The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-10-09
Trailing by
One Game

81. Louis. Oct. s-AP-Luke Sew
ellis Browns are ready for another
last ditch stand today after 4 sea.
son OF comeback successes but the
Cardinals have them groggy, trail.
ing 81 in games. and desperately
needing . victory by Nelson Potter
TO stave off knockout punch.
Either Max Lanier or Blk Donnel.
ly will attempt to do the Job for
Billy southworth's National Lea
guers.
Mort Cooper's l2-strikeout Job in
yesterdays 20 Red Bird triumph
was a blow between the eyes 10 the
Browns title hopes and the series
largest crowd OF 36,56s which cane
10 cheer for the underdogs went
home fearful that the end was near.
Despite the week-long assurance
that ST. Louis can't lose no matter
which team wins, Brownie fans
were still hoping against their bet.
ter judgment that Potter would
square matters today and Jack
Kramer would take the big one
Wednesday. These loyal support
srs, and fully rs per cent OF the
fans appear TO be with the Amer
lean Leaguers In sentiment, have
learned TO respect Sewelrs crew
which took the lead. lost 1t. took II
again, dropped back, tied and final.
ly won II on the last day OF the
regular season.
II sentiment still Is working fof
the Brownies, the boys with the
dough aren't. The Red Birds are
favored at IL to 20 to win II Lanier
pitches and the wise money Is SO
sure 1t will be over tonight that no
series prices are quoted.
Donnelly holds one OF the Card
victories in the series on a four
inning relief job in the second
game. The strikeout artist relieved
Lanier. who had started agains!
Potter and whitfield seven men 70
get the decision in the 18th. Potter
had been lifted for a pinch hitter
and rellefer Bob Muncrief was the
loser.
Not since Howard Ehmke
emerged from the shadows OF the
Philadelphia Athletics bullpen "a
strike out IS Chicago Cubs and set
q series mark Is years ago has a
pitcher been able TO fan IL men In
one game In the annual classic
Never before have two pitchers
like Cooper and Denny Gslehouse
whitfield a total OF % victims in one
series afternoon. The old mark OF
Fl was held jointly by the AS and
Cubs OF 1929 and the White SoY
and Cubs OF 1906.
II today's opponents are in q
strikeout mood a new all.time rec
ord for total series play can be es
tablished. To date there have bee1
Is third-strlke victims. mark
topped only by the Cards and AS In
seven games in 1891 with 81 and
the Yankee-Glant eight game set
that produced So in 1921 The sixth
game mark OF Is definitely has
been surpassed.
Cooper and Gslehouse hooked UP
in one OF those games that it's a
shame anybody has 10 lose. Just as
on opening day when the Browns
beat Mort behind Galehouse, on two
hits, the club with the fewest hits
took the cake and did II on home
runs.
Ray Sanders clout atop the roof
on the right field pavilion and
Danny Litwhiler's long distance IN
TO the unscreened stands past the
4O0.foot marker provided the only
scoring OF an exciting game.
Big Morris defeatist compiler
about the American League was
just rumor this time as the husky
righthander from Anterior, No.
fast balled the Browns back TO the
bench. The Sewell crew kept peck
ing away here and there, collecting
seven hits but when the blue chips
were down, Cooper had IL. In the
sixth he gave one OF his best pitch,
ing exhibitions by throwing the
ball past Al Zsrilla and Mark
Christman after the American Lea
guers had loaded the sacks with
one out. They said his curve wasn't
breaking and Southworth had Ted
dy Wilks in the bull pen but the