| Show I Sports Comments Comments' By PETE PEm FRITCHIE The New York Yankees will willbe willbe be favorites again in 1964 The difference this time tl Is that the Yanks wont won't look so unbeatable able after being swamped inthe tn in the World Series by the Los Las Angles Angeles DOdgers in f o 0 u r straight IN BYGONE years there Is no doubt the Yanks to an extent by a vaunted rep rep- There have been time that awe of the Yankees Yank Yank- ees carried them to crucial key game victories that have made a big difference In the final month of the season challenging clubs play under heavy pressure because they must whip both the Yankees Yank ees and their September reputation tation and tradition It has made more than one team edgy TillS THIS year the awe may not be so overpowering Of course it Is not this which has won so many pennants for New NewYork York The Yankees have usually us us- had the players and come up with the trades Their reputation and tradition might have made the difference In some key games during the season and could have meant the difference occasionally but year In and year out the Yankees won because they were the best Some of the Yankees even say everyone tn in the league saves their best pitchers for forthe forthe the New Yorkers that they actually play under a disadvantage vantage which Is pro probably ably true to an extent But Dut the reo re- and tradition and reo re suiting jitters and complexes among other players and clubs probably more than make up for that disadvantage IN 1964 1961 the Yankees will ill have to be good They did not play bad ball against Los Angeles Angeles An- An geles last October their hit ting appeared weak against the superb pitching they saw But Dut they were humiliated nevertheless nev When you lose four straight you are arc automatically If H you are the New York Yankees such a turn takes on the proportion of a historic humiliation hu- hu and the jibes and barbs of winter will sting and sting Into spring and summer POINT number one is that the Yanks wm will be determined In a grim way to prove themselves them them- selves this year They may not be as loose Point number two is that the theother other clubs will willbe willbe be less awed Chicago Min Baltimore Detro Detroit i t Cleveland or Boston mIght get gete the e fever and if there are many challengers the race might turn into a wide open one ne One key to 1964 In the Amerlean Amer Amer- lean Is whether the lowest clubs can take their share or of games against the New Yorkers York York- ers if they do the league could have a genuine race |
