Yanks, Back in Business, Hope to Scare Tribe Into First Slump
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" COMICS—RADIO SPORTS ** TELEVISION ffttening sfaf j&pofis THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1964 C Yanks, Back in Business, Hope to Scare Slump * Tribe Into First J * ’ \ •. * ? Win, Lose or Draw Berra and Lopat 'Giants Happy By FRANCIS STANN IF THERE HAS BEEN such a thing as a single key game Defeat Indians To Get Out ol in the American League race, it must have been Early Wynn’s two-hit, 6-1 victory lor the Indians over the Yankees. That one, putting sft games between the clubs, pointed up Wynn In 'Must' Crosley lor what he really is—a pressure athlete. „ Game Field The Senators have made some bad Don't Sell Us Short, legs player exchanges over the years, as well as .{M Red Take Edge good ones, but one of the worst must have Stengel Warns; Ford For Year; Streaking been that one engineered on December 14, /jR sffj W Faces Lemon Today Cubs Hurt Dodgers 1948, when Early Wynn and Mickey Vernon Ife were shipped to Cleveland lor Eddie Robin- By th« Associated Press By (ha Associated Press r son, Haynes, pitching ;”* / ,2 Joe now a coach, and | “Yesterday we were out of jjp&l j|*Pi I * | ’ , | | , ‘ Ifthe Giants lose the National the long forgotten Ed Klieman. v Hr S | business; today we’re back in it,” mm v* " bHF mm League pennant, they may have Crosley Some prestige was regained when Ver- J | said Manageir Casey Stengel, in dropped it in Field. practically k They played their last contest non was “stolen” back in 1950 in ¦ ! an expansive mood following the a trade for named Weik, of the season in the Cincinnati a pitcher Dick who MM ' Yankees’ 4-1 “must” victory ’ V* ’¦ ' S ' S - ; . - park last night. The Reds, cuffed promptly got lost while Vernon went on to 1 HHHHhHMI over Cleveland yesterday that seven New York pitchers—one become the only Senator to lead the Amer- rrsßeto st»n sliced the Indians’ first-place less than a league record—for lean League batting. lit'. 13 and 10 walks in gaining twice in But there margin .¦ hits was no recalling Wynn and now he has won 97 games for over the defending a 9-7 triumph. champions Cleveland in the last five seasons, this one not over yet. to 4y 2 games. The Giants have lost six of was a game to 11 games to the Reds in Crosley ?* * * “It we had win,” Stengel said, “and just as Field while the second-place THIS WAS IN of Dodgers, games behind, FEBRUARY 1939. The scene was we’ve been doing for six years still 3'/ 2 Orlando, Fla., training camp of the Senators. The main body we won it. That’s why you can’t have won nine of the 11 played ol the squad lived at thfe Angebilt Hotel For the most part count us out yet. Never sell the there. On the other hand, they were veterans. Naturally, they got the attention they are Ms the leaders have a 9-0 record most Yankees short until against the Reds at Polo from the press. mathematically eliminated. the * Grounds. A block or so down the street, there was a large, wooden “The other guys don’t have Last night’s loss was costly wrapped up yet. : YOU DON’T CATCH YOGI NAPPING—Sam of Indians, trying napping by bunting two boarding house. A dozen or more youngsters who were com- it They just Dente the to catch the Yankees with for the Giants, since itkept them think they a man on second game make a gymnastic catch ing up lor the first time were lodged there. They ate family have. Don’t forget out and first in the inning of yesterday’s at Yankee Stadium, sees Yogi Berra from adding a full game to their they haven’t had a slump all of his foul. Berra drove in runs scored two as the Yanks alive in the race with a 4-1 victory. style, with the woman in charge b{hiding a mountain of two and stayed pennant lead as the Dodgers lost to th« season. But if we can beat them —AP Wirephoto. Cubs, 9-5.. mashed potatoes in the center of the table each evening. again and keep the pressure on The Cincinnati game was a “Never thought I’d complain about the cost ol potatoes them, we might scare them into weird one. Manager Leo Du- until your yopng men came along,” she told Clark Griffith. one. ! Previews Opposition rocher protested the contest in “Goodness, where do they put all that food?” "I’m not saying they’ll choke. Vernon Will Be Calm Speedier Backfield the third inning. If the future could have been read, the baseball press They never have. But they could Second Baseman Johnny Tem- up would have devoted to the boarding house slow a little. I know one ple tried to steal home while the more space gang thing, we Tatum Cautions Terp Backers was on to cast. Wynn one, better not choke. We About 2,000th Hit; Predicted for GW; ball the ground between and less the hotel was Vernon another can’t afford to lose any more.” the pitcher and the first base- boarding-houser. There was Walter Masterson and there Ford Opposes Not to Expect Unbeaten Year man. He was called out by Plate were a couple of catchers, A1 Evans and Jake Early. Lemon. He Had Bigger One Squad in Good Shape Umpire Lon Wameke. But the Whitey (15-7) try (Picture Page C-3) ** * * Ford will on but it can use freshmen and is official on third, Frank Secory, to keep the Yankee hopes alive By Burton Hawkins supposed to have some great By Gttorge Huber said he had previously called THEY USED TO FINISH their evening meal and loaf on today’s game. By Merrell Whittlesey He has in The Indians Mickey up prospects. also utmost of George “time” and thus Temple was most too to up will Vernon is sneaking Coach Bo Sherman the front porch, of them shy walk the main start Bob Lemon, who has on his 2,000th hit if it Jim Tatum sent words of cau- respect for Coach Bo Sherman. still on third. He died there. 11 victories as con- Washington’s football team ex- street—Orange avenue—and mingle with the established pros consecutive and a material, tion to University of Maryland MlSSOUßl—Wouldn’t be sur- Ted Kluszewski led the Reds’ 20-5 record. tains radioactive and i pects speedier group who stood in front- of the hotel lobby and gossiped or patron- when he finally alumni, Terrapin Club members to have a 13-hit assault with four singles. As expected ,the club- nails it there will prised to see it in the Orange ized the to Indians’ be no emotional outburst by the and the specialists previewing of backs this year, which should The Cubs, taking their seventh San Juan, a 30-second stroll, play pool or snooker. house was quiet after yesterday’s i Bowl either as the Big Seven Senators’ mild-mannered first;! football teams yesterday as the mean touchdowns. straight victory, scored four runs In the mornings an ancient, wheezing bus, driven by game, but no one appeared champion runnerup. more de- baseman. team that will defend No. 1 or Jim Actually the Colonials will in the sixth to beat the Dodgers. Freddie Baxter or one of his clubhouse crew, picked up the jected. Manager A1 j Lopez ac- Os the 1,999 hits he has ob- ' ranking in the country reported said there was a possibility that have practically ihe same back- Three of the four Brooklyn er- boarding house gang, and drove to Tinker Field. They lived cepted the defeat philosophically. rors “I tained thus far, Mickey remem- for practice. Maryland could make the fleld men who operated last came in that inning. hoping Harris, feel the same way about it the Braves in their own little world, that Bucky the man- bers one above all. “There’s no ' Orange Bowl again but that was year, but emphasis in spring Meanwhile, pulled now as I did Tuesday night,” he “It’s ridiculous to think that within ager, would see in them the ability to stick with the parent competition,” Vernon says. “The we, or any other team win far from his thoughts right now. training and in the fall train- six and a half games of said. “I still think that was the can the top by beating the Pirates, club Mid travel north in a Pullman and sign dining checks one big one, for me, was opening every game every season,” Tatum Having tried to evaluate the ing season which started yes- big for us. No matter what 3-1, on Warren Spahn’s like the big leaguers. happens day.” said, “yet some people expect us opposition by telling what he be- terday is on getting them to ninth tomorrow, we’ll still He’s straight (victory, and the Phillies a leave here a referring, of course, to his to go unde|eateded again this lieved without making any of move faster jand to dodge and Early Wynn was 19 at the time, husky, dark-skinned, with pretty com- homer off the better. Sherman thinks topped the Cardinals, 5-2, to fortable lead. After all, lOth-inning Allie year. I want our boys to think opposing coaches angry, Jim cut black-haired kid out of Hartford, Ala. He was part-Indian it’s too Reynolds'which got the Yankees 1 little there will be move into fifth place.