The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-09
NEWHOUSER VS. DERRINCER IN
 SERIES FINAL?
By LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports EditOr)

Chicago, Oct. g. UP)-World series history had chance to re- peat today for an old man who sur vived in the major leagues because of the manpower shortage.
 Tied at three games all in this richest post-season classic of all time, the Chicago Cubs were ex- pected to rely on the old fellow. Their opponents, the Detroit Tigers, who were going to go with a kid, as baseball ages go, in tomorrow's windup.
 It looked like "Oom" Paul Der ringer for Charley Grimm's Na- tional league champions while Manager Steve O'Neill of the Tigers announced that 1t will definitely be his leading pitcher, southpaw Hal Newhouser, who won 25 games for the American league champions and stands one-all in this baseball goldmine.
 Derringer, according to the rec ords, now is 3S and will be 39 eight days from now, while Prince Hal was only z4 laSL May.
 Grimm would not say definitely that Derringer would be his man, but all indications pointed that way.
 No Mistake
 Jolly Cholly was running out of pitching strength and Derringer seemed to be the logical choice. He won 16 games while losing only Il for the Cubs this year-a pretty fair mark for a pitcher who was put down on the books four years ago as all washed up. But then came Pearl Harbor. So big Paul who holds the distinction of being the only hurler who pitched for three different teams in a world series, hung on. It turned out to be no mistake.
 And he could make world series history if he comes through against the Tiger ace. For the last time a world series went seven games, Derringer, then with the Reds, went out against those Tigers and won, 2 to 1. Pitching against him that day was Bobo Newsom, who had won two games and was going out after No, the day after his died. But that was five years ago, and this time Derringer will be a 5-to-7 underdog with the Tigers favored at 5 to ?.
 Beat Cubs in 1885
 And 1t will be series history for the Tigers, too. For three times they have led in the classic, three games to two, and twice they have come out on the short side. That was in 1884 against the St. Louis Cardinals and in l940 against the Reds. The other time they came out on top, in 1885, by beating the Cubs.
 Derringer would be strictly gamble for Grimm, and the Cub manager said he would not make up his mind until noon today when he will meet his players at Wrig- ley Field to distribute seven game tickets. Thres will be no workouts for either club.
 And while Charley hadn't made up his mind-although all indica- tons pointed to Derringer- O'Neill was certain that the Tigers would pin their hopes on New houser.
 Halls my boy" he said, "and Hal will win 1t for us tomorrow. ] thought we'd win yesterday with Virgal Trucks but we couldn't quite overcome our own mistakes.
 Irish Steve. like every other member of the Tiger squad, hao nothing but praise for Hank Green. berg, who eventually was cleared by offlcial scorers of committing. 18th inning error yesterday as the Cubs won 8 to T.
 with Pinch Runner Billy Schus' ter on first base, Stan Hack ot tht Cubs, whistled one between thirt and short. The ball took wiert bounce, sailing over Greenberg'