Evening star., 1941-09-30
22-GaIneV Victor,
Ruffing Choices
70, 900 Fans Expected
Tomorrow, Although
Showers Predicted
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, Sept. 80 (P).-The
Brooklyn Dodgers and New York
Yankees are all set for tomorrow's
opening game of the World Series,
with Whitlow Wyatt, the bald,
squeaky-voiced Georgian, ready to
take the mound against Charley
CRed) Ruffing, veteran ace of the
Yanks.
The managers of the two pennant
winners delayed announcing def
nitely their starting choices until
after the teams had worked out
again today, and Leo Durocher of
the Dodgers said he might not select
his first finger until tomorrow
morning, but from players of the
competing clubs it was learned that
Rufflng and Wyatt, the obvious
choices, had been instructed to get
ready to pitch the first game
Wyatt. who became 80 years old
Saturday. won % games and lost 10
for the Dodgers during their Ma
tional League struggle and pitched
most of their critical contests. in
cludlng that which clinched the
pennant last Thursday at Boston.
Even Money May Prevail.
An American League castoff, he
was one of the outstanding hurlers
OF the entire season. His prestige is
so great that he may make the
Dodgers an even-money shot to win
the initial game starting at 130
pm. tomorrow at Yankee Stadium.
This will be Wyatt's first World
Series, but Ruff1ng, big 36-year-old
rlghthanded ace of the American
League champions, has pitched in
seven series games. winning five and
being charged with one defeat. He
bagged only Is games this season.
but was not used nearly as often
as Wyatt
A capacity crowd of about 10000
was expected to jam the Yanks' big
concrete stadium for the first game.
although the day was expected to
be cloudy and there was a posi-
bility of showers. If the start of
the series should be delayed, or if
any later contests are postponed, or
end in ties, the subsequent schedule
simply will be pushed back day.
As fixed by Commissioner Kene-
saw M. Lands the first two games
will be played at Yankee Stadium
Wednesday and Thursday; the next
three at Ebbets Field. Brooklyn,
Friday, Saturday and Sunday; and
If more are necessary the teams will
return to Yankee Stadium for ses-
sions Monday and Wednesday. The
open date before the seventh game
is to allow time to sell and distribute
tickets.
This will be the sixth subway
series for New York. but it has
stirred up more excitement already
than any of the conflicts that the
Yankees and Giants waged in the
past 1t is the twelfth time in 81
years that the Yanks have been in
the big show, but only the first time
in the same length OF time that the
Dodgers have been up there.
Has Nation wide Following.
Brooklyn has acquired followers
throughout the country during the
season, and the borough itself
Seethes with joy and enthusiasm at
the success of the FlatbuSh fans
beloved Buns. More than a mil
lion persons turned out yesterday
for parade and celebration honor
ing the National League champions.
and the crowd was so immense it
got beyond the control of police.
The Dodgers, who rode in open cars
at the head of the procession, were
lucky to escape their admirers and
get back to their Manhattan hotel
altogether.
The Yankees are coming up to the
annual spectacle favored l to in the
betting. as against the 12-to-5 price
at which the Dodgers opened among
the towns leading price-layers. This
vast difference in odds was based on
the Yankees superior fielding. their
proven record of hitting their peak
in the World Series (they have swept
their past two. from Chicago in 1888
and Cincinnati in 1882 and their
well-balanced power attack headed
by Joe Di Maggie
Conceded Edge in Pitching.
The Dodgers, however, are con-
ceded slight edge in the pitching,
chiefly because they have two %
game winners in Wyatt and Kirby
Higbe. There is a fairly widespread
belief that team needs good left
hand pitching to beat the Yanks,
and Brooklyn has only one south
paw, Relief Pitcher Larry French,
but the record shows that the Yanks
have won 20 and lost only 13 games
against portsiders during the sea-
son.
Wyatt. Higbe and Curt Davis all
succeeded in setting down the
Yankees in spring training games.
1t was doubtful that this pitching
edge was sufficient for the Dodgers
to win the world championship. but
almost everybody expected them
to be able to take from one to three