THE MICHIGAN DAILY Yankees Favored Brooklyn To Face Big Guns 'Of Diffaggio, Henrich, Gor'don To w Yankee Siege Gun (Oontinued from Page 1) Priddy and the veteran Frank Cro- setti. The main cog in the Dodger infield -in fact of the whole Dodger team --is Dolph Camilli. He was the Na- tional League leader in both home runs and in runs batted in, although he batted .289. Besides being a power at the plate, Camilli is one of the slickest fielders in the business and has stopped many a wild throw from becoming an error. Billy Bats Well Billy Herman has played in three World Series with the Cubs and is just about the best second baseman in the league. His batting average of .290 makes -him a definite threat at the plate and he covers a good deal of territory on the right side of the Brooklyn infield. The weakest spot in the Dodger in- field is at shortstop, where Peewee -Reese has been trying to live up to the reputation he had when he broke into the National League this season. No one can say that Peewee isn't --- "i I game, but the pressure has been greatj and he has made many costly errors at very crucial moments. He is woe- fully weak at the plate, hitting just .225. and might find himself on thej bench with the aging Durocher tak- ing over the shortstop position for the series. Third Base Problem At third base, the Dodgers have another problem. Cookie Lavagetto and Lew Riggs have been alternating with Lavagetto playing against southpaws and Riggs against right- handed pitching. Neither is a stand- out batter or fielder. Switching now to the outfield, the Yankees again have the best of the bargai, with three great hitters and three even greater fielders. No one will question the fact that Joe Di- Maggio is the greatest player in present day baseball. He is batting a tremendous .354, and can throw a strike to the plate from center field. In right field the most underrated player on the Yankee team, Tommy Henrich. who is considered to have one of the best throwing arms in the in Worl best Herman Fianks ieserve catch- er for the Dodgers, is pitifully weak at the plate, having an average of just .200, and hasn't had the exper- ience that Owen and Dickey have had in handling pitchers. The real battle of the series will be in the effectiveness of the respec- tive pitching staffs. The Yankee pitching staff is the best in the American League. although they have no pitcher who has Won 20 games. They have the two most consistentj winners in the league in Charles "Red" Ruffing and Vernon "Lefty" Gomez and they have one of the best relief hurlers in the league in Johnny Murphy. Ruffing And Gomez Although neither Ruffing or Gomez' has been able to go the route in many games during the season, both were able to last long enough to keep the opposing team batsmen guessing as to their next delivery. They both need a lot of rest between games and might not see action more than once during the series. This fact places more importance upon the relief corps of the Yankees. Besides old reliable Murphy, the Yanks have Marvin Breuer. Norm Branch. Steve Peek, and Charles Stanceu. All are good men for relief and have saved many a game for the faltering starting pitcher. Murphy has played in four previous World Series and knows all the ins and outs of the game. He is definitely the (Continued on Page 3) Series 3:' JOE DiMAGGIO$ runs like a deer and is almost as good a defensive player as DiMaggio. Patrolling the right garden for the Daffy Dadgers is Dixie Walker. a .310 hitter and one of the best clutch batters in baseball today. He is decent fielder but cannot even be compared to Henrich in this depart- ment. Durceher's utility outfielder is Jimmy Wasdell, a .300 batter and a good man to have around. Catchers Even Now comes the receiving depart- ment where a seasoned veteran, Bill Dickey of the Yankees, and Dodger Mickey Owen, catching his first World Series game, are on a fairly even basis. Dickey, who has caught over 100 games for 13 seasons, is a clutch hitter and is tops in handling pitchers. Although he hit only .280, he batted in about 70 runs. Buddy Rosar is an even better fielding catcher than Dickey and hit close to .300 for the season. Owen is a good, smart, wily catcher, but can't touch Dickey at the bat. He hit a weak .230 and batted in only! 45 runs. As far as fielding goes,! Mickey can hold his own with the Shop at -- FALL SHOES Men will find every new accepted Style in our Shoe Department. rAYLOR MADE features in calfskins ($6) cord- ovans ($7.50)-RUSSELL MOCCASINS in smok- ed elk ($7.75) OSTEOPATHICS ($8.95) MATRIX ($10.95). 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