This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons
.com for more sports history. The New York Giants
faced the Brooklyn Dodgers on Saturday afternoon,
April 22nd. At Ebbets Field during the first
week of the 1950 baseball season, the Giants,
managed by Leo De Rocher in his second full year
as skipper, after taking over from Mel Ott midway
through the 1948 season, had been an average
team. never finishing above fifth place in the
National League for nearly a decade. The Brooklyn
Dodgers were also once managed by Leo Durocher
during the 1940s, but had been led by Bert Schotten
since 1948. This change in leadership occurred
after a deal was negotiated between Dodgers owner
Branch Rickey and New York Giants owner Horace
Stoneham, allowing Durocher to be released from
his Brooklyn contract to take over the Giants.
In this early season game, The Giants sent Jack
Kramer to the mound to face Dan Bankhead, who
was notably the first African -American pitcher
in the major leagues. This audio recording is
from the Dodgers radio broadcast featuring announcers
Red Barber and Connie Desmond. Join us now for
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around here in Everett Field and see what's on
the docks. Public address announcer Tex Rickards
is busily going down the respective batting orders
and as you can gather by the cheers, this locale
being Brooklyn, he's... giving the Brooklyn batters.
The starting pitchers will be Jack Kramer, the
veteran right -hander who was sold by the Boston
Red Sox during the winter to the New York Giants.
Kramer will be making his debut in the National
League. Jack Kramer will start for Leo DeRosha's
Giants. And Dan Bankhead, the first Negro pitcher
in the history of the major leagues, will get
his first starting assignment for the Dodgers.
And Bankhead was up and broke the ice a couple
of years ago at Brooklyn. He only got in four
games, and on every occasion was a relief pitcher.
So this is his major league starting debut, and
so thus it's a big afternoon for both of these
right -handers. Kramer, last year with the Red
Sox, won six and lost eight. He had a big year
with Joe McCarthy, if you'll recall, in 48 when
he won 18 and lost five. In 44 with the Browns,
Kramer won 17 and lost 13. That was the year
the Browns went for their only pennant. And in
the World Series against the Cardinals, he had
a win and was not defeated. Bankhead last year
was at Brooklyn's Montreal farm and he won 20
and lost six. Each of these pitches has pitched
impressively this spring and that explains why
they are getting the starting assignments. This
clear sunshiny, although it is a cool Saturday
afternoon here at Brooklyn. Now for the invading
Giants and it's always a hot time in Brooklyn
when the Giants come over. It's always a hot
time whenever these two clubs tangle anywhere.
Ed Stanky is leading off for the Giants. Whitey
Lockman hits number two in left field. Third
baseman Henry Thompson is batting third for New
York. Rookie Don Mueller, M -U -E -L -L -E -R,
is in right field. Center fielder Bobby Thompson.
There are two Thomsons. Center fielder does not
spell his name with a P in it. This is T -H -O
-M -S -O -N. Bobby Thompson in center. Alvin
Dogg, who came to the Giants along with Stanky
from the Braves and that big one of the Eel.
Dogg is at short. Jack Hoshman, the rookie first
baseman, hits seven. Wes Westrom is catching
and Kramer is the pitcher. The umpires have just
come out and there's a conference at home played
between the three wearers of the Blue Surge suits.
Groundkeeper Ed Durham. Alvin Dogg bringing up
the batting card for the Giants and Captain Peewee
Reese bringing up the batting order for the Dodgers.
And the Brooklyn batting order that Reese has
on his card is in this wire. Reese himself leading
off at short. George Schuba is in left field.
Jim Russell is in center field. Duke Snider is
the regular center fielder, but he has a heavy
cold, which has given him some trouble. He missed
the exhibition games of last weekend at the stadium
with the Yankees because of this same malady.
So Russell is in center. Russell played left
yesterday. His first game was a Dodger. They
got him from the Braves during the winter. And
he had a home run and a triple. Jackie Robinson.
a defending batting champion in the league's
most valuable player. Robinson at second is hitting
fourth for the Dodgers. Then comes Carl Forello
in right field. Hodges, the first baseman, is
batting sixth. Rookie Bobby Morgan, who is hitting
very well, hits safely in all three games. Morgan
at third. Roy Campanella, who was grand slam
home run in the third inning, sunk the Giants
beyond hope yesterday. Campanella catching. And
Dan Bankhead is the pitcher. The umpires, Douglas...
Scotty Robb is back at the plate. It's R -O -B
-B. Al Pollock and Augie Donatelli will be on
the bassist. And now Miss Gooding will play and
sing the National Anthem. That's how they feel
about it here at Evans Field. The Dodgers have
taken the field. Dan Bankhead, slender, loose
-jointed right -hander. Roy Campanella, stocky
catcher, that's the battery. Big Gil Hodges at
first base. Jackie Robinson at second. Captain
Peewee Reese at short. And rookie Bob Morgan
is at third. Billy Cox, who might have started
at third base, except he hurt his back, rejoined
the club yesterday and is recovering all right.
In left field, George Schubert, who's having
his second real chance with the Dodgers. Schubert
in left. In center field, Jim Russell, who's
turned out to be a very valuable player. Came
to the Dodgers in that Sam Jethro deal with the
Braves. And in right field, it is Carl Ferrello
from Reading, Pennsylvania, and they call him
the Reading Rifle. Now Ed Stanky is first up
for the Braves. With a crouch, right hand hitter,
bank hits first pitch. Fast ball high inside
for ball one. Stanky, this young season. Ball
of the Giants has three hits out of 12 at bats.
He's stocky, small, bends at the knees. I feel
a little twad left. Bankhead pitches low outside
for ball two. Sankey is one of the best judges
in all baseball of a pitched ball. He holds a
National League racket for bases on balls. And
nobody gave him any deliberate walks because
he was such an awesome hitter. He just earned
those walks. Bankhead throws, outside with a
curve, and he's behind ball three. No balls,
no strikes. This is a momentous occasion for
Bankhead. Trying to make the Brooklyn club. It's
his first start in a major league game. Leo de
Rocha, the Giants manager, his own third base
coach, Freddie Fitzsimmons, is coaching it first.
Now the three -all pitch. Ball for orange, thank
you, walks, closes that away. And off the first
deep trot, so Bankhead walks the first many pitches
too without throwing him a strike. And that's
a bit of a danger sign. And here's Robinson coming
in from second base. Campanella goes out to the
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right on the front. Bankhead at Montreal last
year walked about as many fellas as he struck
out. He walked 170 and he struck out 176. Patti
Lachman, left hand hitter for the Giants batting
at 333. Takes a call strike. Bankhead came down
with a change. He slowed up one and headed over.
Campanella is most apt to make a pitch to use
a change of ball when he is getting wild, otherwise
he makes him stay away from the fast ball. Hodges
holding first against Stanky, who's not too fast
a runner. The Brooklyn infield halfway up, ready
to go either way. On a ground hit ball or a bunt.
Hatfield toward right, Lachman pulls. Fast curve,
swing on a fly ball out into center. Right to
Russell, who comes in, he can't get it. He gets
away from the ball, suddenly sunk. Stanky goes
onto second base and holds on. Russell seemed
to have that ball right there up against his
belt buckle. He just stood waiting. We said it
was right after Russell, then suddenly at the
last moment, he ran in a step and go for the
ball and had to trap it. The ball must have suddenly
sunk. The wind is not blowing in. The wind is
blowing out. So it wasn't a question of the wind
holding up the ball. It was a question of that
ball probably sinking. Sometimes those line drives
do that. So it is to be scored as a base hit.
So there's a break for New York. Break against
Bankhead. And let's see now whether the drives
can export this opening or just what happens.
Yesterday's ball game, the first meeting of these
two clubs. They dodged and hammered the Giants
early and often and beat them 8 to 1. The Giants
have lost all three of their games this year.
The Dodgers, after losing their first game with
Philadelphia, won the next two. So, Giants at
first and second, and Henry Thompson, the Negro
third baseman for the Giants, who broke the ice
for the Polo Grounders. Left -hand hitter is
up and takes a fast polo inside of Denise. Ball
one. One ball, no strikes. Down to the Brooklyn
bullpen, a fellow who wears number 15 by deliberate
design. Ralph Branca is warming up. Big towering
right -hander warming up with Sam Maron. The
Dodgers bullpen catcher. Caponello goes out to
the mound again to talk to Bankhead. Dom's in
trouble. He put himself in trouble by walking
Stanky without throwing a strike and then something
happened to that line drive and Russell, who
is a sure judge of a ball, didn't come up with
it. He's standing there waiting, competently.
1 -0 pitch. Quick curve in there for a tall strike.
One ball, one strike. The Dodger infield has
to be ready for the bunt if that's the way Leo
wants to play it. That of Thompson. This is T
-H -O -M -P -S -O -N, Henry Thompson, left hand
hitting third baseman. Getting a 375, three for
eight this year. In a crouch. The pitch. He takes
a curve. High inside for ball two. Two balls,
one strike. Bankhead. Born in Empire, Alabama.
Makes his home nine Memphis, Tennessee. 6 '1",
185 pounds. And probably the loosest looking
fellow on the mound you ever saw. In position.
Pitches. Fastball swung on and fouled back. So
the Giants have refused to go for the buck. And
the count is now two and two. Two balls, two
strikes. DeRosha coaching a third holler. All
right, Henry. So we have action at Ebbets Field,
Brooklyn. And there's always action here. Broadcasters
toward right. Groundkeeper Ed Durham. Under the
supervision of business manager Jack Collins,
got this ball parked manicured to where it looks
like you could eat off of it any place you wanted
to. Henry Thompson steps out to get Tyler Wade.
Two balls, two strikes, no score. The Giants
threatening here in the top of the first inning
at Ebbets Hill. Bankhead in position, Henry Thompson
crouches, severe crouch, left -hand hitter. Right
-hander, deals, curve, tip, and foul. And it's
good deal still. Campanella was fighting it like
it was a mad bumblebee trying to hold it. But
he couldn't do it. Catchers are not expected
to hold foul tips. There's never any other charge
against him. Any criticism leveled if they do
not hold them. If they do hold them, fine. If
they don't, well, that's the way it goes. Now
let's see. Bankhead coming to a stop. Looks at
second. Beals curve way outside the ball three.
He's a long way away from the plate on that one.
Three balls, two strikes. And visit your and
gum out there He doesn't look like he weighs
185 he is so bony and angular and he has a tremendously
loose hip motion Thank you at second Lachlan
at first. Thank you. Not too fast a second Lachlan
can fly at first in field and double play death
In two count they might be running. Let's see.
They pitch they don't go and that's a curveball
right for you It's up against the wall for an
extra nice hit Pace it on the bound. Senk is
coming around third toward the plate and scores
on the single and in the third goes Loughlin.
And it is 1 -0 New York. And DeRosha was right
when he didn't bunt Thompson when he produced
that base hit. So the Giants have gone out in
front and lead 1 -0. Have men at first and third
and nobody up. Looks like you're getting here
just in time because the pot is bubbling. Here
at Brooklyn. Here at Brooklyn. A .B. Chandler
is just coming in the ballpark now with President
Branch Rickey and they're taking a box down by
the Brooklyn dugout. You can see that also from
the commission staff is Dick Butler. Minutes
manager Jack Collins down there with them. The
commissioner was at Yankee Stadium yesterday.
Eversfield today. Bankhead making his first major
league start. Got nobody out. Pitching to his
fourth hitter. delivers Kerrball's one on hit
down to Robinson who's up for the first to reach
the second run out for the first double play
and Marklin scores the third and it's a 2 -0
win for the Giants. Simula bangs into a BP. It's
the first double play but the Dodgers have come
up against the Giants in their third double play
of the year. Marklin of course cruised in from
third on the double play so the Giants have two
runs in. Under the present scoring rules, Mueller
cannot be credited with an RBI, because the run
scored him, he was banging into an infield twin,
killing. Robinson to Reese and on to Hodges.
So to nothing, favor New York. Both runs earned,
and here is Bobby Thompson. Right hand hitting
very tall center fielder. Bankhead delivers,
the curve's going on, it's beaten down to the
big foul. Strike one. This kid, Bobby Thompson,
was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He's come a long
way, hasn't he? Horace, an infant, his family
moved to Staten Island, one of the five boroughs
in New York, and he came up with the Giants rather
than with the Dodgers. He never was a Dodger
player. Wonderful ballplayer. Hit .309 for the
Giants last year, 6 '2", 190 pounds. Backhand
pitches, fastball swung on, foul back. No balls,
two strikes. Leo de Rocha will tell you that
he believes... that this fellow up at the plate,
his center fielder, Bobby Thompson, T -H -O -M
-S -O -N, can, in 100 yards, outrun anybody in
baseball. He says he doesn't know whether Thompson
can outrun Jethro of the Braves at 60 yards,
but he knows he can at 100. Braves he can. This
fellow can fly. Long stride. Pitch. Strike three.
That's going over. So Bankett settles down. That's
looking to be right there in the pickle, that.
Two runs for the Giants. On two hits, the double
play finally turned the tide. So it's 2 -0 in
favor of the Giants, and the Dodgers are coming
in for their first licks for the afternoon. And
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And so it is coast -to -coast coverage of baseball's
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of the post -cereals. Or the newest, the sugar
cricks. Okay, here we go with Captain Peewee
Reese and Jack Kramer making his first start
in the National League. Comes down with a little
strike over the plate. Kramer's a trim looking
right -hander. He throws a fastball, throws slow
curves. Good control. Reese missed three for
14. Getting a 2 -14 right now. Kramer pumps.
Kicks, throws. There's a shot there. Rolls the
ball straight to K -R -A -M -E -R. Jack Kramer.
Atfield straight to short left. Reese swings
from the end. Swings and there's a high pop fly
in the short left center. Left fielder Lachman's
in. Unrich. Unrich. And he takes it for number
one. Go ahead one up and one's on for Brooklyn.
Last for the first hitting. The Giants leading
two to nothing. And this is baseball's most heated
rivalry. Giants and the Dodgers. And the Roasters
and the Giants trying so hard to win their first.
They've been under very heavy criticism for losing
their first three. especially in the face of
that big deal that was made with the Boston Braves
during the winter. You know, when Stanky and
Dock came from Boston to New York, and the Giants
sent Sid Gordon, Willard Marshall, Buddy Carr,
and Sam Webb to the Braves. And then the first
two games of the season, the Braves played the
Polo Grounds, won them both. And in the second
game, Gordon hit two home runs, won a Grand Slammer.
Boy, that's really having a boomerang come back,
hits right between the eyes. But as Leo said
today, it's a long season. George Schuba, left
-hand hitter, takes a high outside fastball.
Or one. Chuba has one break. He's being given
another chance. At the around toward right, right
side of the infield is back. It's a bright sun
and a bright sky. Pitch. Little curve right over
for a false strike. Kramer's one of these fellows
with pumps and pumps and hitches and tries to
catch you between swings. Pitches a great deal
of the style of feature role by the admission
of Kramer's new manager, DeRosha. Meldham Stock
is the Brooklyn third base coach. Jake Fittler,
old Sugarfoot Jake. This is his 56th birthday.
Fittler coaches his first. Weston gives the sign.
Kramer pitches and Schuber takes a fastball low
outside for a ball two. Kramer kicked on it,
that's where the pitch was and played up a lob
motion outside. Third baseman Henry Thompson
is about three full steps over toward short.
Short step dark is almost directly behind the
bag. The outfield is one drastically in the right
and they are playing Schubert wider than I've
seen any ball club play in the full toward right
field. In other words, straightaway left field
is wide open and inside third base it's wide
open. Sugar takes a curve over good for a second
strike to undo. Two balls, two strikes. They're
really ganged up in the right field on this fellow.
Pitler hollering down from first base. Come on,
George, you're the fella. Jack Framer with one
out, pitching his first inning in the National
League. He's fidgeting around out there on the
mound. There's nobody on base. Pumped once. Pumps
twice, right -handed kicks, high throws, fastball
swirled off, real deep on the right center fielder,
back goes Thompson way back in the corner, and
makes the catch, 390 feet away in the right center
fielder corner. First fielder, tagged it, but
it's just out on the two. Two man gone, and Jim
Russell trying his second game as a Dodger. He's
a switch hitter, or some people say a turnaround
hitter, and he's batting left -handed against
right -handed Kramer. Russell went two for four
yesterday. He hit a home run and he hit a triple.
And for every home run that is hit in a Brooklyn
ball game or every shutout pitch, there is an
award of a case of post sugarcrisp. So Russell
collected yesterday. The pitch, fastball on the
outside. Ball one. Famous monkeys around, pitches
here, pitches there. Al Balik, the first baseman,
probably just noticed that the bag had been kicked
a little bit out into foul ground, so he runs
up there and kicks it back into fair. Attention
to small details, very important. I'm prying
anything else. Slow curve outside to Russell,
and it is ball two. Two balls, no strikes. Dark
is coming in from short at his talking to Kramer.
Apparently Dark must have noticed that Kramer
has kicked on a couple of decisions. plate maybe
saying something to him. Johnson on top two to
nothing. He got two runs off Dan Bankhead right
at the bell. Bankhead began his own difficulties
by walking Stanky. That's the first rule in the
book of pitches. Don't walk him and certainly
don't walk that first. Two -nothing pitch. Curve
outside the ball three. Three balls and a strike.
In case you didn't join us on this broadcast,
we're the best buskers. It's post -serials. Thank
you, Walk. Went to second base as Lockman's line
driver apparently suddenly sank in front of Russell.
Russell seemed to have it caught all the way
and then dove for it and too late. Thompson single
off the right through wall again. One mule hit
him to a double play and the second run came
over. There's a call strike for Russell on the
outside. Fine crowd here at Ebbets Field and
the Dodgers and Johnson will be here tomorrow.
Game time tomorrow 2 o 'clock and business manager
Collins told us before today's game. There are
14 ,000 seats of all kinds that will be available
on sale at the park tomorrow when the gates are
open around noon. 3 -1 pitch, ball four and Russell
becomes the post guard runner with a base on
ball. Jackie Robinson who is hitting so far with
six hits for 11 at bat at 5 .44 the defending
batting champion. Presented by Fort Prick yesterday,
with a silver replica of a baseball bat sent
by the Louisville Slugger people. The Hillary
Memorial bat, emblematic of winning the batting
title last year. It was also voted the league's
most valuable player. Robinson's weight now is
208 pounds. He's in fine shape. Playing him straight
away. Wind is blowing to right field. Curve is
good on the outside for a false strike. Jack,
I think, is a little unhappy about it, but he
doesn't turn around. For the Giants, the veteran
Jack Cramer, making his first National League
appearance. He was formerly over there in the
American League with the Browns and the Red Sox.
Wes Westrom is catching. Jack Hoshman at first.
Russell is leading off at that point. Two out.
Stanky at second. Alvin Dock at short. The third
baseman is Henry Thompson. Cramer in position.
Beals curve high. And it is all one. It was very
high. One ball went right. In left field for
New York, Buddy Lachlan. The center fielder is
Bobby Thompson. And the right fielder is Don
Mueller. Hit the umpires again. It is Doug, Scotty
Robb, back of the plate. Al Balik is at first
base. And Donatelli, rookie National League umpire,
this is his second series in the National League,
is at second. Kramer coming down to his set position.
Delivers, Robinson swings, and the ball is a
bit sneaky. Take a little bit off of it. One
ball, two strikes. The crowd's a little quiet
for the moment, but they don't stay quiet at
Brooklyn Long. Robinson holding it club down
by the end. Strong right hand hitter. George
Sissler has helped him a great deal to become
the fine batter that he is. One and two pitch.
Curve outside. Jack takes it for a ball two.
Two balls, two strikes. Freeman, in no hurry
at all, back to the mound, put him in the rosin
bag. Two and two. Crackle, ready to get up and
go. It's as quick as you can say, sugar crisp,
and the thing happens, he's two out. Pitch, curve,
strong hit, down ball, take away from Sankey.
Goes up with it, the throw goes over to first,
Robinson's out by two running steps. Sankey to
Hoshman, and that's all for the last of the first
inning. There's really nothing to it when you
add it up. So the end of the first inning. Two
runs, they're both Aaron, two hits to no errors
for the Giants. For the Dodgers, no runs, no
hits to no errors. Now let's see what's on the
post scoreboard, and then we'll see about identifying
the stations, so let's see. In the National League,
nothing yet on the Cardinals and the Cubs. Philadelphia
playing at Boston, Kurt Simmons will go for the
Phillies, and Warren Spahn, top -winning left
-hander in the league last year, will go for
the Braves. Spahn making a second start, but
he beat the Giants opening day. Cincinnati's
at Pittsburgh, and at the end of the first inning
it is 3 -0 in favor of the Pirates. Hepke for
Cincinnati and Chesney's for Pittsburgh. In the
American League, Washington is playing New York
at the stadium, Steve Nagy for Washington, and
Bob Porterfield starting for the Yankees. Staub
is starting for the Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia
against Alex Kellner, and that gets you up to
date. And now, let's take a 20 -second pause
for station identification. Hi everybody, and
those of you who may have just joined us, this
is Red Barber speaking to you for post -serials
from behind home plate at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn.
The Giants are at bat in the second inning, Alvin
Dark first up, and New York is ahead of Brooklyn
two to nothing. Dan Bankett, the Dodgers, delivers
a fastball that's drilled in for a Carl Sparks.
Dark is hitting at 417, he's gotten off to a
good start with the bat. He has five for 12.
He's a fine ball player. Open stance, feet wide
apart. No ball, two strikes. Atfield. Swing around
into left. Infield is at the step because this
fella can run. Dough. Backs out of there. Takes
the heavy end of his bat. Knocks some play out
of his spikes. The infield has been treated with
Molder's sand this year. It is a darkish gray
color. Back to McStark chasing a low outside
hook. Second stack out for Daniel and rookie
Jack Hoshman stepping up. H -A -R -S -H -M -A
-N. Jack Hoshman. Minneapolis last year hit 270.
Boy indigenous to San Diego, California. 6 '2,
180 pounds. Do nothing, favor the Giants. Fine,
sunny afternoon. Hoshman takes fastball, just
too long. Ball one. We'll keep you posted on
the other ballgames as they go along. I think
that pitch is 2 -0. The end of the first inning
in the ballgame between the Washington Nation
and the New York Yankees was 1 -0 for the Yankees.
So that's not a good start this year. The Red
Sox. are leading at Philadelphia over the Athletics
3 -0 at the end of inning and a half. At the
end of two innings now, Philadelphia -Boston
in the National League, it's no score. The 2
-1 pitch to Harshman, foul tipped, and it's now
2 -2. The Cincinnati -Pittsburgh game is now
at the end of three innings, and it is 6 -1 in
favor of the Parrots behind Bob Chesney. Hepke,
who started for Cincinnati, was replaced in the
second inning by Kirk Peterson. That's the old
round to the right. Poshman left hand hitter.
Claim to call. This year he's had two hits for
11 at bats. Walker 182. But percentages are not
too indicative this early. 2 -2 pitch. Flash
ball. Foul tip. Still 2 -2. Thank you. Turn that
one loose. 2 -2. He can throw that ball. Sets.
No livers. Another foul ball. It's on the screen.
Two and two. Two balls, two strikes. Chance two.
Fudge is nothing. The wind is rather gusty this
afternoon. At times it is strong and it seems
to slow down. But the prevailing course of the
wind is out to right field, which is the short
field here at Eversfield. Those of you who have
never seen the park and heard about it, maybe
we'll better describe it for you. He took a pitch
to Hartman and swung on a ground foul outside
first. Pitch seven stops at his foot. Still two
and two. Right field at Eversfield is one of
the famous fields in all athletics. at this baseball
alone. It's a concrete wall in right field, which
goes up 20 feet off the ground. Then there is
an abyss of 20 feet of wire screen on top of
it. So the right field fence, while it is short
here at Brooklyn, is very high. It's 40 feet
high. So you just don't pop one into Bedford
Avenue, which is a big six lane highway in back
of it, or just a little bonded ball. Two -two
pitch. Three balls, two strikes. Bankhead really
wound up, and he can wind up on himself, too.
The distance down the right field line in Brooklyn,
which is relatively short, is 297 feet. Bankhead's
at the back of the mound. However, in right center
field, the wall standing away is 395 feet. Then
you have double deck stands beginning in right
center field. And going all the way around the
rest of the park and coming right back in to
the right field corner. In other words, it is
just right field itself that has the wall. 20
feet of concrete, 20 feet of screen, and the
scoreboard is also out there. And the scoreboard
is stuck out in front of it, which causes a series
of angles. The 3 -2 pitch. Strike 3, 3, and the
curve ball is hung on. Well, Bankhead has struck
out the first two here in the second inning.
Three strikeouts all goal. He got off to a shaky
start, walking stanky, and then having Lachman's
line drive sink in front of Russell when it looked
to be a certain catch for it out. Then Thompson
hit the right field wall for a single, the wall
we were talking about. Mueller banged into a
double play. The Giants had two runs, but from
that time on, Bankhead has gotten five outs,
pitching to his last four men. Wes Westrom, the
right -hand -hitting catcher for the Giants,
been around parts of the last two years. Open
stance, takes a curve outside, ball walk. Westrom
this year has not come up with a base hit, and
he's been up officially six trips. Two -nothing.
Play with the Giants. Always business when the
Giants and the Dodgers are on hand. So, better
ball low inside. Ball two. Posterior folks from
Bible Creek, Michigan way. Very happy to be sending
you this ball game from Brooklyn way. And whenever
the Dodgers are home on Saturday. So will come
these broadcasts. Two -nothing pitch. Curve over.
Good. Ball struck. Two balls, one strike. One
-one. That field toward left. Play Western to
pull. Bank had a right -handed deal. Fastball
low outside. Four ball free. See that one hard.
Simmons pushing in first. Hey, Wes, come on.
Get a good ball. Emmett's Field is one of the
smallest ball parks in the major leagues. It
seats nominally about 32 ,000. And part of its
great charm is its complete and immediate intimacy
with the game itself. You're never far away from
the players. 3 -1 pitch. Curve swung on and fouled.
On top of the third base stands, now to the park.
3 and 2. So whenever you are, you're actually
in the ball game, so to speak. You don't have
any great chasms and caverns and yawning distances,
etc. You can see the players here, here with
the coaches side. There's a lot of truth in the
statement that is endured through the years.
There's never a dull day with the Dodgers and
certainly never at Eddard's Field. in the atmosphere
right here. Something's gonna happen that'll
happen here at Brooklyn. Three -two pitch. The
high fly ball. Resultant deep out in the left
center. Russell, the center fielder, is under
it, waiting. We've got it. There goes the ball.
Nothing is false for the Giants. In the top half
for the second inning. At the end of the inning
and a half, it remains New York 2 and Brooklyn's
nothing. Carl Forello. Coming on now to be first
up for the Dodgers, last for the second inning.
Followed by Gil Hodges and then by Bob Morgan.
Jake Pettler coaching at first base for the defending
National League Champions. Melvin Stark at third.
Rello, who was hitting in August and September,
had much to do with Brooklyn coming up for the
planet. He was hitting almost 500 there in the
stretch, and that's the mark of the ball fair
that he is. Rello hitting now, 3 -15, 231. At
the old, back into right. Stanky on order from
Drossian. The bench moves back deep to second
base. Right -handed Kramer pitches a curve. It's
a called strike. It's a big, slow bender. Look
away from him. He caught the inside slice. No
balls. One strike. Throw something in his eye.
Steps out of the box for the moment. Kramer pumping.
Better than right -hander. Kick throws. Let a
ball in on the hands. He tried to make that look
like the pitch just now when he broke the curve
off the hands and over. Atrello stayed off of
it, and the count goes to one and one. Kramer
uses a lot of slow stuff. Manager bird shot into
the Dodgers who doesn't wear a uniform. Sitting
back there in the dugout. 21 -pitch, fastball,
low outside. Ball two. and then the fastball,
trying to crisscross from the outside. Two balls,
one strike. Well, it's looking to stick just
a little. He's quite strong. Two on pitch, fastball
outside, four ball free. So, three miles behind,
now three and one. Still has the orders. He looks
at third base coach Milton Stock. He usually
is the central man in the Brooklyn wigwag system.
Stock, of course, keeps his eyes glued on Boss
Shotton. They're in the dugout for the word.
In the Major League, these fellows just don't
go out there and do as they please, take orders.
The 3 -1 pitch. Swung on, hit sharply down the
short. Alvin Dock is up for the 20th time for
the throw to first, which is accurate for the
hospital, and Trello's up by two steps. The old
foul was hitting, and Dock dropped the first.
Gil Hadges, big first baseman, stepping up. Well,
to the straightaway lower center field stand,
it's 393 feet. Right center field to the lower
stands. Double decked out there, 351. And in
the left field corner, 348. Big Hodges, he's
really been hotter than a two dollar pistol.
Hitting at 700, 7 for 10. Big strong staff and
right hand batter. Outfield toward right. Takes
a fastball for a false right from the outside
above the knee. Hodges is a magnificent athletic
specimen. I don't know of anybody who has ever
seen him that wants any part of it. He has the
least trouble of any man on the face of the earth.
And he's awfully good -natured, which everybody
says, they're just grand. But if you're that
strong, you ought to be good -natured. He's just
coming into his own as a ball player. Big strong
guy from Indiana. 21 pitch, swung on as a high
ball deep under... Two to one game in favor of
the Giants. Morgan takes a good curve, false
strike. Looks like he says his mind is as big
and strong just in time. Infield straight away
on Bobby Morgan, who was the batting champion,
hitting his 337th International League last year,
and the league's most valuable player. Takes
a fast ball high inside, ball one. Pushing up
one from there after another to the Dodgers.
The great baseball dynasty being built for Brooklyn.
Tamer wants to sit with another baseball, so
an exchange of advocates is made. That in the
argument got played on by Rob. bringing up to
date on all the games on the focus scoreboard
as soon as the second inning is concluded. So
you hang around here. 21 pitches to Kerr, come
on and hit the foul. Out to that third baseman
with a pretty high shot. Ball is hit down toward
the giant bullpen, which is in the left field
corner. The giant and the visiting teams at Ebbets
Field use the dugout on the third base side and
the bullpen in the left field corner. The home
club, the Dodgers, use the dugout on the first
base side. And the both end in the right field
corner. Morgan in the pouch. Morgan strikes it
down. Same old pump one. Better right hander
once again. Kick time throws and Morgan spouses
it back. 0 -1 and 2. He's rated by a lot of annoying
baseball people as the best catcher in the game.
Why not? Stocky, powerful catcher every day.
Hatfield, around to what left? Payment delivers
and Capitola sits down. That's all right. Down
he went. There's a fastball. As the ball players
say, that would have been stuck in his ear if
he hadn't done it. baseball you don't think so
in fact is anybody who is connected with baseball
with this when you say that it's a game players
their wives club executives it's a business and
it's a rough game frame of deals and capital
swings and calls it off nice ball coming in there
took just a little bit off of it one -on -one
Fine crowd on hand, headed by Commissioner Chandler,
who's sitting down in the field box, branch breaking
the serves and the dodges. 21 -50. False strike.
On the outside, drove the knee. One ball, two
strikes. Two men out, chance leading by a tally,
two to one. really intricately out toward right.
If they win, it would help a high drive hit toward
right field. It would hold up to some degree,
a high fly ball hit out into left. It would help
on the bias, the ball hit high out in the center.
Two to six, curve going on, hit out into right
field, there's Hewlett back up against the goal,
but waiting for it, he makes the catch and can't
hold up into the top. So, Hodges is out at one,
and it's the run and the hit. at the end of two
innings, two runs, two hits, and no errors for
the Giants. One run, and one hit, and no errors
for Brooklyn. All right, we've been promised
that it'd be 7 -1 at post scoreboard. Now let's
take a look around. The Cardinals, who won their
first game and have lost their next three, are
at Chicago, where Bob Rush of the Cubs shut them
out yesterday, 2 -0. And Staley, who pitched
the opening game and the one victory for the
Cardinals so far, is going to St. Louis. Bill
Boydell. Who is now at his third ball club in
the league. From the Giants to the Braves and
now to the Cubs. Boiselle is making his first
start as a Cub for Chicago. Big right -hander.
Philadelphia's at Boston. Kurt Simmons, who's
counted on so much by Philadelphia, that young
hustling club that Bob Cobb has put together.
Simmons starting for Philadelphia and Warren
Spahn, who's already pitched and won a ball game,
and a complete win for the Braves. No score in
the two innings. In the three innings, Cincinnati
-Pittsburgh. It is 6 -1, favor the Parrots. That
test is for Pittsburgh. Hepsey started and then
Kent Peterson for Cincinnati County on the second
inning. In the American lay, Washington will
roll off 1 -0 in favor of the Yankees end of
the first inning. Boston and Philadelphia will
be nothing in favor of the Red Sox over the Athletics.
Nothing yet on Chicago, Detroit or Cleveland,
St. Louis, but we'll have results later. Now
a move into the third inning, and pitcher Jack
Kramer is the first jive hitter. Atfield, back
of the right. The wind has shifted and is blowing
up toward the right field corner now. Kramer,
right hand hitter. Bankhead pitcher, the curve,
over first strike. Kramer hasn't been up in the
National League this year, so of course we don't
have any batting percentage for him. high inside,
another hand, ball one. One and one. Things going
quietly for the second. They won't stay that
way long here at Brooklyn. Two on favor of the
Giants. Bankhead's pitch, fastball is tied inside
for ball two. that he targets thereafter. Pitch.
Oh, second strike, fast forward on the outside.
Now, Kramer steps out of there and starts arguing
with Rob a little bit. Going to. Rocha is hollering
from where he's putting a third base to Rob.
The first three men for the Giants got off. And
nobody else was shot. Two to one, favorite New
York over Brooklyn. Primo putting on his jacket
going back in the dugout. Stanky is hitting at
250, three for 12. Bankhead deals. Flash ball
high inside, ball one. And he hasn't gone as
fast as Stanky today. He walked him on four straight
pitches. Again, matters this afternoon. That's
the logo for us, right? just opened up getting
two runs off Boydell and getting him out of the
ball game at Chicago. Boydell hit 2 -0. Bankette
pitches 2 -2 to the tanky. And the curve gets
into the outside, and now the Brooklyn battery
is complaining. She lost to Price. Boydell started
to the Cubs. The Cubs got him out of there, and
Johnny Vandermeer, who were doing the winter,
went from the red to the Cubs, took over. So
the Cubs were bad in the last, the first inning,
and the Cubs were hit 2 -0. the Dodgers here
to have a feel. Two on. Thank you, Zahidah. One
out. Nobody on. Three -two pitch. Outside for
ball four. So thank you for the second straight
time, Jordan Walk. Two walks beaten up by Bankhead.
Whitey Lachlan, who is singled in the center
field. First inning. He's hitting the 375, 6
to 16. second at bat. The Pittsburgh Pirates
at the end of four innings are now leading the
Reds 9 -1 in the Pittsburgh game. Beard has hit
a home run. Westlake has hit one to give him
three in two days. Hernandez has hit one and
Kynah has hit one his second in two days for
the Pirates. Bankhead starts to get ready and
then throws over to first. He's learned a great
deal since he first got the chance to be Dodgers
a couple years ago. Come down. Stop and throw.
The curve swung on with a high -five ball in
this deep set -of -peel. Russell goes back. Back.
Sets. Makes the catch. Stanky is starting for
second base. And here's a throw coming in to
Robinson. And Stanky is safe. He makes it. Russell's
throw into Robinson's second base. He was just
on the short -stop side of second. Jack had to
go off to the ball and then try and dive back
in. And Stanky to Plasdon. and tagged up the
first and went into second base. The ball was
hit right back up against the center field wall,
290 feet away. Wow, that's Stanky, I guess, bringing
in his old teammate, Russell, doesn't have that
much arm. Both of them, the Boston's, got together
last year, the year before. Now Russell looking
in the ground. Here's he went. Well, how did
Stanky, who's not so fast, get the jump and beat
me? He did it. Stanky is in scoring position,
as they say in baseball or second base. And Henry
Thompson, left hand hitting third baseman, who's
single and got in the John's first run, the first
inning is up. He's 4 -for -9 this year, hitting
4 -44. It's 2 -1, favor New York. Stanky delivers.
Curve is low. Ball on. One ball, no strikes.
Stanky is second. Be careful not to get off too
far. All too. Bankhead asked for another apple.
Exchange it made. Post cereal people. And the
newest to the post cereals is Sugarcrisp and
it's going like wildfire. Very happy to bring
you this first regular season Brooklyn baseball
game. Not only in New York, but on... Coast to
coast hook up all over the country. Glad to have
you. Every Saturday the Dodger at home, be the
same. Two nothing pitch. Curve ball too high.
Ball ball free. Free and all. The man at second
base. Three nothing pitch. Probably for a call
strike. Confidence taking. Three and one. Henry
is probably on his own up there. They hit if
he pleases. It's not like this. He's been hitting
very well in his young season. Right hand to
bank. Get in position. Check. Second delivers.
High outside for ball four. So Thompson walks.
That's the third walk given by Daniel. Man at
first and second, two out. Up at the third. Campanella
goes after the mound, talk to the pitcher. Sam
Maron, the bullpen catcher for the Dodgers, gets
up there on the right field corner. Pends the
baseball over to Ralph Franka. And the big right
-hander who wears number 13, he's one of 13 children,
gets up, start warming again for the second time.
Branko was throwing steadily, wasting no opportunity
to get hot in the first inning. The John's got
the two runs and it looked as though the bankhead
was in one hit of being out of there. Managed
a shot and of course there's a lot of patience.
The John's opened up in a hurry. Now let's see,
Don Mueller, the left -hand -hitting rookie right
fielder in a crouch. Takes a high outside curve
for ball one. Thank you, second. Henry Thompson
can run off first. They're ready to take out.
Two men retired. 2 -1, New York. The pitch. Curve's
going on. There's a high pop fly in the short
left field. Shostak Reese is back. He's under.
Shostak's under and has it. Out number three.
And the Johnson goes by the boards. No runs,
no hits, and two men left. A wise man seldom
makes predictions about baseball or anything
else, but when something's practically sure fire,
you can't resist. And if ever I saw success in
the making, it's our new post -serial, Sugarcrisp.
In city after city, wherever it's been introduced,
Sugarcrisp is gonna smash it overnight. So when
we say it's gonna be one of the biggest selling
cereals in America, we're not just moving our
molars. Have you tried it yet? Sugarcrisp, you
know, is made of delicious big wheat puffs toasted
with sugar and honey. You just add milk or cream
and you've got yourself a truly tantalizing breakfast
dish. In fact, friends, sugarcrisp is so good
you'll want to eat it right out of the bag. For
breakfast, it's dandy. For snacks, it's so handy.
Or eat it like candy. Get a good supply at your
grocery, will you? Look for sugarcrisp. in the
red, white, and blue bag with the three brown
bears. It's a post -serial. Well, let's take
20 seconds now and hear who everybody is. We'll
pause for our station identification. He's two
to one in favor of the Giants. Just now, DeRosha,
rather loudly hollered for freedom by Robb and
put up quite a squawk. A lot of talk, but much
to do about nothing. And here is Bankhead, the
Brooklyn pitcher, up for his first at bat, and
he's a good hitting pitcher. Swings and now the
line drive over short out of the left field,
and it's in there against the wall for a base
hit. Bankhead is running the second base. It's
going to be at least a double. He took the toenails
off that one. Bingo. Big line drive. Bankhead
in his first major league at bat when he came
up with the Dodgers a couple of years ago, hit
a home run. So he lined the double off the left
field wall and puts for himself the tying run
at second base. That's the second Brooklyn hit.
Time is called while a sweater is taken off the
Bankhead. It's a chosen afternoon even though
the sun is out and it's very pleasant sitting
in the sun. the Brooklyn Bat Boy has just carried
a jacket, windbreaker, out the bank head. The
Dodgers are wearing their home whites and the
Giants are wearing their road greys, trimmed
in black and orange. Rustham is down, giving
the sign. Kiwi Reese, who's tied out to left
field, is first at bat. He's got 200 so far,
3 for 15. These batting contenders we give you
are right up to the time the batter is there
at the box. Bankhead who can run off second,
nobody out. Kramer pitches a curve low outside,
ball walked. Speaking about our batting percentages,
we're very happy on our broadcast to have with
us a very competent young statistician, Bob Prasade,
been with us for the last three years now. We're
all bat on to give you the best broadcast we
can. We got a fellow we want you to meet in the
fourth inning, too, that you're going to like.
A fellow named Connie Desmond. You and I have
only been together eight years. We're almost
on speaking terms. Reese backs out of there.
Kramer, who has been just fussing around. Now
is up on the mound, finally. He's in no hurry.
Reese leading in. In field, up a step. The pitch
is over. Fastball for a call strike above the
knees. He was a fast bowler, just a little bit
taken off. Kramer is a change of speed pitcher.
It's sometimes hard to detect just whether he's
putting on or taking off. The Dodgers have a
tying run at second, nobody outlasted the third
inning. The Giants, two and Brooklyn one. Kramer
asks for the sign again, steps off the rubber,
and he's on. Right -hander sets pitches, a curve.
Now for Carl's second strike. And Reese walks
out of there. One ball, two strikes. If you're
going in for personal popularity, don't take
up the profession of umpire. Anytime you call
a player that's anyway is a tall on the borderline,
as sure as you call it, you're going to have
50 % of the colors in these monkey suits out
here unhappy. And one ball, two strikes. Wind
blowing out the right field. Reaches a left field
hitter as a row. Peewee gets out of there, gets
out of waiting on Kramer. Go to right -hander,
comes down, stops, delivers, curve outside for
ball two. Going to for tomorrow's ball game,
Jack Collins. Business manager of the Dodgers
is advised there'll be 14 ,000 seats of all kinds
on sale when the park is open tomorrow. Don Newcomb
is to be the starting pitcher for the Brooklyn
Dodgers. Big, giant right -hander. Ball for DeRosha,
it might be Mario Kennedy, or it might be Sheldon
Jones. Leo said there's a possibility it might
even be Hartong, one of the three, probably one
of the first two. Two -two pitch to reach. Swung
on, there's a ground ball down the short. Bankhead's
going over third. Dark throws for third base,
and Bankhead is out. Henry Thompson. And Reese
holds it first. So that was a nice play. Shortstop
dark over to Thompson. Bankhead figured he could
get over there. He runs pretty fast. But as a
general rule, when you're in a spot like that,
you don't try and go over the ball's head ahead
of you with less than two out. In other words,
you stay up there. If there's any question about
it, you stay at second base. Makes the play go
to first. So what has happened is the Dodgers
have accumulated one out. and their potential
tying on his move from second all the way back
to first base. Reese is on it first, scored as
he appealed his choice. Bankhead is out at third.
There was no force on that play at all. He wasn't
forced to go over the short step to the third
baseman. And Augie Donatelli, the umpire, was
right on top of that play at third too. He had
it. George Schubert, who hit... Quite a fly ball,
but Thompson, who can cover a lot of ground,
made quite a catch out of it in the first inning.
Schuba has one hit for nine at bats. Of course,
if he doesn't pick up, that means that Gene Harmanski
will be out there in left field. Rob takes a
new ball, running it up. field has also swung
drastically around for the first place. This
place, Schuber, is tricky right field hitter.
Reese at first, one retired, Giants two, Rogers
one, tying run at first. Right hander came with
pitches and Schuber takes an outside one, about
a three -quarter speed pitch for ball one. Fun
and all. Curve, low end side, ball two. See that
Eddie Brannock, the veteran and vulnerable, the
very capable road secretary of the New York Giants
has moved over and is sitting with Commissioner
Chandler now. Harold Parrott, the young road
secretary of the Dodgers, is sitting on the other
side of the commission, so the commissioners
sort of learn all the facts, I guess, about how
the fellas go around this league. I think he
knew him already. I see Schuber up there too
and all. Takes a curve low inside for ball three,
so Kramer says, give me another ball. Over in
the giant dugout, that is the club box at the
third base end of the giant dugout, Harris Stonem,
the president of the Giants, and his assistant,
Gary Schumacher, who's one of the great baseball
writers, one of the New York Journal American,
before he went there with Stonem. and Stonem's
friend and fellow calls up number one Jard Roodle,
it might be, Toot Shaw, they're sitting over
there. There's a 3 -0 pitch at par 4, it's a
3 -0 walk, and Kramer has the tying run behind
him at second base again. Walks Schilber right
here, that pushes Reese over to second. Second
walk given up by Kramer, and the Giants are a
little bit starved now. Catcher Weston goes out
to the mound, third baseman Henry Thompson comes
over to the mound. There's been no activity down
in the giant boat then, where Herman Franks was
holding for. And right now, there's a little
merriment going on. A balloon flew out of the
left field stands. And Ray Mueller, one of the
giant catchers, went out there left field and
had a little trouble trying to catch up with
it. Every time he'd lean over for it, some little
perverse breeze would blow it away. But he got
it. I say everything happens in Brooklyn. You
just wait around. It won't happen yet. But here's
Jim Russell. Rather strong, I think, by two different
plays out there in center field. One that Bollie
didn't come up with in the first inning, and
that mistake, he goes from first to second, and
the fly ball is caught just now. Russell takes
the fast ball over for a called strike. Russell
walked in the first inning. That's the run toward
right. Wind is blowing toward right, and as if
Russell would pull one, the wind would be with
him. Infield is Alfonso Ruiz at second, Krueger
at first, the both get in. Flamie Deos, pass
ball high outside, all one. He'll put the fellow
away from him, he'll take away to a degree, he
has a bullet to the core by making him to the
other field. Josh leading two to one. Third and
final game of this series, tomorrow afternoon,
two o 'clock. good at its deal. Russell, get
us out of there. We've rattled out a home between
every one of Kramer's pictures. Now here's Thank
You coming in from second base to the mile. He's
got a visit with Kramer. The second baseman goes
jogging back. His father -in -law is looking
for a base coach to make him stop. One -on -one
pitch. Carras hung on hip drive down the stanky.
Who's up with it? Over the second of golf. One
-out throw on the first base. Another play. is
Becky the dog and over to Hoshman at first base.
No runs, one hit, so Bankhead didn't help himself
when he ran over to third base when Reese hit
that half speed ground ball short. Well folks,
post -serials, very happy to bring you the ball
games. Very quickly let me run over the post
scoreboard. At the end of an inning and a half
of the Cardinal Cup game, it is three to one
in favor of the Cardinals. At the end of five
innings, the Phillies and the Braves, it is 1
-0 in favor of the Phillies. At the end of five
and a half innings of the Pittsburgh -Sit -Static
game, it is 9 -1 in favor of the Porridge, with
Beard, Westlake, Fernandez, and Kynah hitting
home runs. That gives Westlake three for the
year and Kynah two. In the American League, at
the end of three innings, Washington is leading
the Yankees, 4 -1. And they got Porterfield out
of there, in favor of Sanford. At the end of
four innings, the Red Sox lead the Athletics,
4 -0 behind Starr. Chicago and Detroit have begun
white for Chicago and put them on for Detroit
and it is no score at the end of half an inning
nothing yet on Cleveland at st. Louis because
of the divergence in time which always a few
moments ago that Connie Desson was coming on
to do the middle of the ball game for you I don't
know a finer broadcaster and more important a
finer man I've often said and I'll repeat it
again as long as we get close to coast listening
today anytime Desson quits I'm going to go right
out with it So, here is Mr. C .J., better known
to the trade as Connie Desmond. And friends,
here's Konya. Thank you, Red. Bobby Thompson
leading off. Al Dark will follow, and then will
come Jack Hoshman, the big first baseman. So,
Dan Bankhead making his first major league start
has got himself a honey going here. New York
got him brought two to one. Bankhead swings into
his windup, comes out with his first pitch, a
curve ball in there for a strike. Thompson 4
for 9. He was off to a very slow start in the
first two games. The Giants played over at the
holograms with Boston. But he's found the range,
getting it 4 -44. He figures to be one of the
big guns in the Giants' attack this year. Comes
up almost on the tips of his toes. He levels
that stick. Bankhead spins down in through there
with a curve, like too close. Too on the way.
It stands in favor of New York. Opfield has set
up just about straight away here on Bobby, and
they're deep. Alvin Dark waiting on deck. Bankhead
serves the strike two pitch, curve outside. Of
course he can afford to throw a couple of waste
balls now as he jumped ahead with two quick strikes.
Post Serials, very happy to be sending it all
your way. Russell has gone over a few steps in
the left -center field. Now the 1 -2 push to
Thompson. He lays off with a high fastball. The
Dodger Batboy is walking down towards the bullpen
with some information from Bonnie Shotton. I'm
sure there'll be any fireworks. Wants a couple
of fellas to be up and ready. Now Bankett throws
2 -2 again, swung on and chops out along the
third baseline. Morgan up with it. Bobby showed
a high defense on it. 0 -5 for three of you scoring.
One away in the top half of the fourth inning.
Giants beating the Dodgers 2 -1. Daggy opened
the ball game with a walk. Lachman single him
on to second base. Thompson got him in with a
crack in the left center field. Sending Lachman
around to third base. And then when Mueller hit
into a double play, Lachman scored from third
base. That's how the Giants got their two. With
one out in the second inning, Hodges unloaded
a big four base blow deep back in the left center
field stands. It was quite a wallop. First pitch
to dark is high for ball one. Bankett, after
that wobbly start, is settled down. Not given
a hit since Thompson, who was the third man up
in the first inning, hit a run in. Bankett shows
again over on fastball, whizzed right through
there for a cold strike. Deceptive almost swivel
hip motion out there on the mound. And he's got
a little fancy flutter kick along with it. Then
Binscombe down the curve, outside. Dark ran up
as if to bunt. Pitch was way wide. All two strike
one. Dark hitting a .385, five for 13. He and
Stanky came to the joint, you know, and one of
the biggest, if not the biggest. Winter trade.
Setting Sam Webb, Sid Gordon, Willard Marshall,
and Buddy Kerr up to the hubs. Bankhead goes
outside, 3 -1. The weight stands now. One down
here, top half of the fourth inning. DeRoscher
walking up and down, scratching away with his
spikes there. At third base, Freddy Fitzsimmons
coaching at first. Bankhead behind now. strike
one pitch way outside ball four and dark is on
walk number four given up by Dan Jack Harshman
struck out his last time up big tall gangly first
baseman left hand hitter have a little trouble
getting that bat on the baseball hitting at 167
Got a couple of base hits. One of them was a
home run at the Polar Grounds against the Braves.
Came with a couple on, too. The Giants, you know,
have yet to win their first ball game of the
1950 season. Dark at first base. Bankhead's pitch
came down. Harshman steps away from the curveball
and broke tight up against him. Ball one. This,
you know, is the ballpark that haunched the Giants.
some of the rough ones they've lost over here.
We go back about five, right up at the base of
the concrete right field fence to haul it in.
Two out. Brings up the big burly catcher of New
York, West Westroom. And if West knew some place
where this old bay sits, he'd be a pretty good
customer right now. He's 0 for 7. Down she comes.
Jack Kramer is with the St. Louis Browns and
the Boston Red Sox. He had a great year in 48,
won 18 and lost 5. Then in 44 he helped pitch
the St. Louis Browns to their first pennant in
the World Series and he won a World Series game
too. Dodger infield laying back of course. Two
away, they're going for the big out here. New
York out in front, 2 -1. Pumps come down to curveball,
but it's low under the knees, ball one. First
base open. Eddie Snikey's out on deck with Windbreaker
on. It's rather chilly in the shadows here at
Evans Field. Ralph Frank is up throwing down
on the bullpen for Brooklyn. Backhead, Lines
comes in again with a curveball over for Wright.
And it's one and one. Bright, sunshiny day here
in Brooklyn, USA. Down comes another one. The
first pitch here to Stanky comes down with a
twin on and foul back up over our heads behind
home plate. Strike one. Well the Dodgers thought
they were in a good spot with a pitcher coming
up but things didn't work out that way. Mr. Kramer
was the boy who was in the good spot. Big DC
six flying over into LaGuardia. Bankhead pushes
again a little Eddie. High inside. Ball one.
Ball one. Strike one. Kramer made sure there
wasn't anybody on after he swatted that one.
Boy, that's the insult supreme. The pitcher hits
a home run off you. Curve drops in there for
call strike two. Ball one, strike two. Five to
one. Play for the Giants. Roger's got a little
smile on his face now. He hasn't had much to
smile. this year. Bank gets next with a curve
that is low, ball two. Three runs in here in
the top half of the fourth inning. Five to one,
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work to do. Robinson will lead it off. Jack has
been up once and grounded the second base. Willow
will follow and then will come Big Hodges. It's
been the one man assault for Brooklyn today.
Big home run. Robinson lays off and picks it,
wrinkles outside ball one. Bobby Thompson out
in center field is shaded over towards right
center on Robinson. Lockman is straight away
out on the left and Don Mueller, the right fielder,
is playing over in front of the scoreboard. Sort
of fanned out. Kramer throws a gun a little outside,
ball two. New York five, Brooklyn one. We have
two very slow pitchers working. Ball game in
the last half of the fourth inning and it's an
hour and a half old. Kramer kicks them down,
another one on the outside edge for a call strike.
Two and one. Branca continues to throw it out
on the bullpen. The Dodgers get down deep enough,
they may hit for Bankhead, or maybe this will
be all for Dan. We'll have to wait and see. That's
shotton's job, not mine. Now the 2 -1 pitch,
Twonahan and Vazfolie down toward short. Third
baseman Thompson is over. Up with it and goes
the first for the out. I don't think Dark could
have made the play. Henry Thompson hustled over,
cutting in front of the short fielder, scooped
it up, and threw him out. Five to three of your
scoring. One away now as Carl Perillo steps in.
Trushed up Dark, threw him out. Carl let off
the second inning. First pitch, he let up one,
went on and hit down into the hole between second
and third. There's a long show by Dark. In time,
a bang -banger over first base. So Barillo is
out on a fine play by Blocky Dark. Now had to
go into the hole and that's the toughest play
for a short stop to make. Over to the right,
scoop up the ball deep, then turn and make the
throw accurately and in time. And Barillo, one
of the fastest men on the squad. that he made
it. Two down. Gil Hodges splashed a big home
run with one away in the second inning. The second
of the year with a Dodgers loan tally is up.
Gil batting at 727. Pitch outside. Down here,
last of the fourth inning, five to one New York.
Kramer sends another one through there for a
call strike. Ball one, strike one. The cricket
line of the Giants are deep and around into left.
Inter -depend, playing back deep. fellow up there
Gil Hodges can really overpower that baseball.
Now the 1 -1 pitch over and fastball double the
time if the strike too cold. The way Kramer's
pitching today it's hard to believe that the
Red Sox who need pitching very badly would cut
him loose. He's got it today so far. You've got
to get them in the clubhouse. Oh, they're yours.
Oh, that really had him himself. Go down he goes,
a -wavin'. First strikeout on the way for Big
Kramer. Down the Dodgers go out, trailing 5 -1.
Managers shot him. He plays things pretty close
to the vest. Excited that Bankhead had had enough.
But he was in there, he walked four, struck out
three, gave up five runs and but four hits. Oh,
Ralph Rankin. Firing him down out there. Big
Ralph was in 34 ballgames last year, won 13 and
lost five. Lives in here by Mount Vernon, New
York. He's a big guy. 220 pounds. And down in
the Dodger bullpen, Jack Vanta, a right -hander,
is up and throwing. So let's see what the Giants
will do here in the top half of the fifth inning.
Lachman, Thompson, and Mueller will be coming
up in that order. Five to one, New York. Most
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down near third and takes it to the up. Loughlin
is retired by Blanca, comes out here in the fifth
inning on one pitch. Bobby Morgan, the third
baseman, could have made the play too, but Reese,
the shortstop, was angling over and had a better
shot at it. So the Dodger captain went in for
the catch. Went away, top of the fifth. And Henry
Thompson, with a perfect afternoon, a single
and a walk is up, getting it 4 -44. Four for
nine, left hand hitter, steps away from the fastball
inside. Wiker was troubled with a bad arm. Down
at Vero Beach, the Dodgers spring training quarters.
Brownie had an abscess tooth taken care of. And
then the arm trouble disappeared, so Ralph was
ready to go. That shot just dropped him in here
on a relief roll. Ralph goes again and gets it
in for a call strike. Now the 1 -1 pitch, a lineup
curve, too high. Ball two. him down another pitch
and this one is Nixon. I'll make that officially
ball four. That was awful close. Official score
says no ball four, no hit batsman. So if you're
scoring, put a W down next to Thompson's name.
Up there now is Don Mueller, the right fielder.
Dodgers infield in double -play depth. Thompson
goes down to second. The pitch swung on and rolled
out to Robinson. Jack's throw is to first base
and Henry now is down at the pick -up post. That
was a hit -and -run play and all Jack could do
was make his play to first base because Thompson
was off as Franka came down with his pitch. Mueller
also hit it rather slowly out toward second base.
There was no chance for a double play. Bobby
Thompson. We took call strike three in the first
inning and brought it out to Morgan his last
time up third. Two out. Top half of inning five.
Score five to one. Favor of New York. First push
to Thompson. Swung out a dribble slowly down
along the third baseline. Morgan's got to come
fast. Picks it up close to first not in time.
A swiver down along the third baseline. Branker
came off the mound. He could not feel the ball
as it trickled by him. Morgan had to come all
the way. Made a bare hand pick up and another
hand flew over to Hodges, but not in time. And
Thompson who can fly. They nicknamed him the
flying scotch, you know. Out -legged for a base
knock. On to third base comes Henry Thompson.
So Brank is in trouble right now with a good
hitter coming up. Blackie Dark. Now struck out
his first time and walked the last. Mata continues
to throw down there to Sam Naran's big lip. The
Dodger bullpen along the right field line. Dark
right -hand hitter, runners on it, first and
third, two out here. Dark lays off a high fastball,
ball one. Dark getting a .385. Outfield shifted
into left. Although Dark sprays a lot of base
hits in the right field. Franka holds his stretch,
checks both runners. Pitches, one on and hit
out the short, races up with it, throws to Robinson,
they get a force play on Thompson. No runs, one
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hear a little stirring around Ebbets Field. They
just posted five big runs for the New York Yankees
in the last half of the fifth inning. And they
now move out in front of Washington by the score
of six to five. The Red Sox in Philadelphia at
the end of five innings are tied up 4 -4. Stubbs
against Kellner in that ball game. Chicago and
Detroit have just started. Bill White for the
White Sox. Art Hudeman for Detroit. Chicago failed
to score on their half of the first inning. Bobby
Feller going for Cleveland against St. Louis'
W. Obermeyer. Pick up the nice to make as we
go along here. Bobby Morgan leading off for the
Dodgers, 5 -1 in favor of New York. Kramer comes
down to his first pitch, got a curveball that
is swung on and foul tipped back. Jack Maddock
continues to throw down on the bullpen. The National
League for the Cardinals, it is Jerry Staley
who won his first start. Cardinals have three,
Chicago one. Boys all started, Vandermeer in
the first and Paul Minner the former Dodger in
the third inning. Philadelphia won, Boston nothing
at the end of five innings. Kurt Simmons for
the Cullys, Warren Spahn for the Braves. Kramer
takes too much time and Morgan backs out. Pittsburgh
having a picnic at Forbes Field, leading Cincinnati
9 -1. The knock at home runs over that short
left field fence too, out in Mr. Greenberg's
gardens, as they call it. Morgan takes high.
Beard hit a home run in the second inning with
one on, his first of the year. Wally Ruslick
hit his third in the third inning with nobody
on. Danny Fernandez hit one in the fourth with
nobody on, his first. Ralph Conner hit one in
the fourth with a man on, his second. Kramer,
triple -pumping out there, kicks up, comes down,
picks one on, and hits two out in the centerfield
for a base hit. to Roy and the ball gets away
from Weston. Morgan's passed the second and holds
up. Ball skidded in the dirt and Weston was able
to partially block it to keep it from going behind.
Cal Abrams is out on deck. They hit for a blanket.
So it looks like Manta will be coming on to be
the third Dodger pitcher in this ball game. Big
Jack now comes to his top position. Morgan down
off first base to pitch to Campanella. Swung
on, hit down to third. in the last field. Pitch
into Abraham to low curve with all one. Cavadilla
on a first base. Morgan is at second thanks to
the error by the third baseman, Henry Thompson.
That ball was hit sharply down the third and
swiftly enough to start a very easy double play.
The Dodgers will take runners anywhere they can
get them against this Kramer. Outlander's pitch,
fastball outside. grocery order you have you
better do it all right now now the two nothing
pitch curveball on the inside corner first strike
ball two strike one that continues to throw he
wants to be ready when he comes in sheldon jones
the right hander warming up strike two Billy
Cox is here with a ball club but not a uniform
that bad back it is for a pinch hitter to go
up there and take call strike three. Well, DeRosha's
out of the mound once again. Peewee Reese coming
up, bringing a couple of sticks. Well, the last
board of directors meeting for New York worked
out all right for them. They went out there,
talked it over, and struck out Abram. DeRosha
decided, well, it's a good one, so I might as
well try it again. Kramer, of course, you know,
just coming into this league. is not too well
acquainted with these hitters. DeRosier has been
around a long time. This tells him the series
of pitches he wants. Bob Morgan down at second
base. Roy Campanella first with one out here.
Last of the fifth inning. And the Giants leading
the Dodgers five to one. Kramer now goes to work
on Reese. Right hand hitter. First pitch off
the corner by one. Peewee's having a tough time
starting. He has three base hits on a 16th match
for a very low percentage of 1 -8 -8. And when
you get about $35 ,000 a year, you just don't
hit 1 -8 -8. Kramer taking his time. He's in
his spot here. He wants to wiggle out of it.
The bat is just about ready. Throw on a couple
of leisurely pitches. Both runners lead away
now. The pitch, Reese takes a curve outside.
That was awful close. Reese didn't know whether
to go at it or not. Checked his swing and it
flipped outside. Slider. Ball two. winning his
first game of the year. He lost one, the opening
day of Simon against St. Louis. Pittsburgh nine
runs, 12 hits in an hour. Cincinnati two runs,
eight hits in no hour. Great home runs all over
the place. Kramer pulls him down the pitch, on
the corner for a strike. Three -one now on race,
and Pugh takes a long look down to Milton Stock
coaching at third base. They see what they want
them to do about this one. Big pitch for Kramer.
Here it is. Oh, a side ball. Kramer walks Reese.
That pushes Morgan around to the far turn. Campanella
goes to the middle stop. And Reese is at first
base with one down here. for the fifth inning.
George Schuba, who's been trying to battle his
way on this ball club, could endear himself to
the hearts of many a Flatbush follower by nudging
one right now. They're stocked up for him. Kramer
doesn't have a place to put anybody else. Now
his first pitch to Schuba, a curveball drops
on the inside corner for a strike. Boy, look
at those umpires in the stands. The order of
the three men are going to get paid for doing
their job today of crawling balls and strikes
and outs. We're safe. Messers Rob, Barlich, and
Donna Teller. Strike one on Schuba, left hand
hitter. There's a pitch. 11. One look ahead,
Jimmy Russell, the switch hitter, is out on deck.
Here's the pitch. Kershaw, a little weak foul
ball, hit off first base. Harshman under it and
takes it for the out. No two outs. Schuba, uppercutting
the curve ball, fouled it up and into the myth
of Jack Harshman, the giant first baseman. Jimmy
Russell, what a big day yesterday. having a little
trouble today, get into a double play, and walked.
Also had a little action in the outfield, a fly
ball that he missed. Judge dropped in front of
him for a base hit on Blockman's bat in the first
inning. And then Stanky, who is not a speed merchant,
picked up and moved from first to second on a
fly ball that was hit to not too deep center
field. Well, all of that will be forgotten. Mr.
Russell can unload here. Two up. New York five,
Brooklyn one. Mattanow is finished up on the
bullpen and is walking in towards the Dodger
bench. Kramer into his lineup, kicks him down
the pitch outside, ball one. Also, two for five
in this young season. Figures out that the count
is at 400. Switch at her batting left at it against
Kramer's right hand stuff. Outfield swung the
way around in the right. Infield laying back.
Right side very deep. Harshman stacking. Ball
on. Kramer ready to gale off another one. Here's
the pitch. High outside fastball. Ball 2. Lease
at first base. Campanella at second and Bobby
Morgan at third with 2 down. That's the picture
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anywhere they can get them. This you know, the
most heated rivalry in baseball. Josh and Brooklyn.
Now the three nothing pitch and it is on the
call for a strike. Jamer hanging on the edge
out there. He's got a four on lead. Five to one
New York. after picking off his side from Milton
Stock, coaching down third base, steps back in
again. Kramer now goes into his pumping motion.
Count three one, here's the pitch. Go after three
bad pitches, Kramer. He's got two good ones in
there, one a fastball and the other a curve.
They run the count all the way down and now the
marrying arrival starts. Full count. Two outs,
bases loaded, they'll be off and running at every
field. Morgan at third, Cavanaugh at second,
Reese at first, two outs. Everybody goes, Kramer
into his full windup, here comes the pitch, and
it is low for ball four. Jimmy Russell just walking
with a Saks Soap. Austin Morgan. And you must
credit Russell with a run about it in, by the
way. They're keeping score. That brings up Jackie
Robinson, the National League defending batting
team. What a big blow to get the Dodger right
back in this one. 5 -2 New York. Kramer, rattling
around in trouble out there. Big Jack kicks him
down a pitch way outside. Coming up for New York,
Mata, who will go on to pitch the top of the
sixth inning, is already ready. Sitting on the
Dodger bench right now. Robinson up. All for
two today. Go outside curveball, ball two. Jack
Brown at the second base, and the third in his
two previous trips. hitting at 462, 6 for 13.
Now this is the spot to bump out his 7th hit.
Here's the pitch. One -on -a -miss. Carl Carter
check his swing to put her on. Strike one. Jimmy
Russell with a tying Kelly is at third base.
We have another final score. Bob Elliott came
up with a home run in the last half of the eighth
inning to beat the Phillies three to two. And
Warren Spahn gets his second win of the year.
So Elliott is a big man in the hub tonight. He's
been busting the Dodgers now. two to the Dodgers
and two to the Braves in their opening series
of Polo Grounds. And with Kramer pitching along
behind a 5 -1 lead, things were rather pleasant
in the giant dugout. And then... Jones is tuning
up out there in the hill. Tell you a little bit
about him. Jones in 42 ballgames last year with
New York won 15 and lost 12. He had an overall
average of 3 .35. He was born out in Tecumseh,
Nebraska. Now makes his home at York, Nebraska.
Six footer, about 180 pounds. Right hander. This
is his first relief job of the year. Started
a ball game and lost it. So he has a record of
no wins in one setback. Well, he's all tuned
up. Says he's ready. We'll see. his first time
up with one out in the second inning and struck
out the last time as the man he'll be serving
him up to. Jack Maddow has picked half a ball
game already and the goal pen is going at it
again. All these days in football. Coach Cereals
happy to be sending a disgorgy. 5 -5 tie on the
last half of the fifth inning. Ball game two
hours and fifteen minutes old. field deep and
around to the left as Big Hodges comes up. Robinson
down off third base. Rullo off at first. Down
the pitch. Swung on and fouled back. The Dodgers
have their two running champions out there. It's
a good spot for a double stealer. They want to
work it that way. But they got a good hitter
up there too. If you were a manager, what would
you do? Two out. If I was a manager, I'd look
for my paycheck every month. You know there are
six new managers in the National League this
year. I'll just big strong Hoosier Robinson jumping
off third the pitch way outside gets away from
Washington no advance over ball to strike one.
Last half of the fifth inning. The Dodgers with
four runs have tied the ball game. 5 -5. Robinson
still taking that long, jumping lead down off
third base. Henry Thompson, the third baseman
of New York, is playing back rather deep. Jones
standing on the mound, now goes to his stretch
position. Robinson jogging around the short of
first base, and Perillo is the one that has to
get back. Carl was rather half -fascinated by
Robinson's jumping off third base and Jones wheeled
her out and dealt one over to Harshman and Carl
had to go back hands first. Now Carl leads the
way again Robinson out off third base. There's
a 2 -1 pitch. One -on -a -miss. Oh Hodges took
a cut at that one like he was going to knock
it over to Eastern Parkway. Ball two, strike
two. For those of you around the country, Eastern
Parkway is about four blocks from here. Jones
ready. Here's the two -twoer. Inside, ball three.
So, with two out, Marullo will be going. Robinson,
of course, at third base, will have to play it
safe. Henry Thompson, the third baseman, out
comes over to talk to Sheldon Jones. The official
pay the tennis today, 19 ,067. Harold Parrott,
the traveling secretary of the Dodgers, gracefully
bringing it up here. Now Robinson with a big
long, catalyzing lead down off third base. Oh,
here's the pitch, Grillo goes. Four big tallies
on one, two, three base hits. One giant error,
a costly one that opened the door on the Dodgers,
sneaked in for four, and there were two walks.
They were costly, too. One of them forced in
a run. Kept the inning alive, shut it up for
Robinson's single to get two in, and Perillo's
single in the right field to score Russell with
a tying run. And that is that. Top half of the
sixth inning. Jack Fanta now pitching for the
Dodgers. Well, Fanta just need to throw many
warm -up pitches. All he's hoping is that he
didn't lose his ball game right down in the bullpen.
It's been done before. It's like the old gag
they used to tell on Bill Terry in the last game
of the World Series when he had Carl Hubble down
in the bullpen and never used it. They lost the
ball game. The question was, what were they saving
Hubble for? Certainly not the senior prom. The
first pitch now to the big first baseman, Jack
Marshman, is outside ball one. Banna, you know,
who was a hero on the last day at Philadelphia
last year, coming out on relief after Big Newcomb
had blown a five -round lead. Banna went on to
pitch the Dodgers to a 9 -7 win and the pennant.
Gets his turnball over the outside corner for
a strike. Banna had a little, uh, teeth trouble
too this year. have a couple of impacted wisdom
teeth pulled. I think he's got one more to come.
Turn him high outside ball two. And he had the
aches and the pains. Didn't do much work down
at Dodger Town at Barrow Beach. So he had to
work himself in the shade, but he's all right
now. Kicks him down to pitch full on and foul
away over to the Dodger Batracks. Coach Serial,
your host today, friends. Harshman, Weston, and
Jones will be coming up with that order. Nobody's
throwing down at the New York bullpen. That'll
be the order. Outfield shifted around to the
right. Turbol, it takes Harshman's bat and then
gets behind. Two and two. All two strike two.
Harsman and Lafayette at first base doing spring
training at Phoenix. And on their swing through
the country and back to the polo gown. And with
Harsman a -wavin' like that, Mr. Lafayette may
get a chance. Western the catcher up. Looks at
the curve ball over for a strike. Mather has
a very deceptive sidearm wheeling delivery. He
really cross bars it. Curve ball, sharply breaking
outside, ball one. Clarence Plotdyland, who won
his first start in the Major Leagues down at
Philadelphia the other day, is going down on
the bullpen now. Kerps went out and fouled back
up over our heads. Metta was in 48 ballgames
with Brooklyn by a Bureau and Tennant lost 6.
From Hutchinson, Kansas, 6 '2 .5, 171 pounds.
That's his fastball. Maybe the long warm -up
is the thing you need. Stuck out Harshman and
Ruscombe, and now goes to work on the pitcher.
Two out, top half of the sixth inning. Got a
5 -5 humdinger. Squirming here at Ebbets Field.
Osterio sending it all your way. That is curveball
to the pitcher. Sheldon Jones is blown away from
ball one. Campanella back on the plate, handling
Big Jack. Fastball gets in there for a call strike.
One and one. That's a tough right field right
now. Sun dropping down back to the stands. Prull
has got his sunglasses on, you can bet. Another
curve. Ball one, strike two. Chicago Cubs came
up with five runs in the last half of the fifth
inning against the Cardinals. And lead six to
four. That's all right. When a pitcher pitches
through a pitcher, it's curve, curve, curve.
And that's all the Jack has been showing up here
to Sheldon Jones. Now the 2 -2 pitch. Here it
is. Swung on it. Right up and over our heads.
We were ready to move. Johnny Dirt doesn't know
which way to go here. It's straight up. He's
wide open. Now the two tour against. Swung out
and got it down a short. Reached up with it.
The throw to first. Inside. And that is that.
Bandits are down to put the Giants down. One,
two, three. In the top half of the sixth inning.
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the last half of the sixth. The Dodgers batted
around the last time with Morgan starting it
off. Let's see what they can do here. Right hand
hitter. First push to Bobby is up high by Jones
for ball one. Jones into his windup. Kicks come
down another one and down goes Morgan. All up
around the peak of his cap. Bobby's really been
the Jack in the box for the Dodgers. He was up
and down at Philadelphia. And boy was he moaning
coming back on the bus to the hotel the other
night when Big Hodges got up and slammed a home
run in the left field seat. Morgan came up, the
next man, and they low -bridged him. He said,
what kind of a game is this? Hodges hits the
home run and I take the ref for it. Pitch is
way outside for ball three. Jones come down again
and Morgan has to almost squat again. Ball four.
High upstairs. So Jones walks the leadoff man
for the Dodgers in the last half of the sixth
inning. Bobby Morgan. Roy Cabanela comes up.
Cabanela steps in now. Jones ready to work. Morgan
taking his lead down off first base. Now the
pitch to Cabanela. Swung on and hit the foul.
hit the stick and then skidded back. Like a shot
into the stands. Strike one. New York five. Brooklyn
five. That's the way this one stands here in
the last half of the sixth. Nobody out of Bobby
Morgan on at first base. Here's a pitch Cabanela
swings. What a reference. Strike two. Mario Kennedy.
Who was originally scheduled to start today's
ballgame is now up and throwing down on the bullpen.
For some of their top men. A 5 -5 deadlock here.
Throw to first base. Morgan back with a couple
of quick steps. Jones holding a stretch. Pitches
in to Roy. And it's high inside of Roy as they
get down and away from him. Ball on strike two.
Cabinella, right hand swinger. Got that big power.
Three for nine. He's at one home run. Out of
the pitch to Roy. He checks his swing on a curveball
that dropped low outside. Ball two strike two.
All the St. Louis Cardinals answered back after
Chicago got five runs in the last half of the
fifth inning. They came up with two of their
own in the top half of the sixth inning. Got
themselves up there in a 6 -6 deadlock. John
Enfield in double play position. Harshman still
holding the sack tightly against Bobby Morgan.
Young rookie comes down with a short lead. Jones
pitches into the plate. Over to Carl strike three.
So he was serving up some dipsy do's here to
Campanella and caught him looking. Carl strike
three. And here comes Jack Mata. Carl Tansen
walking up to his home plate. A pretty good hitting
pitcher. One out Morgan waiting to be moved at
first base. Same Bobby Morgan who won the most
valuable player award of the International League
and also the batting crowd. Been playing fine
ball for the Dodgers all spring. Got off to a
good start in the big leagues too. Curveball
down under the knees, the big tall Fanta. Jack,
as we told you, a big string bean, six two and
a half, weighs about 170 pounds. Morgan with
his lead again. Jones checks in. The pitch to
the plate is high outside. Ball two. Sheldon,
who will see a lot of relief work and starting
assignments this year, has lost one ballgame.
This is his first relief job. Thompson playing
almost a straightaway center field. Don Miller,
the right fielder, is going over towards right
center. Jones ready to deliver 2 -0 to Banta.
Does well. Ball three. The Giants 5 and the Dodgers
5. One down in the last half of the sixth inning.
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Another fine post -serial. Banta with the count
is way 3 -0. Will be taking. Jones now steps
off the mound, looking out towards the left field
bullpen. That end turn just takes one step out
of the batter's box. Now he's back in again,
and Jones ready to work. Morgan with his lead
once more. Here's a three -hulling pitch. A one
-side on four. The batter, without looking at
the strike, is on at first base, and that pushes
Morgan up a notch to second. Westrom goes to
the mound, and Reese walks up to the plate. Reese
up there. Dodges with two mates aboard. Pitch
a pass ball down inside. Ball one. Morgan to
open up with a walk. Strikeout by Campanella.
Sam is in with another walk to Vanna. And the
Dodgers have something cooking here. One out.
Five -five tie. Jones. Waiting around. A little
control difficulties right now. Check second
base. Goes to Reese and Peewee takes down inside
again. Ball two. Resetting at one eighty eight.
Walked his last time up. Get into a forced play
and fly to left field. And now DeRoscher has
switched his full pen and has Kirby Higby and
Andy Hanson up showing a couple of right handers.
Jones pitches a plate swallow on a ground ball.
Another pitching wide to him. Ball two. First
bases open so they'll load him up with one out.
Take a chance on getting the double play and
getting out of the beginning. He sent the run
in and got Jack the third with his double as
a second base. And Schuba who had just intentionally
passed at first and brings up switch hitting
Jimmy Russell. Jones pitched to him. Curve in
there for a strike. One out. The giant hitter
to French now laying back. Looking for that double
play ball and they can get it. The Dodgers leading
6 -5. One out. Last of the six. Jones pitch.
Curve ball up tight against the Letters. strike
one. Boy, this has been a humdinger. Seesaw up
and down, hammer and songs all afternoon. Jones
goes a curve, swung on, and dribble down along
the first base line. Charge that bunt off the
bat of Robinson and through the second base to
Stanky in time. And they get Russell coming down
from first base. The Dodgers move out in front.
They get a run on a hit. They lead three men.
And there were no giant errors. So at the end
of sixth complete, the Dodgers out in front by
the score of six to five. Now once again for
posterios, here's the old redhead, Red Barker.
Thank you, Connie. You've been sort of busy,
haven't you? Oh, what a day. What a day. Well,
for all you folks around the country, here we
go into the seventh inning. Ed Stanky takes inside
for ball one. Maybe you don't know how the Dodgers
and the Johns play. Now you're beginning to find
out. This is a pretty good sample. They just
play all day and half the night. Of course, under
the league rules, they can turn the lights on,
keep on going. Pitch all over for a cause strong.
One ball and one strike. Stanky first up in the
seventh. Jack Bana, the third of Brooklyn's pitchers,
and it's up to Bana to win or lose the game.
It's a hit six five. Stanky swings, grinds it
over third, out of the left field, sent for a
base hit. Schubert blocks the ball, then has
it get away from him. Stanky, however, holds
up the first. Realizes he can't get the second,
so it's just the hit. Stanky is single out of
the left field, and the tying run is thus put
off immediately by the Giants. Stanky's on for
the third time today. Two walks and a base hit.
Six five, Brooklyn. Heidi Lachman stepping in
and looks down to the third base coaching box
where the MGR de Rocha is. Gets the orders, whether
to butt, what to do. Lance Plotbilin, young rookie
right -hander, who won the second game of the
season for the Dodgers in the bullpen. Lachman
swings, the line drive. steps on the bag, wow,
just like that. Happened so quickly, DeRosha
didn't even know he didn't have any base runner
anymore. That's almost as quick as the way Post
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now with third baseman Henry Thompson who made
the key error back in Brooklyn's four on fifth
inning. Left hand hitter, takes a curve low end
side ball one. Second double play in the game
for the Dodgers, now fourth of the year. Hodges,
unassisted on the line drive, first baseman.
There's a high drive, it's deep out toward right
center field. It's going way back out there.
It is over in the back of the avenue for a big
home run. And it's a brand new ball game, and
Henry Thompson knocks it. And to his home will
be sent a case of sugar crisp. Oh, he hit it
high over that 40 -foot screen in right center
field. So it should all even at seven and seven.
This gives Thompson a run for a perfect day.
He had a single and two walks and now he has
his home run. And this gives Henry five hits
out of 10 at -batch. It's his fourth run batted
in and third home run of the season. He's leading
the Giants in the extra races. Don Muehler out.
Batter's pitch is a curve over for a cross -fright.
Brand new ball game. Big home run by Henry Thompson.
He got it. Ball hit down the right field corner,
Corello goes over, jumps and makes a one minute
catch at the base of the country ball. And the
Giants really hit the paddle very hard, don't
they come out of the air with just one run. There
was body up there, hit that ball. Double play
ball to the back of it, one run, two hits. So
she's all tied, 6 -6. So the ball game is bigger
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for 50 cents. Carl Prelo, first up last to the
7th. Sheldon Jones, the right -hander on the
mound for New York. His game to win or lose,
too. 6 -6 tie, curve, low outside, ball wide.
A couple of young, hard -throwing right -handers
are going at it now. Gladys Gooding at the electric
organ here at Ebbets Field. Just played my old
Kentucky home as a tribute to Mr. Chandler, who's
attending today's game. Fastball over, far far
strike, one and one. Johns, right -hander delivers,
Prowler swings and misses. Strike two, one ball,
two strikes, one and two. Jake Pitlin, coaching
on his 56th birthday at Perch Base. Northern
Stock, who happens also to be Eddie Stanky's
father -in -law. Pushing it third. Sheldon Johns,
who a couple of years ago was a professional
fighter, then decided baseball was a better athletic
enterprise. Sheldon Johns on the mound. Dog,
brown eyes. Gorillo. Leans in. Carey with it
outside, and it is ball two. Two balls, two strikes.
Two and two. Pittsburgh has defeated Cincinnati,
nine to two. The Braves will now win three out
of three. Knocked off the Phillies. Three to
two. Pass ball inside and the count is called.
Three and two to Pirello. Goll is one for three.
He's single in the fifth inning. Tied the ball
game at that point. Five and five. Dodgers had
a run in the sixth to go ahead six -five. And
Henry Thompson just smacked one for the Sugarcrisp
to tie it up six -six. Cross -check three. Pirello
is caught to the pitch on the outside. John strikes
him up. And gives Sheldon three strikeouts. Grosch
is sticking right along with him. I guess because
you think if you haven't got anybody nearly as
good in the both then. And it's fate's dividend
because he got out of a mess of trouble in the
sixth inning. Had the bases loaded when he went
out and didn't allow any further scoring. Gil
Hodges with one, four, three. And that was a
home run. And it's fresh that bat today. Takes
a good curve ball out for a false strike. The
whole infield is now caught in the full shadow
of the stands with the sun going down behind
them. Center field and right field is still in
sun. Right hander pitches high outside ball one.
One ball one strike. No action neither clubs
go pin. The Yankees didn't score in the ninth
inning. They're going into 10th inning Washington
New York tied 6 -6. And then the Jones pitches
and hard to hit the ground ball, back pass the
ball, it's up to Doc, he goes over to first base,
just in time, has it up. Go up to first. Two
men up, two men retiring. The even -up status,
6 '6 is this, back to seven. And Bob Morgan,
who's had one hit for two at best today. Rookie,
he's the batting champion in the international
league last year, he's hitting... 533 right now,
8 for 15. And then the Jones pitches and Mr.
Curve a little outside with this quickie right
hand batter. Long Bob Morgan. Infield is back.
Curve is good. fighting desperately when they
first came out of four this year. Balling takes
a care about side ball too. Dodgers fighting
just as grimly. They make a three straight victory
for them. They lost opening game for Philadelphia.
There is no quarter ask and there's certainly
none given when these two clubs lock horns, I
tell you that. 2 -1 pitch. Fast ball is good
at the knees. Fourth ball strike two. Turn two.
Two and two. Pitch high inside on the hands of
all three. Three balls, two strikes. Morgan,
with a very relaxed ball player. Holds it back,
back. A lot of cat -like stillness. The pitch
is... it down in order. One, two, three in the
last half of the seventh inning. That's four
strikeouts for Sheldon, A for Abel, or available
Jones. And here we go into the eighth inning.
The center fielder by the Thompson, first step
for the Giants, taking the batter's spare for
a called strike. Spare ball swung on and there's
a high fly in the short center. Russell coming
in, he's under it. And he's got it. So that is
all for center fielder by the Thompson. First
step from the eighth inning. Alvin Dawes, shortstop
who's gone over. two. Right hand batter. Kerr
has swung on line right back to the middle out
of the center field and it's a base hit for a
dog. He's right on around first takes a big turn
and holds up the throw coming in from Russell.
Second base shortstop. The dog comes up the first
hit of the day single in the center. Rookie Jack
Hoshman falls under left hand hitting first baseman
is now up to New York hitting seventh on the
batting card. in the stop position. Delivers.
There's a ball hit high out into the right center
field. Russell, the center fielder, getting under
it. Dog tagging up at first. There's the catch.
And Dog's touch, second and holds on. Russell's
losing time, getting that ball to second this
time. Stanky got the jump on him and went in
there, if you recall, after the ball had been
caught in the third inning. So two men are going
in the game. And catch your Western. First swim,
right hand hitter. Takes a cut of the curve,
hits it down to a third. Morgan up with it on
a big foul and throws to face him. Down the ball
for the Giants after the eighth inning. No runs,
one hit. And it still remains locked at 6 and
6. Now we're moving into the last half of the
eighth inning. It's the 6 -6 ball game. Jones
on the mound for the Giants. Clarence Pudd -Beland.
Right -hander in the bullpen for the Dodgers.
Campanella up hitting 8. Banner is supposed to
hit next, but maybe a pinch hitter. We'll see.
So, curveball right over for a ball struck. Man
of the shot, of course, will not make up his
mind whether he wishes to hit for a batter or
not. We'll see what happens. Campanella. Pitch
is high inside. Oh wow. One and one. Kerr blue
outside to Roy. Ball 2. Questions fall all the
way. Hoshman at first base, Banky at second,
Dawkins short, and the third baseman Henry Thompson,
who's becoming quite a ball player for the Giants.
Left field, Whitey Lockman in center, Bobby Thompson,
and the right fielder is Don Mueller. Two on
pitch, fastball through there, and it's two and
two. Two balls, two strikes. Cappanella, stocky,
very strong, and very durable. 2 -2 pitch is
hung on a miss. That's 3. The Roy is stuck out.
Well, let's see what manager Shotten does. Does
he want Banner to hit? Or does he want to hit
a 4? It's gonna be Jack Banner because, says
Mr. Shotten, here at this late stage, 6 -6. I'll
go over him and pitch it. Happiest step back
in the left. Banner left hand hitter. Strong
ball hit down the first base. Juggle by Hodgkin.
Tick -tock. He can't pick it up. Hoshman catches
up to the ball and he's tied for the narrow.
The second tight error of the day and Batter
is on first base to the boot. The matter of whether
Tom Lyre, if he would walk in the sixth inning,
you would recall. Now he gets on through the
error of young Jack Hoshman. Peewee Rees up,
Jack Batter on it first, a 6 -6 tie. Just how
long the game goes depends a lot, of course,
on what Brooklyn does here in the last D18. Man,
these ball games are just as tough as taxes,
you know it. Whoa! High inside, gets up the catcher's
glove, down the catcher's glove. Banner and Peewee
dropped to get out of the way of a high inside
fastball, and Weston couldn't come up with it.
Charged a wild pitch, and Banner, the possible
winning run, goes to second base. Now Jones loaded
the pitch. Peewee cuts to the high, pop fly in
the short left field. Shortstop Dogg is out.
And he grabs it for out number two, and Banner
stays put at second base. a series of a combination
of an error and a foul put. Therese pops up to
short, and George Schuba gets another opportunity.
George has not been hitting, and if he's not
careful, he's going to be shoot, shoot, Schuba
to the bench, and Gene Homanski back in lefty.
Schuba has one hit for 10. He has not looked
completely sure in lefty. Oh, in other words,
he's been quite tense. He had a big opportunity.
If you recall, in the fifth inning, with the
bases loaded and one out, and he fouled out to
the first baseman. He's 0 -2 today. A 10 batter.
Outfield toward right. Johns pitches. Curve low
outside for ball one. This could be quite a pivotal
outback for Schubert. Of course, it may be that
he won't get anything too good to hit at the
first base open. However, Jim Russell, who follows,
I think the judge regarded him more dangerous
hitter, so I expect he'll be pitching to George.
However, will Sue know? Things sort of quiet
the second to three. Do not remain quiescent
very long around Ebbets Field here in Flatbush.
The manager on the jam will go out to the pitchers
and hit them on the mound and say, now listen,
you know who's up there hitting those two. All
right, now listen. Don't walk, but don't give
them anything good to swing on. That's what Fitz
Heman says McGraw used to send word out about.
Swung on the line, driving it fast into the right
field corner for a base hit. Shuber comes in
to second base and holds up with a double. And
it was a privilege at bat all the way around.
And Bookman was out in 5th, 9th, 7th, or 6th.
13th run of the game. So Shuber doubles inside
first. That's going to run his first run of the
year. And Jack Battle, who got onto the arrow,
scores. That's the seventh run for the Dodgers,
and I know DeRosha must be raging because of
the seven Brooklyn runs, only two out of his
four is earned. The other five are unearned.
Now the batter is the switcher to Jim Russell.
Andy Hanson, tall young right -hander from Lakewood,
Florida is in the bullpen now for the Giants.
The Chicago Cubs came up with a run in the last
half the ninth inning and beat the St. Louis
Cardinals for the second straight time seven
to six and the Cardinals have now lost their
last four ball game. Pitch, fast ball high and
side ball one. One no pitch, put on and bowled
back. The Cubs have beaten the Cardinals seven
to six. Paulette who came on in the eighth inning
is the losing pitcher for St. Louis. The Braves
knock off the Phillies 3 to 2, and the Pirates
beat the Reds 9 to 2. And Washington has just
beaten the Yankees in the 10th inning, 7 to 6.
In 7 to 6, Brooklyn, Russell cuts, fouled it
back, and it's a ball and two strikes. So things
are rapidly coming to a rather dramatic denouement
all over the baseball picture this afternoon.
Washington hangs on and knocks off the Yankees,
7 to 6, in 10 minutes. At the end of 10 and a
half innings, it's a 5 -5 tie between the Red
Sox and the Athletics. Detroit has just beaten
Chicago 5 -0. Hootman pitches to shut up. Russell
takes a fast back three, kicks about it, but
the ball, and so ends the last half of the eighth
inning here at Brooklyn. That's the fifth strikeout
for Jones, and it's a run for the Dodgers on
a hit. One giant error, which again, was decisive.
So the Giants coming into the top of ninth, the
run behind, Brooklyn 8 -7 -6. Pete Milne, rookie
left hand hitting outfielder, is going to hit
for Sheldon Jones to start the ninth inning.
And Jack Madder on the mound for Brooklyn delivers.
Call strike, fast ball on the outside. That'll
works. Milne hits the curve ball down the first,
up with his hardy arms over to the bag. He's
there for the outfielder. So Milne, hitting for
Jones, is retired, commencing the ninth inning.
Dodgers seven. Giants six. Top of the order,
Ed Stanky. Stanky crosses, right hand hitter.
Swings, there's a five ball hit back at the center
field. Russell going back, still going back.
Kearns makes the catch. Two -one -one. So the
Giants run behind, are down to their last out.
Dodgers seven, the Giants six. This is going
to be a tough four game every inch of the way.
Tipped that whistling line drive and Hodges with
those fine hands of his, turns it into an immediate
double play in the seventh inning. Lachman hitting
the three -sixteen, six for nineteen. Batters,
that is. Takes a side from Campanella. Throws.
There's a high pop fly. They sit on the left
center fielder, Russell. The center fielder gets
under it, gets under it. He's got it. Check the
runs, hits, and errors, and the other scores
for you just a second. But you know, one thing
these Dodgers put a premium on is speed. Yes,
sir, they're running this ball club in either
league. And they need to stay that way, too,
by keeping in top physical condition. And that
most certainly includes getting nourishing meals.
In fact, to quote the boss in these parts, Bryce
Shotten, if you ask me, says Barney, eating proper
meals is only ordinary common sense. For ballplayers
or for anybody. Who has work to do? Well, that's
why I manage a shot and agrees when we say, begin
the day the right way with the right kind of
breakfast. A breakfast that includes fruit or
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cereal. That way you're getting the kind of a
start you need to keep going right through the
morning. And I say, do as so many of the Dodgers
do. Make that cereal in your breakfast a post
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Serials. Remember that you get the most when
you get post. For the Dodgers today, their third
straight win, seven runs on seven hits and no
errors. And for the Giants, six runs, eight hits
and two errors. And those two errors made possible
five earn -earn runs as they are technically
scored. The winning pitcher is Jack Bannas, his
first decision of the year. The losing pitch
is of course Jones who now hasn't won his last
two and for the Giants this gives them an all
-for -four record for the season which of course
is very tough for the Polo Grounders and for
De Rocha. For the Dodgers after losing opening
day this is their third straight success. Now
very quickly around the post scoreboard in the
National League everything else is complete the
Cubs beat the Cardinals 7 -6 for the run in the
last of the ninth inning. Boston with Elliott
hitting a home run of the eighth with one on,
beat the Phillies three to two, and Pittsburgh
had an easy time knocking off Cincinnati nine
to two. In the American League, Washington defeated
the Yankees in the 10th inning, seven to six.
Detroit had Todd Hootman put a shutout and knock
off Chicago five to nothing. At the end of three
and a half innings, it is Cleveland over the
St. Louis Browns, five to one. And in the Boston
Athletic game, they've gone into the 11th inning
tied at 5 and 5. So, our friends, that is that.
And we hope that you have enjoyed being with
us Saturday afternoon at Brooklyn. Boy, it's
quite a place. So, for you folks all around the
country on the network, join us again the next
Saturday. The Dodgers are at Evans Field. And
of course for the folks in New York, as the broadcast
goes on seven days a week, we'll be in Venice
at the same old stand at two o 'clock tomorrow.
Connie Desmond and Ben Scully and the old redhead,
Red Barber, will be on hand to be bringing you
the game between the Dodgers and the Giants.
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