Evening star., 1946-10-09
oxLead, 3to0,
In 5th on York's
Homer, Two0n
WiIIioms Solves Gard
Shift, Gets Single
On Bunt to Third
By Froncis E. Stonn
star siaff Correspondent

BOSTON, Oct. 9.-The Boston
Red Sox were leading the st.
Louis Cardinals, 3 to O, at the
end of five innings.
The Red Sox went to work on
Murry Dickson, Card pitcher. in the
first inning. Pesky singled and
williams was intentionally passed.
Rudy York hit 3-and-2 pitch over
the left-field fence to give Boston q
3-to-0 lead.
In the third the Cardinals shift
for Williams backfired when Ted
hunted down the third base line for
a single. Marty Marion's infied
safety in the third was the first hit
of Dave Ferriss
On Williams next turn at bat the
Cards abandoned the shift and Ted
was called out on strikes.
Unexpected good weather greeted
the fans. A warming sun shone
through cloud-specked sky, and
it remained topcoat weather.
Among late arrivals for the
series were Clark Grifith, 76-year-
old owner of the Washington Ma
tionals, and Mrs. Griffith: Vice
President Calvin Grifith and Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Norman Buck
NewSom.
FIRST INNING.
ST. LOUIS-Ferriss made gloyed
hand stop of Schoendienst's smash
and threw him out. Doerr threw
tout Moore. Musial walked Musial
stole second Musial was trapped
of second by Ferriss and run down,
Higgins making the putout. No
runs.
| BOSTON-Moses flied to Walker.
Pesky singled down the left-fleld
lline. Di Maggie grounded to Mlsial,
i who tagged him on the line, Pesky
taking second. Williams was pur-
poSely passed The COUNT on York
went to and 2 and on the next
pitch he drove home run over the
Ileft-field fence, scoring Pesky and
4 Williams : ahead of him. Doerr
famed. Three runs.
SECOND INNING.
i ST. LOUIS-Pesky threw out
tSlaughter. Doerr threw out Kurow-
I ski Garagiola went out. York un-
assisted. No runs
Il BOSTON Higgins walked. Hig-
Il gins went to second on a passed
ball by Garagiola. Wagner sacfi-
feed. Musial to Schoendienst, who
covered first Ferriss famed.
4 Schoendienst threw out Moses. No
! runs.
THIRD INNING.
Z, ST. LOUIS-Walker flied to
Moses. Marion singled to deep
! short for the Cardinals first hit.
I Dickson flied to Di Maggie. Schoen-
dienst flied to Moses. No runs.
Il BOSTCN-Pesky lined to Slaugll-
\ ter. Marion threw out Di Maggie.
The Cardinals went into their shift
toward right field when williams
came to bat and Williams on the
first pitch hunted down the third
base line and loped to first base.
1t was single. York forced Will
Hams, Marion to Schoendienst. No
runs.
/ FOURTH INNING.
ST. LOU9S-Moore grounded to
lDoerr. Musial went out the same
way. Slaughter fouled to Wagner.
No runs.
| BOSTON-Doerr singled to right.
Higgins grounded to Dickson, who
threw him out, Doerr taking Sec
ond. Wagner popped to Schoen-
dienst, Ferriss flied deep to
Slaughter. No runs.
FIFTH INNING.
| ST. LOUIS-Kurowski flied to
Williams. Garagiola singled to
right. Walker flied to Williams.
. Doerr threw out Marion. No runs.
II BOSTON = Moses famed and
had to be thrown out when Garag-
lola dropped the third strike.
Pesky bunted and Dickson threw
him out. Di Maggie doubled down
the left-field line. For the first
time in this series the Cardinals
did not go into their shift for
Williams, although they played him
to right field Kurowski remained
on third base and Marion played
directly behind second williams
was called out on strikes. No runs.