Evening star., 1960-10-02

PITTSBURGH, Oct. / (AP)
Pittsburgh plays host to its
first World Series since 1927
Wednesday when the underdog
Pirates meet the Yankees in a
battle between hit-and-run
scrappers and home run slug
gers.
The last time the two clubs
met in the series, Babe Ruth
& Co. sauntered into Forbes
Field and a four-game sweep
with an awesome power dis
play in batting practice. Pirate
fans are confident that Danny
Murtaugh's Beat 'em BUGS"
will make up for that humilia-
tion.
Because of Manager Casey
Stengel's 10 pennants and the
knowhow accumulated by YAM
kee teams down through the
years in winning 18 of "a series.
the oddS-makers have rated
New York a 13-to-10 favorite in
man-to-man quotations. They
call the opening game even and
quote 10 to l against the Yanks'
winning four straight and 20
to l against a sweep by the
Pirates.
Off-Day Friday
The first two games, each
scheduled for / pm. will be
played at ancient Forbes Field
Wednesday and Thursday. Aft
er an off day Friday (presum-
ably to assure everybody of a
Sunday game on TV) the series
will be resumed in New York
Saturday and Sunday and con-
tinue there Monday, If a fifth
game is necessary.
If nobody has won the best
of-seven series by that time,
they will return to Pittsburgh
after another off-day. Barring
rain, a seven-game series could
last until October 13. If it rains
they stay in the same city un-
til the game is played.
Frantic Pittsburgh customers
aroused by this first pennant
in 80 years. quickly gobbled up
all available tickets for the
park. which can handle about
IS. 900. The city rings with
baseball talk and Beat 'em
BUGS" signs adorn stores, tav-
erns and automobiles.
The series will be seen. In
color. on NBC television and
also carried on the same net.
works radio chain.
No Record Purses
Naturally, there will be nc
record purses for Pirates OF
Yanks in this set. Although
Yankee Stadium can accommo-
date 10000 plus. there is nc
chance of coming close to the
crowd of 92,706 for the fifth
game last year at the vast Los
Angeles Coliseum. Incidentally
in case you have forgotten. the
Dodgers won last year. beating
the White Sox. 4 games to 2
The Pirates are expected to
start Vern Law, the Mormon
elder who was a 20-game win
ner, in the first game. and
follow with stock broker Bob
Friend in the second. One OF
the lefthanders. Vinegar Beno
Mizell or Harvey Haddix, will
work the third game when the
teams shift to New York.
Stengel. whose 10th pennant
tied the all-time high set BY
John McGraw. has been debat.
ing about starting Art Ditmar
Bob Turley or Whitley Ford ir
the spacious Pittsburgh park.
Despite Ford's $3.50 won.
; and-lost record. the experienced
soushpaw has been Casey's ace
in the big series all year. Ford
! who has started IL serie.
, games, pitched the opener fol
the Yanks in 1855 at the Sta.
: dium. in 1856 at Brooklyn, in
1857 at the Stadium and ir
1858 at Milwaukee.
Ditmar has been Stengel'S
top winner but has a tendency
to throw the home-run ball
Stengel welcomed the per.
formance by Ryne Duren ir
Washington Tuesday night al
, an indication that he is bach
on the ball and ready to joir
Luis Arroyo as the right-left
team in the bullpen.
Murtaugh, of course, has nj
: worries about relief. He has
Roy Face, the guitar-twangins