Thursday, Oct. 2, 1952 University Daily Kansan Page 5
Erskine--Raschi Meet Today In 2nd World Series Game
Brooklyn—(U.P.)-The Brooklyn Dodgers, riding the crest of a wave of optimism after their first victory in a World Series opener, nominated boy-sized Carl Erskine to oppose ponderous Vic Raschi today in the hope of gaining a 2-0 edge over the New York Yankees in the 1952 classic.
Sobered by Joe Black's 4-2 victory over clutch-ace Allie Reynolds in the opener, the odds Yankees as favorites to win the series but cut the odds on them from 6-5 $ \textcircled{4} $ on single in the Overall the
Another capacity crowd—perhaps equalling yesterday's record turnout of 34,861—was expected to crowd into Ebbets field. The series moves over to Yankee stadium for three games, beginning tomorrow, with the last two contests—if needed—scheduled for Brooklyn.
Dodger Manager Charley Dressen said there would be no changes in his opening day lineup—“it's not a bad one, you know,” he quipped—but Yankee pilot Casey Stengel said it was possible that Gene Woodling would replace Irv Noren in left field.
Woodding, who did not start the opener because of a pulled muscle in his groin, tripled off Joe Black as a pinch-hitter in the eighth inning and insisted that he was ready to play.
Stengel said it was "50-50" on Woodling but the Yankee manager was expected to insert him into the lineup primarily because he was behind in the series and needed the added punch. Woodling, who tied with Mickey Mantle for the club batting lead with a .311 average, will hit fourth, with Yogi Berra dropping to fifth, if Stengel pronounces him fit.
The facts of world series competition demand that Stengel use him if at all possible. For only one team in all world series history has won a world title after losing the first two games of a classic. Stengel, perhaps above all, realizes the tremendous tactical advantage achieved by the Dodgers when Black beat Allie Reynolds yesterday.
The feeling was that the Dodgers had beaten the pitcher they did not figure to beat, had shown a powerful pitcher in Black, had demonstrated their long-ball power and had produced an all-around defensive performance which only the most inept pitching could sacrifice.
First, of course, was the defeat of Reynolds—universally regarded as the top money pitcher in the game. Allie simply did not look it as the Dodgers teed off on him. The big pitcher had no excuse. He couldn't get his curve ball over the plate all day and the Dodgers hit the fast one when he had to come in with it.
Dodger power accounted for all four runs. Jackie Robinson lined a home run into the left field stands to put Brooklyn ahead, 1-0 in the second inning; Duke Snider hit a "Musial homer" over the right field score board with Peewee Reese aboard in the sixth; and Reese applied the clincher with a solo homer in the eighth.
Black, meanwhile, although touched for a homer by Gil McDougald in the third inning, held the Yankees at bay throughout. They scored their second run in the cighth on Woodling's lead-off triple and a fly by Hank Bauer.
The vaunted Dodger defense turned up three spectacular fielding plafs—two by third-baseman Billy Cox and one by left-fielder Andy Pafko—and both Pafko and rightfielder Carl Furillo showed throwing arms which should keep Yankee base-runners "honest" for the remainder of the series.
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on Billy Martin's single in the fifth inning, and Furillo, old "cannon-arm" himself, chased Rizzuto back to third with a perfect strike after taking Joe Collins' liner with one out in the fourth.
Overall, the feeling after the first game is that the Dodgers have a truly excellent chance to win the series if they get reasonable pitching—and, of course, if Joe Black's arm and heart hold out.
Fearless Fraley Picks Weekend Winners
By USES PATTERN
United Press Sports Writer
Bv OSCAR FRALEY
New York—Fraley's Follies and the weekend football winners—
ing with some startling statistics on the chaps who play a bit of
ounders at Ebets field today.
Game of the Week
Illinois over Wisconsin—to coin a phrase, a football takes some funny bounces, so this could go either way. Wisconsin has uncovered a fine passer in Jim Haluska but the nod goes to tossing Tommy O'Connell and a pair of fine receivers.
The East
Navy over Cornell—the average series starter is 29.
Penn over Dartmouth — the "norm" is 5.11 and 181 pounds.
Yale over Brown—he has brown eyes and brown hair.
The South
Duke over Tennessee—14 of the 18 are rod and reel devotees.
Columbia over Harvard—his hobby is hunting and fishing.
Georgia over North Carolina—six of 'em are rolfers.
Also: Holy Cross over Fordham, Bucknell over Mublenhon, Princeton over Rutgers, Penn State over William and Mary; Syracuse over Temple; Colgate over Buffalo.
Mississippi over Auburn—only Reese and Pafko are bowlers.
Maryland over Clemson—all of 'em like to count money.
Also: Florida over Citadel, Tulane over Santa Clara, VMI over Richmond, Virginia over VPI, Alabama over Miami, Wake Forest over Boston college, South Carolina over
Furman, and George Washington over Washington and Lee.
Texas over Notre Dame—four of the 18 are Pennsylvanians.
Washington State over Baylor-five are from the midwest.
Georgia Tech over SMU—three hail from California.
TCU over Arkansas—they're all baseball all-Americans.
Also: Pitt over Oklahoma, Rice over LSU, Kentucky over Texas Aggies, Tulsa over Cincinnati, Houston over Oklahoma Aggies.
The Midwest
Northwestern over Vanderbilt-
Rizzuto is the man of distinction.
Ohio State over Purdue—he's the oldest at 34.
California over Minnesota—and the smallest at 5 feet 6 inches and 150.
Indiana over Iowa — Snider,
Hodges and Black are the biggest at
6 feet 2 inches.
Also: Nebraska over Iowa State,
Villanova over Detroit, Missouri
over Kansas State, Marquette over
Boston university, Kansas over
Oklahoma.
The West
USC over Army—what happened to the Irish athletes?
Michigan over Stanford—not a thing.
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