Evening star., 1960-10-09
WIN, LOSE OR
DNAW By FRANCIS sTANN
sOf This and Thot

cot the Cleveland Indians jokingly informed that he
pobaby cou6 trade for of two Washington shortopS
ss-JoSe Vaidivieso Billy ConSolo-declned the small
scnallenge mo thanks" said Lane who had shortstop
sproblem of his when Woody Held hurt, "but if
the Senators put that kid Zorro Versailles the
smarket I'll talk business Versailles big talker and
s.ltte guy but he could be the next good in the
sssAmerican League"
S Football gets almost space the Pittsburgh papers
land not much in New York If for other reason
ets series will go down in history of the most
ghoSed since the silly 1920s So many writers named
ssYogi Berra, Bob Turley Dick Groat Don Hoax, Ted
civilians, ad intntum by-linng copy that it isn't
saeaSy for the non-athletic pros to get into print
It's surprising the number of people who give Turey
$50 much credit for becoming the winner of the second
s%game-the 1873 rout He uncertain, dull, 3-and2
Sguy all day and with 1871 lead he couldn't finish
As matter of fact Casey Sengel should have yanked
him IN the fourth inning The old man, as Joe Williams
apty put it, abeted by his Sprituastc contacts
land refrained at that point
&, IN THE WAKE OF Mickey Nantes two rghthanded
homers last Thursday Pittsburgh the question has been
revved as to whether the Switcher better hitting from
Ssthat side from the left side possibly mpulsve
noment Mantle made headline here by saying that next
sSrng cts too late now") he'll bat righthanded only.
- Il have no doubt that have much more power
thittng righthanded" the perhaps best Of all switch
htterS was quoted Il have gotten to the point where
+dont think can hit lefthanded" His fellow Yankees
urng yesterdays workout at the stadium skeptica
81 don't know whether Mickey hits longer right left
handled" said. 81 haven't tape measure yet
<Stong enough to measure him either way"
The Tony Kubek, the Yankee ShortStop hitting
H this series hes 273 for the remindful of
sBobby Brown, who tremendous World Series hitter
land then retired at the height of his to seek
sdocors degree which he got Time flies, to coin
Exactly four years ago today Don Larsen of the
Yankees pitched the only perfect game in World Series
S,history-setting down 27 Brooklyn Dodgers in
sssss MANAGER DANNY MURTAUGH was asked during
yeSterdays Pirate workout withholding name
set his fourth-game pitcher Harvey Haddx vern Law
ssnecause he didn't want the pitcher to know "a hours
aead OF time Danny replied Il don't have any pitchers
who can't sleep when they they're going to pitch"
50 The retirement Of Red Schoendenst from the Mwau
kee BraveS-"because think latch on with club
s1at can play for"-was not unexpected Red tuber
victim after the 1858 series between the Braves and
yankees and with portion of lung removed by surgery
is unanimously rated asset to any club but
executive put it early this week. Hes had it ball
player can't fault Chuck Dresser for not playing him.
IF he used Red too hard he might have something his
~eenscience."
At the Pittsburgh Airport after the second series game
and somehow they managed to handle everybody going
ITO New Yorkan impSh parsonage with piece of chalk
etered the Capital Airines flight board follows Beat
.em Bucs; Resist Yankee Aggression"
THERE is BRONZE PLAQUE set in marble monu-
ment in Pittsburgh in memory Of Barney Dreyfuss and it's
so far out that centerelder considers risk Mantle
hit his second homer Thursday in Forbes Field little
to the right of the monument but far that it still
was no risk The Yankees who have similar tribute to
Babe Ruth among Others in center guarantee that
body will crash but don't it when Mantle is hitting
Ted Williams, personabe figure in his current roll
OF commentator for national magazine is fond of telling
anecdotes all of sudden Usually, he them for
fishing trips This concerns Early Wynn, the burly
White Sox pitcher.
EARLY would squawk if umpire gave break
on close pitch" Williams saying at the Yankee
Stadium practice yesterday Once he held up small
pack OF matches-you know, inch by inch. He asked
the umpire, do you know what this is?"
YEAH the umpire said "a pack of matches"
You're wrong Wynn told him. "ThS Is the strike
zone when Williams is at bat"