Evening star., 1943-10-11
Yankees Expect to End Comedy Of Errors With Cards Today
n. |. Champs Spirit
Shot While Russo
Has Field Day
By SID FEDER,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
ST. LOUIS, Oct. lift the New
York Yankees don't wind up this
World Series today and head for
home tonight as bosses of the base
ball business again, then the bell
captain in the Chase Hotel Is going
to be mighty peeved young man.
For, when Marius the Slugger
Russo personally pummeled the Car
dinals 81 yesterday in the fourth
game of the 1943 set, the Yanks i'm
mediately told the bell captain
there'd be an extra dime or two in
it for him if he had their trunks
down in the lobby and waiting when
they return from the ball park to-
day so they can make quick get
away for an early train.
That's how sure they are school
will be out in this fifth game of
series that already has exploded
much of the myth G. the sure footed,
hitting. sure-spirited St. Louis
not ot-so-swifties and has put in the
books new record players pool of
$48S,005.74 for the boys to divide.
Chandler Returns to Hill.
II that weren't enough to convince
them. Manager ice Mccarthy an
nounced thered be no more kidding
around about pitchers and that Spud
Chandler, who won the opening
game last Tuesday with a one
earnedrun job and was only the
hottest hurler in the American
League this season. will be out there
| doing business at the same old stand
at post time (2:30 pm, Washington
time) today.
Against him is Mort Cooper. who
hit new high for himself last
Wednesday when he whipped the
American Leaguers in the second
game after twice practically having
his head handed to him on tray
in the 1912 set, in which the Cards
came home in front in five games.
| But it wasn't only Marius the
Slugger's pitching and hitting yes
| terday or the prospects of Chambers
slight of hand today that had many
of the 36,196 cosutomers who
| crammed Sportsman's Park for the
fourth game. agreeing with the
YankS' idea that it won't be long
I now. 1t wasn't so much the way the
Bombers operated as the way the
Cards didn't.
Cardinals Spirit Gone.
The once rough and-ready Red
birds appeared and acted yesterday
like Well-beaten ball club-a club
| that was whipped and knew it. They
showed little of the old zing and zip
| that marked their AZ series show.
In fact, they moved at times like
some of the National League champs
| OF few years back who folded like
a baby's diaper as soon as the
| Yanks hung their hats in a ball
park
However, yesterday strictly was
Russo day around Sportsmans Park,
and they won't be forgetting the
forgotten man very soon in this
neighborhood. A hero of the 194l
series with a fancy four hitter
against the Buns Of Brooklyn,
Russo had the miseries in his flipper
in 40, won only four games, and
when series time came round. he
| was less we'll known than the bat
boy. All through this season, until
the final weeks. it was the same way.
When the talk started on series
pitchers, you mentioned Marius and
some one wanted to know, Russo?
Who's he-some new guy from
Peoria?"
Well, the folks have a formal in
PRODUCTION, with trimmings, now, be-
cause he cooked up a seven-hit batch
OF caulifloWer for the Cards yester-
day. And in his spare time he put
the Hollandaise sauce on it by
humping out pair of tWo-baggers.
The second one of these, off Harry
Brecheen, who relieved Starter Max
Lanier, and was charged with the
loss, led to the winning run in the
eighth inning, after two Yankee
fumbles behind Russo allowed the
Cards to tie it up in the seventh.
Just for a laugh. it might be point
ed out that Marius the slugger hit
tremendous .194 this season.
Crosetti Makes Snappy Play.
The Yanks scored first when Joe
I'm Getting Even) Gordon doubled
and Bill Dickey singled in the fourth
and the Cards tied it up, like a
birthday present for the missus. in
the seventh when errors by frankie
Crosetti and Bill Johnson sand
wiched Danny Litwhiler's two
Dagger.
But Crosetti more than made up
for it in the eighth. With Stan
Musial on first. he made a sizzling
stop of Walker Cooper's grounder
back of second. 1t went for a base
hit, but the play allowed Musial to
get only as far as second, instead
Of taking a ticket to third If the
ball had gone through, and Musial
reached third. he easily would have
scored the tieing run on Whitley