The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-21
Cubs, Broves Face Cards
 And Dodgers

AHO OOQ9eFS
 New York, Sept. 21.-UP)-Even though it might not be bad idea, both St. Louis and Brooklyn can't play the Red Sox in the World Series. One team will have to bow out shortly and the collapse may be brought about by the third place battle between the Cubs and Braves.
 The Cardinals, one game ahead of the Dodgers with eight more to go, can't expect easy going today as they open series with the third place Cubs at Chicago.
 And the Dodgers, fresh from a home stand in which they won 10 out of IA games, will face Brave team in Boston that is at its peak for the season, ambitious to overtake the Cubs, who are one game ahead of them.
 Both Have Good Records
 On the basis of past performan- ances, both the Cards and Dodgers should breeze to victories, since St. Louis has won Il out of Is games with Chicago while Brooklyn has taken ia1 nllt of IT from Boston
 But things are different now. The Cubs played brilliantly in taking two out of four games at Brooklyn tnl5 week and the Braves were hos tile to the Cards in splitting a two- game series.
 The Dodgers, who cut the Car dinal margin to single game yes- terday with a dramatic, to vic- tory over the Reds In a replay of their 19-inning, 0-0 tie, still are at definite disadvantage.
 In order to catch the Cardinals they must win while St. Louis is losing and can oVertake them only through two victories while the Red birds aIe losing twice.
 Odds Come Down
 After yesterdays victory, a Broad way oddsmaker who has been quot ing prices on the Dodger pennant chances, figured they still were 3 to l underdogs However, before beating the Reds, his price on the Dodgers was 6 to l.
 AS the teams square off for the final week of the season, the Dodg- CTS, on the basis of past perform ances, have the easier opposition In addition to five games with he Braves against whom they have an .824 season average, they have three more contests with the Phil lies whom they have beaten l5 out of 19 times for a .789 mark. The overall Dodger record of 29 wins and T defeats against these teams Is better than the Cardinal mark of 667 achieved in winning "A and losing 12 against the Cubs and Reds. The Cardinal percentage is ,688 against Chicago and $50 against the Redst whom they have beaten 13 games out of 20
 AS has been the case so often this season, Dixie Walker came through to bring the Dodgers vic- tory in yesterdays game, hitting a three-run homer to cap four run rally in the fifth. Johnny Candermeer who went Is scoreless innings in the to struggle, had the Dodgers swinging futilely again and he was given the benefit of 2 to 0 lead in the first of the fifth on a two-run double by Claude Carbitt off surprise Dodger start CT. Art Herring.
 Dodger Manager Leo Durocher, working another of his famous lunches, called on Herring who had started only one other game this year. But Durocher remembered the Rers, Herring pitched five hit that in that in that game against less innings before going out when his arm frightened.
 Behrman Throttles Reds
 Bouncing back for their first SCOT ing off Vandermeer in 28 2-3 in- nings, the Dodgers made all their fifth inning runs with two outs Singles by pinch-hitter Stan Rojek, Eddie Stanky. and Joe Medwick pro- duced one run then Walker sent a fast ball soaring over the right field screen for three more. Hank Behrman came III 10 protect her- rings lead and pitched scoreless relief ball until relieved by Hugh Casey, who allowed the Reds their final run in the ninth. The Dodg- CTS also added another in the 7th.
 In the only other game, the Tigers made p hits, six of them by George Kell to defeat the In- dians at Cleveland, 15 to L Dick Wakefield hit Detroit homer while rookie Ed Robinsons homer was the only run off Tiger pitcher Freddie Hutchinson.