The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-10-07

National League Champs Best In. 4 World Series
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent


 Cincinnati, Oct. 7L(UP)-The National League champions finally have arrived at the dessert course. It's the first time in four World Series they've gotten down to the sixth game.
 And in the other two it didn't do them any good because they had played all their aces getting that far. In 1886 the Giants had to go with Freddy Fitzsimmons in the sixth joust and he was licked by the Tanks. The year before the Cubs came down to the sixth game and had to go with Larry French. The Tigers beat him for the 1885 worlds title.
 But in 1884 the Cardinals came down to the sixth game with the brothers Dean ready to go to the firing line. That series stood ex- actly as this one does today, the Tigers leading by three games to two. The Dean boys Dig and Paul, cooled of the Tigers in the last two games and the Cards won the title-the last one annexed by the National League.
 The Reds, like the Cards of 1884, are coming into the stretch with their two aces, Bucky Walters and Paul Derringer, ready for duty. From the word go the Reds figured to have to win with Walters and Derringer and now that's what they have to do.
 Not So Bad
 Considering everything that has happened in the series, the Reds can consider themselves fortunate to have come this far. They've been playing without the services of two regulars-Ernie Lombardi, who hobbled through part of one game, and Lonnie Frey-and they have a tail end of the batting order that has been so much deadweight.
 Once past Jimmy Ripple, who hits No. 5 in the Cincinnati bat ting order, Detroit fingers have had little to worry about. Jimmy Wilson, Eddie Joost, Billy Myers, plus the various Cincinnati substi- tutes and pinch-hitters, have &C., counted for just five runs. Wilson and Baker have scored one each and Joost has driven in two and Myers one.
 Pinky Higgins, No. hitter in the Tigers lineup, has topped that by himself, scoring two and driving in six runs. Or add Bruce Campbell, Detroit's No, 6 hitter, and they've accounted for more runs than the combined efforts of the entire Cin- cinnati team. Campbell has scored four times and driven in five other tallies. Thus together they've fig ured in 17 runs, one more than the Reds 16.
 But from here in the Tigers are going to have to swing against the Reds two top fingers, Walters and Derringer. There aren't going to be any more Turner's, Thompsons, Moores, Beggses ct cetera. That is, unless the Lucky Bucky" can't hold the fort today or Big Paul" folds up tomorrow.
 Take No Chances
 Walters and Derringer each has proved that the Tigers can be pitched to. But shoddy pitching won't stop Greenberg, York, Hig- gins ct al.
 There'l be no more gambling by either Bill McKechnie or Del Baker. If McKechnie can win with Walters he'll have slight bulge over Baker for the final game. He can wheel out Derringer with two days rest while Baker will have to counter with Newsom only one day inter vening. Tommy Bridges has an outside chance to start the seventh game, if there is one, but most critics figure that the bigger, stronger, faster Newsom with only one days surcease from the firing line will be safer bet than the frail Bridges with three.