The Wilmington morning star., 1946-10-15

of the favored Boston Red Sox
of the 1916 classic.
With fair skies and warn
capacity crowd of more than
Bosox, 3 to 2 favorites, meet
payoff contest.
This is only the 10th tin
balls blue ribbon event has gone
the full seven-game distance. And
the fighting Cardinals, who three
times battled back to square the
count, ignored the 10 to IL odds
against them. They remembered
that of those distance series, the
National League champion came
out on top six times.
The biggest job rested on the
shoulders of Dickson, a slim, wiry
right handler from Tracy, Mo-, who
until this season was only a relief
hurler. When Dickson came march
ing home after two years in the
service, Manager Eddie Dyer con-
verified him into a starting pitcher
and Murray responded by winning
IA games against six losses.
Cronin Confident
Boston manager Joe Cronin be-
lieves, however, that he has the
antidote in Ferriss, the husky
Mississippian who led American
League pitchers in percentage this
season with % wins and only six
defeats. For Ferriss never was in
trouble as he won the third game
of the series-and beat Dickson to
boot.
This baseball-mad town on the
banks of the Mississippi was GER
tain that the Observation-Disclosures OF
three f%ull-length series before
would do it once again. For the
Cards never have dropped the Duke
when the classic went the distance,
topping the Yankees in 1926, the
AS in 1881 and Detroit in 1884 in
SeVen-Same series.
They felt, too, that Sportsman's
Park is a jinx ball yard for the
B. ston club, which never has lost
the decision in four previous series.
For the Red Sox although they
strolled home in the American
League pennant race, lost six OF
their II regular season games in
st. Louis against the Browns and
have dropped two of the three
series contests here.
Cronin was smiling off that jinx
talk, however, as he watched his
bulky bombers rattle the fences
in a hitting drill Monday.
IT think the boys are about
ready to break out with a rash OF
base hits" he said.
Ted Williams, who has been
handcuffed to date as big Rudy
York stole the show with a pair OF
game-winning homers, bombarded
the right field stands and sent one
ball screaming high over the
grandstand. York, whose distance
clouts over the wall won the first
and third games, also was hitting
the seats in a lively drill during
which the Red Sox were in high
spirits.
1--WE knew that Harry Brecheen
would be our toughest pitcher to
beat" Cronin said of the little left
handler who topped the Bosox yes
terday for a second time. "Well,
we think that the next game be-
longs to u.s."
Ferriss, too, was in high good
humor and, when questioned about
tomorrow's blue-chip assignment,
replied:
ooh, it's just another ball
game"
Of the Red Sox squad, only Dom
Di Maggie, the fleet center fielder
who has been doing yoeman duty
in the outfield, did not participate
in the drill. Cronin explained that
Dom needed rest more than
practice.
Four of the Cardinal club did
not show for their teams drill.
These were outfielder Enos .(Coun-
try) Slaughter, Marty Marion, Red
Schoendienst and Pitcher HOWE
Pollett. Slaughter was having his
injured right arm worked on by
the club physician while Pollet's
sore back was being treated.
Marion and Schoendienst rested.
Slaughter's Arm
There was a great deal of con-
Germ over the condition of Slaught-
er's arm, M of the most valuable
defense weapons the Cards have.
Hit by a Joe Dobson fast ball in
Boston, Slaughter played yesterday
as the Cards evened the series for
the third time, although doctors
warned him that a hard throw
might ruin his arm, one of the
best in the game.
"My boys are easy and relax
ed" Dyer said as the frolicsome
Red Birds whistled, sang and
hustled through their clubhouse