Evening star., 1935-09-26
GOAL IS REACHED
IF THEY BEAT D|z
Cards Ruined by Warneke's
2-Hit Feat, Cavarretta's
Winning Homer.
BY PAUL r. NICHOLSON,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


ut. LOUIS, September 90
frankie Frisch called on his
final hope, Dizzy Dean, today
- in one final, desperate attempt
to cheat the Grimm reaper OF 1885
major league base ball, the Chicago
Cubs.
Four games down and only four to
to 60 to a club that has cut down op-
position 10 straight times since Sep
tember 4, the disappointed leader OF
the st. Louis Cardinals hoped almost
against hope that the great Dizzy
could revive the winning spark of his
men and then go on to salvage the
wreckage of the once proud and un-
beatable team that captured world
championship honors against Detroit
year ago.
But it was hopeless outlook. The
question wasn't who would win the
pennant any more. 1t was: How
long will it take?" The lights were
low for the Cardinals. They we're
blazing for the Cubs, who were cock
sure of strutting into the throne room
of the National League today behind
their young rookie general" Bill Lee,
q right-hander who has won l9 and
lost only this season. The best the
Cardinals could hope for was four
straight victories and a play-off.
Stage Pitching Duel.
T ONNIE WARNEKE and 19-year-
old Phil Cavarretta released the
fumes that all but asphyxiated the
last lingering hopes of the famous
''gas house gang" yesterday when they
combined to drape them on the ropes
with a 1-to-0 shutout in the first
struggle of the five-game series.
Cavarretta produced the winning blow
with a long second-inning home run.
Warneke pitched so superbly he al
lowed but two hits-a single by Lynn
King in the fourth inning and fuke
double to Ripper Collins in the eighth.
The cold, calculating Cub right
handler. the type of fellow who
wouldn't raise his voice if the house
caught on fire, pitched to only %
batters, struck out four and allowed
only Collins to get beyond first base.
King got to first but was wiped cut
on a double play, started by the SEN
sational Augie Galan, mite Of lsft
fielder who got Warneke in his only
jam in the eighth inning and inme-
diately rescued him with a remark
able backward running catch of Leo
Durocher's drive against the left
center field wall few minutes later.
Warneke was ahead of every batter
except one, and didn't issue a single
walk. Only 10 balls landed out of the
infield.
Paul Dean, Dizzys younger and
silent brother, allowed but seven hits,
none of them harmful except the long
blow that Cavarretta propelled over
the right-field wall.
Grimm Is Merry.
WELL clinch the pennant today"
shouted the merry Quo leader
Charlie Grimm. but we're not gong
to slow up. We're going after hTe
straight Nobody's getting a day off
except Gabby Hartnett, who certainly
can use little rest. 1t will be Lee To-
day, Charlie Root tomorrow, Larry
French on Saturday and Tex Carleton
Sunday. Warneke has done his bit.
He won't get in any more games TN
til he starts throwing them at the
Tigers"
Root, veteran of two Inflated Cub
world series ventures in 1929 and 1882,
today predicted the Cubs would en-
tinue their surprise drive right
through the world series.
"Our 1929 team was one that de-
pended on overpowering the opposl-
tion," said Root, whose comeback has
been one of the big factors in the
teams drive from almost nowhere to
the top. In 1882 we didn't have
much punch and were stalled off
when we met the Yankees. But this
team, ah, it's ball club. Speed ga.
lore, excellent fielding and timely nit
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