Evening star., 1945-10-09
BY JOHN B. KELLER,


BY JOHN b. KELLER,
Star stan CORRESPONDENT.
CHICAGO, Oct. 9.-This was a
day of rest in the World Series and
all hands needed it, especially the
paying customers.
The farther the series goes, the
funnier it becomes. Whether the
41.708 who endured the cold in
Wrigley Field yesterday to see cast
of 38 put on a baseball farce could
go for another without a day off is
doubtful.
The series as presented by the
Tigers Of Detroit and the Cubs of
Chicago, outside few bits of high
grade pitching, scarcely would do
credit to a prewar Glass A league.
And there was not even the high
grade pitching yesterday to relieve
the situation as Chicago's National
League champions beat Detroit's
American League pennant winners,
8 to 7, in IL innings to extend a
series to seven games for the first
time since 1910.
Detroit's Tigers were involved in
that seven-game affair. On the
other side were Cincinnati's Reds
and the Reds copped the last game
and the greater share of the record
players pool. Tomorrow, Tigers and
Cubs will be battling for the bigger
bit of a players pool setting a new
mark for amount. but the way both
clubs staggered yesterday, your
guess Is as good as any others as
to the outcome.
The Tigers may have a slight
edge left in pitching. At least,
Frank "Stubby" Overmire, left
handler, did not get into action yes
terday as Manager Steve O'Neill
trotted five pitchers to the hill. At
that, Big Steve had Stubby warm
ing up in the 18th.
Borowy Gets Victory Credit.
The Cubs, who have had a total
|of IS pitchers in their last three
games, seem to have exhausted their
stock of regular starters. They had
four in yesterdays farce and out
side Of Claude Passeau, who began
the game, nobody was particularly
impressive. Not even Hank Borowy,
who finished and got credit for the
Cubs victory.
With the series six games old,
Borowy now has a record of two
wins and one defeat. And Paul
Dizzy" Trout, loser yesterday, shows
one triumph and one defeat.
But Borowy probably would not
have had chance for his second
win had not Passeau been hurt in
the sixth inning when a drive from
Jimmy Outlaws bat tore the nail
off the middle finger of the pitchers
right hand.
The Cubs starter might have fin
ished, and with an easy triumph.
After an uneasy second inning in
which he forced in a run, Passeau
improved from inning to inning un-
til he was injured. The Tigers final
ly got him out of there in the seventh
and from then on it was rough going
for everybody.
With any decent kind of pitching
after Passeau was forced to quit, the
Cubs would have bagged the sixth
game of the series in 81 innings.
For they held a 5-to-1 lead before
their ace highlander was hurt.
They had knocked Virgil Trucks,
who had downed them deftly in the
second game, off the hill in the
fifth when with four hits and pass
they put on four-run rally before
George Caster stopped them. In the
sixth, they picked up another score
of Tommy Bridges.
But Passeau's hand could not take
more punishment in the seventh
and before the round was over. the
Tigers had two runs. Wyse had
gone in to halt the Detroit club,
but after the Cubs had made two
more runs off Bridges in their sew
enth turn, Wyse proved mark for
the Tigers in the eighth. Four men
who faced him got on and three
counted.
That brought Prim into the in
ming and off Prim came that tying
Greenberg homer.
Give % Hits, IA Walks.
AL Benton had checked the Cubs
finally in the seventh and from then
on it was up to Trout. Borowy did
not 60 to the box for the Cubs
until the ninth.
Of the nine hurlers, a total of
% hits was gathered. Also IA walks.
And there were four errors, three
by the Cubs, and two runs were
forced across by passes. There now
have been four such runs in the
series. Such pitching!
Frank Secory, after one was out
in the Cubs 18th, got pinch single
and gave way to Ptnch-runner Bill
Schuster. Borowy struck out, but
Hack was forgiven freely for his er-
ratio play when he got his fourth
hit, a double to left.
And all that ,Greenberg's homer
had done was forgotten by Tiger
rooters when Hacks blast got by him
for what many considered an error,
enabling Schuster to race home.
It was just the sort of finish one
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