The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-10-07
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/ TO MURDER FAST
BALL OF BRYANT
Pearson Gees for Champs
Tomorrow Dean May
Be Through
BY HARRY FERGUSON

NUSJs-Tne G6Veltng CIRCUS c0lleu
the World Series rolled eastward to-
day 70 open In New York tomorrow.
II there Is o magician In any Of
the sideShow tents, Gabby Hartnett
Of the Chicago Cubs would like to
hire him to pull q spark Of victory
out Of the ashes Of defeat.
For only O magician can save the
Cubs now, preferably one with q
low, snaky curve who can keep that
ball down where the New York
Yankees can't blast 1t out Of the
park. The swaggering, cocky YAM
KEGS 60 into the friendly home ter
ritory today, leading the Cubs two
games 10 none In thet series and
swearing that they win make II four
straight.
Tomorrow, in Yankee stadium.
Manager Joe Mccarthy sends Monte
Pearson against the Cubs. Monte
Pearson who is rested and relaxed,
Monte Pearson, who threw o Eo-
hit game this season, Monte Pear
son who, when he Is right, comes
close to being as effective pitcher
40 there is in baseball.
For the Cubs, all their hopes and
o thin chance at the winners share
OF the series ride on Clay Bryant,
O youngster who will try to do o
job too big for Bill Lee and Dizzy
Dean. Bryant throws smoke and 1t Is
said that there Is nothing the YAM
KEGS love better than q chance to
dig their spikes In and tee OF
against o fast ball singer.
Poor Dizzy
So It looks da.k for Mr.. Bryant
and the rest Of the Cubs. They lost
q Q to 3 heartbreaker yesterday
bac. there Is Wrigley field, when
old Dizzy Dean plucked his heart
out End threw It up to the plate
but couldn't turn the tide. For seven
innings Of as good ball game as
you will ever see, old DIE lifted his
dead right arm and commanded the
stormy winds and waves Of the YAM
KEGS to stand still. And the winds
and the waves obeyed, heaven only
knows why, for all Die had out
there was O prayer and an old
brown glove. But In the eighth In
ming, the waves rolled and the
winds reared. Frankie Crosetti arch
ed Q ball toward the left field wall
and IL cleared the bricks by the
marrow margin Of Q yard, giving the
Yankee6 two runs and sending them
out IN front Of the ball game.
Daz turged at the bill Of his blue
cap and stayed n there and pitch
ed, though. and II was not until the
ninth that the hurricane blew him
out OF Wrigley field. Heinrich, on the
strength Of O neat single, was, on
first base and Up there at the plate
waving q big yellow bat was 1876
pounds of dynamite name DiMag-
gio. Up went old Die dead arm
and In came the ball.
Crack: on the street beyond the
left field wall at Wrigley field there
10 o yellow brick apartment house.
i've stories tall. It's Just q guess, but
the ball that DiNdaggio hit probably
bounced close against o second story
window Of that building, after clear
Ing the wall. That was the end OF
DIE for the afternoon, and for all
anybody knows today, for oil time.
Hartnett waved to the bull pen and
Larry French came In TO take up
the burden. Say this for old Diz--
he took Il with his chin In the air;
he patted French on the back and
went on that long, slow walk to the
dugout through applause that was
louder than any he ever heard on
o winning day.
Power Heuse
30 the Yankees won the second
game Of the series on sheer power:
won It the way they are supposed
TO win ball games-by dynamittng
pitchers out Of the box. But the
measure OF this great ball club
and wasn't It Joe Mccarthy who
called It the best team he had ever
managed?--was 1t that they won the
opening game by playing National
League baseball. tight, defensive
baseball that needs only two or three
runs TO win 9 game.
And that brings us to Frankie
Crosetti, the slender Yankee short
stop who Is so shy and modest he
bushes II you hazard Q guess that
It's !, nice day. There, brethren, Is
your World Series hero until the
next box score comes IN. In the
opening game on wednesday ne
saved the day three times with stops
and throws In the general vicinity OF
second base that had the Cubs
swearing that the ghost Of Houdini
was in the lineup against them.
Yesterday all Crosetti did was come
to bat in the eighth inning with
the Yankees a run behind and lam
q homer that sent them a run
ahead.
SIX For Lefty
ISRty Gomez didn't finish the
game for the Yankees yesterday but
he stayed In long enough to get
credit for the victory. 1t kept his
word Series record iinsullied. Six
times Lefty has started series games
and six times he has come home
the winner. Waite Hoyt and Chief
Bender, up until yesterday, were
the only other pitchers who ever
won six World Series games.
II it's comedy you're looking Tor,
YOU should have had Q load Of the
tunbling act that Hack and urges
put on In the second inning yester-
day. DiAEaggio was on second and
Gehrig on FIRST when Joe Gordon
hit ball, soft as q mothers heart,
between second and third. Nobody
is quite sure yet what happened.
but It looked like urges got q half
Nelson and an arm lock on Hack
and they wrestled to q decision
while the ball dribbled out into left
field for q double and two runs for
the Yankees.
DID you notice how gray Gabby
Hartnett is getting around the
temples these days2