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Dodger Dressing Room* ¥ ¥By TED SMITSNEW YORK, Oct 5 — Don New-combe, a pitcher who came close to World Series immortality, sagged down his 235 pounds in the Dodgers’ dressing room and pressed his resin-stained finger and thumb against the bridge of the hose to hold back the tears.*»■ *Don Newcombe“Raynolds pitched a helluva good ball pune,” he said in a voice so low it could scarcely be heard.The Brooklyn Dodger dressing room was deadly quiet.Jackie Robinson, standing nude close to the despondent Newcombe. joined in praising Yankee Allie Reynolds.Henrich Hits Curve Ball '‘You can’t get runs when you face pitching like that,” said Jackie.Newcombe whispered that it was a :urve that Tommy Henrich belted for he decisive ninth inning home run ‘a curve ball, a good pitch.” Newcombe said he didn’t know that ■he World Series record for strikeouts vas 13, set by Howard Ehmke in 1929, md that he was only two short of it. A few men came up and clapped New-ombe on his bare shoulders and said 'Nice Going,” “Tough’ ’and things like -hat. Most of them went away rapidly ecause Newcombe’s sadness was the dng no one wanted to ret to intrudetn.One pitch did it,” said manager Burt ihotton. “Except for that we’d still e out there.”In a few minutes the grimness left he face of the sharp voiced, white-laired Brooklyn manager and he smiled. Roe To Face Yanks Next It was a pretty good game,” he said. We didn’t get any runs and they id. That one probably was Reynolds’ manner game of the year. He deserves 11 the credit he can get. The Dodgers re a good enough ball club for me.” Shotton said lie would come back at he Yankees with El win (Preacher) loe, a pitcher as thin and weakly look-ng as Newcombe is big and brawny.litc1tS\\\It\edi;riiiu*i1i)1wDRIVE-INON ROUTE 219—THREE MILTHURSDAY and FRIKiSSWIT1JANE WYMAN andSATURDAYSTALLION
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Somerset Daily American
Somerset, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Oct 06, 1949
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