Evening star., 1943-10-05
BY BURTON HAWKINS.
Star Staff Correspondent


NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-The New
York Yankees and the st. Louis
Cardinals were tied in the early
stages Of the first game of the
World Series today before what
appeared to be a record crowd Of
10000.
The score was 2 to 2 going into
the seventh inning as Spud Chan
dler, Yankee ace. and Max Lanier,
Cardinals sOuthpaW, were fighting
a pitcher battle
Lanier nad famed six men and
Chandler three.
The Cardinals drew first blood IN
the first half of the second. when w.
Cooper slashed a single went to Sec
ond on sacrifice and came home
on Marty Marions vicious double
off Nick Etten's glove.
Cardinal miSplayS and Yankee
power combined to bring the New
Workers two runs in their half of
the fourth Frank Crosetti started
things off with a sharp blow to Lou
Klein
Fltcher Max Lanlcr raced over to
cover but dropped the ball Gro
Setu then stole second. made third
as Billy Johnson beat out bunt,
and scored as Keller hit into dou-
ole play
Joe Gordon. next up blasted a
long homer into the lover lcft-feld
stands
FIRST INNING.
CARDINALS - Chambers first
pitch 10 Klein was a ball, but he
then whipped two strikes past him
before Klein flied to Lindell. Walker
took strike and a ball. then flied
deep 10 Stainback Muslal worked
the count TO three and one before
he flied out to Llndell. No runs. no
hits.
YANKEES-StambaCk with the
count two strikes and ball against
him, lined to KurOwski. Marion
whipped out CrOSetti johnson
worked the count to two and two,
then watched the third strike. No
runs, no hits.
SECOND INNING.
CARDINALs-W. Cooper slashed
Chambers first pitch for a single
that Caromed off Johnson's glove.
KuroWski sacrificed. Chandler to
Gordon. who covered first. Sanders
struck out on, three pitches Lit
Whller walked. Marion lashed a
. liner of Etten's glove down the
right-tleld line for a double. SCORING
w. Cooper, but when Litwhiler at
tempted to score ne was caught at
the plate easily on Stainback S fine
throw to DlCkey. One run. two hits
YANKEES-keIler worked Lanier
to three -and-tWo count and then
took third strike. Lanier came in
fast for Gordons tap III front of the
plate and threw him out. Kurowski
stabbed Dlckey's grounder and threw
hlm out. No runs, no hits.
THIRD INNING.
CARDINALS-Gordon went far to
his left for Laniers grounder and
threw him out. Gordon also threw
out Klein. Walker flied to Stain
back. No runs no hits
ANkEES-Marion took Etten's
slow roller and threw him out. Lin
dell struck out. but had TO be thrown
out, W, Cooper to Sanders. when w.
Cooper dropped the third strike
Chandler singled sharply to left for
the first hit off Lanler. StainbaCk
struck out. No runs. one hit.
FOURTH INNING.
CARDINALS-GOrdOn threw out
MuSlal Crosetti threw out W
Cooper. Gordon went to his right
for kurowSkl'S grounder and threw
him out. No runs. no hits.
YANKEES-CTOSetti hit slow
ball sharply to Klein. Lanier raced
over to cover first, but dropped
kleln's throw for an error as Cro-
Setu bowled him over. Crosetti then
stole second johnson beat out
bunt down the tirSt-base line, Cro-
Setti taking third Crosetti scored as
Keller hit into double play. Klein
to Marion to Sanders Gordon took
Lanier to a three-and -one count
then blasted a 4l0-foot home run
into the lower left-field stands
DiCkey popped to Marion, Two runs,
two hits. one error
FIFTH INNING.
CARDINALS-Go streaked
far to his right for a brilliant stop
of Sanders grounder, but Sanders
beat his throw to first for hit. Et-
ten. apparently thinking Sanders
had been called out. threw the ball
to DiCkey, but his throw was wide
and escaped the Yankee catcher.
Sanders taking second on Ettens
error, LitWhiler flied deep to Lin
dell, Sanders taking third after the
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