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Stengel Cautiously Admits He Has Fairly Strong Team Yankees Wind Up Road Trip With Three Against Tigers Then Quartet Versus Indians IndiansBy By STAN MOCKLER MOCKLERUnited United Press Sports Writer ST LOUIS Mo June 8 Casey Stengel boss of the rampaging New York Yankees admitted cautiously today that Jie had a fairly str6ng team The Yanks clobbering the Browns in both games of a doubleheader Sunday ran their current winning streak to 11 games a new high for the Stengel Bombers BombersAnd And the prospects were brightthat they could finish their present road trip unde ¬ feated They play three games at Detroit starting tomorrow and wind up with four in Cleveland including a Sunday double header headerThus Thus far in the season the Yanks have won three and dropped one to Detroit and they own three victories and no defeats against the Indians IndiansSecondplace Secondplace Cleveland has met ony the Yanks undefeated southpaws Whitey Ford twice and Eddie Lopat in the other games Those pitchers Stengel indicated will be rested and ready for the Indians series seriesRaschi Raschi Sain in First Two TwoIll Ill pitch Vic Raschi and Johnny Sain in the first two at Detroit he said I dont know who itll be in the third game gameStengel Stengel who appeared to have little to worry about outside of termites in the bat rack was guardedly optimistic optimisticWeve Weve had fair pitching especially re ¬ lief pitching he said Our infield has been playing pretty well our outfields good and our bench has been coming through for us usHe He denied emphatically that Allie Rey ¬ nolds used four times laset week in relief and twice in two days against the Browns could now be considered a fireman firemanHe He is a starting pitcher and a relief pitcher Stengel insisted I could use him yesterday because I dont intend to start him at Detroit DetroitIn In knocking off the Browns the Yanks amassed 44 hits and 27 runs while their pitchers held St Louis to 24 hits and six runs in the fourgame set setYesterday Yesterday Stengel sent five pinchhitters to the plate and three of them delivered hits one a basesloaded home run runThey They talk about that guy moving his men around like checkers on a board said a pressbox observer after the game But he has a king row sitting on his bench
