The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1944-10-06
Cards Defeat Browns
3TO2In Second Game
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pan cross the plate WIN the
games first run.
The Cards picked up the other
unearned run in the fourth. Mark
Christman was guilty Of another
error that loaded the bases with
only one out. A walk to Sanders
and Kurowski's first hit Of the Sc.
ries put men on first and second.
The Brownies third baseman then
fumbled Marion's hard grounder.
Sanders rounded third for. home,
but fell and scampered back to
the hot corner. Verban sent high
fly to Chef Laabs in left and San
ders easily romped home after the
catch.
That two-run lead appeared to
be enough with the Browns at the
mercy Of Lanier, Marion's sensa-
tional stops cutting short anything
that resembled a rally.
But the cinderella Kids show
ed some of the mettle that carried
them to the American league pen
nant by tying up the count in the
seventh. There was no indication
of an uprising as McQuinn famed
to start the inning and Mark
Christman fouled to Catcher Wal
ker Cooper.
Gene Moore, whose single open
ed the Browns victorious rally in
the first game, singled to center.
Weak-hitting Red Hayworth rap
ped a curve to the left field fence.
That was good for one run. Frank
Mancuso, also usually weak hit
ter, batted for Potter and singled
to center, scoring Hayworth with
the tying run as the Brownies sup
porters went wild.
The American league fans SEEM
ed squelched as Don Gutteridge
grounded out to end the inning but
rose up again as Kreevich lashed
out with a double to open the
eighth. Donnelly was called in to
put out the fire and he did it by
striking out Chef Laabs for the
third straight time that the left
fielder went down swinging, fan
ming dangerous Vern Stephens and
also Christman after W kin 6
George McQuinn.
He set the American 1eaguers
down in order in the ninth and al
lowed one hit in the tenth. Nc
Quinn's double at the start of the
eleventh put him in a spot but
when Christman hunted down the
third base line, the rookie hurler
rushed in and made good play
to Kurowski at third to catch Nc
Quinn by an eye-lash.
Double plays pulled the Browns
cut of holes in the eighth and tenth
innings. Stephens and Gutteridge
engineered the first as the former
went way back for Kurowski's fly
and then doubled Musial off Sec
ond after the Cardinal outfielder
had taken too big lead. In the
tenth Gutteridge's bobble of Mu-
stalls grounder set the stage for
the other. Walker Cooper hit to
Stephens and the combine of Ste
phens to Gutteridge to McQuinn
clicked.
Billy Southworth. manager of
the Cards, announced he would
lead tomorrow with freshman
Pitcher Ted Wilks, who won II
and lost Turing the regular sea-
son. Luke Sewen said he would
send out Jack Kramer, another
veteran with a 1913 record.
First Inning
Browns: Gutteridge went down
swinging. Marion made great
stop near second base to toss out
Kreevich. Laat sent a towering fly
to Hopp in center field. No runs,
no hits, no errors, none left.
Cardinals: With the count three
and two, Bergamo fouled out to
Hayworth near the plate. Kreevich
made a running catch of Hopp's
fly in short center. Gutteridge toss
ed out Musial. No runs, not hits,
no errors, none left.
Second Inning
Browns: Marion threw out Ste
phens. After fouling off the first
pitch, McQuinn walked on our
straight balls. Christman went
down swinging, for Lanier's Sec
ond strikeout. Moore also famed.
No runs, no hits, no errors. one
left.
Cardinals: Walker Cooper fou1ed
off the first two pitches and then
dashed a double into leftfield. San
ders famed biting on a wide curve.
Stephens tossed out Kurowski, Wal
ker Cooper moving to third. Christ
mas took Marion's grounder over
third base and tossed him out. No
runs, one hit, no errors, one left.
Third Inning
Browns: Marion went far back
on the grass to take Hayworth's
high fly. Marion threw out Potter.
Gutteridge walked. Kreevich fore
ed Gutteridge at second, Marion to
Verban. No rur.s, no hits, no err
rors, one left.
Cardinals: Verban singled to left.
Larier's attempt to sacrifice fell
safely between the pitchers box,
and home plate. Potter fumb1ed
Lanier's pop bunt' and then threw
wild to first with Verban reaching
third safely. It was scored as a
sacrifice and two errors for Pot
ter. Gutteridge threw out Bergamo,