The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-18
CARDS VS. CUBS IN DO OR DIE
 SERIES OF 3
Bx CARL LUNDQUIsT

United Press Stan CorrespOndent)
 New York, Sept. IS - (UP) The St. Louis Cardinals, veterans of many rough and tumble fight dat- !. ing back to the days of the original "Gas House Gang, faced the toughest one yet today in their three-game "all or nothing" series with the Chicago Cubs.
 The Cards reportedly were ready to shoot the works" in an effort to beat the Cubs out of the pennant.
 Three games down, they would have to sweep the series to pull even, and the odds are against them doing 1t, even though they have beaten the Cubs 13 out of l7 times so far this season.
 Manager Billy Southworth indi- cated he would send his top winner, Charley (Red) Barrett, to the mound against the Cubs. Barrett, who has beaten the Cubs three times without a defeat, will oppose the crafty Claude Passeau. Passeau has broken even in two starts with the Cards this year.
 Meanwhile, the weather became an unexpected ally of the Tigers in the American, causing postpone ment of their finale with the Sen. ators at Washington and giving their married pitchers desperately needed day of rest. It was proble- nautical whether the game could be played today since the forecast was for more rain and the field still was boggy. If rain interferes today, the game will be wiped of the schedule, giving the Senators one less chance to catch the Tigers in their almost hopeless pennant fight.
 Pick Up One
 The Cardinals reduced Chicago's lead by 8 full game yesterday. top- ping the last place Phillies, to 3. on Sylvester (Blix) Donnelly's steady pitching, while the Cubs were being shut out ct Chicago, 1 to 0, by Art Herring of the Dodgers.
 A six-hit attack against Dick (Kewpie) Barrett and Charley Sproull netted the Cards five runs in the third inning. Al Schoendienst started 1t with a single and 8 stol- en base. A double by George Ku- rowski and hits by Ray Sanders, Emil Verban, Gene Crumling, and Augie Bergamo, along with two walks, clinched the issue. It was Donnelly'S seventh victory and Bar rett's goth defeat making the Philly finger the number one loser in the majors.
 Herring showed up a notable weakness in the Chicago batting at- tack, an inability to hit slow-ball pitching. Sending in a tantalizing assortment of laggardly stuff, the little right handler, held the Cubs to one hit for eight innings be- fore Don Johnson and Phil Cavar- retta got successive singles in the ninth. Then he preserved his three hit shutout by retiring Andy Pafko on a fly. Ed Stevens paced the Dodgers with an inside-the-park homer and double to drive in three of the four runs. Dodger Manager Leo Durocher was banished in the first inning for complaining over @ decision, his sixth election this season.
 Dick Cutler hit three singles, walked and scored twice to pace Boston to a 4 to 2 victory over the Reds at Cincinnati, giving Elmer Singleton his first major league win against four losses.
 Tn the only other American league games, the White SoX and Red Sox split at Boston. The Red Sox ended e seven-game losing streak with an 8 to victory, getting l4 hits off John Humphries, but the White Sox came back to win to 2. Frank Papish went the route for the Chicago victory. Tony Cuccin- clio of Chicago made five hits ir eight trips to go into a virtual tie with Johnny Lazor ofb the Red SoS for the league batting lead.
 Cleveland's double header at Philadelphia was wiped off the books and St. Louis at New York was postponed because of rain.
 YESTERDAYS sTAR-Little Art Herring of the Dodgers, who shut out the Cubs, 4 to o, on three hit to reduce their National league leat over the Cardinals to three games.