The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-07

when spud Chandler won the open- ing game for the Tanks by beating Max Lanier, AZ, and big Mort Cooper brought the Cards back yes- terday in defeating Ernie Bonham, 4-3.
 Borowy has had series experience but of the unfortunate variety. He was kayoed by the Cards in the fourth game of last years series when they blasted him with a six run inning. But Fordham Hank was a Yankee standby in the closing phase of the American League race. He won only 14 against nine losses, but won 10 of his last II to rank with Chandler at seasons end as one of the best on the Bronx staff.
 The Cards bounced back on an equal footing with the Tanks in one of the most dramatic games in world series history.
 It had been a question whether Southworth would start Cooper plagued by a cold in his shoulder or Brazle againstt the veteran Bon- ham, and then, just as the team left its hotel for the stadium, big Mort and his brother batterymate, Walker Cooper, received word that their father had died suddenly at Inde- pendence, Mo.
 Southworth, grim-faced and sym pathetic, held conference with the brothers to see whether they would play or drop out of the series. Unani- mously they voted to play because that's what dad would want us to do," and big Mort insisted on going to the mound ito win this one for pop"
 How well they kept their pact is one of the most stirring chapters in world series history.
 From the time they strode out to- gether onto the field they were the center Of attention for crowd oi 68,578 fans damned into the sun- swept stadium. And there were times, particularly in the pinches when their eyes seemed to be tell ing each other: Keep pitching"
 Big Mort did-and rode out several storms that threatened to make him @ f1ve-time failure against American league batting. Twice he had been bested in All-Star games and twice in world series starts, but he had 1t yesterday flor pop.
 SlatS Marion, the gangling Red bird shortstop who usually is a weak hitter, showed the crowd and the Yankees that the Cards were back of the Coopers to the hilt when he belted a homer in the third to put Mort out in front.
 Then the Cards piled it on in the fourth with a three-run barrage Stan Musial, the pelting Pennsyl- vania Pole, slammed out 6 single and was sacrificed to second by Walker Cooper. Whitey Kurowski belted a single that scored Musial Ray Sanders wound it up with a homer that sent Kurowski scurryine home in front of him. That was all they got for big Mort-but it wal enough.
 The Tanks got one back in tfell half of the fourth when Frankie Crosetti and Billy Johnson singled and little Frankie raced in on Charley Keller's fly. There wal more trouble in the sixth, with two Tanks on base and none away. but Q double play and 6 fly out erased this threat.
 Then in the ninth it almost wal curtains for the Coopers. Johnson doubled and scored on Eeller's triple with none away. But Mort and Walker renewed their pact in . huddle with the Cardinal infield and the next two men went down on in- Held outs, Keller scoring on thl second out. Then walker Coopel raced over in front of the Yankel dugout t0 take Q high foul ogI Joa 0ordon's bat for the final out.