The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-07-28
DODGERS OPEN MONEY SERIES
 AT HOME PARK
Three Games With St. Louis Starts Today at
 Ebbets Field Twin Bill
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Stan COrrespOndent)

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 New York. July 2S.-(UP)-The dollar sign rides on every pitch to- day as the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals open an i'm portant three-game series in Ebbets Field, for the choicest cut of the world series pie. It may go to the team with the edge in the set.
 Of course, the Cardinals trail- ing the Dodgers by seven games will not win the right to play in the series merely by sweeping all three contests. But a St. Louis triumph will tighten up race that has been one-sided almost all the way.
 It can almost be designated as a Hast chance" engagement for the Red Birds, and the strain of play ing baseball for two days at the rate of almost $500 an inning might be even too much for Billy South worth's red-hot squad. The Car dinals have actually kept up a pen- nant-winning pace with a record of 24 victories against 10 defeats, but, unfortunately, Brooklyn has kept pace with 24 triumphs against Il losses.
 Some slight indication that the series might go in the Cardinals favor can be found in the three out of four victories they registered against the Dodgers in their last meeting at Sportsmans Park. How ever, the Flatbushers were physi- cally exhausted then and their pitching efficiency was low after a tough three-week road trip.
 But in June the Cardinals paid the Dodgers a visit and 1t was ar- other story. On June 18, the Red Birds blew into Ebbets Field like a hurricane, trailing by only four and a half games. But they left as gentle as a flock of lambs, for the Brooks nicked them for four out of five with Larry French, Whit Wyatt, Hugh Casey and Kirby Higbe doing the honors. Only rookie Ed Head failed to win.
 Today the Dodgers have all their players available except relief pitch CT Casey who is still out with an injured finger. Manager Leo Du- rocher plans to start French, win ner of Il games against only one defeat, in today's first game and then come back with Higbe in the nightcap. Wyatt is set for the third contest. Higbe has won 10 and Wyatt, II.
 White to Start
 Ernie White will go to the mound for St. Louis in the first game with Mort Cooper scheduled for the nightcap and Max Lanier the third contest. White has won four games, Cooper 12 and Lanier. five. White and Cooper both chalked up their last wins at the expense of Brook lyn while Lanier blanked the Braves in his last start, after whitewashing the odgers in a relief role at St. Louis.
 Cooper has been troubled with a sore arm that has kept him cut of uniform for several days. He has just had a tooth extracted in an attempt to clear up the condition and is reported ready. But if he isn't, Howie Krist, winner of eight games against only one defeat, will step into the breach.
 The Cardinals do have one actual edge, for they are the only club in the league which holds an ad- vantage over the Dodgers in games won. The count stands at seven to six. Cooper boasts three successes and White and Lanier, both left handlers. two each.
 Weather postponed the first game of the Cards-Dodgers series yes- terday along with the New York Chicago, Cincinnati Philadelphia and Chicago-New York games and combined with partially-open date for travelling to cut the big league schedule to a single game.
 Red Sox Win
 The Boston Red Sox twice came from behind to halt the Cleveland Indians, 8-5. Tex Hughson went the route for the sox after 8 shaky start to notch his 11th victory. Fe gave up 12 hits, including a pair of doubles and triple. Boston trailed from the third inning, but tied the score in the sixth of Al Milnar, went ahead in the eighth and scored three runs of Joe Hev- ing to sew it up in the ninth.
 The box score:
 BOSTON (A.)