The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-16
(Reg. U. s. Pat. Off.) BY HARRY FERGUSON
United Press Sports Editor)

New York, Sept. l6.-(UP)-Two weeks from tomorrow a band will play the Star spangled Banner, the New York Yankees will trot out to their positions at the Stadium and the 1s4l world series will be on.
 Your agent has been at work lately trying to tAar the veil of the future, peek through and give you such pertinent information-far, far In advance of the facts-as who will win, which player will be the goat, which the hero and what the score will be going into the first half of the sixth inning of the third game.
 No luck. The veil couldn't even be torn enough to tell whether 1t will be the Cardinals or the Dodgers in there battling the Yankees. But by considerable straining of the eyes & few facts were aScertained and they hereby are passed along.
 On the eve of the first game Man. ager Joe Mccarthy of the Yankees wees eseAS - Ot1eVAACAAbR
 We have g good ball club. They have 6 good ball club, too. Both of us are well balanced. Give us some breaks and I think we will win. Ruffing will start for us tomorrow"
 Ready to Go
 Tn event 1t is the beloved buns of Brooklyn who are contesting the world series, Manager Leo Duro. cher also will issue a statement:
 Its Wyatt tomorrow, Higbe the next game. wen knock their brains out. We got the punch to do 1t. Don't make me laugh by telling me that we're worn out by the fight down the stretch. We're in good shape and ready to go. Don't say I didn't tell you"
 And If it's the Cardinals, Mana ger Bill Southworth:
 We have good ball club. They have a good ball club, too. Both of us are well balanced. Give us some breaks and I think we will win. White will start for us tomorrow"
 At S:46 p. m. on the day before the series starts 8 Brooklyn fan will carry 8 blanket, a pillow, a thermos jug full of coffee, and three cheese sandwiches to the bleacher entrance of the Stadium. He will be photographed sitting down, standing up, lying down and leaning. He will be & cab driver with a wife and two kids, and he will make this statement:
 This is the thoid seeries I seen. been hacking in Brooklyn for eight years. The buns gotta win now or never. Hello to all my friends on Atlantic Avenue"
 Just before the first game starts two of the umpires will walk to home plate, and eye the fences and foul lines critically. Then the fol- lowing dialogue will ensue:
 Where shall we eat tonight?"
 T feel kinda like a steak. How about Eddie's placer"
 "Okay by me"
 Meet Dr. Zilch
 Between the third and fourth in. ningS an announcement will come over the loudspeaker system that ''Dr. zilch is wanted at the main grandstand gate immediately" Dr. zilch will be a dentist who walked out of the house with the keys to his car and the person who wants him will be Mrs. Zilch who figured on using the car to take the kids to the beach. There will be hell to pay at the Zilch home that evening.
 At the end of the seventh inning a man in rumpled blue slacks and a yellow polo shirt will slug another man in seat IT. row i2, section IS. The man in the polo shirt will be 6 Brooklyn fan who became angry (a) because the buns aren't in the world series (b) because they are in the series and are losing the game or (c) because the man in seat IT stood Up and blocked his view just as Joe DiA6aggio busted one into the left field stands.
 No matter where they are sitting, e2.e64 fans wlil be dissatisfied with their seats and swear that they never will attend another ball game. Ali of them will be out early the next day for the second game,