The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-26
Six Game "Season" For A. [. Championship
AI ZoriIIo FinulIy Gets chonee With Club 10 Runs Behind, And Browns Catch Fire With Him
BY HARRY CRIMSON NEA Sports Editor

New York, &-st. Louis heatp Pitch. CTS facing the st. Louis Browns these days will tell you that it's not the humidity It's Allen Lee zerlila,
 Zarilla was not employed reg ularly when the Red Sox dropped Into st, Louis, July %, Red HNy- worth had bee neNlled home due to the serious illness of his mother, so zarllla caught batting practice, Then he worked out at third base in place of Mark Christman, He would do anything to play,
 But zeke zarilla, as the fellows call him, did not get on oppor- tunlty to perform In the front line until Tex Hughson had the Browns beaten, l0-0, in the fifth inning of the first half of Q double-header, July 2S. Milt Byrnes had Q pleurlsy pain in his shoulder, Luke Sewell decided to give hi ma rest,
 Tn went Zarilla, a left-hand power hitted standing 5 feet Il and weighing i86 pounds, He singled twice of considered 1t such Q good Idea that he kept him in left field for the afterpieee,
 HOME RUN DECIDES FLAG
 Zarilla manufactured two more solid hits in the nightcap for four out of Ave for the day, Nnd has been at it ever since,
 The Browns caught fire with him, They made lt nine straight when he drove e Hank Borowy pitch into the right field stands of Yankee Sta dium la the ninth inning as the Browns opened their key series there. That blow probably decided the American League pennant,
 Zeke batted in tho first run, figured in scoring of another the following afternoon aS Denny 0alor house shut out the Tanks, S.0, for the Browns 10th straight and 6 i044 American League record,
 zarlllas batting average rapidly skyrocketed above 300 to be the only one ofthat eallber on the club,
 He batted better than 500 in sparkling the Browns on their win- ming streak,
 RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL
 zarllla Is Q pleasant, round.faeed Los Angeles boy with black hair, green eyes and an Irish pug nose, Ills father iS on Italian, his mother frsh, He married Q high school classmate, irVinla Callahan, and they have a three-year-old daugh- ter,
 The Cubs had zarllla when he played with the Catalina Islanders in 1887. but forgot about him when he broke his ankle,
 Jack Fournler signed him for the Browns right out of high school and he was in three training camps in 1898 before he found Q manager who wanted him at Batesville Of the Northeast Arkansas League, where he batted 1885. He helped Lafayette to the Evangeline League pennaht In 30 wiht mark of .30l, eattled ,3G0 for Helena, Ark of the Cotton States in 40,
 Moving up to San Antonio Zafll' la hit ,2e0 in 42, He can't explain the drop. The Texas is Q pitchers league, no good for e left.hand hit. ter, The wind blows In from right field at oil parks ,.
 Anyway, zNrilla. now 24, batted ,373 in b7 games for Toledo before being called by the Browns last season, lie is on accomplished tiy,:. chaser of fair speed throws well and never stops huStling,
 Denle Bush of Indianapolis offer cd the Browns Si0,000 for zarilla last spring, Mike Kelley Of MinneN' polls toppled him by $9,00O,
 They'll take zarllla.
 So will the BroWnS