The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-03
|HIGDE MAY GET
 CALL TO STOP
 YANKEES TODAY
BrOOkIyn-BOrn Marius Russo May Pitch Against
 Dodgers; Fitz Ready
By GEORGE KIRKsEY United Press Stan COrrespondent)

United Press Stan COrrespondent)
 Brooklyn, New York City, Oct. B., (UP)-It's over the bridge to Brook lyn for the world series today, across the river to the home of the beloved buns where the Dodgers and the Yankses-deadlocked with one vic- tory each-fight 1t out before the widest, looniest, loudest fans in all the 48 states.
 The series is right back where 1t was before the first ball was thrown. either team has the edge. Each has played an ace-Rufilng by the Yanks and Watt by the Dodgers and won with him. From now on the result Is in the laps of the gods.
 The slate is clean again. Yester- days hero may be today's goat. Er- TOTS have been forgiven and strike outs forgotten. Both teams have tasted the sweet fruit e victory and the bitter medicine of defeat. The big thing now is today's game and the opportunity to forge out in front.
 Reds Lost First
 The Dodgers, who were groggy afterd blowing the opener, are talk ing heart from the fact that 12 times the team that lost the first game went on to win the series. Only last year the Cincinnati Reds droprad the opener to the Detroit Tigers, but took the big prize.
 The two managers had an "eenie, meenie, miney mo" problem on their hands in selecting tooGg's pitchers. For the Dodgers, it'll be either Kirby (Koibie, they call him in Flatbush) Higbe or Freddy Fitzsin- mons. For the anks, it'll be Marius Russo or Alley Donald.
 None of them has ever won world series game and only Fttz- simmons, @ 40-year- -olts veteran with a torso like beer barrel, has ever pitched before in the October classis. Eat Freddy, cast aside as washed up by Bill Terry four years ago, has pitched in three world series games and lost them all. But one of his defeats, by the Tanks in 1886 when he was with the Giants was one of the most heart-breaking losses any pitcher ever suffered Titz allowed only four hits but was beaten, 2-1, when he himself failed to field an easy tap to the box. For that loss, Fttz hopes to carve out Q large hunk of revenge when he gets his shot at the Yanks as he will either today or tomorrow.
 May Go Today
 Higbe seems to be Manager Lee Durocher'S logical chos:e today. Int quicker Higbe pitches, the sooner he can come back and face tn; Yanks again. He is e strong arm boy with 6 blazing fast ball. Al "Lippy Leo" says, that Higbt don't know from nuthin'. He just rears back and pours the ball 1T there" When he has 1t Higbe, wht won 9 games during the regular season, Is a tough honbre to lick
 Because of the Tanks reputet ability to slam fast ball pitching Durocher has been keeping Higbt in the stable. But he can't holc back much longer. He's got to fine out and today may be the day.
 Marius Russo, the dark-eyed frozenu faced Italian southpaw, will be pitching against his home town If he's the Yankee starter. He wal born in Brooklyn July l9, 1914 Russo, who won IA games and los' 10 during the season, has beer bothered by an upset stomach. Il Russo fels up to par today, ther he'll go for the Tanks. If not, itI be Alley Donald, who special!zei in an overland fast ball and serve up slider as his sleeper pitch.
 Donald won only nine games ant lost five but two of his triumph' were games in which he outpitchet and beat Bob Teller. Tn two of hi! five defeats the Yanks were white washed.
 If Russo goes for the Tanks, tn, Brooklyn batting order will be shift ed to combat southpaw. Peewe, Reese will lead of, Joe Medwick ba fourth, Cookie Lavagetto fifth, Dol Camilli sixth and Dixie Wake seventh.
 Quite a Feat
 Drawing up even with the Tank yesterday was no small feat whel it's remembered that the Bron! Bomhers had won 10 straight work series games and hadn't suffered setback since King Carl Hubbel plastered a 7-3 defeat on them il the third game of the 1897 series And coming from arrears to bea the Tanks after they have yo' down, 20, and almost half tht game over, is something the Flat bush faithful have @ right to crov over. The big lesson of the Dodgers victory is that the buns are deaS game and are not going to roll ove and play dead as some of the Ma tional league representatives hav' in past years when the Yank swarmed all over them.
 All the second -guessers were fir ing questions in the direction of tn, Tanks today. The embarrassing questions to be heard were:
 why did Joe Gordon try to SCOT, from second on Chandler's higl bounder to Lavagetto in the sec ond?"
 why did Chandler try to go iron first to third on Sturm's single t' short center in the fourth?"
 "Why wasn't relief pitcher Murph. taken out for a pinch hitter in thu sixth with runners on first and sec ond and two out?"
 Gordon and Chandler were botl running on their own and not un der orders. If Gordon, who hit catch CT Owen hard enough to tear thu mitt from his hand, had scored, 1 probably would have changed thI entire complexion of the game anS might have put Whit Wyatt on th' skids for good. Chandler's attemp san Rna 0ar