The Wilmington morning star. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1909-1990, 1945-10-10
BATTLE OF GRIPS
LOOMS FOR FINAL
ARRAY IN SERIES
Betting Odds Go To z To
3 In Favor OF The
Detroit Tigers
Bv GAYLE TALBOT

BY GALE IAAbOI
CHICAGO, Oct. o Up - With
only one day of rest, Hank Borowy
will haul his sagging muscles to
the hill tomorrow and try to pitch
the Chicago Cubs to victory over
the Detroit Tigers in the seventh
and deciding game of the 1s45
World Series.
Manager Charlie Grimm, his
curving corps shot to pieces IN
yesterdays hectic struggle that
saw his club win out 8 to Z IN IL
innings to deadlock the classic, mad
little choice other than to call
again on the slender highlander
who already had appeared IN three
games and had racked up two VIC
tories.
For the Tigers it will, of course,
be left-handed Hal Newhouser, the
famous invalid" who forgot MS
pain l ,g enough on Sunday to ell
bow an 8 to win in his second Try
at the Bruins. There was never a
doubt that Hal would be the man
in whom the Tigers would pin their
ultimate faith if the play-off went
down to the final day. II
AS to infirmities of the flesh, II
will be about a stand-of when the
two aces square off for the thlrd
time in the Series. While Borowy
will be a weary young man from
irving to pitch the Cubs to the
championship almost unalded,
Newhouser will go to the mound
with his left shoulder full OF
narcotic to deaden the pain OF a
lump which lately has maze
every throw misery.
The odds on the final game were
2 to 3 in favor of the Tigers. With
interest at fever heat here after
Yesterdays heroic duel, winch
probably was the greatest specta'
tors game in world series history
the final was sell-out before noon.
Fans shivered in line all night pc
fore the gates of Wrigley Field to
be on hand when the ticket sale
began early in the morning. The
forecast was for dry and some
what warmer weather than the ~
degree chill which numbed IN
bones yesterday.
The Cubs fighting comeback to
SQUARE the Series after it had ap-
peared lost has filled Chicago wlts
tremendous pride in Grimm
fleet young charges. Cub fans
seeming their first world champ,
ionship in 81 years. were confident
that Borowy had enough LEFT to &C
on and pitch his former rivals II
the American League down TO de-
feat.
If the Fordham graduate should
turn the trick, he will become tne
ninth hurler in history to W r
three games in a single series
Christy Mathewson, Babe Adams
Jack Coombs and Stanley Covele'
skie each racked up three victories
without a defeat. Urban Faber, Joe
Wood and Bill Deneen each won
three and lost one in the same
series (the mark Borowy Will be
shooting for) and Charles Philippe
won three and lost two in one Sc
ries. H.
The Cubs star, who shut out the
Tigers 90 in the opening game
hit was knocked from the hill If
the sixth inning of his second ap
pearance on Sunday, looked STEADY
az a rock as he held the Detrolters
scoreless through the final foul
frames of yesterdays sizzler, unit
Stan Hack could deliver his game
winning single - oops, double -
in the 18th.
Newhouser, with victory ane
defeat against him so far IN tne
n1av-off. was about the only Tlge1
1oo1,ndsman of importance wht
didn't get mixed up in the imDrog
lilo Five of them were more o.
loss mangled by the Cubs IS hits
hit manager Steve O'Neill, prob
ablv playing a bunch that he mlgh
need his great southpaw IN tnf
final. let Hal sit it out.
There was a lot of satisfaction
some of it not quiet, that the OF
fetal scorers changed their decl
sion on Hank Greenberg's game
1osino "error." What Hack hit t.
score Billy schuster with the decid
inc run was by almost any yard
stick a double to the left-field wall
and the squabbling broke out in tn
nress box about two seconds ate
the official arbiters made their de
cision known.
At first the defenders of Green
berg we're content to say naerel.
that the ball had skinned owe
his shoulder after taking bal
bounce, but by mid-evening it wa
clear that the pellet had struck
boulder and shot at least 10 fee
over the unhappy outfielder's nog
gin. At that point the scorers CAV
up, foregathered in phone boot
and officially absolved Hank OF al
blame for the Tiger defeat.
Hacks hit, his fourth OF the gam
and 18th of the series, put the vet
eran third-baseman far out in iron
of the sluggers of both teams wit
for eeorgous average of .440, il
six games. BY some strange al
chemy, he had managed to scor
only one, and he is the Bruins
lead-off batter. Second among tn
series clouters was Phil Cavarre1
ia. with eight blows and 80
a.zoraoa Two Tiger regulars