The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-15
WANTS YANKEES ITO STAY ALERT UNTIL FINISH
National League Winners
 Will Be "Red-Hot" Says Star Manager
BY PAUL sCHEFFELs

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 New York, September IS. - (UP) U The major league spotlight fo- cussed today on the New York Yan- kees 13-time American League champions - for the first day since the Cards-D Dodgers ding-dong Ma tional League pennant struggle be- gan. But Manager Joe Mccarthy made the years classic crack when he admitted he was "still worried"
 Sure, I'm worried and have req son to be-" Mccarthy said in Cleve- land before he left with his squad for Detroit.
 'I'm afraid of a natural. Let's sit back and watch the Cardinals at- titude. Believe me, that's both probable and fatal. can't go for that stuff that the National League winner will be all worn out-that's the old malarkey.
 Those boys will come into the world series "red-hot and rarin' to go and I don't want my club to be feeling like collective hangover. The double incentive of the winners share and beating the. Yankees will provide either the Cards or Dodgers with an inspiring objective and my team will have to be in tip-top shape"
 The Yankees, however, still have an incentive or two of their own. If they win more than % gomes this season it will marke the sixth time the club has topped that mark. With the exception of11938, when they won only 99, the champions have rec ord of at least 100 games won for every pennant-winning season Nc Carthy has had as manager.
 The Tanks tripped the Indians, 8-3, at Cleveland yesterday to win thir second straight flag, their sev- enth in eight yeras and, for Mo Carthy, who has piloted the team to six world titles, his eighth pennant. He led the Chicago Cubs to the National League crown in 1929
 Nineteen For J. D.
 Joe DiMaggio and Ernie Bonham were the individual standouts of the Tanks, triumph. DiMaggio collected four hits, including his 18th homer, to lead a 14-hit attack on Al Smith and Vern Kennedy. Bonham be- came the first pitcher in the junior circuit and the second in the majors to achieve his 20tn victory, allow ing the tribe only nine hits.t Cleve- land handed the Tanks four runs in the fifth with pair of errors and the New Workers salted away the game with three more runs in the ninth.
 The Yankees first took the league lead away from the Boston Red Sox on April g but they relin- uuished 1t to the Indians on April 2S. On May 6, Bonham pitched five-hit shutout in Yankee Stadium to defeat the Indians and elevated his mates to first place where they remained. Their lead fell off to three games on July but by August IA, they led by 13 1-2 games, thelr longest margin of the year.
 PhiIs Boot Cards Up
 Tn the National league, the St. Louis Cardinals capitalized on three Philadelphia errors in the ninth inning to score four runs and turn a potential S-2 defeat into 6-3 tri- umph over the Phils. The win in- creased their pace-setting margin over the idle Dodgers to l 1-2 games.
 Harry Walker, brother of the Dodgers Dixie, opened the rally with triple with one out. Enos Slaughter's single sent home the ty- ing run and brought Tommy Hughes, third Philly pitcher, to the mound. Stan Musial doubled and Umpire Larry Goetz called Slaugh- ter out at the plate but revrsed his decision when Catcher Mickey Liv- ingston dropped the ball. Ken O'Dea singled Musial across and Sam Nahem replaced Hughes.
 Nick Etten fumbled Johnny Hopp's roller and when George Kurowsh forced Hopp, Danny Murtaugh threw the ball past Etten and ODea tallied. The Cards collected nine hits as three Red Bird hurlers al- lowed seven safeties to the Phils, who were charged with six errors. Howie Krist received credit for the victory2his 18th against only three defeats, and tn 31St in 37 games for the Cards.
 Johnny Humphries helped make the Yankee triumph doubly certain by pitching the White Sox to a 40 triumph over the runner-up Red Sox. He allowed eight hits to regis ter his 11th win.
 Lew Blair'S wild throw in the 18th gave the St. Louis Browns 5-4 decision over the Philadelphia Ath- lerlcs. Blair broke up the game after Vern Stephens singled to send Chet Laabs to third. The victory clinched third place for the Browns. the first time they've finished that high since 1928.
 Washington whipped the Detroit Tigers. S-6, to wind their seasons series with 13 wins in 22 games. Given a four-run lead in the first frame, Hal Schumacher coasted to his lith victory as the New York Giants trounced the Pittsburgh Pirates. 6-i. Max Vests i4th homer with one on in the eighth gave the Braves a 4-2 decision over the Cubs,
 YESTERDAYS STAR Ernie Bonham. whose 20th victory of the season, enabled the Yankees to beat the Indians, s.3. and clinch their