The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-05-02
PTS "In The Clutch" Thrilled Baseball World

Bucky, Is a lanky, bow-legged pIsCneA for the Cincinnati Reds and yester4 day just before dusk he gave tl1ms Dodgers the business-hut goodI HG let them down with seven stingy' hits in II innings, scored the wins ming run and snapped the Brookly4 winning streak which had reached nine games.
 Far into the night Brooklyn fans, large and small, male nd female. butcher, baker and candlestics maker, sat on the stoops of their homes and called down maledictiona on the head of William Henry Walters. For he now is established solidly as the enemly agent who comes along and puts out the fire every time the Dodgers get hot.
 History Repeats
 It was exactly year ago today that the Dodgers, riding a winning streak of nine games-Brooklyn Is beginning to distrust that evil "nine"--walked into Crosley field in an attempt to make 1t 10 straight. Rosy visions of pennant curved like rainbow over the Gowanus canal. Hot arguments were raging in Flatbush over whether the Dodgers should play their part of the world series in Ebbets field or rent the Yankee stadium, which has room for more than twice as many of the faithful. Childrens banks were being footed by fathers who wanted to get their application for world series tickets in early.
 And then out to the mound for the Cincinti Reds walked William Henry Walters. The Brooklyn faith full didn't even bother to boo him. It was taken for granted that the Dodgers would belt the brains out of Walters and make 1t 10 straight. An argument broke out in the bleachers between two fans over whether any ball club ever had won l54 games and lost none.
 William Henry Walters began 10 fire his sinker ball at the Brooklyns and every time the ball sank 50 did the spirits of the fans. He gave the Dodgers only six hits, beat them g to and the Reds went on to win the pennant.
 The gods of baseball, peering down on Ebbets field yesterday, must have laughed their heae,s od when they saw what q beautiful Set-up 1t was. Once mere the Dodgers had won nine straight, once more babies banks were being jemmed and once more William Henry Walters was making his bow-legged way to the pitching mound.
 Up and Down
 Well, 1t happened again only this time Walters added insult to injury. He leased the Brooklyns, lifting them to the heights of hope and then dashing them to the depths of despair. He let them All the bases In the nnth inning and then struck out Pete Coscarart, leaving the win- ming run on third. Het let them fill the bases in the 1lth inning and then, oh, sad and sorrowful day, struck out two pinch-hitters in Q row--Pete Reiser and Babe Phelps, leaving the tying and winning runs on base.
 But before that happened 1t had occurred to William Henry Walters that 1t might be q good Idea for him to get out of Brooklyn before night fall. So In the first half of the 1ith he smacked nice double and then scored what proved to be the win- nlng run when Eddie Joost singled.
 Outwittlng the pursuing Dodger fans by taking the short cut through the Rulch near Bad Mans bend, William Henry Walters Is safely barricadad in Boston hotel today. The sheriff has sworn in deputies and promised him protection and, judging from that steady roar of rage from across the Brooklyn bridge. he will need plenty of it.