Evening star., 1941-09-29
Fight Holds Fans
Whi|eDodgers,
Yankees Drill
Brooklyn Club Forced
To Leave BuiIiwick
For Relaxation
BY JUDSON BAILEY,

Associated Press Sports Writer.
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-The
boisterous Brooklyn Dodgers and
staid New York Yankees focused
their full attention on the World
Series today, even if a lot of this
towns sports fans did not.
Since the baseball classic does not
get under way until Wednesday, the
sports spotlight was turned on to-
nights heavyweight title fight be-
tween Joe Louis and Lou Nova at
the Polo Grounds, right across the
Harlem River from Yankee Stadium
But the champions of the Ma
tional and American Leagues went
about the business Of preparing for
their own world championship
struggle. Both teams scheduled
workouts at the stadium, and the
Dodgers arranged to ride in a late
afternoon parade in Brooklyn as the
borough officially and elaborately
celebrates the Brooks first pennant
in 81 years.
The big demonstration was ex-
pected to excite the Dodgers fab
ulous followers to such peaks of
enthusiasm that the entire squad
of Brooklyn players moved into a
Manhattan hotel last night in order
to get some rest and relaxation be-
fore the big show starts.
Cops on Job Early.
The same expectation that Brook
lyn's baseball fanatics wouldn't be
able to wait till opening day to set
out for the series prompted police
to assign a small detail of patrol
men to Yankee Stadium last night.
48 hours ahead of their previous
plans.
The $4,000 unreserved and bleacher
seats still available at the stadium
will not go on sale till Wednesday
morning, but line of fans is ex-
pected to start forming at almost
any hour now. Police said the early
arrivals could bring chairs or stools,
but would not be permitted to
camp out" with tents, cots, stoves
or other paraphernalia.
All box and reserved seats at the
stadium have been sold out for
several weeks, and crowd of about
10000, largest in series history, is
expected to see the first game. A
crowd of similar size will see the
second game in the stadium Thurs
day and then the scene will shift
to Ebbets Field, which seats only
$4,000, for contests Friday, Saturday
and Sunday If sixth and seventh
games are necessary. they will be
played at the stadium next Mon
day and Wednesday.
All games will start at 1:3O pm.
tE. S. t. except the Sunday contest,
which will not begin until 2 pm.
because of New York law.
Pitchers Tentatively Picked.
The practices today were expected
to be routine affairs. with au-
thoritative announcement of the
f1rst-game pitchers probably being
delayed until the teams work out
again tomorrow.
1t is agreed generally that the
opening hurlers will be 33-year-old
Whit Wyatt for the Dodgers,
highlander with % victories. and
36-year-old Charley (ReO Ruffing
Tor the Yankees, Highlander with
IS triumphs.
However, it is not the names of
the starting pitchers for the series
that has stumped all the guessers.
1t IS their possible effectiveness.
The Dodgers have two pitchers
who have won % games each. WYATT
and Higbe, while the top level for
the Yankees this season was IS
each for Rufflng and Lefty Gomez.
Chiefly on this comparison the
Dodgers have been accorded a
theoretical advantage on the mound,
But little mention has been made
of the fact that Ruffng and Gomez
have been in only % games apiece
while Wyatt has been in 38 and
Higbe in 48, including several relief
appearances.
Yankees Slab Toll Light.
Another Yankee standby, Spud
Chandler, has won just 10 games.
but he has started only 10 and thus,
because of Manager Joe McCarthy's
rotation of a half-dozen or more
pitchers, hasn't had much chance to
be a 20-game winner.
On the other hand, considerable
Importance has been given the fact
that the Yankees have had a long
rest since clinching their pennant,
while the Dodgers have had to drive
almost to the finish. This argu-
ment may have been overworked,
too, because Brooklyn will have had
approximately a weeks relaxation
before the series starts and even
during the heat of their scrap with
the st. Louis Cardinals none of
the pitchers ever were imposed
upon. There was nothing like the
time Dizzy Dean pitched three
panes in the Anal ueak