Evening star., 1963-09-18
SEGH AT LARGE
Cards Still Alive
In Numbers Only
BY MORRIS SIEGEL

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 18-An that remains of the Spirit
Of ST. Louis today the ngleengined plane which COL
Charles Lindbergh sooed the Atlantic 36 years
ago. Even that not here 1t is housed in the Smithsonian
Institution, which also could final resting place
for the 1858 ST. Louis pennant hopes If Washngtons
famous museum becomes storehouse for vanishing
dreams
Mathematicaly, the Cardinals are still alive. They
trail by three games with eight remaining, But the
Yankees, realistic always undoubtedly making
plans to combat Sandy Koufax and the Dodgers in the
New York World Series opener october and not Stan
Musial and the Cardinals
The Dodgers acknowledged masters of the foldup
would be forced to tax their mess ingenuity to
blow it They have 10 games left all except one in Los
Angeles Two against the Nets who have acquired
legitimate reputation of knocking only themselves out Of
pennant races.
WHEN THE SHOWDOWN series began Monday the
Cards were riding l0-game winning streak The Dodgers
with five games shipped from their league lead during the
ST. Louis surge mped into town bearing the Sun
day loss in Philadelphia which had reduced their advantage
to one game They contested mounting charges they
chokeupS and incapable of holding the lead Their 3
l9 sprint they claimed good enough ordinarily but
admittedly inadequate against team which had 10
out Of co. the Cardinal before the Dodger invasion
"They bound to crack" boaSted Leo Durocher the
Dodger coach Nobody go like they have and the
time is ripe now Durocher, surely the right side of
arguments recently had the right dope this OCCASION
at least
unconquerabe Koufax last night chiefly responsible
for the current revival of the ST. Louis Blues They re-
striced the major leagues best hitting team to only
in the first two games Pennants not founded such
puny offenseS.
NOT ONCE DURING the 1O-game run for the title
did the Cards tra but in the two Dodger games
far they have been forced to try to from behind both
times Their best effort has been to produce temporary
stalemste, but the Dodgers countered Musias game
tying homer of Monday with two-run ninth-innng rally
that delivered the first victory.
Last night the end for the Cards came at the very
beginning. Leadon batter Maury Wills cracked a single
and paused at first base only long enough to replace his
tin protective helmet Two pitches later he second
with his third stolen base of the series Junior Glliams
double brought him home with the only run the Dodgers
needed, so magnificent was Koufax who won his oath
game.
1t the Dodgers who were supposed to be the terv
ones and the of the big three-game Sc
res but 1t didn't turn out that way The Cards talked
relaxed game but only on the bench Once they took the
field they appeared to have left their apomb in the dress
ing room They have been swinging at bad pitches and
generally dsporting themselves in a manner indicating
they really didn't belong to be scrappng for the pennant
this late In the season On the basis Of their performance
the last two evenings, they don't
THE MOST FORMIDABLE opposition the Dodgers
have been confronted with in ST. Louis the last two
evenings has not come from the Cards but from the
fans, oddly enough Last nights game had TO be held I'M
in the bottom OF the ninth while meager handful of ushers
battled Swarms of youngsters who bong out of the
beachers and pavilion Of antiquated Busch Stadium The
breakthrough hit It's peak with two away in the ninth and
Koufax trying to dispose Of Bill White and make the game
history.
Koufax amused at the Keystone Cop tactics Of the
outnumbered ushers relaxed to the point Of permitting
single TO White 1t only the fourth hit the Cards had
gotten, but there were Koufax got Curt Flood
on an easy fly TO letfeld TO become the first 2-game
winner in the majors this year and the first lefty ever
TO pitch II shutouts in one season.
The Cards contributed 10 moment OF history them
selves They wheeled in former Met Pitcher Ken Mackenzie
In the ninth 1t was the closest any Met past present had
10 pennant since the New York team was organized
Mackenzie got out of the inning in characteristic Met
fashion by allowing single which indirectly led to the
final out John Roseboo tried 70 from second on
Wills hit and was nabbed at the plate Casey stengel
would have been proud Of Mackenzie. doubt II the
Cardinal fans are