Evening star., 1946-09-26
World Series 10 Go Six
Games, B|uege Says;
Mats Nab Twin Bill
Speeiol Dispatch 10 The Stor

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. 26.-
The hero of the 1916 World Serie.
Is more likely to be player whit
won't be given a serious preserie.
thought rather than one of tn,
stars OF the Boston Red Sox
St. Louis Cardinals or Brooklyn
Dodgers.
So believes Ossie Bluege. man.
ager Of the Washington Mats, wind.
ing up a three-game series with
the Athletics here today in a single
contest.
Its in these games with all tht
the pressure on the batters that ths
fellows who have been hitting al
season fold up" Bluege holds. "I'v,
seen it happen time and again Ii
the World Series, and I see no rea.
son why this year should be any
exception.
I'm the series next week prac.
tically every expert and fan look!
for Ted WILLIAMS, Dixie Walker Of
Stan Musial to be the batting stand.
out. They can't see much hope fol
most of their teammates" he point.
out. "Yet I have a hunch that
some one like Wally Moses o.
Harry Walker or Howie Schultz
may be the one receiving the
plaudits when they are distributed.
No Romp for Red Sox Seen.
Bluege can't account for thi'
phenomenon except to trace 1t tt
the opposition's pitchers concen.
trating on the batsmen they fee
are going to do the heavy stick
work and easing up on the alleged
lighter hitters. Or else the big slug
gers are unequal to the crucial spots
always present in World Series
games.
Even though he's an American
Lacquer, Bluege doesn't see any
romp for the championship Rec
Sox. In fact he Is certain the
series will last at least six games
I'm a short series you can never
tell what is going to happen
Everybody is hollering about the
Red Sox power. Yet if the Dodgers
or Cards get good pitching that
power is likely to be stifled," he
says. 'In this series I'm sure that
the better hurting is going to win
out and that power will play Sec
ond fiddle"
The gray-thatched Washington
leader also doesn't sell Joe Cronin'.
pitching staff short. In such top
notchers as Dave Ferriss, a 25-game
winner; Mickey Harris, Tex Hugh.
son, ct al, Bluege asserts the Bean
towners will offer formidable com.
petition to either Brooklyn's or st
Louis mound staffs.
Mats Drub AS Twice.
Still Bluege is less worried about
how the World Series will materializ,
than how his Mats are going tt
finish in the league. They are cur.
rently engaged in a nip-and-tucl
battle with the Chicago White So,
for fourth place.
Yesterdays twin victory over the
AS by 6-3 and IA scores gave
Washington a big boost in its fight
to gain a slice Of the world series
split. With the single contest with
the AS and three games with the
Red Sox in Beantown over the
week end, all that Is left on theil
schedule, the Mats now hold a game
and half lead over the White Sox
two of them being in the important
losing column.
In both club houses, the talk after
the game centered around the triple
play pulled by the Athletics in the
seventh inning of the first contest
Most of the players attributed the
unusual three-ply killing to the
calmness of Don Richmond, 26-year.
old third Sacker just returned from
Toronto.
With men on first and third
Cecil Travis hit a grounder tt
Richmond, who held Mickey Vernon
on third and then threw to Seconc
in time to force Stan Spence coming
from first. Oscar Grimes throw te
the plate forced Vernon to back.
track to third, but in an eventua
rundown, Richmond tagged Vernon
out. Still as cool as veteran player
he burned the ball back to Jacl
Wallaesa at second to nab Travi.
heading for that sack.
Vernon, with four hits in min,
trips, increased his average to 1857
The league stick leader now boast!
203 safeties in 568 times at bat.