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V ►. ! SPORTS TRAIL $ ___ g ►5 ♦ '♦S»»»»i*»i*t4-4-4-4t»»»»»»»i4'*»4»4-4*4^4*4*4*4*4*4*4^4*4»4^4t' BY WHITNEY MARTIN NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—(A3)—You felt a little sorry for Alpha Brazle, the long, lean, hungry country boy from Cortez, Colo., as he tucked his glove in his armpit, bowed his head and walked off the mound in the eighth in ning and headed for the showers today. He had pitched a fine game for the St. Louis Cardinals until that eighth inning, throwing low stuff writh so much on the ball the Yankees were fouling all -over the place. There were more people around him than he ever had seen in one bunch in his life, and the Yankee stadium field must 1 i -l • i . uavc fcccmcu L/ig as a cuju rado ranch, but he seemed to be nerveless out there, look ing and winding up very much like Card Hubbell. The errors behind him seemed harmless enough at first, but they were like grains of sand flowing into a bin until the sides bulged and finally split, and when Bill Johnson hit his triple to clear the bases it not only meant the ball game and the end for Brazale, but it called attention to the fact that the two 1942 series performers, outside pitchers, most missed this year are Terry Moore and Joe DiMaggio. DiMaggio primarily because of the threat of his hitting, as in a tight game like the second game of the current series the big guy would be almost sure to bust out with some kind of a blow that would mean a run or two, and Moore mostly because of his field ing, as the outfield play of the Cardinals in the first three games has left much to be desired, and Terry Moore was incorporated as an outfield in himself, besides be ing the inspirational leader who kept his teammates playing at times better than they knew how. We don’t recall a ball being hit over an outfielder's head in the stadium in the 1942 classic, but in the first three games this year two pokes sailed over Danny Lit whiler’s head in left field, where Stan Musiai probably would be playing were Moore available. Both hits were tremendous clouts and maybe it’s unfair to say that Musiai would have got to them, particularly as Litwhil-1 er came in to make a really great I one-handed shoestring catch of' Joe Gordon's drive in the second i inning today. But for some reason we just can’t imagine a ball getting over the speedier Musial's head any more than we can imagine Moore or DiMaggio letting a fly ball get away from them if it was in the same park. Moore made unbe lievable catches last year, and we are pretty sure that Johnson’s three-base hit today would have been a long single were Moore out there, as Harry Walker just couldn’t quite get to it. Walker has been good on fly balls, but we saw him bobble a total of three ground balls in the three games, two of the juggles going for errors. One turned out to be harmless enough, but the one permitting Johnny Lindell to get to second in the eighth in nin gtoday was the first grain of sand in the pile that led to the Cards’ and Brazale’s downfall. This is not by any means a criticism of Litwhiler and Walker as they were out there giving it all they had and there aren’t many Terry Moores. Just one, in fact, the same as there is only one Joe DiMaggio. But we do think the outfields, particularly the Cardinals, are one of the big differences between the 1942 and 1943 series, although there have been some peculiar go ings on in the infields and behind the plate this year that weren't apparent last fall. At any rate, Alpha Brazale de served a better rfate today, as had it not been fo the two errors permitting Lindell to get to third the Yankee floodgates probably would never have been opened. But as Billy Southworth said, “That’s baseball.” Just what kind he didn’t say. New Type Mat CardHere The latest thing in wrestling for Wilmington will be presented to the fans tonight when Bert Causey offers a tag team match featuring four of the best grapplers to be had in this area. The Masked Marvel and Sailor Blassie will make up one partner ship while Chief Thunderbird and Pete Mannagoff will do their best to take top honors away from them. The idea of a tag team match is not particularly new but it is the first time that such a show has been brought here due to the trouble in finding four equally matched wrestlers who were will ing to take part. The difficulty in arranging such a match is this: few wrestlers are willing to take a chane.e on fighting two men in a single bout and that is iust what can and may happen. If a matman's partner decides to lay down on the job of relieving him when the going gets tough, he can make it mighty hard on his team-mate. A simple little trick of taking the rope from its resting place ncdr the ring post will keep the boy in the mid dle from doing anything but tak ing a beating. When two opponents tangle in the ring, they are supposed to battle until one becomes tired or seems in line for defeat. If the troubled one is able to make his way to his partner's corner and touch a small piece of rope sus pended at the ring post, his part ner must take over the job. Regardless of how long the match lasfs or who wins, it prom ises to bring plenty of excitement to the hall. A1 Massey and Jimmy Coffield, both former referees and boxers, will meet in the semi-final affair and since they have had a few words in the ring while one was serving as middle man, trouble is likely here. The first match will begin promptly at 8:30 p. m. in Thalian hall. NAZI ARMYFACES HUGE NEW C S (Continued From Page One) intended, possibly linked with a westward drive from the Lovat line below Staraya Russa at the same objective. It has seemed probable as the Russian summer campaign has de veloped that the Red spearhead at Velikie Luki was destined to play a major part in Russian grand strategy, but probably not until the enemy had been driven behind the Dnieper to the south. It now ap pears that, the second phase of the vast Russian campaign to drive the enemy off Russian soil during j the coming winter is opening. | BOXING POSTPONED Due to a lack of talent this week, Promoter Plunk Moor ing announnced Thursday night that there would he no boxing card at Legion Stadium this Monday night, hut that he was making a search over the state for fighters and that a first rate card would be presented soon. The date and schedule for the next matches will be an nounced later. FLASHLIGHTS WITH BATTERIES AT PICKARDS *09 Market St. I BERT CAUSEY I ■ PRESENTS I ■ SOMETHING A I ■ NEW 1 I WRESTLING ^%k THALIAN I I <w' HALL I I r \v^ TONIGHT I I KVi 8:30 p-M* 1 team partners m I ' MARVEL MANNAGOFF I ft AN-«. and is I BLASIE THWNDERBIRD I I | COFFIELD VS. MASSEY | | C NO ADVANCE IN PRICES! I I PRICES: i.2o | Tickets On Sale ■ 1 S’.:r.=:- •» on™ h0i,i I ■ children^_■ Eighth Inning Rally Defeats Cards, 6-2 A A A A A - ^ ^ X YANKEES CRASH THROUGH ERROR FILLED TOURNEY Brazale Has New York Groveling Until Mis cues Begin YANKEE STADIUM, New York, Oct. 7.—UP—The St. Louis Cardi nals, supposed to be baseball’s wiz ards of defense, collapsed in the field today, and the New York Yankees crashed through the open ing for five runs in the eighth in ning to win the third game of the 1943 World Series, 6 to 2, before an all-time record series crowd of 69.990. It was an old familiar story to many of the fans who jammed this big arena on a hazy October after noon to see the last game here be fore the two teams left for St. Louis tonight to complete the se ries in the Cardinals’ park begin ning Sunday. The Yankees were groveling helplessly before t h e amazingly cool Ditching of Alpha (Bet) Braz le, 27-year-old rookie lefthander, who had come up from the Pacific Coast league in mid-July. Then came a break. Two errors and an intentional walk loaded the bases with one out and Bill Johnson, New York’s slender freshman third baseman, smashed a triple into left center. This block-buster blew the game right out of the park, but after Brazale had been removed 1he Yanks made three more singles and scored two more runs just to make certain the Cardinals did not gpf over the concussion. In the early innings the contest was a masterpiece of fine fielding with various players on both teams contributing a series of spectacu lar catches and for the third con secutive game the Cardinals scor ed first for a lead thev seemed likely to keep throughout. They loaded the bases twice against Hank Borowy, a willowy young righthander, in the fourth inning and a single by Danny Lit whiler. his first hit of the series, brought home two runs. This was an imposing start, but It failed to rattle the Yankees, and St. Louis made only one hit over the last five frames and a total of six for the game. However, the Cardinals would not have needed more the way Brazle was breezing along if the Redbirds had held up defensively. Over the first five innings he gave the Yankees just two singles, no walks, and let only one of these runners reach second. He still looked good when the Yankees scored their first run in the sixth. Borowy led off for the Yanks and was looking like a pitcher at bat with a count of two and two when he smacked a soft liner to left. But Litwhiler was j playing in close, did not start back s soon enough, and the ball dropped behind him for a double. He went to third on a long foul fly by Tuck Stainback and, after Frank Crosetti had flied out, scored when Third Baseman George Kurowski fumbled a grounder by Johnson. In the next inning the Yanks went down one-two-three. Nick Etten fanning for the third out, and Brazle still was a cool cus tomer. But in the last of the eighth John Lindell made his first hit of the series, a clean single to cen ter, and Harry Walker got hi s hands all tangled up with the ball. While he was putting on his jug gling act Lindell galloped to sec ond on the error. George Stirnweiss batted for Bo row’y and laid down a bunt in an attempt to sacrifice. It was the obvious play and First Baseman Ray Sanders of the Cards swoop ed down within 20 feet of home plate to scoop up the ball almost as soon as it hit the ground and throw to third to head off Lindell. His throw was in time, too. and Umpire Beans Reardon had his arm up to signal an out when Linden, a big fellow 6 feet, 4 inch es tall and weighing 205 pounds, crashed into Kurowski full force causing him to drop the ball. It was another error and the turning point of the ball game. Stainback flied to left and Lin dell was held on third although Stirnweiss sped to second after the catch. This caused Crosetti to be purposely passed, loading the bases, and set the stage for John son. The kid who came up from New ark last spring to fill the shoes left empty by Red Rolfe took one strike and then lined a hit into left center. For a minute it seem ed Walker would be able to get in front of the ball and hold it to a single, but it went through both Walker and Litwhiler and rolled all the way to the bleacher wall, 450 feet from the plate, for a triple, scoring three runs. This broke Brazle’s poise and he quickly walked Charley Keller, causing Manager Billy Southworth to bring righthander Howard Krist to the mound. Krist pitched three balls and fi nally a called strike to Joe Gor don, a righthanded swinger, be fore the Flash shoved a sharp sin gle to right scoring Johnson and putting Keller on second. Harry Brecheen, a rookie south paw who had appeared in relief for one inning of the first game of the series, then strode to the mound to pitch to lefthanded Bill Dickey. The veteran catcher rap ped a grounder between first and second and the ball hit Gordon on i the legs, making him out auto matically, although Dickey was credited with a hit and the Yanks still were left with runners on first and second. Etten then singled to right, scor ing Keller, but Dickey was caught sliding into third as Catcher Walk er Cooper relayed Stan Musial’s throw to Kurowski. Thus the Yankees came through once more with a wild, unruly up rising to win a series game by taking advantage of the mistakes of their opponents. They made eight hits, five of them ift the eighth, and played errorless ball defensively, but except for the let down by the Cardinals they never would have had a chance today. By making four errors the Car dinals let in three unearned runs and brought their total of miscues to eight for three games of the series. It also was their misplays in the field which cost them the opening tussle, 4 to 2, in a pitching battle between Max Lanier and Spud Chandler. The outcome of the games here left the Yankees confident as they headed for St. Louis, and Man ager Joe McCarthy announced he intended to pitch Lefty Marius Russo in the fourth game of the series when the teams meet again Sunday at Sportsman’s Park. Tomorrow and Saturday are open dates on the schedule set aside for travel and McCarthy said he might change his mind in the meantime, but there was no reason to expect him to waver on Russo, who, after nursing a sore arm for all of the 1942 season and half of this one, showed he had regained his old skill in September, although his record at the finish was a mere five victories and 10 defeats. If Russo goes, it will mean Chan dler will appear only once more in the series. St. Louis (NL> AB R II O A E Klein, 2b .. 4 0 0 2 2 0 Walker, cf ..... 4 0 1 1 0 1 Musial, rf _ 3 1110 0 W. Cooper, c_ 4 0 1 3 2 0 Kurowski, 3b_ 3 1 1 2 2 2 0’Dea x _ 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sanders, lb _ 3 0 0 9 2 0 Litwhiler, If_ 4 0 2 3 0 0 Marion, ss_ 2 0 0 2 4 1 Brazle, p . 3 0 0 1 2 0 Krist, p - 0 0 0 0 0 0 Brecheen, p_ 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 2 6 24 14 4 x—batted for Kurowski in 9th. New York (AL) AB R H O A E Stainback, cf_ 4 0 110 0 Crosetti, ss _ 2 1 0 2 4 0 Johnson, 3b _ 4 110 10 Keller, If . 3 1 0 2 0 0 Gordon, 2b _ 4 0 12 10 Dickey, c . 4 0 2 6 1 0 Lindell, rf- 3 113 10 Etten, lb- 4 0 19 10 Borowy, p . 2 112 0 0 Stirnweiss z - 1 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 6 8 27 9 0 z—batted for Borowy in 8th. St. Louis (NL>- 000 200 000—2 New York fAL)- 000 001 Oox—6 Runs batted in: Litwhiler. Gor don, Etten. Two base hits: Walger, ECurotvski, Borowy. Three base hit: Johnson. Sacrifice: Crosetti. Dou ble plays: Crosetti, Gordon and Et ten; Marion, Klein and Sanders. Earned runs: St. Louis (NL) 2; Mew York (AL) 3. Left on bases: St. Louis (NL) 5; New' York (AL* i. Base on balls: Borowy 3 (Mus ial, Sanders, Marion); Brazle 2 (Crosetti, Keller). Strikeouts: Bra zle 4 (Keller, Borowy, Lindell, Etten); Borowy 4 (Sanders, Brazle, Litwhiler. Marion ); Murphy 1 (Lit whiler). Pitching' summary; Bor owy 6 hits, 2 runs in 3 innings; Brazle 5 hits, 6 runs in 7 1-3 in nings: Murphy 0 hits, 0 runs in 1 inning: Krist 1 hit, 0 runs in no in ning (pitched to one batter); Bre cheen 2 hits, no runs in 2-3 in nings. Winning pitcher: Borowy. Losing pitcher: Brazle. Umpires: Rue (AL) plate; Stewart (NL) first base; Rommel (AL) second base; Reardon (NL) third base. Time 2:10. Attendance: 69,900. -V ONE-SIDED MATCH Most one-sided billiard match in all North Carolina this week was played at Camp Davis. Willie Hoppe, world’s champion for many years, visited the camp and played matches with soldier volunteers. The soldiers who of fered themselves up for the sacri fice W'ere Sgt. Charles Hartge of the AAA school, and Sgt. William E. Hovanec of Battery K. Hoppe, who has held every championship in the game since he won his first one in 1906, beat Hovanec 50-2 and Hartge 75-33. Besides the matches Hoppe dem onstrated many of his famous trick shots to the crowd of sol diers w'ho packed the service rT X x x x x x x x a ^ ^ Wildcats Meet Rocky MountHere Today IS FIRST TASTE OF CONFERENCE PLAY FOR ’CATS Game Scheduled For 4 P. M. At American Legion Field The Wilmington Wildcats, with victories over the Whiteville and Charleston elevens, clash with Rocky Mount High at 4:15 P. M. Friday on the American Legion field. This is the initial conference tilt for the locals, while the Blackbirds trounced the Goldsboro eleven 46 tot 2 in a recent league engage ment. A strong rivalry has long existed between the ’Cats and the 'Birds and this year's game brings about the meeting of the most ev enly matched Wildcat and Black bird teams in many grid seasons. The Wildcats will be without the services of their star quarterback, Bill Auld, who is still out with a leg injury. The remainder of the squad is in fine condition after a week of heavy drills. Much of the local’s success will rest in the stopping of the powerful Rocky Mount running attack. The massive Wildcat line, averaging 189 pounds, which held the vaunted Charleston Bantams to a scant 45 yards gained rushing, will be out to curb the Blackbird ground game. Last week’s defensive star, Red Holt, crashing 205 pound tackle, has completely recovered from a hand injury and is expected to stand out in the ’Cat line along with a couple of 195 pounders, Nig Snow and John Hobbs. Snow, veteran guard has been a constant menace to the opposing ball carriers with his continuous slashing through the line and bone-crushing tackles. Dick Watts, the local’s 6 foot 4 inch end has been a standout on defense and also a main cog in the Wildcat aerial attack. In the backfield the ’Cats will spearhead their offense about their hard-driving 190 pound full back, Piggy Dyches. John Symmes, passing ace, will be in the tailback spot in place of the injured Auld. Jumping Jack Lowrimore, one of the leading leather luggers in the local backfield will be in n. wingbajk position, with the \v ' cat backfield being rounded 0“t" by Bill Mcllwain, running ln blocking back slot. The probable starting lineup Pos. Wilmington Rocky m» LE—Dick Watts _ La- ' LT—John Hobbs.. yvhci LG—Norman Finer_A ' C—Stanley Glines Hedgepc-' RG—Jim Snow .. kV ' 1 RT—Herbert Holt Matt RE—Eugene Ward _ Corin ' QB—John Symmes ... p,,^ RHB—Jack Lowrimore py. LHB—Bill Mcllwain . v/;./.'/1 FB—Randall Dyckes . McD. "r l -V WAR BOND QUOTA ROXBORO. Oct. 7.— P.y; C. Hunter of Roxboro. Third A ■ Loan chairman for Group made up of eleven counties ir.,; . ing Wake and Durham, ami. J today $22,164,000 had been raised u the area. J. MILLS FLACK CHIMNEY ROCK. Oct. 7._,r , J. Mills Flack, 89, proprietor of ■ View Inn here for 45 years, died this afternoon. I t. M 0 - ' "*■ 1 B^Wing BrOoK.h.wassuijj ■ Amy Wh'PP Mortimer.'0'*'" ^ her husband. q{ tWS\h 1 vorce °n A,awn her wh- I has withd „ wised «P I "Morty has h ing with | ^d stf ^ei” explained Wh. Treet Blades,,-«xP Marion Tallies With Homer As Cards Defeat Yankees Slat# Marion (right) Cardinal shortstop, conies into the plate after his third inning home run in the second game of the World Series in Yankee Stadium between the New York Yankees and the St. Louis Cardinals. Waiting to congratulate him is Ca rdinal Pitcher Morton Cooper (left), while in the background the Cardinal batboy expresses his feelings. Marion, a native of Richburg, S. C., formerly lived in Atlanta. The Cards won, 4-3, to even the series. (AP Wirephoto)._ Composite Box Score NEW YORK YANKEES G Ab R H 2b 3b Hr Rbi Bb So Pet Po A E Pet. Stainback, rf-cf ... 3 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 .182 6 1 0 1.000 Crosetti, ss - 3 10 43000011 .300 7 9 1 .941 Metheny, rf . 1 300000000 .000 2 0 0 1.000 Johnson. 3b. 3 12 3 5 110301 .417 0 5 0 1.000 Keller, If . 3 11 22010212 .182 5 0 0 1.000 Gordon, 2b .. 3 11 13001212 .273 11 10 0 1.000 Dickey, c _ 3 11 03000111 .273 19 3 0 1.000 Etten. lb . 3 12 01000202 .085 24 1 1 .962 Lindell, cf-rf _ 2 611000003 .167 5 0 0 1.000 Chandler, p . 1 301000001 .333 0 2 0 1.000 Bonham, p. 1 200000000 .000 0 0 0 .000 Borowy, p _ 2 211100001 .500 2 0 0 1.000 Stirnweiss. xx_ 1 110000000 .000 0 0 0 .000 Murphy p. -2 000000000 .000 0 1 0 1.000 Weatherlv x. 1 100000000 .000 0 0 0 .000 Totals -_ 96 13 22 2 2 1 10 4 16 .229 81 32 2 .983 x—Batted for Bonham eighth inning of second game, xx—Batted for Borowy in eighth inning of third game. ST. LOUIS NATIONALS Klien, 2b . 3 12 02000010 .167 6 8 1 933 Walker, cf - 3 13 02100002 .111 8 0 2 800 Musial, rf . 3 11 23000010 .273 4 1 0 1 000 W. Cooper, e- 3 11 13000000 2.73 15 3 1 .947 Kurowski. 3b- 3 10 2210010 3 .200 3 4 2 .778 Sanders, lb. 3 10 23001223 .300 25 2 0 1.000 Litwhiler, If_ 3 10 02000224 2.00 9 0 0 1.000 Marion, ss_ 3 812101221 .250 4 10 1 .933 Lanier, p _ 1 201000100 .500 0 1 1 .500 Breecheen, p _ 2 000000000 .000 0 1 0 1.000 M. Cooper, p. 1 300000002 .000 0 0 0 .000 Brazle, p . 1 300000001 .000 1 2 0 1.000 Garms, z.. 1 100000001 .000 0 0 0 .000 O’Dea, zz. 1 100000000 .000 0 0 0 .000 Krist p 1000000000 .000 0 0 0 .000 Totals .. 95 8 20 3 0 2 8 8 17 .211 75 32 8 .930 z—Batted for Lanier eighth inning of first game. zz—Batted for Kurowski in ninth inning of second game. PITCHING SUMMARY G Cg Ip H R Er Bb So IVp Hb W L Pet Era Chandler (N. Y.) __ 1 1 9 7 2 1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.00 M. Cooper (St. Louis) 119 633140010 1.000 3.00 Borowy (N. Y.) ... 1 0 8 6 2 2 3 4 0 0 1 0 1.000 2.25 Lanier (St. Louis) _ 1„0 7 742071001 .000 2.57 Bonham (N. Y.)_ 108 644390001 .000 4.50 Brazle (St. Louis) „ 1 0 7 1-3 5 6 3 2 4 0 0 0 1 .000 3.86 Breecheen (St. Louis) 201 2-3 3 00110000 .000 0.00 Murphy (N. Y.)_ 202 100110000 .000 0.00 Krist '(St. Louis) -. 100 100000000 .000 0.00 Composite score by innings: oi. UUU1!, uuiiuimi; - ULI DiU UUU— H New York (American) _ 000 303 052—13 Summary: Earned runs—St. Louis 7, New York 8. Stolen bases—Crosetti, Marion. Sacrifices—Kurowski, W. Cooper, M.- Cooper, Crosetti. Double plays—St. Louis (3)—Klein. Marion and Sanders; Marion, Klein and Sanders 2: New York (2)—Gordon, Crosetti and Etten; Crosetti, Gor don and Etten. Left on bases—St. Louis 17. New York 14. Interfer ence—W. Cooper (Metheny) sixth inning second game. Times of games—2:07 (first game), 2:08 (second game), 2:10 (third game). Attendance—68,676 (first game) 68,578 (second game), 69,990 (third game). 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