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oe ReturnsXiMag Back on he Beam-So \re the YanksPhiladelphia, (AP) — Who’s ashed up? Not Joe DiMaggio I Only a few days ago the fans ■ho have idolized the Yankee tipper through 12 fabulous aseball seasons ware sadly ask-ig themselves —* ia DiMaggio irough?—Has time caught up nth the most famous Yankee ince the heyday of Babe Ruth: nd Lou Gehrig?All the facts semed Id ■ Ittdi-ate that Joseph Paul DlMag-;*© Jr., was washed up as a regular outfielder. His. batting av-rage had fallen 'below .270. He wasn't producing the runs as of Id. And to make matters even korse, DiMaggio, the peerless ielder, was gumming up the vorks.First, Manager Casey StengelIropped Joe from his customary deanup slot in the hatting or* ler Finally, he benched him. me of tive greatest athletes lt;fhs day was sidelined by the kiss for weak hitting. While Joe vas slipping so were the Yan* tees—from first to third place.But today Stengel's face is wreathed in smiles. The loyal DiMaggio fans are happy. Jolt, ng Joe is back and, so am 'the If ankees.Seven For ISRestored to. the lineup, DiMaggio is hitting like the old Joe, He grabbed himself seven hits in 15 batting chances during the four game series sweep the Yanks made the past week end ever the Philadelphia Athletics.Joe’s ninth mning homer won Friday night s game, 3 to 2. Ha hit three for five on Saturday— a double and two single*—drove home a pair of runs and the Yanks won 6 to 2. Sunday, ha smashed a three ran homer in the first inning and added two singles to lead his mates to a 0 to 4 win in the first game of a double header. Stengel rested, the Clipper in the nightcap although he did appear, striking out as a pinch hitter in a game the- Bronx Bombers also won, 5 to 2.Following Sunday’s double via. fcnry here. Stengel remarked, Gee. didn’t DtMag look great in the three games he played against the A's. That week's spell on the bench did him a world of good. He’# found hia batting eye.Joe himaelf felt good about the whole thing.Back in Second It felt gVest b*4*fn-'*o fb* game as a regular. My lame shoulder and leg feel okay and if Casey wanted me to, I would have played the second game today, DiMaggio said, Joe's triumphal return, helped boost the Yankees back into second place, three games behind the league leading Detroit, Tiger*.It was sort of reminiscent of last year. DiMaggio missed the first 85 games of the 1S49 season because of his now famous ailing heel, lie returned to the lineup in Boston when the Yanks were slipping badly.• He blasted four home runs in three games, pach one representing the difference between winning and lotting for New York. The Yanks left Boston as the team to beat for the pen. nant they finally won on the last .■day of the campaign.
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Manitowoc Herald Times
Manitowoc, Wisconsin, US
Mon, Aug 21, 1950
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