Show Ex Experience Edged Gilt Pit Pitching hing DiMaggio favor Yanks in in n Series Hy ny Leo H. H Peter Peterson Petersen cn NEW V YORK Sept 2 27 UP Theres There's still the matter of clinching I the pennants to be taken care of but B Broadway r 0 a d way bookmakers Wednesday day established the New NewYork NewYork York ork Yankees as 12 to 5 favorites to 10 tom win m the world series from the Philadelphia Phillies One bookmaker said a client ras as offering to lay against t that hat the Phillies do not win two t games I Editors note not This is i. the firstIn fi first firstIn t tIn In a n series erie tri of four stories o comparing comparing com com- paring the possible 1950 world orld series MriS rivals rival The Phillies lost favor because I Io o of the way war they are staggering to their first Nal National league pennant m sn 35 years with a crippled pitching staff and generally inept play over the past three weeks weel-s. The Yankees on the other hand have been going full blast toward their American league pennant pennant pennant pen pen- nant and the the- odds makers figure that the they wi will l carry their hot hotst streak st reak right through the October classic Three Hl Big Factors i The Yankees have three bt big factors fac factors fac- fac actors ac- ac tors in their favor or 1 Experience 2 2 Gilt-edged Gilt pitching 3 A take charge guy In a seven game series with the dollar sign riding on every pitch experience often oCten is the determining ing mg factor and the Yankees are arelong arelong arelong long on it The Yankees Yankee have won two Uvo world series in the past three years ears and and 12 of oC the 16 series they ha have hae e been in They are at the best when the going is toughest and baseball men I Isay say there isn't a more opportune team in the business The Yankees lack some of the strength of other clubs but no team is 15 more adept at taking advantage nd of oC an op opponents opponent's opponents opponent's op- op mistake And the whiz kids of ol Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadel Philadel- phia have been making a lot of oc mistakes with the pressure on these past three weeks They're dead ducks unless they mend their ways before series time at park Philadelphia at pm p.m. EST next Wednesday Press Too Hard Yard Kids often orten make mistakes In the tough spots because the they press too hard That's what has been wrong with the Phillies apparently But on on the other hand manager Eddie Sawyer is confident his team will snap out of it and get back on the the beam The Yankees on the basis of their September stretch run have havethe havethe havethe I the best pitching in baseball with Vic Allie Reynolds Ed Lopat and the rookie star Ed Ford the big four They also have more pitching depth although they cant can't match the Ph Phillies in one respect respect- in the bullpen There the Phillies have ha quality the Yankees quantity But with four starters of the Yankee caliber it may be that no relief pitching will be needed With Curt Simmons in the army and and two rookie stars Bob Miller Iiller and Bubba Church of doubtful value alue Sawyer lacks starting pitchIng pitchIng pitching pitch- pitch Ing depth Only Solid Starter Iii His Hi only solid wild starter of the moment is Robin Roberts Back of him for possible starting starling assignments assignments assignments assign assign- ments are Ken Hentzelman the aging southpaw Russ Huss Meyer an outer and this year and Church and Miller in case they recover from rom their late season injuries Jim Konstanty gives gi the Phillies a big edge in the relief department with the old Yankee reliable Joe Page far of off form and Tom Ferrick Ferrick Ferrick Fer- Fer rick showing signs of wear and tear leal There Is only one Joe DiMaggio and the Yankees have him He is their old pro the take charge guy and although he may be slipping Its It's still true that as he goes so sodo sodo sodo do the Yankees And DiMaggio has been going great guns In the stretch run The PhilI Phillies es have no one to match him in that vital ital morale department Those hose are the three things which have ha made the Yankees the world series favorites orites for on the basis of batting and fielding there appears appears appears ap ap- ap- ap pears l little d difference between the lw two cl clubs bs |