Evening star., 1945-10-06
Newhouser Is Kept
In Reserve for Fifth
Game Of Series
BY JOHN b. KELLER,
Star StaT Correspnndent

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down with startling regularity by
Claude Passeau as Chicago's Cubs
won yesterdays World Series game
in Detroit, to 0, Steve O'Neill,
manager of the American League
champions, called for a new pitching
deal
With the National League pen
nant winners now gamesup on the
Tigers. O'Neill was to gamble on
the hill with Dizzy Trout in the
fourth game today and the first
at Wrigley Field, home of the Cubs.
The stout pilot felt he had better
reserve Hal Newhouser, beaten after
lpitching less than three innings in
the series opener Wednesday, but
still regarded as the best the Tigers
have to offer, until the fifth game.
Given an extra day of rest, it
was believed Newhouser might atone
for the solid slapping he took in the
initial tilt of the classic.
Charley Grimm, who bosses the
Cubs, also was to risk the use of a
hurler slightly under top grade. Ray
Prim, 80 years old and who used to
lefthand for the Washington Mats
some dozen years ago, was Grimms
choice.
1t appeared, though, that Grimm
was riSking less than O'Neill. In
using Trout, the Tigers had a tired
pitcher who never during this sea-
son got close to the kind of superb
pitching he did last year. Prim,
though, who came up to the Cubs
from the Coast League, turned in
l3 well pitched games for the Ma
tional League champions.
Passeau Does Epic Job.
Neither was likely to pitch any,
thing like Passeau did yesterday as
he got the third game for the Cubs.
The righthander, who for 10 years
has pitched his heart out in major
league competition, finally came up
with one of the best performances
ever moundsman in the history
of the baseball classic.
Passeau pitched to only 28 batters
to hurl a one-hit game, only the Sec
ond to be pitched in the many years
of the series. Not since October TO-,
1906, when Ed Ruelbach, also slab
bing for the Cubs, turned in a one
hitter to beat Chlcago's White Sox
had there been such series pitch
ing feat.
Ruelbach in that early game beat
Doc White, a Washingtonian and
a lefthander. Passeau yesterday
also beat lefthander, Frank
(Stubby) Overmire.
Only two Tigers got to first base
of Passeau and one was stranded on
the runway. He was Rudy York,
who with two out in the second,
made the lone safety off the Chi
cago chucker. 1t was line single to
left field, ball truly hit York re-
mained at first base as Jimmy Out
law lofted into retirement to end the
inning.
| The other Tiger to reach first was
: Red Boron, who batted for Catcher
Bob Swift at the outset of the sixth.
; Boron drew pass, only to be imme-
diately caught in a double play with
Hubby Walker, who swung at the
plate for Overmire.
Greenberg Alone Fans.
PasSeau pitched but one strikeout.
but it was beauty. Hank Green
berg was the victim at the start of
the second inning.
Other than Yorks single, the
Tigers hit few Passeau pitches SOL
idly. Excepting two, the Cubs had
no difficult chances afield. At the
beginning of the fourth inning, Ed
; die Mayo drove a sharp one toward
right, but First Baseman Phil Cav
arretta made diving stop of the
ball and while lying on the ground
threw to PaSseau at first for the
out. In the ninth, Pinch Batter
Chuck Hostetler sent a Passeau
pitch bounding over second base, but
Cub Shortstop Roy Hughes went
back of the sack for a flashy stop
and tagged the runner.
The Cubs had no particularly
heavy punch yesterday. They COL
lected just eight hits, four off Over
mire and as many off Right-handed
Al Benton, who pitched the last
three innings, but each time they
clustered hits they counted.
A double by Peanuts Lowrey in the
fourth led to the first tally. The
second that crossed in that inning
was pretty much gift. Andy Pafko
) walked, pulled up at second when
Bill Nicholson looped a single to
; short left, then busted home when
Hughes dropped similar hit in
right, mainly because Cullenbine.
Tiger right fielder, would not throw.
Cullenbine Lacks Hustle.
Cullenbine had grabbed Hughes
hit on the first bounce when Pafko
/; had barely turned third. But the
; Tiger outfelder merely 1obbed the
ball to York near first and let
Pafko scamper home A double by
Mickey Livingston blazed the way
, to the seventh-inning score off Ben
. ton. Passeau drove it over with
a long fly to the Tiger center fielder.
} The dark, misty day in Detroit
was an advantage to Passeau, al
! though he did not seem to need
b 1t in stemming the Tiger attack.
The big Cub pitcher took his time
; on every pitch and put it just about
: where he wanted it-and with
plenty on it. His fast ball and
slider had the Tigers wild.
Throughout the game, the Cubs
fiashy class stood out. Slowness
of foot and mind again was ap-
parent in the Detroit defense and
again the Cub outfield made the
Tiger garden patrol resemble a
broken down wagon.
The Tigers are being outthought
and outhuStled. This series won't
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