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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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:
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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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