The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-22
SOUTHWORTH IS
 HAPPY YASCARDS
 CLINCH PENNANT
By JOSEPH NOLAN United Press Stan COrrespOndent)

Limited Press stan Correspondent
 Boston, Sept 22.-tUPl--1t was bring on the Browns, Tigers, Yank- ees or Red sox" for the pennant winning st, Louis Cards of the Ma tlonal league today as they settled down to plan for the World Series after Olinchlng their third straight flag.
 TherN was joyful feeling In the CardlntG camp that the teams month-N)ng slump ended with the double victory over the Boston Braves, to 1 and 6 to 6 yesterday, Manager Billy Southworth was his old congtnial self and radiated good cheer and confidence
 The team didn't put on any vio- tory demonstration comparable to the "gas-house" celebrations of other Cardinal clubs, but there was no one concealing the fact he was glad 1t was all over,
 By golly, I was afraid we'd never win that one game we needed Co get under the wire" Southworth said, "TtS nice to get Into the World Series, but 1t helps too If you can win Q few games after you get there"
 Remember Tanks
 There was no unanimanity of opinion over who the Cardinals would rather play in the World Ser les, There were plenty of votes for the Yankees "to square accounts with those buns for what they did to us last year." but the Browns and Tigers also had supporters.
 The Cardinals official cheer -lead- CT, Trainer Harrison tDoc) Weaver led the dressing room hubbub In the Hub city, playing the Red Bird theme song willie My Toes Are Cold" on the portable phonograph. He accompanied the hillbilly tune with a miniature slide trombone that emitted sounds like Q potato whistle, OutAelder Stan Musial played his good luck flute and George Kurowski added sour but enthusiastic tenor,
 Big Mort Cooper, fire-ball right handler, had smile for photograph CTS and handShake for his victor. loris relief man, Harry CThe CoD Brecheen, who pulled the first game pennant clincher out of the fire and also was winning relief pitcher in the second contest
 Southworth, weary with worry over trying to shake the Red BirlS from 0 month-long slump in which they dropped l4 out of iS games said he was convinced the team would regain its form now that its celebrated "Steteher cases" Kur. owski and Musial were back in the lineup
 KurowskI, the teams top home run hitter, and Musial, leading bat ter, returned yesterday after an abe senee Of more than week, Each made two hits,
 VIII Be Ready
 with those boys back we looked like ball club again." Southworth said, They aren't ready for every day playing yet but they'll be set when the world series rolls around I'm no doctor but I didn't see any. thing wrong with Kurowski's eye when he hit one Of Red BarrGtts pitches out Of the park"
 Kurowski has been hospitali2ed with on eye infection while MusiNl was laid up with body bumps after an outfeild collision,
 There was one "Scoffer" in the milling clubhouse, John Leonard (Pepper) Martin, only survivor of the oriignal Gas-iouse Gang,
 If you think this Is q celebration you should have been around few years ago when me and ol' Dizzy Dean were here" he siad, We real ly put on one"
 The Cards had to come from be-. hind to win the opener after Cooper gave the Braves q to l lead, He appeared unnerved after beanina Prank Drews In the fourth and Brecheeen relieved him in the fifth retiring the Braves on 10 pitches Thereafter he yielded only three hits. Kurowski after doubling scored the run which settled the race with substitute second basenan George Fallon getting the honor oi