The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-10-05

of lonely policeman charged with
the task of keeping the Yankees
from committing assault and bat
terry, murder and larceny of the bas-
eS.
If he fails, then Reds will fail, for
they have to head for the Hills of
home tonight, two games behind and
with their two best pitchers defeat
ed.
Manager Joe Mccarthy, eager for
q quick kill, called on that eminent
invalid, Monte Pearson, to do the
singing for the Yankees. Monte
doesn't feel so well. which is bad
sign for the Reds. He has trick of
getting off a hospital cot about
World Series time every year, and,
reeking from arnica and iodine, 60
ing out and pitching a victory. Last
year he was so near death that all
he could do was hold the Chicago
Cubs to five hits and beat them, to
2. In 1887 Monte, pitching between
swoons and sudden attacks of YER
tigo, licked the New York Giants,
5 to 1. If he shows up today with
ruptured appendix, look out for
shut out.
Bill McKechnie, manager of the
Reds, comes back to the wars today,
confident and with no regrets about
what happened yesterday when 3d.
600 persons sat under gray skies and
saw his team lose one of the most
heart-stopping games in World
Cnriac hicfOvvr rTl,a
to tell the story. 1t was anybody's
ball game up until the time one man
was out in the last half of the ninth.
Then it became a story that has
become threadbare from telling and
re-telling. Yankee power broke loose
like flood waters Bleaching dam.
Charlie Keller. freshman who
learned his Yankee lessons quickly,
belted a tremendous triple to right
center.
Lost Cause Hero
Paul Derringer, hero in a lost
cause. decided to walk Joe DiMaggio
and take chance with Bill Dickey.
That was sort of like having to de-
eide whether to be hit by locomo-
tive or lotion truck, for there are
no more dangerous clutch hitters in
baseball than DiMaggio and Dick
ey. So Dickey did the damage,
slashing a single to center that sent
Keller across with the winning run.
Walters and Pearson have their
work cut out for them If they are
going to match yesterdays pitching.
Derringer gave up only six hits, he
| walked only one man and that one
Intentionally, he struck out Dickey,
Selkirk, Crosetti, Keller, Gordon,
Dahlgren and Ruffing.
But Rufus the Red Ruffing did
even better. Handicapped by a sore
/ arm, some of his binding speed
missing and faving lineup loaded
with power he gave only four measly
hits. He had the Reds hitting into
the dirt when the chips were down
and the result was that three double
plays were made by the Yankees. It
hurt Ruffing to pitch, but he gritted
his teeth and smoked the ball in
there and got four strikeouts- Good
man, Craft and Berger twice.
| Ruffing got the better support,
particularly from Joe Gordon, who
must be made out of whalebone and
steel springs All afternoon Gordon
was leaping for catches, rifling the
ball to first on double plays ana
smothering almost every Red rally
with some incredible feat.
Into the early hours of today an
argument over whether Wal Good
man should have caught the ball
that Keller hit for triple. The
Reds right fielder went for 1t like q
streak, seemed to hesitate for q few
seconds and then resumed his surge
toward the screaming ball. He got
there q split second too late, time
to get his hands on the bali but not
time enough to hold it. If Goodman
had made that catch the story might
be different and the victory flags
might be flying in Cincinnati.