Evening star., 1934-10-01
BY ALAN GOULD,
Associated Press Sports Editor.

n YEW YORK, October by
N a startling and highly dra-
matte sequence Of base ball
events, two clubs which
were picked this year in the pre-
season dope" to finish no better
than fourth will fight it out for
the world championship, starting
Wednesday in the congested prem
ises of Navin Field. Detroit.
1t will be the truculent Tigers of
Detroit, champions Of the Ameri-
can League for the first time in IS
years, against the high-fyirg G
Cardinals of st. Louis, heroes of
the greatest nonstop pennant
flight in the history of the old
National League.
It's base ball natural" if there
ever was one, bringing back into
the big-money arena not only the
elusive war horse of the Usage
country, your old friend Pepper
Martin, but featuring the sharp
shooting of the celebrated Dean
brothers against the youthful skill
of the renowned Schoolboy Rowe,
and a battle of managerial wits
between Frank Frisch and Mickey
Cochrane, each rounding out his
first full year as big league pilot.
Noteworthy, too, is the fact that
for the first time in IS years the
two contending clubs in the big
series represent the Western half
of major league territory. Behind
them the Tigers left the thorough
ly-beaten remnants of the old
Eastern powerhouses of the Amer
ican League, including the Yank-
ees and Nationals, while the Card
inals galloped from behind to pass
the taltering world champion
Giants. victims of dismal heart
breaking collapse.
Regardless Of what the experts
thought of them last Spring, both
the Tigers and the Cardinals DEM
onstrated to the satisfaction of all
concerned they are the best clubs
in either big league.
The Tigers had what neither
New York team was able to pro-
duce and coasted to victory behind
the battering-ram power of an
iron-man infield, the spectacular
pitching of Rowe and the dynamic
leadership Of Cochrane.
The Cardinals, from spot
where they appeared out of the
race barely three weeks ago.
slashed their way past the Cubs
and the Giants with an all-con-
quering drive, featuring the amaz-
ing pitching of the Dean boys.
The momentum of this electrify-
ing finish by the Cardinals is
something for the Tigers to worry
about. 1t has few parallels in base
ball records and means that Frank
Frisch's wrecking crew will strike
with terrific force from the outset.
It's the big reason when the Ma
tional League champions, maring
up their fifth pennant for st. Louis
in nine years, already are 7-to-l0
favorites amcng the Broadway
bookmakers.
The main question for Cochrane's
fiery crew is what to do about
stopping the Dean brothers?" With
the exception of Bob Grove and
George Earnsiaw of the l929-3l
Athletics, no pitching pair in either
major league has performed such
astounding pitching stunts as these
tall, gawky boys from Oklahoma,
with the smoking fast balls and
lion hearted courage under fire.
Together they contributed 49 victo-
ries to the Cardinal charge.
Paul DaHy) Dean has remark
able first-year record with 19 vic
tories and ranks close to Detroit's
boy wonder, Rowe, hero of Is con-
secative triumphs and total of "a.
Jerome Dizzy Dean, with 80 vic
tories to prove he is the outstand-
ing pitcher today in base ball. is
the first National Lacquer to reach
this figure since Grover Cleveland
Alexander nctched SO with the
Phillies in 1916.
If they are tired or otherwise
affected by the strain of the final