Evening star., 1960-10-13
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW By FRANCIS srAuu !,
So It's Do or Die

PITTSBURGH, OCT. 1S.-No matter which side WINS
It's generally agreed that in history there been
World Series like this Or, perhaps for any other
sports contest and Oh what field day for the statScans
The records broken equaled roll out of the press
box loudSpeakes with monoonous regularity Just about
every few seconds Leave just say they setting
record for setting records But the disparity between
two clubs Well what were the Pirates doing all
after six games?
The Yankees scored almost as many runs (46 as
the Bucs have made hits 9 The Yankees have 78 hits
and by far the heavier bombs This borders fiction
1t smacks of plaStered script writer's halucinaton It's
tmplausible. It's impossible. It's also true.
Dressing in their clubhouse riding their bus to the
hotel waiting for elevators all the Yankees could do
yesterday afternoon ask themselves newspa-
permenf it's possible that everything could depend on
today?
IN THE LOBBY OF THE HILTON, young Ralph Terry
Yankee pitcher, talking to Bob Feller, if rapid
Robert wore gray beard and carried cane instead of
wearing Brooks Brothers suit, and looking If he
could out right and become the first highlander
Of this series to go the distance.
HAS there ever been series like this one?" Ralph
asked Feller, barely omtting the mfr. Feler."
Feler shook his head. "I saw one, but I'll ask
this fellow" turning to newspaper type of earlier
vintage who made up the threesome.
Never one like it, either" the athletic mem
Der admitted but asked Casey and he said he didn't -
"Wel thanks" Terry said obviously satisfied there's
been no precedent for the current madness Undoubtedly
the young feels that Stengel goes back to Alb Double
day, and if Casey can't remember it happened.
And in his innocence, Terry could be right.
1T WAS so Do-oR-DIE for the Yankees that after
Bill Virdon hit Whitley Fords second pitch for SINGLE
Bob Turley from the bench in the bupen and began
to warm up. He warmed up hard and he threw hard
again in the fifth when the first two Pirates got base
although the already halfway to that 1910
final count.
To further lower the premium logic, Ford became
better he went along This going against the book
because Whitley pitching out of turn Also because of
his years. his endery aging sand his nonexistent
record in World Series play away from Yankee
Stadium. Ford has six games for his CLUB at home
In World Series competition but had been O-3 in the
series the road.
Now the sixth game mercifuly over-the Yank-
ees had chased Bob Friend and slaughtered lambs like
Tom Cheney, Vinegar Bend Mzel Fred Green his poor
SouD and Clem Labne Now 1t was In Danny MurtaughS
office at Forbes Field which managerial sound
ing board for the press apart from both cubhouses.
On TV they have those Nixon-Kennedy debates I'm
derneath the Pirates ancient ehce owned by the
University OF Pittsburgh and scheduled to be razed STEM
gel and Muraugh debated for the third time Just looking
at this pair you never had to wonder how the tide
running.
STENCIL, WHEN HE'S BEATEN, turns boodless
gray and appears hopeessy 7Oyear tired Murtaugh
with the black beard which BELTS leader of pirates
makes Nxons jows look like the Cameo girls, is about
" years younger than Case Physically can't possibly
look as as Stengel, yet
But in the wake of Fords second straight shutout-
22 runs Tor his team and giving up by himse-no
had to guess which party leader was up and which
was down. The clue from Casey who with color in
his face preceded Murtaugh into the conference
Nov it's a one-game Series," he began, brisky and
clearly land I've got Turey and Stafford and Shantz
You might say they are my pitchers although Turey
warmed up and can't tell you I'll start him or Stafford
until Turey later at the hotel and find out how
much he threw.
well, now, I've got Stafford and my third pitcher
who won't start is Shantz" Does anybody ever become
accustomed to CaSey's talk?)
Murtaugh entered the Ole Case rose and grpped
See WIN, LOSE OR DRAW, Page D.