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1 CH5 fM' ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH PART TWO ST. LOUIS, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1944 PAGES 1 4B CARDS CHAMPIONS OF BASEBALL WORLD FOR FIFTH TIME Critical Play in Series Final "mm REDBIRDS, PHASES, TOO STRONG FOR BROWNS IN ALL BEAT POTTER IN FINAL GAME, 3-1 NotreDame Is Tops in First Poll 9 CUTTERIDGE Si By J. Roy Stockton For the fifth time since 1926 the Cardinals, winners of eight National League during that stretch, are champions of the bast-hall world and nlrenrlv are predicting freely that next season -will see Billy JSouthworth's Redbirds gain their fourth straight flag. Picked in March, in the rain and defense of southworth's athletes.

Yes, in the final game, the three NEW YORK, Oct. 10 (AP). Notre Dame, runaway victor over Pitt and Tulane, was picked today as the top football team in the nation in the first Associated Press poll of the season. The Irish, who won the mythical national crown last year, but were not expected to be much this" fall, polled a total of 800 points, including 34 first-place ballots, from 93 4 chilly breezes of their northern sip- most important assets of a base I Hail the Champions! I training camp, as the outstanding ball team, pitching, batting and fielding strength, were on the side i BROWNS. AB.

R. Gutteridte 2b sportswriters who voted. Baker, 2b I Kreevicli cf 4 Moore rf 3 Stephens ss 4 Laahs If 3 McQuinn Jh 3 Chrtstman 3b 3 bByrnes I Hayworth 2 The North Carolina Pre-flight Cloudbusters, who startled the pigskin world by upsetting Navy 10 days ago and beat Duke last A M. I 1 P0. .1 1 .1 3 I fi ft 0 I II ft ft A.

a .1 1 1 ft 1 1 1 1 ft 1 I it a eClurtuk I sir, rtr pr .7 Saturday, were ranked second with 608 points, including 24 first place votes. Potter 2 Muncrirf eZarilla Kramer club in baseball, the only group of athletes comparable to the prewar squads, the Cardinals ran away with the championship of their circuit and in the world series, after a faltering start, they finally swung into their best stride. Trailing the Browns of Luke Sewell, one victory to two after three games had been played, the Cardinals, jolted out of their nonchalance by this challenge from their own back yard, turned on the heat then and swept the fourth, fifth and sixth games to capture the national name's highest honors for the year. Only Half the Town is Happy. And therein you'll find the one Mighty Randolph Field.

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ft 2 1 3 I 4. 1 1 1 1 Lltwhiler If Hope cf Muiial rt 4 w. Cooper a 3 Panders lb 3 Kurow.kl 3 Marlon ss 3 Vsrban 2b 3 Lanier 2 Wllks 1 ft ft ft I 1 ft ft ft 1 7 ft I I a ft ft ft 0 of the Redbirds. Max Lanier and Ted Wilks yielded only three hits, there was a break in the Brownie defense, whereas the Cardinals gave another flawless performance in the field, and compared to the trio of American League safeties, the Redbirds collected 10 hits. Browns Made It a Hot Fight.

Despite the now confirmed opinion thnt the Cardinals this year constitute baseball's outstanding team, the Browns made the series, game by game, a hotly contested thing and as they look back in retrospect through the winter they can find comfort or perhaps extra regrets in the thought that the series could have gone the other way. Errors prevented a Brownie shutout victory, 2 to 0, in nine innings in the second game, which the Cardinals ultimately won in 11 innings. Had it not been for those breaks in the defense, the Browns would have swept the first three contests and had they gone that far, momentum enwily might have carried them to the world champlonNhlp. But as things happened snd errors are part of the game the Browns won only the first and third games, while the Cardinals took the second and fourth and then forged ahead to the championship by winning the fifth game on Mort Cooper's brilliant shutout pitching and the sixth af- big unavoidable flaw in the play ef Tolalf 31 3 10 i7 ft Innlnps I2 3 4AN7 OlOOflfteoo 1 Cardinals 0 3 i Run. batted In McQuinn.

Vor. ban, Lenler. Two-base hit Urmus. Threo- bein hit -Laabs. Sacrifices McQuinn.

Earned run. Cardinal," I. Left en beset 7: Cerdinals lit. bell. Off a M.

TlT rnsl-TMspalrh Blarf rbntntraplirr. Had this attempted double play been successful, the sixth game outcome might have been different. SANDERS is shown safe at second, and KUROWSKI safe at first in the fourth inning. Kurowski's grounder had gone to STEPHENS, whose throw to second pulled GUTTERIDGE off the bag. The Cardinals went on from there to score two unearned runs to win, 3 to 1.

ing of an entire world series in one city, the first time St. Louis ever has had that distinction. A world series can't end in a draw. One of the teams has to lose. And so the celebration of the Cardinal victory must merge with deep regrets that the gallant Browns, who made possible the home town show by winning the American League pennant in a dramatic down-to-the-last-day race, could not have a world title, too.

The Cardinals, however, were much too hot, when finally they shook off the lethargy and faltering gait of their late season slump. There were too many Cardinal hits, too much hot National League pitching and too stout a Texas, received 22 first-place votes but was ranked in fourth place with 510 points to Army's third-place total of 575. Great Lakes. Navy, Purdue, Ohio State, Pennsylvania and Georgia Tech completed the first 10 teams. Iowa Pre-flight and Michigan, who ranked No.

2 and No. 3, respectively, in the final 1943 poll, topped the Second 10 teams, a bracket that included Tulsa, Illinois, Tennessee, the Second Air Force Superbombers, Wake Forest, Bainbridge Naval, Indiana and Wisconsin. A total of 39 teams received votes. Ten points were awarded for first place, nine for second, eight far third, etc. The leading teams and their points (first-place votes in parenthesis): FIRST TEN.

Pierre Dim (34) BOO Mwth Carolina Preflifht (24) i08 Army 3) MS Randolph Field (22) Sift Greet Lake; (3) 450 Nary 389 Pordue 2 345 CM. State (2) 29fi Pennsylvania 27S Georgia Tech. 194 Second Ten: II, Iowa Prefliaht (1). 192: 12, Miehioan, 03: 13, Tulsa. S2: 14.

Illi- eis, 35: 15, Tennessee 1), 34: 16, Second Air Force, 34; 17, Wake Forest, 31; 18, Belnbrldte Nival, 26: 19, Indiana, 24; 20, Wtsronain, 2. Other Point Winners: Marchfleld' ()), 5M: California, 20; Southern California, 19: Vashlnftea, 13: Iowa Stale, 12: Teias, 12: Duke, 13: San Dlroo Naval, 3: Georila, ft; Georpla Prefllaht, Third Air Ftree. Pice. Vale, Mississippi. Missouri, 2: Alabama, 2: Auburn, North Carolina, Southern Methodist, 1.

Navy Commendation For George Earnshaw, Former Big Leaguer Series Facts naywnrm, MrQmnni: off ri'ln Cooper): Munerief, I 3 By Lenler. ft (Kr.th 2, Moore. Charteki: by Potter, 3 (Llt.hiier Hoppil by Kramer, 2 Wllkn. ritrhlnt summary: Hit, Off Potter. kits.

5 nd a 2: off Lanier. 3 aBd none 3 2.r w( fitthL Wlnninp pitcher Lanier. L01U. a.tcftr Potter Un.plr M.Gow.n ZZZ Tim at same ih. 6m.

Attendance J1.6JO. 'Donnelly's Peg to Third and Hopp 's Catch Best Series Plays fair yesterday, 3 to 1. SOUTHWORTH Crowd Was for the Underdog, But Had Little to Cheer About and that's the reason there were so many strikeouts." And while on the subject of strikeouts, Southworth backed up the players of both clubs when he satd that the white shirts so numerous in the centerfield bleachers he gained his first world series victory, 3 to 2, in 11 innings. Fielding Amazingly Good. The Cardinal fielding was amazingly good, with only one error In the fifth game.

Thit charged to Stan MusUl In the fifth garnet whn a hit skidded him to give the batter an extra base Marty Marlon, Mr. Shortstop himself, and Emil Verban. freshman second bnseman, did brilliant work for the Cardinals. It was expected of Marlon, widely regarded now as one of the greatest shortstops of all time, defensively. Verban.

after a late-season slump, struck his beat stride again to help make the Cardinals look ence more like baseball top team of the year. in the series had a lot to do with FINAL STANDINGS. Club. Won. Lost.

Pet. Cardinal! 4 2 Browns 2 4 .333 RESULTS. FIRST GAME Browns, 2-2-0: Cardinals, 17-0. Gatehouse and Hayworth: M. Cooper, Donnelly (8) and W.

Cooper. SECOND GAME Browns, 2-7-4: Cardinals, 3-7-0 (11 InninfO. Lanier, Donnelly (HI and W. Cooper; Patter, Munerief (7) and avworth. THIRD GAME Cardinals, 2-7-0; Brawns, Kramer and Hayworth: Wllks, Schmidt (3), Jurlslch (7), Byerly (7) and W.

Cooper. FOURTH GAME Cardinals, 5-12-0; Browns, 1-9-1. Brecheen and W. Cooper: Jakuckl. Hollineswortii 4, Shirley (8) and Hayworth, Maneuso.

FIFTH GAME: Cardinals 2-6-1, Browns 0- 7-1: M. Cooper and W. Cooper; Gatehouse and Hayworth. SIXTH GAME: Cardinals 3-10-0, Browns 1- 3-2. Lanier, Wllks 16) and W.

Cooper; Potter, Munerief (4), Kramer (7) and Hayworth. FINANCIAL FIGURES. SIXTH GAME. Paid attendance 31.630 Grose receipts- S142.062 Six-Game Totals. Paid attendance 206.20R Gross receipts $906,122 Players' share S309.590.91.

Commissioner's share $78,826. Each club's share $59,207.63. Each leapuo's ihr. $.19,207.63. War relief $149,037.80.

The playere share In the reeeipte of the first four pamee only, while the commissioner's office, the competing clubs and the two league share In the first and second pamea and pet II the reeeipte at the filth, fame the poor hitting. Saving the Diamond For Another Series? PARK attendants carefully covered with canvas the batters' box and the pitchers' box at the conclusion of the final game of the world series between the Browns and Cardinals, yesterday. "What're they doing that for?" demanded those watching. "Why, getting ready for the next world series, of course," was the reply. "It's just plain tough to hit out of such a background," he said.

constituted the Redbirds' margin of victory. In an effort to be certain that the error on the play at second was charged to the right man, the offical scorers asked the man at the public address system to consult the umpires and the players involved as to whether it was a wild throw by Stephens or faulty footwork by Gutteridge in falling to touch the bag. The umpire consulted did not care to talk and Gutteridge didn't clear up the problem, so the original consensus, that the throw was off the target, was accepted as official. George McQuinn Stands Out. George McQuinn, the Browns' graceful first baseman, stood out Sewell First to Congratulate.

The Cardinal clubhouse was a By W. 'J. McGoogan "That's the fifth world championship we have won, but it's the greatest," declared Sam Breadon, president of the Cardinals, last night as he interrupted his singing of Irish songs to discuss baseball. Asked why the triumph was the greatest, he replied: "Because it was local. Boy, if we had lost that one we'd have had to leave town." His hearers hardly agreed with him.

They pointed out that win, lose or draw, the Cardinals were a great ball team and even had they lost, they would not have been disgraced. The Browns were the sentimental favorites because of their lack of success in the past. "I don't agree with that," said Breadon. "There were more cheers for the Cardinals than for, the Browns." bedlam at the conclusion of the final game. Luke Sewell, manager Most of the crowd at the series seemed to be eager for the underdog Browns to upset the Cardinals and there was happy cheering when Chet Laabs tripled to center In the second inning and quickly scored on McQulnn's single.

But that was all of the Brownie scoring for the day. Kreevich added a third hit, a double, in the third inning, and that was the end of the American League attack. Lanier, the Redbird starter, developed a wild streak in the sixth inning and when he walked Laabs and McQuinn with one out and advanced them with a wild pitch on his first offering to Christman, Manager Southworth called Ted Wilks from the bullpen. Wilks, who was on the hill in the third game when the Browns suddenly bunched five singles to take a lead, made Billy's decision a wise one. He checked that rally 'and held the Browns hitless through the rest of the contest.

of the Browns, was the first to reach Southworth with his con gratulatory message. First Horse In Second Race Is Placed Third for the American Leaguers dn the series. He made seven hits in 16 to third base in the second game which took the Browns out of an inning and the other was Johnny llopp's catch of Gene Moore's drive to right-center in the fourth game. Those plays turned the series, in the opinion of Southworth and many other observers. times at bat, drove in both Brownie runs in the second game victory and two of the tallies that WASHINGTON, Oct.

10 (AP). Big George Earnshaw, whose high hard one fanned many an American League hitter, struck out three Japanese planes in an attack on Truk and thereby won a special citation from Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Navy revealed yesterday. The six-foot four Swarthmore, Pa, 'pitcher earned the commendation ribbon as gunnery officer cn an aircraft carrier. Earnshaw teamed- with Bob Grove and Rube Wallberg to pitch the Philadelphia Athletics to three consecutive pennants from 1929 to 1931 inclusive.

Traded to the Chicago White Sox, Earnshaw later quit baseball and took up a Navy reserve commission as a Lieutenant Commander. He took part in a carrier strike the big Japanese base at Truk on April 29 this year and his citation by the Pacific commander In chief said: Cubs Buy Coast's "Most Valuable" won the other American League decision. The Brownie pitching was ex The Cardinals won the game or the Browns lost it in the Billy and His Pitchers. Southworth went on to explain "You won it," said Luke, congratulations." From then on Southworth had to fight his way through a mob of well wishers. Ford Frick, president of the National League, Will Harridge, president of the American League, Don Barnes, president of the Browns, all pushed forward to offer their congratulations over the victory.

Southworth was hoisted to the shoulders of his players for the benefit of photographers, Morton Cooper being one of the able lifters. Playejrs were slapping each other's backs and cheering the victory which re-established the Redbirds at the top of the baseball world after a lapse of a year. Through it all, Marty Marlon, the "octopus," smiled broadly as everyone told him he was by far the outstanding player of the fourth inning. With one out. Walk Cooper drew a pass and Ray Sanders singled to center.

Kurowski some of the strategy he had used through the series and in the set with the Yankees in 1943. cellent, too, with Denny Galehouse and Jack Kramer turning in masterpieces. Mort Cooper's 2-0 shutout of the Browns in the Sunday game, putting Southworth's men within one game of the championship, was a Billy Southworth, manager of the Redbirds, who has a contract running through 1945 and 1946, said that he thought Blix Donnelly had earned a starting job for next year. "He did a wonderful job and he'll get a chance to open a lot of games in 1945," said Billy. To Southworth the two outstanding playes of the series were the throw which Donnelly made James I.

Gallagher, vice president and general manager of the Chicago Cubs, said here today that the Cubs had purchased Cecil (Rabbit) Garriott, outfielder, from Los Angeles of the Pacific Coast League. Garriott participated in all his team's 1944 games and was voted its most valuable player. hit to Stephens and the Brownie shortstop threw to second. From the press box it seemed to the official scorers that the throw might have been slightly off the "You'll remember that when I started Lanier last fall, he had a tough job. He fell down fielding the ball and he didn't pitch National League gem.

most well. I told him afterward that he target. At any rate Sanders was safe at second, Gutteridge's relay throw to first was too late to get Kurowski and W. Cooper, scored was much superior to that and if he should get another chance in the series he'd do much better. "When the time to call FAIRMOUNT PARK.

Oct. 10. The official photograph of the finish of the second race here this afternoon showed Mrs. B. Davis' High Brown a nose in front of Garbure, with Playright third, two lengths further back, but High.

Brown was disqualified and placed third by the stewards. The officials ruled that High Brown, ridden by Jim Blackburn, had interfered with George) Adams' Playright during the stretch drive, during which Eddia Yocum took Garbure on the outside and iust failed to get up in an exciting finish. It was the first disqualification of a winner at the fall meeting, the final week of which started today. Wilfred Brinson booted home the favored Ambranded by a length and a half to the good over the pacemaking Mutinous in the first race. spectacular pitching, however, was done by Sylvester (Bllx) Donnelly In the second game.

Relieving Lanier with a man on second and nobody 6ut in the eighth inning, Blix struck out three men In that inning, six of the first nine to face him and seven in four Innings as series. the tying run. After Marion fouled upon him again, he walked into Aw shucks," grinned out Verbari and Uner each Continued on Next 1'age. gled to drive in the two runs that HA57 IB-flSTg (g lli Iff 3 Jf Laabs Out at Plate, Failed to Slide I A Tribute to a Really Fine Effort. FAIRMOUNT PARK RACE RESULTS thafbox and fired that ball over the plate." Southworth used the same psychology in other instances.

"You'll remember when I walked out to talk to Mort Cooper Sunday, I told you I just wanted to settle him down," Southworth said. "Well, he struck out the next two batters. You remember yesterday I went out to talk with Lanier in the clutch and told him to get the next hitter out of there. He made a wild pitch and I decided then and there that he'd have to come out. "We were two runs ahead and the Browns had runners on second and third with two righthanded hitters coming up.

Now, if there were two lefthanders coming to the plate, Lanier would stay, but I told him that I was trying to win the series for everybody concerned, not for any individual, and he understood it. So I put the righthanded Wilks in the box. "I'd like to talk about Wilks for a minute. He didn't do so well the first time he faced the Browns but I said on the bench loud enough for him to hear, 'You don't have to do anything here but pitch low to the high ball hitters and high to the low bafll I wanted to leave him with that thought and when he walked out there you yS3 STX PLAYERS of the St. Louis Browns, and everyone connected with cutting up the St Louis American League club's share of the big world series melon, will be excused for putting on a glum appearance today.

That could be because of having lost the 1944 world championship by four games to two. Naturally they deplore the loss of both glory and money. But from what we heard at last night's "Victory Banquet" at the Chase Hotel, put on by the Browns and their friends, you'd hardly notice any depression. The fact is that winning the American League pennant and subsequently giving the Cards a hard fight for the world series deservedly entitles the club and all its officials to high consideration. We feel that now we can repeat a statement, made some days earlier in this column, "that the miracle team of the year undoubtedly was the St.

Louis Browns," and that statement does not overlook the fine performance of the Cardinals in winning both the National League pennant and the final title series. WHEN assessing values of any sort, one must take into consideration the men and the assets available to both clubs. You could not, for example, expect a fighter with a middleweight's equipment to have an equal chance with Jack Dempsey, a The Big Three op FIRST PCf Six IW. Brinson) 7. HO 4 SO 2 Sf Mutinous Franklin) 7 IMS 4 Joy Tonto II.

Tnr.lk.ldl Time, 1:1 i. ftlWer Voice, Veldlna C. Trln Kay, Miss Silver, Dodte Me. Pral Proud, ra'n" N''' 601 Du" "una SECOND RACE Sil furlontt: Garbure (E. Yocum) 12.80 S.20 4.S.

Playrioht (D. jeoa 4.0O 3 on Hioh Brown (I. Blackburn) 4 fto 1 Our Riik. Sweet iin. Well Oyer, Galla Mint.

Caisa Boy. Pmt-lis. Lady Scot, Ethel S. and Grade's Last via rptn. The Dally Double paid S114.H0.

(High Brown finished first put wis dis-ualilied and placed third.) THIRD RACE Five and one-half furtona: Sunny One E. Franklin) 18. SO 7. HO 4 4. Betty Bi'nr (B.

Layton) 3.4a 2 Sit Cou'it Chat (J. Threlkeld) 4. Its Time. 1:07 Zerawar. r.now Flower.

May Keen, Ttennob and All Tramps ilse ran. First High School Football Fatality in Chicago in 15 Years CHICAGO, Oct. 10 (AP). Th first Chicago high school footbaV. player to die from Injuries suf fereJ in a grid game in more than 15 years was reported yesterday.

Donald Levin, 17, Roosevelt High School star halfback, died of Injuries suffered Saturday in a game between -Roosevelt and Senn high schools. Testimony at an inquest disclosed that Levin, injured In the second quarter when tackled, had been removed from the game. A coroner's jury decided the death was accidental. -By a Post-DisDateh Staff Phntoirapher. MANAGER BILLY SOUTHWORTH (center), of the Cardinals, congratulates the two pitchers who figured in winning the sixth and final game of the world series, giving the Redbirds the 1944 title.

That's MAX LANIER at the left and TED WILKS at the right. saw what he did." Yes, it was easy to see what he did. Eleven men faced him In 3 2-3 innings and none of them hit safely. Particularly pleasing to Bill was 1. sr the work of Walker Cooper, his catcher, and the Cardinal manager didn't hesitate to pay tribute to young Red Hayworth who caught for the 'Browns.

"There's no doubt about it," he said, "the work of the pitehers and catchers was outstanding. The Browns and the. Cardinals. At the starte of this amazing 1944 campaign you could not find one person in 100,000 ing to rate the Browns on a par with the Cardinals, even granting that they had 18 4F men on their roster And, basing the estimate on the previous records of the players in- Nor, following this line of thought, can it be expected that a group of baseball players whose past records had been rather mediocre, to compete on even terms with men rated as "supermen." And that, fellers, was what confronted everyone who tried to measure in advance, the probable outcome of a world series between the By a Pout-Dispatch Stuff Photographer. The Browns missed a chance in the sixth inning of the final game when CHET LAABS, trying to score from third on Christman's grounder to Kurowski, came into home standing up and receiving of both Cooper and Hayworth was tops.

They called for the right pitches at the right times was out, Kurowski to W. COOPER. Laabs it shown bouncing off the Cardinal catcher. Continued on Next Page..