The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-01
TIGERS 'IN'ON
 CREENDERC'S
 PAYOFF CLOUT
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By HARTMAN W. NICHOLS United Press Sports Writer)


 St. Louis, Oct. ly-(UP)-The De- troit Tigers, famed for the brilliance Of their pitching, ride toward e world series date with the Chicago Cubs today on the dark brown bat of Hank Qreenberg-the stick that made 0 shamhles of the St. Louis Browns in one inning yesterday.
 The Cubs cllnched the National league pennant by defeating the Pittsburgh Pirates Saturday.
 The Tigers got good pitching, too, In their penannt clinching, 6 to 3 victory over the Browns on rain. soaked SportSman'S Park field yes- terday. But 1t was Qreenberg, the ex-Arnly captain, who put them "in" with c bases-loaded homer in the ninth.
 Nelson Potter had accepted the strategy of Manager Luke Sewell and purposely passed Roger (Doc) Cramer, not to get ct 0reenherg, but to load the sacks and have . play at any base. The Browns were leading, 3 to 2, and were within two outs of victory.
 Thirty seconds later Potter and the Brownies rued their strategy. For big Hank parked one of Potter's fast ones high into the left field bleacher seats.
 Lucky Thirteen
 It was his 18th homer of the year, but there wasn't anything ualucky about 1t except for the Browns and the poor Washington Senators who had been sweating 1t out for c week, hoping the Tigers would falter in the stretch.
 Potter started out Saakily in the ninth and got no better fast. liar. vey (Hub) Walker, batting for lefty Hal Newhouser. singled. Skeeter Webb was safe on @ fielderS choice when the play was at second in Q futile attempt to cut down Walker on Webb's bunt. Potter got Eddie Mayo on an infield out, then gave Cramer that fatal free ticket.
 Asked in the dressing room what kind of Q ball Potter had thrown him, Greenberg sidestepped the question nicely.
 Tt was a baseball-big and round" he said. And I kinda liked It."
 The victory ciimaxed an uphill fight in the game that might have given the Senators another chance. Had the Browns won, the second game, which was cancelled, un- doubtedly would have been played and the Tigers, with terrific press ure weighing against them, might have lost 1t too. That would have made the finish an exact tie be. tween the Tigers and Senators, nec- essitating playoff game today in Detroit.
 Tanks Fourth
 Elsewhere in the American League:
 George Stirnweiss paced the Yankees to @ 12 to 3 triumph at Boston that found found them a half game short of typing the Browns for third place. The Yank- eeS, their stars off to war, finished in fourth, lowest in the long career of Manager Joe Mccarthy. By his performance, Stirnweiss beat out Tony Cuccinnello of the White Sox by one point for league batting honorS.
 Cleveland and Chicago went at 1t for four innings in a double header at Chicago before rain caused can- cellation of the slate. The Athletics and Senators already had finished their seasons.
 Tn the National League, Eddie Stanky of the Dodgers set a new circuit mark for bases on Balls dur ing single season when he coaxed his Hath walk out of Pitcher Hugh Mulcahy as the Dodgers topped the Phils. to 1. That surpassed 6 pre- vious mark of I47, set by Jimmy Sheckhard of the Cubs in 1911.
 The Giants beat the Braves at Boston, to o when Nap Reyes got a homer in the 18th and the sec- 0nd game ended in a 2-all seven in- ring tie. The Champion Cubs made 1t clean sweep in their final series with Pittsburgh, winning. to 3. while the Cards went 12 innings before beating the Reds at Cincin. natl, 3 to 2.
 YESTERDAYS STAR Hank Greenberg, whose grand-slam homer against the Browns in the ninth in- aaSa