The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-11
Win OfWorId Series Vindicates ONeiH
'BUSH LEAGUE' BASEBALL IN
 1S45 SERIES
BY WALTER BYERS United Press Sports writer

OAAANN~A - LEVI
 Ch,caeo. Oct. H. (Up) = Don't nav any attention to that gentle. man eittinR alone In the centerfield hieachers at Wrigley Field today. Ige just happened to see all seven Of the world Series games ana he's trying to forget about it.
 Anybody who sat through sne daffy. screwball, record setting geries this year is bound to want solitude md quiet on the morning after. LA.
 Bush League stufk
 There never has been an edition of basebail's stories classic to match this years "big show" It was iammed full of ''bush league" bese- baii, crazy plays and tittefbug fielding. It left you pondering wny they sacrificed the horse Tor the hide.
 And here is the reason. Some ot the screwiest baseball plays eyer seen in Q major league park, let alone in a world Series.
 It started in the first game at Detroit only eight days ago.
 Two Cubs were on base Wnen Hiii Nicholson, who later In the' Series developed 6 big hole m nn bat, socked Q soaring ny to tne riRht field wall of Briggs Stadium. Roy Cuilenbine of the Tigers stag. Rered under 1t only to let the ball 1in throueh his glove, There were nioans as Nicholson stopped at uliEo and although the Cubs won tne opener, Q to o, the fans didn't SI'anH it would happen again:
 Behind the licketyssplit paecnlng of Virgil Fire) Trucks, the T1gers won the second game, to ], TO. hody was hurt and play Tesempled major league baseball.
 But came the final game Tn pe. troit and claude Passeaus cne.nlt maGtaruiece, passeau's pitcnlng nrovided the thrills but the Tigers nrovided the chiliS. DOC CFaSner and Roy Cuilenbine chased Q high 1lv oniy to stop, look ct each other and curtsey aS the ball dropped ne" tween them and c Cub run scam" pered across. Could this pc tne Three-Eye league The Cubs didn't score Q hard hit the whole game.
 when the two teams moved 70 ChicaRo. the Tigers proceeded to win three out of four games. BUY as one fan said, after looking at the S7.20 price on his box seat, "the o.P.A. should have been m on this deal"
 Babe Herman Play
 Mondays. i2-irning, 6 to VIC" tory for the Cubs, was . pip. sec" ond Baseman Eddie Mayo Of the TIEers almost got hit on the head aS Q pop fly dropped beside him for q hit. Second basenian Don Johnson of the Cubs twice charged slow rollers only to kick the ball with his feet. It looked like Q field goal attempt from the iS- yard.line.
 Pinch.hltter Chuck HoStetler, carrying the would be winning run, chareed around third base ia the seventh inning only to fall Hat between third and home plate. He was tagged out and the Cubs struggled through three extra tEa- nings before evening the series ct thEee.all.
 Even the ofaclal scorers got into the Sany swing of things when after first charging Hank Green. berg with an error that let in the garEie-wlnnlng run in the 18th, they reversed their decislon and said that Hank wasn't Q bum at ail--"He didn't have . chance at the ball."
 Then only yesterday, in the fourth inning, the Cubs Andy PaEko lifted Q high fly to center. Detroits DoC Cramer turned, ran back and raised his glove to make the catch-oniy to watch the ball fail six feet to hil left for Q triple.s