Evening star., 1946-10-14
|Cronin Picks Ferriss
las Bosox Pitcher in
Finale tomorrow
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lefthander from Oklahoma tha
Boston Red Sox would have wor
the series long ago and the Red.
birds would be scattered to the foul
winds, instead Of planning strateg.
for tomorrow's finale.
In the cold light Of dawn there
Is room for a solid suspicion tha1
"The Cat" and the Cards spenI
I their last life in a Al win yester.
day. The Sox have Dave (Boo)
Ferriss, their 25-game winner
primed for a second straight shut.
out bid, and there is no reason tt
believe he won't be just as ef.
fective as he was in Boston.
Odds Against Home Club.
The odds definitely are against
the home club, but that's nothing
new. Coming from behind and up
setting the dope has been a habit
with Eddie Dyer and his st. Louis
team ever since midseason, when
they trailed Brooklyn by seven and
a half games and eventually won
the flag in playof.
AL through this 43d series 1t has
been the same story-lose today
and then scramble to get 1t back
by winning tomorrow. They're
fresh out of ball games now, and
there will be no further comebacks.
This Is 1t.
After Howie Pollet dropped the
opener, Brecheen shut out Boston
He wasn't available when the Cards
needed their second life. but George
Munger and 20-hit barrage squared
matters.
Poised on the brink of elimina-
ton after dropping behind. 80, in
games at Fenway Park, Brecheer
took the Cards by the scuff Of Their
necks and lifted them back into the
scramble, all even at three games
each.
Dickson to HurI Final.
Brecheen can't do 1t again, al
though he'll probably be in the
bull pen. So Dyer has picked the
next best thing. his roommate
Murry Dickson.
Fate plays strange tricks on ball
clubs and managers and now with
the world championship hanging In
the balance, Joe Cronin finally falls
back on Ferriss, who didn't get a
chance until the third game. Dyer
must use Dickson, a wiry little fel-
low who worked on relief and wasn't
a starter" until June 8.
Ferriss enjoys huge edge on his
f25-6 season record and his lone
series winning appearance, although
Dickson won Is and lost six includ-
ing a playoff victory at Brooklyn
In his only series start, Dickson
bowed to Ferriss, 40.
Although he throws righthanded
and Brecheen, of course, is a south
paw. there is a great deal of SINH
larity between their styles. Each is
known as fine fielding pitcher and
a good hitter. Like THE Cat" Dick
son throws a screwball and depends
more on a variety of stuff" rather
than throwing the ball past the
batter. They've been rooming to-
gether since 1889 at Houston with
the exception of Dickson's two years
in the Army.
| Rest to Benefit Cards.
An extra day of rest will benefit
the Cards more than the Sox, for
the American League champs had
done little more than wait since
September 13, when they clinched
the pennant. Their problem has
been to regain the fine edge they
held in midseason, and they
haven't done it yet.
Marty Marion is playing with
an aching back that always i'm
proves with a day of rest. Howie
Pollet, if needed, will have more
time to let his torn side muscle
mend, and Enos Slaughter, who
played gamely in the sixth contest
despite a painfully swollen right
elbow, will be more like his usual
self.
Although DR.. Robert Hyland told
Slaughter he might .injure him.
self permanently If he took a
chance and played yesterday, the
slugging right fielder not only
played but contributed two nice
catches and knocked Mickey Harris
out of the box with rd-inning
single.
Slaughter was the last Card to
face the left-handed Harris, who
yielded five hits, all in the third,
before he was replaced by Tex
Hughson. The big Texan. who was
the focal point of the 20-hit at
tack Thursday, turned back st.
Louis with two hits before he went
out for a pinchbatter and was re-
placed by Lefty Earl johnson,
against whom the Redbirds made
one run in the eighth.
Brecheen Has Rocky Start.
The Sox had given Brecheen q
rocky first and second inning be-
fore Harris blew up. In the first
two singles and a walk loaded the
bases with one out before Whitley
Kurowski started fast double play
on Rudy York's rap. Two straight
singles in the second came tc
naught when Erv Dusak threw out
Bobby Doerr, who was trying tc
move from first to third on Pinky
Higgins single.
After that Brecheen steadied down
and pitched the same kind of mas
terful game he had turned in week
ago. He retired 10 men in a row
from the second to the fifth ano
yielded only seven hits in all. York's
triple off the left centerield wal
followed by Doerr's fly to Harry
Walker broke his string of Is shut
out innings in the seventh.
Catcher Del Rice opened the big
third with single to left. THE
Cat" forced him at second and
went to third on Red Sehoendienst' S
double.
Terry Moore knocked home the
first run with a fly and Stan Musial
kept Harris In hot water by beat
ing Johnny Pesky's throw from deep
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