Evening star., 1945-10-08
Trucks, Out TO CIinch
Series, Has Enjoyed
Needed Respite
BY JOHN B. KELLER,
Star Staff Correspondent.

| Sk3ASaoo, WV o'-fOi SAouuC
Passeau and the other Chicago Cubs,
the chips were down today If Pas
seau could not come back to ap-
proximate his one-hit pitching of
last Friday. this World Series likely
was to be over by o'clock this aft
ernoon, with Detroit's Tigers cham
pions of all baseball as well as the
American League.
1t was asking much of the So
year-old right-hander to step back
to the hill three days after his
World Series record-tying feat, but
Manager Charley Grimm of the Ma
tional League champs had to do it.
His club was hanging on the ropes
after two straight defeats and his
pitching staff pretty well shot. It
was Passeau, or else.
The Tigers, their wins run to three
by the 8-4 tussle they bagged yester-
day, were far better off for hurling
than their National League op-
ponents. who have not been able to
do a thing on their own lot since
winning twice in Detroit.
Manager Steve O'Neill was ex-
pected to come up with Virgil Trucks
again for the big sixth game of the
season. But he also had the left
handed Stubby Overmire in reserve.
Trucks, should he go, will have had
one more day of rest than Passeau.
Cub Fans Become Weary.
With such space between starts
Trucks should be in much finer
fettle than Passeau, who is 10 years
older than the Tiger hurler. The
Cubs still were hopeful of forcing
the series to seven games, with the
seventh to be played at Wrigley
Field here on Wednesday. But there
was little hope in the hearts of the
Cubs rooters today. The failure of
their club to win at home had de-
pressed them and they also are get
ting World Series weary.
The quality of the competing clubs
is low enough to have most any one
around the series weary. The Cubs
looked fairly good ball club while
they were winning in Detroit. They
have not appeared anywhere close
to good at home. The Tigers, de-
spite their comeback, have not
looked good at any time.
Up to yesterday, pitchers had
dominated the play. First it was
Hank Borowy of the Cubs. then
Trucks, then Passeau with his one
hitter. And on Saturday it was
Dizzy Trout of the Tigers who took
charge. But it was different yes
terday. The batters took control.
with the Tigers getting much more
from their hits than the Cubs.
The left-handed Hal Newhouser
and Borowy, mound opponents in
the series opener, again were rivals
at the outset in the Sunday set
to. Newhouser managed to go the
route, but it was no exceptional
exhibition he gave. He yielded seven
hits, walked two batters and struck
out nine, yet the Cubs had him
in hot water several times.
Tigers Parade on Bases.
Borowy stuck around until the
sixth inning, when the Tigers STEP
ped out to win the ball game. Then
followed Cub pitching parade
longer than Saturdays. ,Hy VAN
denberg, Bob Chapman, Paul Der
ringer and Paul Erickson got to the
slab before the fitting ended.
Off this Chicago group the Tigers
cleaned II safeties, with Hank
Greenberg, who rapidly is making
himself the big man of his club
in the series, collecting three dou-
bles in succession. They also got
four passes and had a batter hit
by pitched ball. And there were
only four Tigers struck out.
The Tigers had claimed before
they faced Borowy in the first game
of the series that they always had
punished him severely when he was
with New York's Yankees in the
American League. They did not
prove it in the first game, but they
did yesterday.
Going into the sixth inning with
the game tied at run apiece, the
Detroit club gave Borowy a great
going over. Doc Cramer singled,
Greenberg got the first of his dou-
bles, Roy Cullenbine and Rudy York
singled and Borowy left the hill
After Jimmy Outlaw sacrificed
Vandenberg purposely passed Paul
Richards to fill the bases for a
chance at a side-retiring double
play.
Pass Forces in Run.
I But Vandenberg did not mean
the pass he gave Newhouser, a
pass that forced across the third
run of the round. After York
scored as Skeeter Webb rolled into
force play, Chapman took over
to walk Eddie Mayo before ending
the rout. 1t was sad pitching fol-
World Series game.
The Tigers were not through
though. They picked up a run of
Derringer in the seventh and two
off Erickson in the ninth. A Green.
berg double led to the one in the
! seventh and another Greenberf
double to the first one in the ninth
After the fat Detroit sixth, tn,
Cubs had two scoring rounds.
+ single and double mingled with
walk and brace of fielder
choices produced two Chicago rum
In the seventh and double and
81 single brought another run of
Newhouser in the ninth. =
The Tigers were rather fortunat,
J M that the Cubs had no pitching
! for the Tigers had none too mucl