Evening star., 1945-10-01
|Tigeriown So Jammed
Two Boats Are Used
To House Overflow
BY SID FEEDER.
Associated Press Sports Writer

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DETROIT, Oct. 1.--Autotown was
a somewhat series-silly city today.
Probably the hottest of all dia-
n1ond- -daffy burgs-not excepting
Brooklyn-when things are going
along just normal-like, Detroit let
its hair down and blew the roof
of for fair this time. And some
of the folks even were thinking of
a Greenberg-for-Mayor movement
for that grand slam Hank ham,
mered to win Detroit's seventh
American League pennant for the
Tigers in st. Louis yesterday.
But in spite of the delirious do
ings there, still were lot of head
aches-and not of the hangover
ysriety-in the way Of setting up
the stage for the start Of the World
Series with the Chicago Cubs
Wednesday. The toughest touch was
not only in how to fit 100000 GUS
toners into a 55,000-seat ball park,
but also how to cram thousands
upon thousands more into hotels
already bullying at the seams.
The local inns are so loaded, in
fact, that two lake steamboats, have
been tied up at the Woodward ave-
nue. docks to handle the overflow
and they already have the stand
ing-room only sign out, too.
Naturally, there aren't going to
be 100000 in Mr.. Briggs ballyard
when the Tiger and Chicago Cub
curvers-presumably Lefty Hal New
houser and the 100000 arm, Hank
Borowy, for the opener-walk out
there for the kickoff at 1870 pm.
Eastern standard time. day after to-
morrow. But that was the number
of requests.
Record Crowd in Sight.
All over capacity were turned
down, so there probably will be
between $4,000 and $1,000 in the
seats out at Michigan and Trum-
bull avenues for the opener Of the
usual our-out-of-seven set. And
there's a chance that the Detroit
series crowd record-55, ,189 for one
game in 1940-will be surpassed.
Back of Newhouser, Manager
Steve ONeill's going to run into a
pitching problem when he reaches
into the trunk for succeeding serv-
ers. However, if Newhouser loses
the first game-and he's a 10-to-ll
favorite not to-the Tigers elbower
in the second scuffle is slated TO
be Virgil (Fire} Trucks, the right
handed fast-baller fresh out of his
sailor suit.
| If Hal comes home a-galloping,
the second-game hurler, barring
switches between now and then
will be Stubby Overmire, the
stumpy southpaw, who appears like
he's running in a ditch. The third
game thrower will be which ever OF
these two fellows has the second
day off, and Dizzy Trout, the dou-
ble-duty workman, will go in the
fourth game in Chicago Saturday,
Bookmakers Are Confused.
The pricemakers were as con-
fusing as an out-of -order traffic
light in posting odds for this set
The prices ranged all the way from
Detroit favorite at 10 to IS, all the
way up to one fantastic figure max
ing Chicago to 5 to win its first
world crown since the Cubs tram
pied the Tigers way back in 1908
This one. however. was quoted in
Pittsburgh after the Cubs pen
nant clincher Saturday, and Pitts
burgh's strictly National League
city.
The still-celebrating Bengals go'
back from st. Louis today, and
the Cubs, who returned to Chicago
for clean shirts and razor blades
are due in time to work out on the
series greensWard tomorrow,