The Wilmington morning star., 1945-10-11
SERIES NOTES
BY JERRY LIsKA


CHICAGO, Oct. 10 - p
took 81 years to do it, but the n. !"
troit Tigers finally evened ~
World Series count with the cbio a.s
60 Cubs by their SO wslk.w..,
clincher today.
AS a matter Of fact, the onlv tn.
victories in basebalps 42-year.olsS
classic for either club have coraa
at the others expense onlv is
the case of Chrley Grimm's sr;z
lilies, it's ancient history. 9
Today's triumph and their ,o2s
conquest gave the Bengals modern
day revenge for their 1907 and 1910
series defeats by Vrank Chances
Bruins.
1t was the eighth straight serie,
humiliation for the Cubs, who laS
were BANKED by the New YorL
Yankees in 1888. The Tigers s1t
fered their fifth and last series do
feat in a seven-game waltz wifi,
the Cincinnati Reds in 1910,
Injured hand. game leg and all
Hank Greenberg still drove acros,
his fifth RBI Of the series in tho
eighth inning with a wicked drivs
to left, scoring Eddie Mayo from
third after the catch. PREVIOUSLY
Hank sacrificed, walked twice and
famed for a seven-game percent,
age Of .304.
loom" Paul Derringer, hs
pitching hero of the Cincinnati
Reds 1910 series victory over the
Tigers, made a sad exit as a re,
liefer in this one. He faced u bat
ters today and walked five, one in.
tentionally Clyde Mccullough
Cub catcher back from service
made his only series appearance
as pinch-hitter in the ninth and
struck outfit was no disgrace,
the Cubs used three pinch-hitters
and they all whitfield. after Eddie
Mayo stepped on second for
game-ending force play. he stuck
the souvenir ball into his hip pock.
et..
Manager Charley Grimm Of the
Cubs will leave for his Missouri
farm Friday to "chop wood" as
he says, on his 116 acre diggings
for the winter. Manager Steve
O'Neill of the Tiger will HE to
his Cleveland home after some
speech-making at a Detroit cham
Der of Commerce victory banquet
tomorrow night.
Third baseman Stan Hack of the
Cubs disclosed he had sold his TO-.
000-acre cattle ranch near Pendle.
ton, Ore, and will make his home
at Sacramento, Calf. another pr.
vate live blurb cas- Hank Green.
berg's insistence that the scribes
have bought" him an automobile
agency which does not exist and
that rumors he plans to marry
soon are false.
The who'd Tiger squad departed
for Detroit on a victory special
train tonight. Usually some play.
ers depart directly for their homes
after a World Series, but the Ben
gals, to a man, are committed TO
appear at civic celebration in the
motor city tomorrow night. After
that, nimord-minded Tigers will
join about Is Cubs for an exhibition
game and some pheasant shooting
at Huron, S. D., this weekend.
The press-box second - guess.
ers and many of the fans gripd
loudly when Manager Grimm sent
Ed Sauer in to pinch-hit for Cub
reliefer Hy Vandenberg in the fifth.
Vandenberg cooled off the Tigers
with one hit and famed three dur.
ing the three and one-third score.
less innings he pitched. Sauer pro-
ceeded to strike out, further EN-.
barrassing jolly cholly.
At least four of the victorious
Tigers will make Detroit their vim
ter residence, including Hal New
houser, Dir Trout, Roy Cullenbine
and Bob Swift. Paul Richards, De.
troit's solemn, stringbean catcher
who capped the Tigers opening
inning rally with a three-run dou-
BILE, will take over his job as sports
writer and advertising solicitor for
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