The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-10-09

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sweaty shoulders were sag
gfng ~ he numbered into the
clubhouse.
This WAS the closest contest IN
the first world series to 20 seven
games since 1884, when the St
Louis Cardinals defeated these
same Detroit Tigers, four games
to three.
II started off like q pitchers
duel. and il ended up that way.
The Tigers scored first-in the
third inninR-but u was an error
and not n lapse on the part Of
Derringer that sent Detroit out in
front
Billy Sullivan opened the inning
by shooting = single down the
first base line and Newsom sscri-
feed him to second. Derringer
bore down and forced Dick Bartell
TO pop out, but Barney Mccosky
worked the Reds pitcher for a
walk.
Then Charley Gehringer. quite
guy in the clutch. despite his
81 years and aching legs. hit
hard one down the third base line.
Bill werber got his glove on II.
stopped II and then picked 1t up
to throw TO first
His throw was Wild. and
sullivan scored when Frank
Mccormick was pulled off the
bag and was unable IN make
a play ut the plate. Werber
was charged with m error on
the play and Gehringer got
single.
II looked black for the Reds
then. for up 10 the plate. waving
three big bats. came Hank Green
berg, the American leagues great
slugger. Derringer tugged at the
bill of his cap, shot his fast one
through with all of his 22o pounds
behind it and famed Greenberg
as a great roar ratified out across
the diamond.
From then on until the seventh
II was a famine Of runs for both
teams. Derringer seemed To be
getting faster and more confident.
but that one-run lead looked aw-
fully big the way Newsom was
fire balling 'em through.
Even a great buggy-whip arm,
like the one that hangs at the side
Of Bobo, tires sometimes under the
strain of pitching three games in
seven days, and that time came in
the seventh inning.
Frank Mccormick, long
overdue for q solid base hit,
snpacled n double that rolled
all the way 10 the left field
fence. Jimmy Ripple then got
hold Of one that might have
been n home run N II had been
just few feet higher. Instead.
II went against the right field
screen for a double and Nc
Cormick broke for home.
Bruce Campbell. in right field
for the Tigers. fired the bah in
to Dick Bartell, who whirled and
saw Mccormick was half way be-
tween third and home. Instead
of trying for q play at the plate
and cutting off a run, Bartell
stood there with the ball in his
glove and Mccormick scored. Why
Bartell didn't try for the play il
one OF those things ball players
never are able to explain-just n
sudden lapse when everybody Ii
yelling at them and runners are
streaking around the bases.
Jimmy Wilson sacrificed Ripple
down to third base and then Man
ager Bill McKechnie sent Ernie
lombard, his injured catcher. IN
to bat for Eddie Joost. Newsom
wanted no part Of Lombardi's big
bat, 10 he purposely passed him,
and Lonnie Frey WAS sent in to
run for Ernie.
That put things squarely up
20 little Billy Myers, the Reds
shortstop. who only had 10
get the ball out Of the infield
90 send across the run that
would put the Reds In the
lead. Billy dug In and slash
ed a long fly 10 centerfield-
Back. hack and hack went
Barney McCosky-almo~t all
the way TO the sooreboard--
and then he whirled and haul
ed IL down.
But Ripple was off for home as
soon as the ball hit McCosky's
glove. and the run that turned out
to be the pay-off marker Of the
game and the series came across
the plate.
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