The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-28
TANKS RESTED, CARDS 'HOT' AS
 SERIES WEARS
Dodgers Won More Games Than Tanks But Finished
 2d; Ruling to Start?
By LEO H. PETERSEN Limited Press Sports Editor)

New York, Sept. 20 (UP) The burning stretch drive of the st. Louis Cardinals has converted the 1922 world series into the same old issue today "a tired National league club against fresh Ameri- can league team.
 The race in the National league couldn't have been closer, for the speed merchants of St. Louis had to go into the final day to win. But the New York Yankees followed their usual pattern of taking the American league title with cornpar- ative ease. They have coasted with the pennant safely tucked away since September IA.
 For the first time in years the teams experts picked to win in April came through, but back in August the. Cardinal chances looked as thin as the roast beef in wartime sand- wiches. They had to come from 10 and half games of the pace on August { to win out the hard way over the Brooklyn Dodgers.
 It wasn't case of the Dodgers cracking. They won 104 games which is good enough to win the title 99 times out of 100. It was just a case of the Cardinals putt ting on the greatest stretch drive in diamond history.
 Best Chance
 The two-day rest they get before meeting the Yankees at St. Louis Wednesday may cool the Cardinals oil, but National leaguers believe they have the best chance to win since the Cincinnati Reds gave the senior circuit its last world title back in 1s4O.
 They have speed. fielding, super lative pitching and timely hitting. They proved in the heat of the pen- nant race that pressure doesn't bother them.
 But pressure never has bothered the Yankees either. The may not be the best club that Manager Joe Mccarthy has turned out among his seven pennant winners and six world championship clubs but they will do. They will go into the series the favorites, with the odds on them as low as 3 to 5.
 Neither Mccarthy nor Manager Billy Southworth of the Cardinals would name their opening game pitchers. But it would cause no surprise if they were Charlie (Red) Rufing and Morton Cooper, the Cardinals ace right-hander.
 The St. Louis hopes rest mostly on Cooper. He was their money game pitcher and the last three of the 22 games he won were by shut outs. That is clutch pitching at its peak.
 Rulings record is not as impos- ing as Cooper's, but the Yankee vet eran is rated the greatest spot pitcher in the game.
 Possibilities
 It likely will be Ernie (Tiny) Bonham against Max Lanier in the second game and Spurgeon Chand- Ter against Ernie White in the third. The Yankees probably will call on Alley Donald for fourth game duty, while the Cardinals will decide on the basis of the series standing at the time. If the Cardinals are be- hind, they probably will call on Cooper again. If not, rookie Johnny Beazley might get the nod.
 The Yankees will leave for St. Louis tonight. Because they are familiar with Sportsman's park, they will not work out in St. Louis before Wednesdays opener. The second game will be played at St. Louis Thursday. with the third, fourth and fifth games at Yankee stadium October 3. 4 and 5. If sixth and seventh games are necessary, they will be played at St. Louis