jim
Rivera and Billy Goodman.
McAnany, playing his first
series game. was 0-for-3 and
Phillips was 1-for-3, smacking
a double, yesterday against
, Dodger southpaw Johnny
Podres, who gained his third
series victory in four tries.
Form is Absent
Up to now form hasn't played
much of a part in the series
The Coco guys were sup
posed to steal all the bases but
the only ones swiped so far 80
have been done by the Dodgers
who are having a merry time
with Lollar. There is some
question as to whether Lollar
is 100 per cent. Sherman's
hand was badly bruised toward
the end of the season by a ball
off the bat of Jim Burning
and it may be affecting. both
his catching and throwing.
While Lopez admits that the
coliseum will be strange to him
and properly defers opinion as
to the worthiness of the site
Aston gave the okay to Comis-
key Park in Chicago. He was
asked, after he'd observed some
weird gestures by his infielders
if the infield was hard, soft OF
medium.
"It's a good inf1eld :. - good
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