The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1942-10-06
CARDINALS TUMBLE MIGHTY YANKS
And WIN PENNANT IN WORLD SERIES
Kurowski's Circuit Smash
In Ninth With Mate
Aboard Proved Decisive
Blow 4 In
Especial 10 The Citizen

York. Oct. s.-Like a boxer
who has pounded his opponent
into submission and then landed
the Sleeper. Billy 1.-THE Kidd
Southworth's St. Louis Cardinals
yesterday afternoon dropped the
once invincible New York Yam
KEGS for the count with a crush
ing blow in the top half of the
ninth round.
A circuit smash by George
tWhiteY) Kurowski. Gard third
boseman, with a mate aboard,
was the extra punch that laid
low the mighty Yanks and gave
the fighting 'Redbirds the Base
ball Crown of 1912.
Early in the game, another
round tripper, poled off the bat
of Enos Slaughter, had put the
Cardinals back in the running
after Phil Rizzuto's four-bagger
gave the Yankees a 10 lead in
the opening round.
The victory was the fourth in
a row for the galloping Red
birds. 1t ended AZ.
Johnny Beazley, conquerer of
the Bronx Bombers in the second
game of the series, did it again
yesterday. He held the PLAYERS
from the banks of Harlem to
seven hits and once again proved
ne was capable of pulling him
self out of some holes that
would have dismayed other
pitchers.
KuroWSki's home run was hit
IN the gathering dusk and fans
only knew what had happened
by watching Walker Cooper
stellar catcher, gallop around the
bases ahead of the st. Louis third
sacker. They couldn't follow
the flight of the ball as it sailed
into the stands in left field.
Cooper had opened the ninth
with a single and went to second
on a sacrifice. The Cardinal
backstOp had starred in the Sc
ries with his bat and alert catch
ing.
Three games in the hole and
their last chance at bat coming
up IN what proved to be the de-
/. clding battle, the Yanks were
desperate but couldn't break
through the stone-wau defense
displayed by their younger foe.
Gordon revived hopes when he
singled to open the ninth. Sec
ond baseman Brown fumbled
Dickey'S easy roller but Cooper
picked off Gordon at second with
strike to that bag. Brown
made the second out by scooping
up Priddy's grounder and then
threw out pinchhitter Selkirk to
end the game.
In the fourth, after Rolfe had
F. scored to again put the Yanks
lout front, Beazley found himself
lin deep water. With one down
] and DiMaggio, on first, Keller
got to the first pitch for a single
] to right, sending DiMaggio to
third. Southworth Gained the
young rookie and he struck out
Gordon on four pitches and made
Dickey hit an easy force play.
Again in the fifth, Beazley came
through with flying colors. Ruff
ing, with one down, beat out a
tap between third and the pitch
er's box. Rizzuto hit a grounder
to first baseman Hopp, who at
tempted to catch Ruffing at sec
ond but threw wild. The run
ners were safe. Brown fumbled
another easy grounder by Rolfe
and then the bases were loaded.
Southworth again had a confer
ence with Beazley, who imme-
diately afterward forced Cullen
bine to pop up. Billy the Kidd
had another talk with the young
ster and catcher Cooper as Di-
Maggie came up. The Yankee
slugger couldn't do nothing.
grounding into a force play 20
end the threat.
Ruffing gave up nine hits
The Cards got men on bases in
every inning except the seventh
1t was the first time the Yanks
had lost World Series since the
Cards beat them out in 1926.
Slaughter's homer in the final
game was something like a cele-
bration. He leaves Immediately
TO join the u. S. armed forces.
Box score:
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