The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-08

MCCARTHY May
GAMBLE WITH
RUSSO SUNDAY
By LEO H. PETERSEN
UNITED Press Staff Correspondent

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Enroute to st. Louis, Oct. g.
(UP)-The st.. Louis Cardinals,
having lost the crucial third game
Of the World Series to give the New
York Yankees q two to one edge,
hoped to ride their filters away
today.
Their backs to the wall, psy-
chologically and actually, Manager
Billy Southworth felt confident his
boys would snap out Of their field
ing slump by the time they return
to the familiar environs Of Sports
mans Park for the fourth game
Sunday.
As the Red Bird skipper tried to
chere his gloomy crew, the Yankees
determined to press their advantage,
were in jovial mood. Long noted
as q team that will take advan-
tage Of every break, the Yanks did
Just that yesterday to win the game
which in nine Of the past 10 series
has been taken by the club that
went on to win the championship.
Manager Mccarthy admitted the
Yankees received the breaks as they
took advantage Of the sloppy st.
Louis play to rally for five runs in
the eighth inning and turn q 2 to
/ deficit into q 8 to 2 advantage
which stood up-but he was sure
that even II the Cardinals return
to form his Yankees would carry
through from now on with their
batting power and pitching.
"After ALL" he said, 1--WE made the
breaks. This isn't q pink tea party,
you know"
Nearly 10000 Fans
He was referring to the play that
became the turning point Of the con-
test which brought out the largest
SO, oo0--in World Series history to
Yankee Stadium, where the first
three games Of this second wartime
series were played.
It involved George (Whitcy) Ku-
rowski, hero Of last years st. Louis
triumph over the Yanks, and
Johnny Lindell, the six foot-four
Yankee who Mccarthy converted
into an outfielder from q pitcher
this year.
Lindel was on second, having
opened the eighth with q single and
advanced to second after center
fielder Harry Walker fumbled the
ball. George StirnweiSs, batting
for winning pitcher Hank Borowy,
hunted to Ray Sanders, Cardinal
first baseman, In an attempt TO
sacrifice Lindeu to third. Sanders
came up with the ball clearly and
fired over to Kurowski who put
the ball on Lindell coming into
third.
The umpired waved Lindell out,
but as the $40 pounds Of Yankee
hit Kurowski head-on, they both
went down In q heap and the ball
trickled out Of the Cardinals third
baseman's glove.
That was the turning point, for
instead OF having @ man on flrst
and one out, there were men on
third and f1rst and no one out. It
was enough to break any pitchers
heart so 1t wasn't surprising that
rookie AL brazle, vino had Q three
hitter for the first seven innings,
blew UP. The run the Yankees had
scored earlier was not his fault for
this same Kurowski had 2umbled o
grounder which should have retired
the side scoreless.
New "Goat"
The Yanks pressed that break and
before the inning was over there
were Ave runs over the plate, Brazle
and his first relief pitcher, HOWE
Krist, were In the showers and
Kurowski was well On his way to be.
ing the goat Of the i943 classic.
Sitting in q favorable position
for the heros role Yves rookie Billy
Johnson, New York third sacker
Leading hitter In the series, his
triple cleared the sacks after Stain
back had flied out, enabling Stirn-
weiss to 60 to second after the
catch, and Frankie Crosetti had been
purposely passed to I'LL the bases
and set the stage for o possible
double play.
But there were o lot Of fans In
that record breaking crowd that
felt the official scorer had erred,
for Walker played Johnson's hit
badly. Had he come up with the
ball 1t would have been only q
single, but 1t scooted past him and
with 1t went the ball game.
The Cardinals did not blame Lin
dell for coming into Kurowski so
hard. That is the type of game
they play and 1t has been good
enough to bring them two National
league pennants and one worlds
championship during the past two
seasons.
And II Billy the Kid can snap his
Redbirds out Of it, they still have
q chance to make it two world
championships. For the Cardinals
are q dead game club. But the
odds are against them.
Mccarthy felt so confident that
he said he probably would gamble
on southpaw Marius Russo, who has
been bothered all season with q
lame arm, in Sundays game, thus
giving Spurgeon Chandler, who won
the opening contest, an extra days
rest. But he added that he might
change his mind.
Mccarthy felt so confident that
he said he probably would gamble
on southpaw Marius Russo, who has
been bothered all season with q