The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-22
(Reg. U. s. Pat. Of. By HARRY FERGUSON
United Press sprtsO EdItor)

8
 New York, Sept. 22. (UP)--A doc- tor friend of ours who Is an ardent follower of the Brooklyn Dodgers came over to the house yesterday, settled himself comfortably Into Q chair and said he had seen the World Series and the beloved ouFns had beaten the Yankees.
 How many games did 1t goT" we asked politely.
 "seven," he said. "Higbe started the last game with only two days rest and Johnny Allen relieved him in the sixth with two on base and none out. Struck out three men in Q row."
 "Would you like on aspirin or Q drink of water or sornething9" we Inquired, looking ct him a1xiously.
 "Oh, no, I feel fine" he said. "This was Q o dream I had last night and I thought maybe you might De able to predict something right for Q change If I told you about It."
 "Proceed," we saoid.
 Expensive
 "Things started out very bad, ! had to buy Q ticket from q specula-- tor to get into the first game as Yankee Stadium. Cost me Si6 for Q 1S,B0 grandstand seat and l was behind e pillar. Ruffing beat the Dodgers, 5 to 0, and Higbe got knocked out of the box. I'd almost decided not to go to the second game when e patient called up and saio he ha to leave town and would sell mo his ticket. So I went an Gomez pitched e three- hitter against Wyatt The score was { to ]. Camiili gol a homer, but the rest of the bumi were buns.
 T had seats for the three games in EbbetS Fileid, SO l had to 90 tc them, but was about ready to give up on the buns. It was Chandler against FitzsimmonS and they went into the ninth nothing to nothing Sn the the first half of the nin' Pewee Reese juggled Q double.piay ball and the Yankees, won, to .
 "Durocher went to short in the fourth game. Mccarthy ganbled or Bonham and he just didn't have hi' stun. Highe came back for the bum' and pitched . pretty fair game al though he wasn't pressed much. ThC Buns were really slugging the bal and they won, Q to 2. Who do yot think pitched the fifth gamer"
 wyatt" we suggested.
 "Nope. old Curt Davis. Shut 'efi out with five hits, too, althougt Ruffing didn't pitch bad ball. Med wick tripled in the sixth with thu bases loaded and the score was to o.
 Specs Sold Out
 q paid a spec $40 for Q seat t the sixth game in the stadium, bu 1t was worth 1t. It was Wyatt ant Gomez and the Yankees got two il the first before Wyatt could ge warmed up. The Rodgers got one T the fourth and three in the seventh Dickey threw a ball clear over RE zut's head trying to catch Reise stealing second. It ended up { to and then I had to figure some wa, of seeing the seventh game. Evel the specs didn't have any tickets.
 q went up to the stadium abou an hour before game time. figurin I might be able to buy ticket out side the park. I was standing aroun' and was about ready to give u hope when a man with bushy eye brows and another fellow walked u to me. My name Is Ed Barrow, Doc tor,' the man with the eyebrows sais I'm General Manager of the Yan kees. This gentleman is MT. LarT MacPhail.'
 "'Want to see the game, Doctor Macphail asked politely. I wa speechless. Then Barrow says, Ca : up all youar friends. Doctor and iE vite them and if you've got any kid , be sure to have them get in a ca and hurry right up.' I made thrs or four phone calls and pretty 500 } I had 90 people around me inclut ing ny wife and the kid, Eddie. Bai ] row and MacPhaii took us into tf , stadium and put us in boxes. Rigl away Camiill ran up and gave Edd
 a ball autographed by afl the bum Then Medwick comes over and iz sists on giving the kid his favori , bat. But here was the funny thlE } 1.-the stadium didn't look the sam