The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1943-10-03
COMING SERIES
TOSS Up AFFAIR
yanks Have Edge In Hill
Staff; Card Hitting
Evens Things Up

NEW YUM, OCt' E'-f-An
o+ber World Series, a sports spec
t.c1e which instead of losing its
,,stre IN wartime seems to have
lined new glamour, will oper
:, mammoth Yankee Stadium
reesdav with the St. Louis Car.
finals again facing the New York
Yankees.
Record crowds of more thar
IN oo0 fans are in prospect for
aao or all of the three games to
,,o nIaved in New York and there
~ M d oubt that Sportsman's Park,
=. $4,000, will be sold out
,,,bon the series moves to St. Louis
next Sunday.
The fact that the regular base
ban season closing tomorrow has
been generally dull, with dwind-
Inc attendance and nothing re-
so@bljng sustained pennant
are in either major league,
makes the interest displayed in
+bo 1913 diamond classic all the
more remarkable.
All boxes and reserved seats at
tbe stadium have been sold for
annroyimately two weeks and
ScaIpers have been reported reap
inc as high as $50 for a strip of
tickets to three games valued
ariojnally at $3.50. However,
% NM grandstand and bleacher
tickets will be on sale on the
dav of each game.
Although the stadium has never
been sold out for series tussle,
Indications are that last years
ou-+ime record turnout of 1902
an Sunday October 4 will be top
The Yankees have been estab-
Hshed favorites to beat the Cardi-
nails although last year when the
same situation existed the Red
birds won the world championship
with four straight victories after
losing the opening installment.
The reason for the odds favor
ing New York apparently is two
foId-the the apparent pitching
superiority which the Yankees
hold for short series and their
dreaded home run punch which
in eight years has brought them
seven American League pennants
and five world championships.
This year the Yanks have the
acknowledged outstanding pitcher
ir baseball, 34-year-old Sturgeon
lSpuD Chandler, who has won 20
games and lost four while COM
piIing a notable average of l.67
earned runs per nine-inning game.
Although he never has won a
World Series game, Chandler has
pitched we'll in the two contests
he has started in previous elias
sizes, and he is considered the
certain choice of Manager Joe
Mccarthy for the opening assign
ment Tuesday. He probably also
will pitch at least one other game
in the series and perhaps two if
it lasts the full seven games.
Besides Chandler, the Yankees
also have formidable World Series
pitching threats in Ernie (Jumbo) |
Bonham, Hank Borowy, Charley
Wensloff and Marius Russo among
whom to choose for the other con-
tests. All except Russo are right
handlers.
On the other hand the Cardi-
nails pitching prospects are
shrouded by question marks.
The ace Of Manager Bill South
Worths staff is Morton Cecil Coo
per, winner of q games against
eight defeats, but he was knocked
out twice by the Yankees in the
series last year and also failed
twice as the National Leagues
starting pitcher in the annual ALI
Star games against the American
League. To complicate this prob
lem further, Cooper developed a |
sore arm early this week.
The Cardinals were able to win
last year without Cooper, but to
repeat this feat would place a
heayy burden on quartet of
southpaWs - Max Lanier, Harry
Brecheen, Alpha Brazle and Ernie
WhIte-Whose ability to cope with
the Yankees offers no more assur-
ance than Cooper.
Brecheen and Brazle arc rockies
ana White has been troubled by a
sore arm, leaving the opening
game pitching assignment square
~ Up to Lanier in case Cooper
uoeS not qualify. Lanier has won
10 and lost seven during the regu-
lar season.
II their pitching proves ade-
qudte' the Cardinals can make the
Yankees scramble to match them
III most other departments. Over
ue season St. Louis has proved it.
sen better both in fielding and
IN hitting. AS a club the Cardi-
nalS are outhitting the Yanks by
% points and their superior speed
oh the basepaths has enabled
mem to top New York in total
oaSeS despite the fact that the
10 aAAeeS, up until today, had hit
% nome runs to SO for the Cardi-
mails.