Evening star., 1942-10-02
Baseball World
Comes 10 Life
AsCards Tie
Scroppy Redbird Win
Credited to Brilliant
Heove by Slaughter
BY FRANCIS f. STAN,
Etof Gfoff rorrecrond ndepf

EN- ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Oct.
2.-The deadlocked Yankees and
Cardinals rolled North by East to-
ward New York today and both sides
oozed confidence The world cham
pions, Joe McCarthy's Bronx Bomb
ers, had alibis for their 4-to-3 de-
feat yesterday, just as Billy South
Worth'S Redbirds had theirs for their
setback in the opening game in ST.
Louis.
Less prejudiced but equally COM
petent baseball judges were on hand,
following the trail of what may de-
velop into memorable series, and
in one sentence here's their i'm
preston:
THE World Series will return to
ST. Louis"
In other words, this won't be any
short series, such as the 5-game New
York-Brooklyn set last year, or the
4-game routs of the Reds in 1910
and the Cubs in 1899 by the Bomb
ers. Starting tomorrow, the next
three games will be played in Yankee
Stadium and the concensus is that
neither team will, sweep the trio.
As McKechnie Sees 1t.
This is the way Bill McKechnie,
who has participated in four series
as manager of the Pirates, Cards
and Reds (twice), looks at it:
The Yanks aren't going to NOV
down the Cardinal team. It's a
young team and the big New York
stadium will be strange to them.
But that's hard fighting team.
They've got plenty of heart.
ON the other hand, the cards
aren't likely to blow the Yanks off
the map, either. What team could?
It'll be a long series, I think.
Another critic was Roger Peckin-
paugh, general manager of the
Cleveland Indians and an American
Lacquer all his life. The one-time
Washington shortstop, who played
in the Nats-Giants battle of 1924
and who set series record for
errors (8), in the Nats-Pirates epic
in 1925, is booking reservations back
to St. Louis.
1T may go the limit he ad-
mitted today. These teams are
well matched"
Scribes Become Excited.
The baseball-writing clan, which
had approached the series coolly,
is hoped up now, too. The Cards
are dirty-faced, tough kids with
chips on their shoulders. They are
playing earnest baseball. Some
times its sloppy and sometimes it's
brilliant, but at all times it's rugged
and sincere.
Hopelessly beaten in the opener,
they went into the ninth inning
trailing by TO and not only ruined
Red Rulings bid for the first series
no-hitter of history but chased him
from the box and were only two
base nit from tie and a home run
from victory.
Yesterday they sent a 23-year-
old right-handed pitcher against
the champs, a boy in the majors for
the first time. They not only
evened the series but they did it
the hard way, blowing a 80 lead
and still bouncing back against
Ernie Bonham, nominal ace of the
Bombers' pitching staff.
Johnny Beazley is the pitcher
credited with the victory and he was
deserving enough. But the rookie
like Bonham, 2l-game winner, got
lot of help from his teammates
notably Enos Country Slaughter
the Card right fielder.
Bonnam, the control artist wht
walked only "a batters in 226 in
nings during the season, got off to ;
shaky start and the Cards made th'
most of it. Bonham walked Lead
off Hitter Jimmy Brown to open tn
, game and then he chose to throw
Capt. Terry Moore's sacrifice bun
:, to second base in an attempt t.
flag Brown.
Brown Safe on Slide.
1t was futile attempt, for Brown
:. with one of those copyrighted belly
, slides, beat the ball and both run
ners were safe. Then, after tn
= next two Cards did nothing but g
out. Catcher Walker Cooper doubled
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