The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-07
GREENBERG WAS TO GET BACK TO
 FIRST BASE JOB
Bridges Given Task of Clinching Series for
 Detroit
BY HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent)

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 Detroit, Oct. 7-(U.P0 = A five mile-an-hour westerly wind brought clear skies to Detroit to-day for the sixth game of the world series.
 The United States Weather Bu- reau predicted mostly clear" wea- ther throughout the day. The tenn perature at 8. m. was 30 degrees.
 A year ago the Tigers, standing just one step from the first worlds championship in Detroit history, were beaten back by the brothers Dean, Daily in the sixth game, Diz- zy in the seventh and went down to defeat despite early advantage.
 Tiger Chances Better
 They faced no such individual brilliance to-day, for the Cubs, with Lonnie Warneke out with a torn shoulder muscle, haven't pitcher who even approximateS a Dean in speed or cunning. But the Tigers did face something which, in the end, may prove to be more unbeatable than a Dizzy or a Daffy; namely, 8 Chicago team which, still burning from inspirational fires, refuses to call 1t quits until the last man is down and out.
 The Chicagos who, trailing one to three, went out yesterday and won that fifth game when all the chips were down, were inspired ball play CTS. They never felt for moment they wouldn't win 1t, and they mov- ed on Navin field to-day confident that the tricky lady who is destiny, had her finger on their shoulders, and they would duplicate the 1884 performance of the Cardinals.
 French May Pitch
 Manager Grimm named Larry French, the handsome southpaw who worked the last two innings of the third game, to pitch for the Cubs. French didn't look any too good in that brief time, and lost the game in the eleventh on Jo-Jo Whites single. He will be pitted against the toughest opposition the Tigers have to offer. Manager Coch- rane has tapped Tommy Bridges, the Tennessee game rooster.
 Bridges is the strong, silent moun- tain boy who handcuffed the Chi cagos in the second game of the world series. Everybody but Coch- ra,lo is convinced Bridges, and not tho illustrious Schoolboy Rowe, is the top man of the Tiger staff. And perhaps even Mickey has been swung over to the majority side after Schoolboy hunked for the sec ond time in the series yesterday.
 Greenberg May Be Back
 If the Tigers are going to win the championship, to-day would seem the logical time to do 1t, for they'll not only have Bridges on the firing line, but they have Hank Green berg, on first base. Greenberg's in- jured wrist which kept him out of all the Chicago games, was improved greatly to-day and he hoped to re- turn to duty. The swelling has gone from the palm and fingers of his left hand, and his wrist, while still sore, is serviceable.
 How long he would be able to stay in the game is problematical, for he admits the strain of catching hot throws, stopping grounders, and swinging bat, might be too much, With Greenberg back on first, Mar win Owen would be out of 8 job, for Herman "Flea" Clifton, who re- placed Owen when he was shifted across the infleld to plug the first base gap, has played too sensation all to be removed. Owen has played in hard luck. He has yet to get a hit and his fielding hasn't been hashy enough to offset triple zero bat ting average. His glaring error on an easy grounder gave the Cubs one of their runs yesterday.
 Need That Big Bat
 The Tigers can use Greenberg's big bat. True, they won two ball games without him, but they prob- ably would have won them a lot easier had he been in there. A-I Hank might well have pulled tle one yesterday out of the fire with a nit. His injury came at the most un- fortunate time, for his home run in the second game indicated he had recovered the batting eye which made him the scourge of the Amer ican League over the regular sea- son.
 Greenberg's possible return to the lineup to-day is one of those little ironies of fate you hear about occa- sionally, for today is Tom Ripper, and Hank, an Orthodox Jewish boy from an Orthodox Jewish family, has never before played on the holy day. Before the series started he said he would ignore his family's ob- jections and play on Tom Kippur, but that he hoped weather would force 8 postponement. E
 Warneke Badly Hurt Chicago's victory In the fifth game may prove to be an extremely cost 1y one, for there is a more than an outside chance that Lonnie War neke's injury to his pitching arm, sustained when throwing an over- hand curve to Rowe in the third in- ming, may not only keep him out of the remainder Of the series, but irn- pair his skill forever. He ripped muscle, and that has been known to ruin pitchers. Just how badly Lonnie's right arm is hutt will not be known for few days.
 The series is certain to become million-dollar affair to-day, for the receipts now stand at $927,0O0. To- days game will add another $780, 900 or so.
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