Evening star., 1960-10-16
WIN, LOSE OR
NNAV BY FRANCIS sTANN
OF This and Thot

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS Baseball men defending First
Basean Rocky Nelson Of the Pirates for tagging frs
base after snaggng Yogi Berras szer and then going
after Mickey Mantle who the runner on the bag
They all it was the natural play and that only
Mantles quickwittedness and agility in getting back to
the base prevented game7endng double play
Casey Stengels broad hint to this reporter: "Yeah
I'm going back to New York There are lot of things
to clear up, especially now . The surprise Of American
League baseball writers at the limited ground that Dick
Groat the Buc shortop GrDat doesn't diagnose
play he's almost dead If it's any consolation to young
Ralph Terry, who served up that home pitch to Bill
Mazerosh the Pirates ace Bob Friend was more pathetic
He knew he help too refusing to join in the club
house celebration although during the season he won 10
games.
Danny Murtaugh revealing before the nal game that
he Will go home to his native Chester Pa to spend the
winter playing pnoche with the boys at the rehouse
an oh-season recreation for the Black Iishman since
his adult years Then when it suggested there was
one sport at which he ought to prevail shaking his head
and saying, mo- always have to come from too Tar
behind 1t takes me three weeks to learn their signs"
OWNER JOHN GAIBREATH Of the Bucs telling the rs
members OF the club to keep their special home and road
World Series uniforms souvenirs. The Pittsburgh
Cleanup hitter CASUALLY Dick STUART failing to drive in
run until Rocky Nelson the No. homered in the seventh
game.
The "Beat En- Bucs" ralying song which sounds
suspiciouSy to this unmuscal 1t had been lifted
from Stephen Fosters "Camptown Races" s ringing In
the head. Even at dollar throw with only the bugle
call and charge on the other side Of the Quce platter
1t turned pretty penny to suburban Pittsburgh
night club combo leader named Benny Benack However
BenackS drummer, Ronnie Simon was happy there are
no more than seven games to SERIES "Tm glad don't
have to play the damned Beat Em Bucs song any more
simon admitted. And don't care who knows 1t because
I'm heading for Florida"
Mickey Mantle, veteran Of many World Series not
the only Yankee weeping in the clubhouse Joining
him In another corner Of the was John Blanchard
who on the next to last pitch Of the series called time
and went out to warn Ralph Terry that he was pitching
too high to MazeroSh The strange record Of the same
Mazeroski who In winning the frst game with home
run on jim Coates was hitting his first homer In Forbes
Field since July And in ending the series with another
homer, hitting only his second in three months
BILL SKOWRON, touted by Vernon Law as the best
OF the Yankee bater hitting the longest and closesto-
fair foul balls And Roy Face giving up the longest
closeSt-to-fair. The rumorS the part Of New
Yorkers that Del Webb and Dan Topping are not COM
petey IN accord over Toppngs wish to get rid Of Field
Manager Casey Stengel and General Manager George
Weiss because Of advanced years. Webb was the man
who brought Casey to the Yankees In 1S4o.
Whitley FordS two shutouts over team that during
the 154game regular season banked only times
and by only southpawSandy Koufax Of the Dodgers
osh-talkng interviewerS after Fords 100 and 1910
victories, asking Stengel did you ever see him pitch
oetterP These calling up memories Of the bird brain
reporter who rushed to Casey after Don Larsen had
pitched the only perfect World Series game 7 batterS up
n DOWN in history. "Did you Larsen pitch
better2 he asked. Stengel stared to determine the
guy was joking When he saw he wasn't Casey replied
mot recently"
Freddie Hutchinson manager Of the Cincinnati Reds
saying that next season Jim BroSnan will be his No.
relief pitcher from the start When 1t was suggested that
Brosnan seemed to have become better pitcher since
the release Of his hoselng book "The Long Season."
Hutch nodded know and I'm happy to say he's writing
another one"