Show I Infield A I Rated Over 1 Young This Thi i is i. the th second in n a series of four stories comparing the tho 1930 1950 world series teams Ry fly Loo H. H Petersen NEW V YORK Sept 28 UP UP-A UP A slight slig-ht edge to the Phillies in the thelong thelong long ball hitting department but buta a margin marsin to the thc Yankees in fielding and over all hitting That's the Infield picture for or the 1050 1950 world series which opens Wednesday at park The records Including games of Tuesday Sept 26 show that the Yankee infield as a unit which includes in- in includes in in- a two-platoon two system at third base Is hitting against a unit average of for the Phil Phil- lies 50 Homers But that doesn't tell all the story in the offensive e department fo for forthe forthe r the Philly infielders have belted 50 home runs against the New Yorkers' Yorkers 17 n and have dr driven home runs against for or the Yan Yan- kees Willie Head Jones Is s the bi big hatchet man in in the Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia inner defense although first baseman Eddie and shortstop Granny Hamner have fatter batting averages The third baseman is hitting only but he has hit 25 home runs run s and batted in 86 That's better than both Bobby Brown and Billy Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son who alternate at third fo for r the Yankees have e done Brown a series golden boy for the Yankees Yankee in 1047 1917 and again last fall is hitting hit hit- tin ting and Johnson Together Together Together To To- gether they have hit only 10 home hom e runs runs Johnson Johnson six and Brown four and have driven in in 74 jJ with Johnson Johnson Johnson John John- son hammering home 30 39 of them Jones Bones TOI Tops So its it's Jones over o his rivals a at t third base As a glove glo man Jones is the equal to Johnson and su superior superior superior su- su to Brown who is an erratic fielder At first its it's by a large margin over big Johnny Mize in inthe inthe the field and he has a better battin batting bat- bat tin ting tine average a too too against 2 8 But Mie Mize is b by far the more dangerous hitter as his 24 home runs against a single four-bagger four for show short has ha I batted in only 41 runs against 66 for Big Jawn Of or course Mize is spotted better in the batting order for R RBI B I opportunities opportunities op op- hitting hitting fifth filth while usually bats in the second slot But whereas hurts you with singles and doubles Mize beats you OU with the long ball baIl that goes out of the park Hitting Ed Edge 6 So Mize 1 has the hitting edge but he is not in the same class as Wait Wait- kus as a fielder There is no better glove man in the game than Watt Wait kus Both teams have sparkling shortstops shortstops short short- stops slops but baseball men generally agree that Phil Rizzuto having his best year with the Yankees is the greatest around today Hamner is the best in the National league now that Pee Wee Vee Reese of Brooklyn Brooklyn Brooklyn Brook Brook- lyn has slower slowed up a step Both cango can cango cango go and get them and have ha good arms Both can hurt you at the plate too Rizzuto is hitting the highest of any of the series infielders in infielders infielders in- in fielders has hit seven sc home runs and driven in 64 a 8 a remarkable feat in that he has batted in either the leadoff or second slot most of oC the season Hamner is hitting hilling 27 has hit 11 home runs and batted baited in 79 But he hits in sixth place and thus thus' finds more runners on the bases when he comes to the plate Coleman Rest Pest pst At second Gerry Coleman of oC the Yankees gets ets the nod over Mike Mile Goliat in both fielding fieldin and hitting Coleman has a battin batting average average aver aver- averi i age and is the Pesky type of hitter hitter hitter hit hit- ter who doubles and singles I all over o the park He has driven in I 66 runs Goliat who hits a longer ball than Coleman has driven en in in 6 1 1 runs and hit 13 homers on his seasons season's over-all over average of oC In reserves the Yankees have it over their opponent opponents They have ailing Tommy Henrich and Joe Toe Collins to back up Mi e at first and even en though his knee pains him all the time there is no better better better bet bet- ter pinch hitter than Henrich Billy Martin Marlin backs up Rizzuto and Cole Cole- man The Phillies have only li light ht hitting hitting hit hit- ting Ralph Caballero and gray- gray j haired Jimmy Bloodworth i ii |