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On Saturday, October 7, 1950, the Philadelphia Phillies faced the New York Yankees at Yankee
Stadium in Game 4 of the 1950 World Series. The Yankees led the series 3-0 after winning
three consecutive nail-biting, one-run games. Game 3 featured a dramatic finish with an
unearned run in the bottom of the 8th inning, tying the game. This was followed by an RBI
single by Jerry Coleman in the bottom of the 9th, giving the Yankees a commanding series
lead. For Game 4, the Phillies sent Bob Miller to the mound to face the Yankees' rookie pitcher,
Whitey Ford. The audio recording is from the radio broadcast featuring announcers Mel
Allen and Gene Kelly.
Well after his near fatal plane accident, coming back from football game last Saturday,
Bill DeCosta supervising field engineer for Mutual and Lou Jurgensen at the controls
of the engineering department. And down in Philadelphia, on the controls at that end
were Frank Pant, Del Dengate and Allen Smith. Our sincere appreciation to all those people
for making it so easy for Al Helper, yours truly, Mel Allen, and the man who's forced
you over the first four and a half innings today to do such an easy job. I'm talking
about a fellow who's celebrated his 32nd birthday yesterday and he was just a little superstitious
because the game wound up 3 and 2. But Gene, any time being 2, make 32. That's something
I have to learn, always talk to you in May 5. Gene Kelly.
Thank you Mel, and of course you'll note that the Phillies are wearing number 19. Towards
one game happens, and a 9 innings, regulation distance game. It is interesting as well to
point out that no one team has scored more than one run in any one inning, compositely
speaking, of the games played. And we had one 10 innings at play. The first inning has
been scoreless, and that is all. The Phillies have been held scoreless in the first four
innings of the first three games, and the Yankees have posted singles in the second,
third, and fourth while the Phillies have had a tendency to score late. But the Yankees
a little bit later to the tune of enjoy yourself Phillies, it's later than you think, while
their late rallies in the last two games have won out for them. DiMaggio's home run in the
second game with Shy Park in Philadelphia, and of course yesterday in the ninth inning.
Jerry Coleman, now the hitting star. One of the two Massachusetts citizens involved in
this World Series classic, Eddie Wachis, is about to step in to face the left-hand O'Fighty
4. The field scouts, George Earnshaw and Jack Sandford. Earnshaw of course, the former
athletic grade and Sandford Toronto manager, have had nothing but high regard for this
chunky Southlaw who faced the field first in spring training. He had hurt his arm then.
He's set for the first pitch. Here it comes, and it's low outside ball one. Wachis had
lunged to his own right that time as if to pump a bunch down the third baseline or drag.
In the series, Eddie is hitting 250. Three hits in 12 trips. One a double. The pitch,
outside and low, ball two. Both Ford and his opponent Miller are very confident youngsters.
I believe you heard Mel say the other day that Ford asked his dean, is that the kind
of play they have in the National League. Two and no pitch. Strike one is all. Two and
one. First man up. Out of the first. Left-hand of Ford in motion. The livers, Wigg just cuts
sand, gets the end of the wood on the ball for a foul just to the right of his own dugout
to even it up at two and two. The fields have brought along three bad boys. Ken Bush, Cranky
Campanero and Steve Arlasco. Three youngsters who didn't have much of a break too early
in life and have been brought along by the Phillips Club. So the bad boys and ball
boys in their home park have done a grand job. Two and two. A curve that is too close
for ball three. It was a real, real hook that time. What's thrown too close to the body
of Wachis. He stands up there with his right foot poised for the first baseline. Left foot
deep on the line as the left-handed batter chokes up about three inches. The string runs
out on the first batter. Twenty-four in the big pitch delivers. Five of all four and
Wigg just is on the lead off wall. I think the tenor of the crowd fans will bear out
this afternoon that the fields are tremendous sentimental favorites. If not, a predominant
actual and logical favorites. Boy, they are now free down and no club has ever come from
behind to this extent to win out on a World Series. The closest, of course, the Giants
two down in 1921 and earlier before the Roaring 20s the Pittsburgh parts who were down three
one. A man on first that he wickets with a walk about is Richie Ashburn batting left
handed. He swings and there's a flipper to short left field but Woodling plays him shallow
comes in and makes it to play. Fortunately that time the defense was alert to the fact
that Ashburn is a straightaway hitter who sprays hits and he was very, very shallow in left
field and makes a put out. One down put out goes to the left field. Ashburn swinging on
the first pitch and about an hour is Woodling putting headjumps. In the three previous games
the third baseman of the field is two for ten. Hitting at even two hundred batting right
handed. Wigg is leading off first. Young Ford in the stretch delivers. Low wall one. A curve
that was aimed right towards the middle of the strike zone but broke below the knee. One
and oh. In field and double play depth. Is it all leading the march on the end of the
fence. Ford ready throws. Right one ball. Now his hook was very similar to the one that
he had tossed at John's in his initial pitch but this one was aimed just above the knee.
One ball. One strike. One down. One on. Top of the first. No score. The Phillies batting.
In the fourth game of the world series against the world champion. New York Yankees. The
left handed pitchers. Jones swings. As the ball hits toward the right field corner. It
is in there. And bounces into the stands for ground rule double. Wigg is held at third
and Jones is a second. That ball was some thirty feet just inside the right field pole
line which is two hundred ninety six feet from home plate. And the ground rule here at
the stadium where the fences are very low especially in dead right and dead left is that
if it bounces in it's automatically a ground rule double. You don't take any extra bases
if you are the runner at the time. At the hitter gets his double so that Wigg is now
at third and Jones is on at second. Jones is first extra base of the series. And a sixth
field double. The batter is Dale Henneth who picked up his first world series against
yesterday. The full wind up on the left hand of four. High and wide on the curve. Balls
in the right handed batter. Ball one. On third Wigg. On second. Well he Jones. Base
on balls has proven extremely detrimental. The pitchers on both sides in the series.
One ball no strikes. The pitch to Winnett. Wide and high. Ball two. He is pitching extremely
carefully to Winnett. Or Dale is the long ball hitter on this ball club. Lefty Joe Astofsky.
The technical professor of the Yankee relief score acquired from the St. Louis Browns in
mid year has begun warming up for the Yankees in their alley in right field. Two and nothing
but pitch. He throws. Wide. Ball three. This is the earliest real threat that the field
has staged. On the first day they were sit down on order. On the second day Ashburn had
a double with one away. Strike one ball. Three and one. That was right down the middle. On
the second and third top of the first inning. The police determined not to be blanked in
the series. Often running against the star rookie of the Yankee Mount Corps. 24. The
infield is off the dock. The outfield is pushed for the left and fairly deep. Three one pitch.
Two swings. A high chopping ground wall. Plays for the plate. He is out. Third to catch it.
Ground to be ra. A chopping ground wall that was just inside the line a third base. And
Doc Bob Brown. Had tremendous series. For the past two years. Immediately got rid of
it. A perfect. Take a good body block of the plate by Vera. Retired on, there was no chance
There's no chance for the double player to start with first base open and runners on at second and third.
That's the second out.
And again, a filled chance at the plate is rubbed out with a compactly filled barrel making sure they didn't have the runner.
The runner at third, wakers his way off with a crack on the bat, but he was a dead pigeon.
Goal scored, third to catch him on the field of choice, and it's at first.
Jones at second, the batter picks this way.
Left handed swinger.
Strike one, four.
Crossfire pass ball making the outside corner just above an ease.
Two gone.
Jones at second.
And it's at first.
Alert Yankee Fielding. They have not committed an error as yet in the series.
Pitching a swing off the umpire's mat, and it ripped the mat loose.
The portion of the strap, which commences at the forward, goes to the mate of an X.
Tears itself loose for umpire Charlie Berry.
And it's time for the competitive.
And a former catcher in the American League as well as a great football player in college.
And again, we say Phillipsburg, New Jersey is proud of this participant in the World Series.
I note now that the story has a brand new mat, and it didn't take any time at all for the Yankee bat boy to replace it for him.
The count is nothing in two on Dick Sissler.
One hit in 13 trips in the World Series.
He singles home run yesterday.
Board in the stretch.
Kick delivers.
Too close on the curve ball, backing him away.
Ball one.
One ball, two strikes.
Jones at second, and it's at first.
Game began when Wacoos drew a pass, Ashburn with a hit on on,
and he's tied to short left, and Jones doubles, ground rule style, ball bouncing into the right field stand.
One or two.
Six three, ball out.
A punch ball, and it's on the outside corner.
And Sissler again goes down on strike for Dick's fifth strikeout in the World Series.
He has the dubious to sink in the leading the pack in that department.
No runs, one hit, a double by Jones, a walk thrown in, no Yankee errors, two fills left.
At the end of the first half of the first, nothing to nothing, but Billy's at New York.
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Ready to go on the Yankee half of the first inning.
Bob Miller.
Miller has had a peculiar ailment.
He had Scarlett's fever as a youngster, and his perforation glands never worked correctly in his hands.
He has to wet his hands under the water cooler before each game to make sure that the combination of water and rosin,
give him the proper glue to hold onto that ball.
One of the oddities of baseball, he leans forward in the old Disney style.
He's a rangey, right-handed, faces Gene Woodling, delivers, and it strikes one ball, a fast ball.
The girls had a great threat rolling in the first, but Ford forced Ennis to bounce the third and Brown put them out of the plate.
They're a guarding.
The ball once strikes out of Woodling, Gene hitting a 400 on the series.
Low and away, ball one.
Miller has a finger pitch, which dips down and slightly away from a left-handed batter.
It can be compared favorably to a screwball, though this ball is thrown more naturally.
It is at the end of a finger dip.
It's the old-fashioned enduke that your youngsters used to have on the sand lines.
One-on-one, swinging a ground ball right behind them out, over for Goliath.
Woodling puts it and the runner is safe, but it may go as an infield hit.
Waiting.
They're chalking him with a bubble.
Goliath is charged with an error.
He came in behind them out and played the ball directly in front of the bag at second,
but he lost the handle and Woodling is on with a life.
It was a slow hit, while chopped behind them out.
Manera on Goliath, the second baseman, the field.
A great batter is the batter.
The right-handed hitting shortstop takes a low curve of all while.
Bill hitting a 200 in the first three games of the Wales series.
He has two for ten and a run scored with two walks thrown in.
One-on-one, him flashed on a Woodling at first base.
Bill takes high inside, or two.
Invariably, Miller has gotten off to rocky start this season.
He has had a few exceptions in games recently pitched, and of course, as Mel told you,
at the start of our broadcast, he came up with a sore right shoulder recently.
A little bit of an overworked.
He's been used in relief and shotting roles.
He's now asking for a new ball and gets one from the plate on fire, Charlie Berry.
Two-and-a-things are resudo.
Nobody out for the Yankees last of the first,
and the era on Goliath places Woodling at first.
The stretch by Menon, he throws.
Too close and low, ball three.
Goliath's era was his first of the series and a fourth by the field.
In the bullpen, we're about to get some activity.
By the way, Robert has joined his bullpenmates,
Gunstady, Meyer, and left-hander, Chaco Thompson.
Today, so you can see that Zoya is not bearing the forces at all.
Three-and-a-things out, the scooter is at all.
A pitch, strike one ball, pass ball.
Zoya has a big motion.
He's a six-three and Benzomas way down to his knees with one foot forward,
steering down for the side from his catcher anti-semitic.
Third baseman, Jones, still shallow.
Waco's guarding at first, Woodling leading off.
Slow-toe over there, the guard gene, and he's back safely.
So let's watch him closely.
You've got a real runner out there at the plate as well.
The stretcher on the three-one, for delivery.
Swinging a foul, which cuts right back to a guard rail.
The Yankee screen behind the plate is perhaps the smallest in height in the major league.
The cord, which creates the screen for the balls back on, is very shallow
and right before a microphone.
And Staddy warming up for the filly.
Zoya apparently is prepared to go early with his great, not only relief right hander,
but the front of the prove that he could start and do well,
though he lost to Rashi on the opening day, one-to-nothing.
Full count to Phil Ruzudo.
The runner breaks, Phil swings the ground wall, deep to the third,
only one play, first base, so high but in time.
And that ball almost got away from Eddie Waco.
Jones cut it loose, side arm, and it blew up.
But Waco's dancing master kept his foot on a bag for the put-on.
The runner was off with a pitch, and Woodling lost the second base.
He represents the scores of Potential, Honor, and Rock.
That play went third to first, one down.
Now Yogi Berra.
Yogi's had difficulty hitting in the series, but his defensive work and handling of the pitchers has been great.
Top notch.
He has one hit in 11-trips in the three games, batting the padded.
Swing a shot, single-clog right field.
Here is Woodling rounding third, heading for the plate.
The goal comes in from Ennis.
It is not in time. He's safe.
Yanki's lead, one-to-nothing.
And now this series has witnessed runs scored in every inning by one team or the other.
Berra held it first.
Waco's safe.
He's now cut off to the right of the plate as Ennis's throw came in well.
But Woodling was off with a crack in the bat, and fast on the lead.
He has split in safely well ahead of the throw.
So Berra gets an RBI.
His first silver series.
A sharp single, which skidded on the turf just once and rolled sharply to right.
Now for the time being, that run is unearned, but it must await the remainder of the inning.
That's the second run that Woodling has scored in this series.
There haven't been very many fellows going more than one.
Here's the module, which plays tremendously a field.
And of course his home run won the second game.
The most curve is low and outside.
So the Yankee clip, or football won.
In this series, Joe is hitting an even 200.
Two for ten.
A Texas league single and a big home run the other day.
One goal, no strikes.
Quick throw to first.
Berra is back.
Yogi is not what might be called a speed merchant on the pass.
But once he gets a start, he can really go down.
One on nothing.
Way wide.
A wild fish getting away from Sendig.
Moving to second base.
Berra rounding second, heading to third.
The big pass of all.
No play.
He's in there with a two base, wild fish.
He was about to go into his slide.
And when he saw that Sendig had no chance for what would have
mattered to a tremendous throw, he was way back to the base of the
screen behind the plate.
He kept standing up on his own two feet.
The counter course was two and all.
The pitch was way wider than the plate in the dirt.
And the Aggies are now set up well for their second run.
A two base, wild fish.
That is the first wild fish on the World Series.
So now that Miller is in real hot water early in the game.
The first two days of the situation that had to have been
faced before.
Two runs and one inning.
Pitching to Marjole.
Low ball free.
Junction is having trouble.
And of course the spark was ignited by the error committed by
Goliath.
The right side of the infielders shadow on to Marjole.
The left side sees Berra take pretty good lead off third base.
One away.
One run in.
And Miller calls time at the moment.
And Joe steps up.
Now the big wind up by the big right hander.
He throws.
Right one calls.
Now he bent that one on a three and nothing pitch which shows
that he has pretty good confidence that his turbo will get in there
when he wants it to get in there.
Particularly on three and nothing.
So it is three and one.
Winding.
He pitches.
A swing.
And a line drive.
The right field.
In there for base hit.
Here comes Berra.
He scores.
The Marjole round first goes to second.
Here comes the throw.
One and five.
A double.
Yankees lead two and nothing.
And for the first time in the Wales series a team leads by more than one
rock.
Soya moves down to the dugout.
And it appears it is all seeing now that he has had a runner at second base.
Another at third after a single and a two base wild pitch and a double by the Marjole.
He is going to waste no time in calling a pitcher in from the field bullpen.
Making a leap over the short fence and left field is Jim Concetti.
He will be making his third appearance in four days.
On a public address system right now the announcer is telling the folks to take their
coats off the railings.
Particularly in dead ride and dead left field.
The area incidentally where Willie Jones poked his double and then it went into the stand.
And as well possibly sets up hitters who are facing that direction with a bad background.
So here comes Professor Jim and the rookie right hander.
He is off to one of his many rocky stars that is taking nothing away from the beetle-browed
Miller.
He might have been out of the city.
Now Mel, I should imagine that with the Marjole's dettles, both runs may go as short as earned.
Since Rosito's ground ball would have represented out number two and Barrett Singles moved to
third on the wild pitch and the Marjole doubled.
However we'll wait on that.
In other words the inning isn't over yet.
There is only one out and that's off of Bob Miller.
He faced four runs and for the time being the first one is on earth.
Woodling having reached first base on Goliath's era.
So Jim and Staddy, the big professor, come to the know again in a virtual start.
There is only one Yankee out of there and he'll be facing Johnny Myers with whom he's had
no difficulty at all in the World Series.
As a matter of fact, many onlookers find it tough to believe that can Staddy is equally
effective against left handed swingers as he is against right handeders.
But yesterday you'll remember that when handsome and walk free men enter all, when the Yankees
brought home a tying run on Hamner's era, he was facing Bobby Brown who was set up as
a pinch hitter for Hank Bauer.
And it was Bauer who had doubled against Staddy on the opening day to set up the one run
scored by either team.
Myers is of course one of the greatest free swingers as the game has known in the last
10 or 12 years.
And he put in a bit for a home run yesterday hitting to the 344th footpark in right, but
he dragged it down before it went into the stand.
Now the situation is the module at second with a right field double, two runs in for the Yankee,
one man out, and the batter John Myers batting left handed.
And Staddy's outside screwball is ball one, throwing to the left handed batter.
And Staddy now has pitched eight and one third innings in the World Series, allowing four hits
and one iron run.
He has walked four.
Low inside to the stamping left handed header.
Ball two.
Johnny has put one hit in the World Series.
Average actually 0-8-3.
One for 12.
Two balls, no strikes.
And Staddy's low strategy checks the module, comes to the plate, strike one call.
The curve ball.
Jim very rarely calls his pitch a curve, it's the Staddy version of the slider.
Two and one.
The pitch, the swing, a shot foul for the lower deck in right.
Now that's about as well as Myers is tagged of all in this series.
His pitch for the home run yesterday was a very high fly with a lot of uppercut on it.
This one was thrown around the chest or tore the eyes of the batter's hotel.
And he wasted no time in bringing that batter out.
It evens the counter two and two on Johnny Myers.
On deck is Doc Bob Brown, one of the series heroes thus far.
The pitch, a fly ball, hits the feet, go right and way upstairs.
Now Lise tested the downstairs area.
This time he hit under the ball upstairs and that ball was hit far and away but fouled by some 35s of 40 feet.
Two and two, two ball in play.
He pitches the swing, a ground ball to Goliath.
Up with it, over to first in time.
Goliath made sure he dripped that ball, he put his left knee behind it and then took his time to throw Lise out.
Tamaggio moving to third on the play.
That's for second out.
Now the run must go as on earth.
For Myers's ground ball, what have represented out number three?
So no matter what happens now, anything that scores is on earth.
Beyond the one run.
Sooner or nothing, here is Bob Brown.
The screw ball pitched away to the left handed swinging third baseman, ball one.
Gillette's cavalcated sport, a Yankee two to nothing lead in the first inning.
The field had a threat going and they wasted no time to the Yankees in derriking Bob Miller.
The full wind up by Gonstaddy.
Swings on the pitch, a ground is through the box, up with it, Goliath.
Go to first in time, side retired.
Second to first to play, Yankee first inning, two runs, one runs.
Two hits, a single by Vera, a double by DiMaggio, an era by Goliath,
and one man, Jota Margio, left on.
First inning score from Yankee Stadium in New York.
The Yankee two, the Phillies, nothing.
We pause ten seconds for station identification.
This is the mutual broadcasting system.
Back at the stadium in New York, Rani Hanna, who was in Real Tears,
as he plumped in front of his locker in the visitor's dressing room at the yesterday's ball game.
But with it all, when Hanna had committed his era on Brown's Brown ball,
with the bases loaded, in that eighth inning,
the Pepperpot field shortstop, 23 years of age from Richmond, Virginia,
doubled to deep left Centipede.
It was only a great play for the second straight day by DiMaggio
that prevented Hanna from going further,
and possibly saving the ball game for the field's worth set down
despite the leadoff double without a run in the ninth inning.
So though his era stands out in the relief,
Hanna brings a tremendous batting average into this ball game.
He is hitting at 500 evens, five hits and ten trips, including a pair of doubles and a triple.
He's batting right handed against fours, the left-hander throws.
Hanna takes close at the toes, ball one, medium curve ball.
One ball, no strikes. Nobody on, nobody out.
Top of the second, Yankee two, the Phillies, nothing.
So now, teams have scored in every inning in the series.
The pitch, the swing, a ground ball, zipped to Razuto.
He moves to his right, top of it, go to first in time.
Nice play by the Scooter.
Razuto, because he has second.
Must teach himself a jump on the ball.
Must be a second.
Must teach himself a jump on the ball.
And as soon as that ball leaves the bat,
he has a sixth sense as to where it's going to depart.
Play went short to first, one down.
Now Andy Seminick, the catcher, two for seven.
Two eighty-sixth batting average on the series, batting right handed.
Strike one ball, left-hander came down with a tight-fisted pitch.
One down, nobody on, nothing in one count.
Top of the second, 24, delivers.
Seminick, half-wing for take, slow inside, ball one.
The two-base wild pitch was one of the key plays in the first inning.
For New York, but of course that's chargeable to the pitcher.
The era, set everything up.
One ball, one strike.
And the wind-up, four pitches.
And the bat takes close, right at his felt line, inside, ball two.
Two and one.
Four, studies well.
Into the big motion, delivers.
Seminick swings, sends a high, quick-sting foul,
is throwing it out of play,
for the upper deck along the first-base line,
just misses and falls down.
It's deceptive here as to where the foul ball is going to land.
The third deck, juts out as we told you yesterday.
And the second deck is Wolf-Bagged.
And it appears as though the upstairs patrons
are glad to get themselves a chance
for a fourth-game World Series souvenir.
And then frustration.
Downstairs she goes.
Two and two.
Four now, apparently settling down after a bat start.
First inning though he held, the visitor scoreless.
Yankee leading, two to nothing.
He does.
Outside for ball three.
A curve that missed the mark.
A low for the ease and too far outside.
Full count.
That is the rookie second full count.
He walked wink as to the first inning.
You recall?
The string runs out.
He's in the motion, he pitches.
Seminick swings.
An arching foul over the roof.
Caught it.
Downstairs again.
Still three and two.
First base dive.
Score to the nothing Yankee.
That's the first time either team has scored
more than one deli in any one frame.
The Sun now coming out more brilliantly.
It's a bit more mild today than it was yesterday.
Perhaps the best World Series weather.
The full count again.
Four throws.
Seminick swings.
And another foul.
This is what Soya refers to as the batter
giving the pitcher a battle.
He may not be able to land full wood on the ball,
but he gets just enough to spoil the good ones.
And of course it means that much more strength
taken out of the pitcher's arm.
He's got to work harder, concentrate harder.
For Seminick has an odd stance.
Wide open.
Toys toward the left, but he hits the ball well to right.
I noticed that the foul is playing him pretty straight away out there.
Three and two.
Swinging a foul.
Downstairs again.
This one zips down a line.
Into the stance.
Along the first base line.
Well, they're getting plenty of activity today,
especially the customers in a box seat in short-ride fields.
The ball in play by Empire Berry to the pitcher of 24,
21-year-old left-hander.
He's in the pumping motion.
He kicks, he delivers.
Seminick swings and gets the lazy foul.
Clubbed off the handle behind the plate.
Mera tosses over to Empire Berry,
who looks it over, decides it's not good for Fodos,
and throws you out of play, pretending a new one to four.
Scoring Yankees two for at least nothing.
A slow start.
We're on the top of the second inning with one fill down.
And they're grounding out to Residual short.
And Seminick in a foul-off marathon right now.
Three and two again.
Time calls.
Many times a pitcher will go into what is actually a bought motion,
but since there's nobody on at the time,
they'll never call it naturally.
Three and two.
A big pitch.
Swing and another foul.
This one back on the screen to the right of Argyllette's microphone.
Three ball to Stankhout of Addisemmick.
A rather controllable all the long way.
Ready for the pitch again for throws.
Seminick swings a chopping round ball on two hops taken by Residual.
Go to first in 20-a-time by 30 feet.
Two down.
Short to first.
Residual the busy B in this frame.
Now Goliath.
There has been a lot of talk.
And second guessing today as to whether Goliath should have been taken out of the game yesterday.
Goliath had two chances in the tenth-nineteenth.
Goliath might have been a younger pitcher.
Here he is again to start today.
He takes strike one to all the curve.
Going by the left-hand 0-54.
In a series, Goliath is 2-10.
Air singles are under the end or on score.
Starting 200.
And the right-handed slinger.
Nothing in one pitch.
Swing and another pitch.
Two.
With the old-fashioned hook.
A well-to-strike.
Perhaps getting 21-year-old butterflies settled out now.
Looks like a canny veteran on a mound.
Facing Goliath.
He's in the motion.
Throws.
Goliath swings and gets a foul.
Lazyed along the third base side of the diamond.
Behind Soya coaching a third.
Counter-plotted first.
Dusty Cook.
And her slide yanking.
The series replete with Yankee's redition.
Soya, brought up in their stools.
Cooker for the Yankee himself.
Nothing in two.
Ready to pitch.
The swing.
A long fly ball.
Lifted to our left.
Woodling has the roll.
Cam's under.
Wait and squeezes for the third out.
Goliath flies to left.
Three up, three down.
For the Phillies in the top of the second.
No runs, no hits, no errors, none left.
One and a half innings.
The Yankees two.
The Phillies nothing.
Watching the game with us here in the broadcasting booth.
Is my good friend Kurt Simmons.
fellow Southpaw.
The Philadelphia Phillies.
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Kurt, play the ill.
I'm sorry.
Kurt, we're happy to have you with us during the season.
And of course, sorry to lose you to the Army.
But, Markle Sam calls.
Stick around for a moment, Stella.
And I would like to talk things over with you.
Here's Hank Bauer.
And the pitchfork and Stanley as well outside.
I know you may not be enjoying it because the fields are behind.
But I know you're happy to be here for the 10-day leave, right?
Right.
I'm glad to be here, Gene.
A lot of luck to you, Kurt.
And all the good fortune in the world with the 28th Division.
Thank you, Gene.
Hank Bauer now.
One of the things that Stanley pitches, Hank swings.
A very high pop going to the shortstop side.
Hamner jogging in under.
Hatches it.
Bauer pops out to the shortstop.
Now Jerry Coleman.
With one down.
The hitting hero of the World Series thus far.
Running right handed.
Chowkrip and Stanley throws.
Coleman takes.
Spike one call.
All a hand curve ball.
Coleman came around as if to bluff upon that time, but checked it.
Nothing in one.
One down.
Last of the second.
Stoyankies two for these nothings.
Bigton Staddy delivers.
Coleman swings.
A long fly ball.
Hit quickly and deep to left.
This one moving back, back, back, under.
Grabbed it.
White at the base of the screen.
380 feet away from home plate.
He was on the plate turf.
That warns the outfielders.
Here comes the fence.
So Coleman is surprising everyone with his long ball hitting.
Remember he fooled the left field in Mayhem.
Instead of building an asperger.
With a game winning single yesterday.
Two down.
Heady four.
Left handed batter.
Pitcher.
Strike 112.
Down breaking curve ball.
In the season.
The White Hair Juncture.
Hit 194.
7 hits and 36 trips.
Nothing in one.
Swing damage to strike two.
He was brought up on the Long Island City Sandlot.
In the borough of Queens, New York.
Four.
Nothing in two.
A foul.
Third base.
Back seat.
Out of play.
Two down.
Last of a second.
Yankees get off to a two run march.
In the very first inning.
When it appeared.
All the Phillies are going to dig in first.
But Ford was an asperger with a good defense.
Nothing in two pitch.
Can Staddy throws.
High and wide.
To the chunky south bar.
Ball one.
One or two.
Two gone.
Staddy in a virtual second.
The Guardie came on.
With one out in the first inning.
Two relieve young Miller.
Bit way high and wide.
Ball two.
Two and two.
Can Staddy.
A Spartan.
Four conditions.
He runs.
Every chance he gets.
Two and two.
Strike three calls.
The ball blew up like a grapefruit came down.
The ball was struck three calls.
First strike out in the game by either of the two filled pitchers.
So in the second inning.
Yankee retirement.
One two three.
No runs.
No hits.
No errors.
None left on.
Two innings.
Yankees two.
The Phillies nothing.
The fact that the Phillies.
And incidentally.
Old Pete.
Grover Cleveland Alexander.
Who hurled that.
The first National League championship in 1915 was here.
Yesterday.
Not very well.
But they say in the French box that he was still sharp enough to know what was going on.
Anyway, these Phillies are the sentimental favorites.
And everybody is hoping that even if they don't win the World Series and they certainly are deep down now.
They would like to see the visiting National League club.
This hand is looking static.
I bet you even though you lose.
It's a great feeling that all of the fans are appreciative of your effort.
And certainly big Jim can static.
Has written new marks in the record book.
See that's right handed.
And Ford's fastball is found off by Jim to the base of the screen behind the plate strike one.
Miller of course never did get to the plate.
In the series can Staddy got to the plate two times first day over two.
Ball one.
A curve that was just a wee bit high.
Right handed batter.
One ball one strike.
Ford waits little time between pitches in the motion now he throws.
Like two high fastballs.
Two to nothing.
Yankees leading top of the third now after a slow beginning in the first inning and a half.
She's rolling along now.
Sun comes out brilliant.
Almost perfect baseball weather.
One or two pitch.
Wide and high ball two.
Now let's check the wind for the moment.
Very important for the long ball though Coleman hit the beat to left.
It is blowing in decidedly from left field right now.
A crockling in field.
Not necessarily favoring anybody including a right field hitter.
Two and two pitch.
A ground ball.
Slowly the second.
Coleman up with it over the first in time.
Staddy bounces out second to first.
One down.
Eddie Winkers.
First fill base runner today.
He drew a walk when Ford lost the mark for a while and passed him on a three to count.
Eddie eventually moved around a third on Jones's double and pitching to Ennis.
Dell forced the field of choice at the plate.
Ball one wide.
Ford now while missing occasionally is very very close.
He missed by a scantage on the corner.
One or no.
He throws. Winkers swing. They zipper to center field.
Base hit.
Several hops fielded by DeMonte.
He'll return to relay man.
Second base then Coleman.
Singles to center for Eddie Winkers.
His fourth world series hit.
A man on.
One down.
The beginning now of course is going to be necessary for the underdogs today.
They have only been able to get one at a time.
Three in three games and 28 innings.
Yankees of scores have now scored an eight run.
28 previous innings exclusive on this game.
Ashburn about applied to left to the first.
Go for one.
Wide and high on the career ball.
Ball one.
One down.
One on.
One ball.
No strike and number one for better.
You might play the ace is a high on the Gillette scoreboard right now.
The pitch.
Inside.
All right.
Ball two.
Two and a half.
Outfield on Ashburn.
Push then and toward the left.
Straight away.
Flap hitter.
Infield.
Playing up as if they would be looking for the double play which they are anyway but
they play him that way anyway when there's nobody on.
Fast runner.
Two and a half.
Fast runner.
Two and a half.
Squings and gets a foul.
Just above our head.
Behind the plate.
Two and one.
The vantage point for Mel, Al and myself is right smack jab behind the platter.
The field is in front of it.
And we can see the fancy hook with that ball as it sits in there to the opposing batters
for the pitchers.
Bored and Alcon Staddy.
Bored in the stretch.
Two and one.
Pitching.
Another foul, lost his third base dive, giving it a try, Doc Brown.
No avail. End of the stand to Arlen.
2-1-2.
Wait just at first base, while not an exceptionally
speedy base runner, a smart one.
He's shut the ellipses knees high
as in setting up exercise, physical training. Bigs well, runs
off his toes. 2-2.
Foot-foot, hash burn. Waiting for the pitch.
Stoned by Ford. He stuck him out on a roundhouse curve.
Well that's one of the first things a kid will pick up on a sandlot.
And I imagine that was one of Ford's best deliveries.
When he was operating in the baseball alliance with the Pearl Queens in New York, he really
found him.
So the hash burn, who struck out three times yesterday,
now is fans of the fourth time. He and sister.
Were tied until six struck out in the first.
Two down on the batter Jones who doubled into the stand in right field.
First inning. Strike one ball. Caught the corner for the right-handed batter.
Two strikeouts now. A 24.
Irish, Swedish, Kansas.
Light, there's quite gold.
Nothing in one. Checking it first.
Coming to the plate. Inside of the toes on a curve.
Ball one. One ball, one strike.
Two gone. With the Phillies top of the third Yankees leading. Two to nothing.
Two runs, two hits. Phillies no runs, two hits.
Set for the 1-1 delivery.
Swinging a ground ball to the left of short. Residual up the play at second for the fourth.
Residual to Coleman to retire the Phillies in the top of the third inning.
Fourth outplay goes short for second.
Third inning for the Phillies, no runs. A single is centered by
the Yankees. No errors by the Yankees. One man left. Two and a half innings.
The Yankees two, the Phillies nothing.
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Last of the third, New York batting, Woodling, lead off man.
Takes the inside curve, a strike one. Gene
through the life, Angoliad's bubble in the first and score the first
of the two Yankee runs.
Angoliad's bubble in the first and score the first of the two Yankee runs.
Sandy Wines delivers. Gene swings as a lazy fly.
The short left center. Ashburn calling for it.
100 and makes the grab of the put-out. One down.
Fly ball to side.
Fielders at all. My hasn't missed
Yankee defense. Displated self.
The field, of course, are known to have just about the best infield
in the National League. No flies on the Yankee defense either.
Good scooter. Strike one called. Inside curve. One thing about
Kinshawda, he uses a small strike zone and brother, he's got one up there right now in scooter.
Nothing in one. An attempted
punt. Ticked foul behind the plate.
You see his limbs are so short that even when he moves the hand up
to try to dump a punt to the left or a bleed one to the right
he catches the defense completely off-dars, invariably.
Nothing in two. Jones now moves back.
Fielding with the punt is off. With a nothing-two-count on fill.
Can Stanley pitch his risotto? Swing. Round ball toward the hole. Nice scoop by
Jones. Go to first. In time by a side.
Two men out. Good play by Jones.
He went toward the base-head hole between third and short. I made a glove hand
spear the ball and racing up
to the left of an iron. Whipped over to first to get the fast run of risotto. Two gone.
With a single on and off the eye.
Strike one. Attempted punt.
The crowd is kind of chuckling because they don't look for yogi to try to
drag that ball for a punt. I'll tell you, he doesn't run too fast either
at all. But not a good strategy. The pitch is high and wide.
Jones, of course, is not taking any chances. Moves in. Second pitch.
One-on-one.
Two is talking about risotto. Is there a one-on-one pitch? That swing and a foul.
Jones is going to give it a try but can't get it. Into the sand.
Box seats left side.
Mel points out that there are just like a lot of other catches and
ponderously built fellas have to get good starts. But once they get flowered, they like
those pullbacks that we're crashing through today. A lot of good iron. One and two pitch.
Ground ball. Hits to the right of second. Up with it. Gulli had over the first
in time on a quick scoop by Wacom. Called out by Conlon.
And now I notice that Conlon had a use his left arm to call it out
today because he was bruised in awe on the opening day. Vera bounces out
second to first. So I'd be tired in order for the second straight inning.
Conscending now, switching wonderful relief ball. Now his club trails. Two to nothing.
No runs. No hits. No errors. None left on. Three innings totals.
Two run. Two hits. No errors. And one left on.
For the Phillies. No runs. Two hits. A big juicy food.
And three men left on.
The late scout
O'Rourke who once worked for the Detroit Tigers as well as the Yankees
made a statement to me one time. We were watching a ball game in the
upper New York State League where a lot of collegians like Hank Faroia and many others
had come on to the big time. He said in a tight ball game
you look up at the sky and you say please
let us have a juicy boot. And the one big
bobble in the game of course has undoubtedly aided the Yankee Cogs.
But they played well. They backed up board with a tight defense. And the Phillies now
not only have to come from behind. Three games down. But must
stage a beginning. For the bombers when
they're spotted a couple of runs are tough to catch. And when you start hitting
against them they start digging into the toes too. Now
the top of the fourth inning. Dell and it's who grounded into
a third to the plate. The field is choice to retire a waker. So it's a
third at the time in the first inning. Over one. Dell has one world series hit
a double. Letting right handed. Ford's fastball takes off
too high and wide to the right handed. That a ball was.
Why D4?
Third baseman Brown not too deep. For Zodo deep to the shortstop hole.
Outfield to the left. One or nothing bitch. Swing. Fly ball.
Gallup. Ford right. But going into the stands and foul territory.
One on one.
Now Ford uses this moment to work on the ball
a little bit. They called out a big blacksmith. He hasn't produced too much
power. Although he certainly sent a lot of back at Shib Park for a 400 foot
cloud. Joe hold it in. One on one. Swing on it.
A change up curve that was a beauty. Throwing tight to the big right handed
batter. Strike two.
One ball just like Yankee's leading.
Two or nothing. Top of the fourth. First man up.
Slow hit. Four long third baselines.
And it stays there.
That ball
was teasing Bobby Brown.
Third baseman. And it said I got great big eyes Bobby.
I don't know whether I want to go to the left or stay inside this white line.
And so the ball turned its eyes right.
And stayed right inside the line for a second.
If there ever was one.
And it's on. And the crowd really roared on that one.
One of the most unique offensive plays in the game. And in the series.
System of the banner. There's a left handed throw to first by Ford.
No tag by Mice. And it's back to plenty of time.
Swing. My ball. Very deep to the right. Moving in under the ball.
Closing. And all the down.
One away. The crowd roared for the moment. As this one uppercut the ball.
And Bob banked away. But then he got the beat on it. And moved in fast for the put-off.
One down.
Grown hander. Also one. Ground ball to the shortstop. And then the put-off.
And the second and eight.
Right handed slinger. He's leading extra base producer in the series.
Her misses outside. Low ball one. Ford pitching with tremendous
voice for a fellow who's about to celebrate his 22nd
birthday. 21st of this month.
One ball no strikes to Hamner. Pitching.
Swinging the right. Got the fast ball in there. High.
I think one of the big reasons that Hamner has not been
scattered too well. In other words they didn't look for him to hit the long ball off.
It's the fact that he is an inveterate bad ball hitter. A lot of his hits
were seen. Of what would have been balls as told by
the umpire. One on one. Stretched by Ford.
The check at first. Comes to the plate. Two low.
Ball two. Two on one. And it's at first.
With an infield single that they'll be writing about tonight.
It just refused to go foul. And Brown waited on it.
Wasn't much else to talk to either.
Because if it had picked it up anyway it would have been tied at first base. Two on one.
It comes to pitch. The runner breaks. The ground ball. Swaps all the hole.
It's the third. Up with the ball is power. And the Phillies have run as it first and third.
That was a weak ground ball but the hitter on word perfectly. With a right handed
batter up there and it broke for seconds to drag and suck out
foreman from the play. Like a football trend. And so it left a tremendous
gap between first base in Mies and second base in Coleman. And roll lazily
to short right field. Giving Hammer a ground single.
And spotting Ennis at third base in scoring position. With one man up.
And Semonix coming up.
Two nothing Yankee leads.
Albedo Ford.
Buddy Ford and the stretch.
Ford throws. Too close. And low. Ball one.
Semonix right handed batter. Bounced out to short. Second inning.
Robin Roberts has begun warming up. And the Phillies both pass.
Phil's pulling out the stoppers.
One on nothing. Ford throws. Semonix swings. Ground ball.
Just inside the line. Goes to the plate. He is out.
He takes fourth base course.
Here's the runner. Caught in a first base. And he goes back.
Residual fubble ball. Cannon moves to third.
And Carlin is pulling Semonix out.
On a first to catcher.
Double play. The side is actually retired.
So they waited out there in conference. It is a double play
band. Lies tagging the bag. So Semonix didn't think so.
Carlin called him out. And the throw to the plate is what we call a three
three two double play. First base been getting a put out in the assist. And the runner
at the plate. And it's retired. No runs.
Two hits and a very weird inning. No errors.
And one man left on.
Three and a half innings. Gar Yankee two. Pills nothing.
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That play could bear out further explanation.
The Yankees didn't realize with the exception of minds that he attacked the bag.
The Conlin had already called Seminick out. And then Mize threw to the plate and
promptly retired Delinus. That was one of the weirdest sinnings this series has
witnessed. Nobody knew what was up except Mize and Conlin.
Now the last of the four. DiMaggio facing his daddy who draws.
Spike one calls. George filled two to nothing. And the fans have filled
dozens of themselves about that last inning. The bills have had two grand scoring opportunities
but their thoughts failed. Yankees leading. Nothing in one. DiMage
wins. Then it was like two.
Sawyer had Roberts getting ready and they filled both
and you see in case the inning was full on. And they got down as far as the pitcher
and a possible pinch hitter. Nothing to count
DiMaggio. The standing pitch too high around the chin more
than the pitch. One and two. Two punts by the big professor. The
kick. The pitch. Wings and a two. Squint him out. On a sliding slider.
Going away to the right handed batter. One down.
And daddy's second strikeout. He is hurting
him significantly. No training. Two to nothing. And of course young four.
Has certainly had the opportunity to see his own defense
really come to his rescue. I don't know whether
Mize himself realized he tagged the bag but Conlin pointed it out to the fans. Here's
Mize now. Yankees takes the low inside for a one.
One ball and no strikes. One down
and over the arm for the Yankees last and the fourth. They lead two to nothing over the Phillies.
And he sets the livers. Two close.
Wall two. Mize free swing left hander.
And he throws right. Big beefy fellow.
Ways to 240 pounds.
Swing. Line drive. Right field in there.
Bait it. Charging up to it. And it's the field. And Mize is on.
With his second world series hit.
That's the first hit off Consteady.
He had retired nine Yankees in order
when he came on with the module at second and one out to relieve Mida in the very
first inning. Now the pest Bobby Brown.
Left handed batter low inside. Ball one.
Both of Mize's singles
in this series have been carbon copies.
Lofters over the second baseman's head and dipping into short right field.
Want to know how to Bobby Brown.
All for one. Stetch pitch. Stake one ball.
We're having a great opportunity today, mellow myself,
to watch the break of these pitches tossed up there by Consteady.
We watch games during the season off at Angles usually. And I can tell you this fella has
something on the ball. They may call it what players term junk.
Very expensive junk. One to one. As the ball left it to center
very high. Ashburn backpedaling about six yards. Camp center and
holes it in. Brown flies to center.
The ball has been hit up in the air I think more often than down in the
third. This series. Two men out. And a runner on.
And Henry Bower who pumped out the shortstop. Hamner in his first trip.
Butting right handed. Slow stretch by the pitcher
Consteady throws. Bower swings. Chopping ground foul. Third base side.
Frankie Crocetti picks it up and gets it to the opposing third baseman
Jones. Sawyer who was a Yankee organization man tells us that Crocetti
might have been the game's greatest second baseman.
But they needed a shortstop and what a shortstop he was. And one of the most
manly Yankee errors. Nothing in one count. Pitch to the right handed
batter. Swing. A zipper to third. Jones throw to second for the fourth.
Bara bounces into a final out force.
The third baseman Jones for the second baseman Mike Goliath.
And the Yankees are set down on the fourth without a run. A right field single
by Myers. No field errors and one man left. Four innings.
Yanks two runs. Three hits. No errors. Fills no runs. Four hits.
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Back at Yankee Stadium New York with Mel Allen and Al Helger. This is
Jean Kelly on Gillette's Cavalcade of Sports. The fourth game
of the 1950 World Series. The New York Yankees two. The Phillies
nothing. Mike Goliath leading off top of the fifth. Facing
24 who throws. Strike one ball. A curve
for the right handed batter. Goliath's slide to that field in his
first trip up. He has two World Series hits.
And looks at a low curve of all one.
He has a very short stroke. Swinging at the ball. One on one.
A high curve ball two. Two on one. Goliath.
Then Pitchick and Staddy do to be followed by
number one batter Eddie Wakers.
Ford in the 2-1 pitch. Right to call. He's
really cutting those corners with his youngster. And it's amazing.
The great boys and self confidence he's exhibiting
out there on the hill today. I'm sure the
scouts for the Phillies had great praise for this youngster. Even up to two pitch.
Swinging them at Stucky Mountain.
Number three for Eddie Ford. He gets Goliath swinging on a lazy curve.
Now for Staddy. Listen.
Stepson he bounced out the second base last time and Jim
swings as they boom in the right field. It is in there for a base hit.
And almost got away from Hang Power. He didn't know whether to play it safe
on a charge for the shoestring. And the ball kept zipping away to his
all left. He's the right fielder. And he managed to trap it else it would have been
curtain for him for the moment at least. So, uh, Staddy gets a single right.
The pitchers in the series. A witness
low pat. Reynolds. Rashid.
Now for Staddy. Getting hits.
And Yankee artillery goes way down to number nine. The young
filled fat boy brings out the right red warm up sweater for
Staddy. It was his first place for the singles. Can't say he's not contributing to his own cause.
Banner said he winked. Ford throws him. Eddie swings. They line by
for a much better field. Moving in under Woodling makes the catch. Nice play.
Staddy jogs back to first. This wind out here
is playing havoc with the outfielders. I believe that when Barre on the single
bike and Staddy played it, he was crossed up by it. It's a crosswind type
though primarily it is going in from dead left today. Across the
diamond. And that's why Woodling had a bit of difficulty with the wakers who
smashed to left. Two down.
Banner, Ashburn. Open two. Fly ball to left. Strike out swinging on
a roundhouse curve. Ford throws.
Richie takes high and wide. 4-1.
Score two to nothing. New York both runs in the first inning and since that time
Staddy has matched the rookie for pitch for pitch.
What a series this has been.
For the low run.
Shadow a third round. Ford in the stretch.
Comes to the plate. Swing and a high pop. Back up second base.
Barre moving in. Coleman weighs everybody away. Second baseman grabs to put out 30 feet
on the ground. Ashburn pops out short right to the second baseman Jerry Coleman.
Wines up the fifth. Flaws the Phillies. No runs. One hit.
The field fifth. No errors by the Yankees. One man.
Pitcher can Staddy. Left on. Four and one half innings. New York two.
Philadelphia nothing. There has been
only one triple play in World Series history. Also only one
run with the laces loaded. Interestingly enough both occurred in the same
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But the WizKids have two runs in.
Seminix being replaced by a runner Mayo and the pitch is outside for a ball to Mike
Goliath. So unless the Phillies continue to come through here
in the ninth inning it would be a heartbreaking error for Ford who wanted the
shutout. The pitch low outside for a ball. Two balls no strikes.
Goliath's
glad to let struck out file the first Mayo on first place two down
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June 1.
Two balls one strike.
The stretch Mayo with a lead and the pitch.
Swung on a ground ball hit into the hole between first and second and left field for a base hit.
Up to the ball is Woodling throws back to Rizzuto holding it second as Mayo.
And now the tying run comes to the plate for the WizKids.
And it will be a pinch hitter.
Stan Lopata
will be the bat for Robin Roberts.
And while there's a bit of a conference at the mound as
Stingle comes out of the dugout we pause ten seconds for station identification.
This is the mutual broadcasting system.
Casey Stingle has elected to remove
Whitey Ford from the ballgame.
And we'll have a new pitcher coming on for the Yankees in the top of the ninth inning.
And so for the second
straight day a Yankee starter has been relieved.
Although Lopata yesterday pitched excellent ball as did Whitey Ford here.
Ford went to the ninth inning with two outs
and a potential shutout in his grasp when Woodling
dropped the deep liner hit by some nick that
would have been the third out. It was charged with an error two runs scored.
And then the follow-up single by Goliath has put the Phillies
in position whereby the distance cloud
could tie it up.
And Allie Reynolds is coming in from the ballpen
to relieve Whitey Ford who went eight and two-thirds innings.
A loud seven hits.
Walked one man, the very first one he faced,
hit a batter in the ninth inning, struck out seven
and actually has not officially allowed
any run. The two runs that the Phillies have scored here in the ninth inning
will be classified as unearned.
So Allie Reynolds comes on for the second time in the series
and Ford gets the hands he needs.
In the event that Allie Reynolds should subdued the Phillies
here in the ninth inning, the Vickby would still go to Ford
in the event he may be, and this is unofficial,
he may be the youngest ever to win a World Series game.
Dave Adams, whom Pittsburgh fans will recall vividly,
among others, won a World Series game for the Pirates
against the Tigers in 1909 when he was just 25 years of age.
Some of the fans are booing Casey for removing
Whitey Ford.
And now Casey calls Jim Turner out of the Yankee dugout, he's the Yankees' pitching coach
to ask him something, and Casey then goes back to the mound
to say something to Reynolds. So we've had some
real excitement here in the ninth inning.
The Yankees leading five to nothing, and with their 13th World Championship
almost all wrapped up, the Phillies have begun to go to work.
Stan LaFatta, a 6'2", 210 pounder, 25 years of age
from Detroit, Michigan, steps into bat for Robin Roberts.
He had 26 out of 130 on the season.
Wasn't too active, he's a big fellow.
Runner's on first and second.
Mayo on second, Goliath on first, two outs.
Ninth inning, the pitch. Strike ball, fastball in there,
letter high, Reynolds fastball pitcher.
Halley's already achieved one victory in this series.
Mayo off second, Goliath off first, the stretch. Here's the pitch.
Lopata swings and misses, one, two.
He threw an aspirin tablet up there that time.
Reynolds can throw as hard as anybody in the major leagues.
And when he erares back and fires as hard as he can, it's tough to see him.
Looks into getting a sign, two strikes on Lopata, Mayo off second.
Goliath off first, stretch by Reynolds. Here's the pitch and it is.
No strike three, almost went for it and held up its low with a curveball.
One and two, the crowd started to roar.
One and two, the compound on Lopata.
Halley gets his sign, Goliath leads off second.
Mike Goliath off first, the stretch. Here's the pitch.
Lopata swings and misses, strike three in the Yankees, a world champion for the 13th time.
As Halley Reynolds powered another fastball by him.
And the final score, New York five, Philadelphia two.
And there goes Eddie Sawyer, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies from his third base coaches box,
over toward the Yankee dugout to be among the first to go in to congratulate Casey Stengel and the Yankees
on having swept the four games for their 13th world championship out of 17 efforts.
17 tenets and 13 times have been returned the victors in the World Series.
And for the sixth time, out of those 13 world championship achievements,
have won the series four games to none and that has been accomplished only nine times overall
in the 47 year history of the World Series.
So here you are with the totals.
The Yankees five runs, eight hits, two errors, four men left on.
For the Philadelphia Phillies two runs, seven hits, one error, and seven men left on.
That check gene.
And so the World Series now is history. Al Helfer is on hand to give you his brilliant analysis and summary.
But before Al comes in, I'm sure he won't mind a word from Gene Kelly.
I know that Gene enjoyed broadcasting this World Series as much as you fans enjoyed listening to it.
Gene, it was one that got over with in a hurry in the four games.
I just wondered what you thought about it.
Well, in the first three games, Mel, there's no question that scouting came to the fore.
The pitching was magnificent.
The feeling was superb. And of course, every time the field had a lapse mentally, offensively, or defensively,
the Yankees didn't fail to take advantage of the opportunity.
I'd like to kind of check back on the quote that we gave to Tom Flarek, the ace release for the Yankees yesterday.
He says there isn't much difference in these teams, personnel-wise.
He says there is age-wise and he doesn't mean graybeard.
At the experience hold, and that today, scouting went out the window because Constanti had to come back comparatively quickly.
He hadn't gone stretches of distance too frequently this season.
And at a youngster, 21 years of age, who learned his baseball in the same lots of Long Island City within shouting distance,
this Bronx ballpark was masterful all the way.
Of course, legitimately, as you said, Mel, the two runs shouldn't have scored at all.
But those just couldn't muster up a batting attack. Worth their salt. Their pitching, as you'll have to admit, was great for the three games.
And that Sawyer, if he had won today, would have had a three-way gavel.
He would have had to use Constanti and Relief after Miller.
Come back with Roberts tomorrow.
And even if there was a possible victory here in the Sunday ballgame,
he still would have had to scrape around the bottom of the bag to come up with pitchers that might try something that never has been done
in the history of this World Series Autumn Classic that has come from behind three games down.
The Yankees, you might say, Mel, deserve to win.
And I think that the Phillies will be the first clubs to admit it because you saw the old Yankee organization man himself,
Skip Ready Sawyer, Race to the Dugout, to be the first one to congratulate the Yankees.
I want to say this much, Mel. For me, it's a thrill of a lifetime if I don't live another minute.
I have lived for 1950 with a pen and one of the Phillies and into a World Series Classic.
Even the most optimistic, except Sawyer himself, felt would occur.
It's been a great opportunity for yours truly working with you, Al Helper and the rest of the mutual and Gillette crew,
and to see a great ball club fully deserving of its second straight world championship.
And it's 13th of all time. You can throw the numerology out the window, Mel.
Well, thank you ever so much, Gene. It was a great pleasure being able to work with you.
And I just wanted to say this. The Yankees have been a team that you can characterize basically as alert opportunists.
As Red Rolf, Hank Greenberg and many baseball observers have said, the Yankees are not the old type overpowering Yankees,
but they are a type of ball club that will never beat themselves.
And whenever you give them any sort of an opening, they're quick to take advantage of it.
And so that's the score there as the Yankees go on to win the World Championship for their second straight year
and the 13th time in their glorious history.
Eddie Ford was the winning pitcher, Bob Miller the loser, and now here is Al Helper to wind it up in his inimitable fashion.
OK, Al. Well, thank you very much, Mel. Ladies and gentlemen, we saw many impressive things here in the 1950 World Series,
but I think the most impressive was to see the entire stands here this afternoon rise and applaud young Wadi Ford
as he strolled ejectively off the mound after having been taken out in the ballgame in the top half of the light dining.
But young Wadi Ford weathered a very stormy top half of the first inning, in which he walked leadoff man, Wakers,
and allowed Jones to double him around the third with one out, and then proceeded to close up the frame by striking out Sissler
after Bobby Brown had thrown Wakers out of the plate on Delano's roller to third.
The Phillies starting pitcher Bob Millidoe didn't fare so well with Lady Lock in the first inning.
The breaks won against the young right-hander from the very start when leadoffer Gene Whitling's grounded to second was pooted by Mike Goliath for an error.
Rezuto advanced Gene by grounding out to Jones and then Yogi Perra hammered in the first run of the game and the inning with a line drive single to right field,
pitching carefully to Joda Maggio, Minner uncorked a wild throw and Perra raced all the way around the third.
The Maggio then proceeded to double to right to score Perra in a trot from third base.
And he saw your lift at his starter at this point and called upon the dependable Jim Kinsteady to pitch to Mies and Brown,
which he did to retire the side with two runs on two hits at one Phillies' error.
From the first inning until the sixth cansteady had given the Yankees but two hits and pitching for two third innings and relief.
But his foul over the New Yorkers was broken when Yogi Perra slammed one into the right field stands for Homer to score the Yankees third run.
The Maggio was put on, hit by the pitch and after Mies grounded out to move to Maggio the second, Bobby Brown got him home to score with a triple rammed into right center.
Barra scored Brown with fly ball to deep right and Coleman ended the inning with a pop-up to hammer, short for three runs on two hits.
There was no more scoring then until the top half of the ninth inning.
When Gene Woodling with two away allowed a high fly ball as Mel and Gene told you the trot almost untouched,
thereby allowing the Phillies to pick up two runs on two hits and they had two errors.
There was two left on, there was that one error in the pre-.
So the final totals again for the Phillies, two runs, seven hits, one error.
They had seven men left on, their losing pitcher was Bob Miller.
The AX5 runs eight hits, two errors, they had four men left on and the winning pitcher and rightly so was young Whitey 4.
As far as attendance here at the World Series 1950 is concerned, a total paid attendance of 196,000 and nine were paid.
It's going to be 63,406 in here at the Yankee Stadium for two games, 132,603.
And one note, probably Whitey 4 at age 21 is the youngest pitcher, probably I say, the youngest pitcher to ever win a World Series game.
If memory serves correctly, Babe Adams was about 25 years of age when in 1909 he won the first game of the 1909 World Series while pitching for Pittsburgh against Detroit.
That ball game went to Pittsburgh, many of the old timers will remember at four to one.
Well, the 47th annual baseball classic is now history.
This 1950 World Series cannot be remembered as one filled with spectacular action and color,
but rather as a series of contests in which the hopes of ambitious youth was eclipsed by veteran savvy, know-how and professional experience.
Well, almost surely had the series been decided solely upon the spirit, determination and willingness, Philadelphia might well have been able to write a much different story for baseball's record book.
However, there are things we shall always think of when recalling play in the 1950 series.
We shall always remember the fine pitching performances of McBrashery, Jim Constantine, Robin Robertson and Alireno
and the adept catching and handling of these pitchers by Simonica Fafil and Barra of the Yankees.
We shall always remember too the fat inside pitch which Roberts served to Joda Maggio in the 10th inning of the second game
and how that great competitor leaned into that pitch and smashed it into the left center field stand for the home run which gave the Yankees their second straight fix.
Or can we forget the timely hitting and fine defensive play of Yankee second baseman Jerry Coleman?
And during the months and years to come, the strategy used by the opposing managers will be discussed over and over again.
But one conclusion can be counted.
Both Stengel who has stupefiedly handled the world champion Yankees
and Eddie Sawyer whose pitching staff was severely riddled by the loss of Kurt Simmons and with injuries to Church and Miller
made the moves which most benefited youthful talent he directed.
Another thing we shall remember is how the pitching in the series silenced the bats of the power hitters
and when batters did get a hold of one, that so-called rabbit ball got nowhere.
And so it seems that this year's World Series exploded the year-long myth of the lively ball.
To pick heroes in this World Series, well you might say Joda Maggio, Vikrashe, Ali Reynolds, Jerry Coleman and Yolke Barrett
and all of the bills for that determined fight.
Well, then that's about it.
The story of another World Series goes into the record.
But Gillette's cable-cable sports carries on.
Every Friday night we're on the air coast to coast with a major boxing event of the week.
Plan to be at Radio Ringside Friday nights and enjoy the fight.
Now this is Al Helper who has enjoyed tremendously working with Gene Kelly of Philadelphia and Mel Allen of New York.
A couple of fine guys enjoyed very much.
And this is Al Helper.
I said a moment ago saying smooth sailing, smooth shaving and good afternoon from your host, the Gillette Safety Razor Company,
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