Evening star., 1943-10-06
Cooper, Pitching
Despite Fathers Loss,
Yields Only ; Hits
Line-U'p.
SCORE BY INNINGS.
Cards 001 300
YankS- 900 10
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Corresponden..


NEW YORK, Oct. 6.-Saddened
by the death of his father, Nor
ton Cooper, Cardinals freballer,
went to the mound today to
battle Ernie Bonham, Yankees
starting pitcher, and was receiv-
ing powerful support from his
teammates.
The Cardinals we're leading the
Yankees, 4 to /, in the sixth inning.
Marty Marion started the fire.
works for Cooper and the Cardi-
nails in the third inning when he
smacked Bonham's first pitch of the
inning into the left-feld stands for
homer The ball was Just inside
the foul line.
The Cards kept up the attack in
the fourth to add three runs.
Stan Musia! singled sharply to
center and Walker Cooper sacrificed
him to second. George KuroWski
then singled, scoring Musial Ray
Sanders followed at the plate and
drove a liner into deep right. Bud
Methenv got his glove on the ball.
but fell backward into the stands
and II went for homer.
The Yanks got run back in their
half Of the fourth when Frank
Crosetti popped bunt, the first hit
of Cooper. over Sanders head for
single and was moved to third BY
BlllV Johnsons single and scored
on Charlie Kellers long fly.
FIRST INNING.
CARDINALS - Bonham whipped
two strikes past Klein and then a
ball before be flied to Methery in
short right field Walker worked
Bonham to count of 2 and 2 then
struck out. Musial flied to Stain
back. No runs, no hits.
YANKEES-Marion took Crosettis
easy grounder and threw him out.
Metheny hit NJ. Coopers first pitch
to Klein who whipped him out. Klein
/ speared Johnson's line drive. No
runs, no hits.
SECOND INNING.
CARDINALS-W. Cooper took the
count to and before popping to
Crosettl. KuroWski famed on three
pitches. Sanders walked. Gordon
went to short right for Litwhiler's
short fly. No runs. no hits.
YANKEES-Keller took the count
to 2 and then flied to Walker.
Dlckey also flied TO Walker. Etten
famed. No runs. no hits.
THIRD INNING.
CARD1NALS-Marion hit Bon
hams first pitch on line into the
lower leftfleld stand for a home
run. Just inside the foul line M.
Cooper flied deep to Keller. Klein
popped to Gordon in short center
field. The count went to 3 and 2 on
Walker before he grounded to Cro-
setti, who threw him out. One nun,
one hit
YANKEES - Gordon struck out.
Klein took Stainback's low liner.
Bonham bounded to Kurowski. who
threw him out. No runs. no hits.
FOURTH INNING.
CARDINALS - Musial singled
sharply to center. w. Cooper sacri-
feed, Dickey to Etten. Kurowski
singled sharply to center, scoring
Musial, Sanders watched two balls.
then rihed a drive into deep right
field, Metheny backed against the
rightfleld boxes and got his glove on
the ball but fell backward into the
boxes and dropped the ball and it
was home run for Sanders. scoring
/ KuroWski ahead of him. Litwhiler
struck out. Metheny went to the
rightfield foul line for Marion's high
| fly. Three runs, three hits.
YANKEES-Crosetti bunted a pop
fly over Sanders head into rightfield
for a single, the first hit off M.
Cooper, Metheny flied deep to WAL
ker. Johnson singled to center. send
ing Crosetti to third. Keller flied to
Walker, Crosetti scoring after the
catch. Litwhiler went to the left
(See SERIES, Page A-2)