Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 39, Number 237, Decatur, Adams County, 7 October 1941 — Page 6

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YANKEES SHOW TRUE FORM IN TAKING SERIES Dodger* Outplayed In All Departments By Yankees New York. Oct. 7 tl’Pl Some people call It lurk and some rail It in*’ plain murder. But whatever Jtou want to rail 11. the New York Yankee* coldly efficient hall plajtu* without an ounce of sentiment. he- p on winning and making I their opponent* moan The Yanka are < hampion* of the haw-hall world for the ninth time and the fifth tune In all year* And all that'* left for those gallant hum* of Brooklyn y-h. bum* la | the wold ie that they get the <han<e to apwnd the winter calling the Yank* “lucky" and a lot of other name* heahlv*. A lot the Yunka care what you call them They hare the winner'* »hare of the world serie*. hare won more tltleu than any t< un In hlatory and Joseph Vincent McCarthy their lrt«h leader who rarely poke* hi* head out of the dugout. ha» managed hl* sixth world’* championship outfit a rarord un- J achler- d by Connie Mack. John J McGraw or any other ba*eball Immortal The Yank* completed their triumph yesterday by throttling the Dodgers. 3 1 and capturing the *rrtea. four gam-a to one Over the stretch of *ll winning world series under Mit'aarthy since 1*32 the Yank* hare lost ju*t four hall gain-* while winning 24. And when each *erle» waa over the opposition went to the walling wall and bemoaned the Yanka' luck

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and their faithful lot h ot follower* raying: "If Fltxslmmon* hadn't he. n hit on the leg and forced to retire from Saturday'* game?’* "If Mickey Owen had caught the third elrlke on Ihmri’h in Hunday'a game?" "If Pete Reiser's drlre for a triple had been a few feet farther I In the Hr*t inning yesterday Y* "If Hilly Herman hadn't hurt hl* bach?" And other alibi* and aecondgu>««e« Added up all they mean I* that the Yank* hare the bent clnli and deserved to win The Yank* play the tarda as they fall. They take the had break* with the gtetd and keep going "Yankee luck" la nothing more than putting the I pressure on • t< am and keeping It <>n until It crack* nothing more than playing all the percentages and M|ueeglng the |**t drop ftom them nothing more than rl*lng to the tH-cailon In the < hitch Th- only game the IKodger* won I the Yank* gate them on an error by Joe Gordon, the world serie* hero With the — ore tl- il 2 2 11l the wer-ond gam- Gordon made one of hl* rare error* on a l-all hit hy Dixie Walker Walker ranie round to score what proved to Im- the I winning run of a 3 2 game. Any cold analyst* of the settee I must concede that the Dodgers. I ou'hit outflelderl. and outpltched. | i were very fortunate not to have I I loat in four straight The Yanks I outhll the Dodgem, 247 to I*3. outflelded them. 990 to .9XO. made > seven double play* to Dodger*’J five. stored 17 run* to tin Iselg 1 er*' 11 and to»»ed in a couple of | magnlfir-ntly pitched four hit gam-1 e* hy Marius lluseo and Ernie Bonham. The Yank* left 43 men on haae to the Dodgers' 27 which mean* the Broil* Istmber* were on the march the greater part of the time, storming at the Brooklyn defense until they battered it In The final game, played before i 34.072 highly-partlsan Dodger sane, was a true yardstick on the club*’ relative merit*. Big Ernie Ronhaam. a 220-pound former lum|»erjack from California, pitched a masterful four-hitter and beat the lltodger*' beat man. Whitlow Wyatt. I "the n»k of Chickamauga.” Bonham alow-d only two men to reach third and the Dodger* acored their lone run on an out held hy. Meanwhile the Yank* had their hammer* and chisels breaking "the rock-’f Chickamauga” Up Into little pieces Wyatt threw everything he had at the Yank* hi* fast ball, hl* slider and hl* *low one. He even tossed In hl* tempe r once by calling Jim- DiMaggio some endearing names Th I* proved a mistake becauae DiMaggio stormed out to the Ito* and was ready to punch Wyatt when other* intervened latter DI Maggio look revenge by rilling a *lzxllng single pasi Wyatt's head. If DiM.tggio k wae aiming at Wyatt, he was way

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Owen s Fumble oi Third Strike Which Cost Dodgers \ ictory Jkt** - <**!•• ‘wdMfrW E ■ '' '/HEgdrtet* .hW*,* SL. ....j . Jr ■ Owen rushes after hall a* Henrich races toward first ""4UI 4 **-"■*

Here I* Catcher Mickey Owen's muff of the third strike In tha ninth inning of the world serie* game between the Yanks and th* Dodger* In Bro -klyn, a muff which cost the Dodgers the gam* after having it *'won" hy a score of 4-3. With two out. in the first of the ninth, the Dodgers leading 4-3, Hugh Casey struck out

JENKINS LOSES TO COCHRANE New York Com mission To Investigate Jenkins’ Condition New York. Oct. 7 H'l’i Thring* problem child "latoney law" Jenkin* goes before com- J mission physicians today for an 1 official Investigation ot his pathetic > performance again*’ Freddie Cm h-I ram- tn last night* alleged ba*tie ! -if champion*. Veteran observer* Insisted no ' lightweight champion ever made such a sorry showing a* scrawny [ Jenkin* did at Madison H<|iiare : Garden In losing a nontitle In-1 round decision to Cochrane, the | welterweight king. t'onlinuou* booing and stomping came from the 12.1*2 fans as Cochrane pursued the skinny, hallow eyed Te*an Iron gong to gong. . fi-s-ring him five limes and cans-1 ing -me w- t-o- iner *lip. Staggering backward like a sick turkey, Jenkin* rarely threw a punch. Willie Ketchum, his acting man-1 agar, blamed laxiney la-w's ghastly : exhibition upon a motorcycle accl-1 dent he suffered a few weeks ago. < Ketchum said the muscle* In Jenkin's arms and shoulder* hadn't recovered enough to permit hl* usual hard punching. Chairman John J Phelan of the j New York commission ordered Jenkins to appear before It* physician* today to determine hl* physical condition. It'* nbt likely that action will he taken against him hut there I* a strong prole ability that hl* title fight with Sammp Angott at th- Garden on Oct. 31 will be canceled or postponed If the egamliiatlon reveal* off form. He mu*t have mi**<d him by all of four feet. The Yank* settled the Issue early, jamming over two run* in the second on a walk to Kelier, Dickey's long single. Wyatt's wild ■ pitch -which went farthur over Owen's head than DlMagglo’s hit did over Wyatt’s bean and Gordon's single. Tommy Henrich hoisted a homer over the right field screen for another run In the fifth. But with Bonham retiring In order 12 of the last 13 men who faced him. Henrich'* homer waa just extra gravy for the big fat turkey the Yanks will carve. The Dodger* waited 21 year* only to get tangled up with the Yanks. Wow! What a tragedy!

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. anything wrong. I ( Jenkin* and Angott were match- > >d to settle a ilisppute over the | lightweight crown. Jenkin* is rec-1 --gnlsed ae I3k-pognd lam* by the New York and affiliated commli.lon*, while the national boxing t association regard* Angott a* > < hampion . The screwball Texan ha* been in one jam after another ever since j he surprised taualiflower canyon I by lilting the title < lalm* from | lam Ambers with a knockout Ini May. IN4O Meanwhile Cochrane, the red-1 headed left hook artist from kllxaa-1 lM>th. N J., who registered hl* see-1 <>nd victory over a champion In : four month*, was given only mild , acclaim for the feat. Most observer* thought he should have knock-1 ed out Jenkin*, particularly In-the I fourth round when he had him on the floor three time* for count* of I nine, seven and two. The other | two knockdown* came in the *ec-1 ond and loth M-ssion*. and the corner slip came In the sixth when j Jenkins was going away from a left hook. It appeared, however, that Coch-1 | .Me making hl* first ring appear ' aanc. since winning the 147 pptmd ' 'crown from Frltxie Zivic In July -. I wax fighting smartly, waiting for good o|M-nings |nd not putting hl* -hilt In jeopardy. Cochrane lost only the third , round -on a foul, lb- weighed 141(xmnd*. 4’, more than Jenkin*. The gross gate wa« 231.111, a Today's Sports Parade * (Reg. U. S. Pst. Offic*) By Harry Fsrguson j < New York. Oct. I.—(l'P)—Present Ing the hero of the 1942 world series! Joseph Gordon, second base man id the New York Yankee*. Herle* record — Batting average WO. Leading hitter among the regular* on both team*. Hit for everything there I* in the book— Mingle*, double, triple, home run. Batted In five run* and scored two himself. Waa the most feared hitter In the Yankee line-up throughout the serie* and walked seven time*. In the first two game* he

Dickey Scores Winning Run as Yanks Take Series •2‘w ■ -Si Catcher Bill IMckey of the Now York Yankees crosses the plate, in the second Inning of the fifth world Mrles game in Bbbeta field. Brooklyn, with what proved to he the winning run of the ball game and the series. Fielder Charley Keller of the Yanks had scored a moment before on a wild pitch by Pitcher Whitlow Wyatt of the Dodgers. Dickey scored on a single by flecond Baseman Joe Gordon. The Yanks won the game, 3-1. and became the new world baseball champions.

Tommy Henrich for the third out-but-Owen let the bull get through him. While It mile-1 hack. Henrich reached first aafrly. Then thk Yank* came through with a rally that ended with tha •core 7-4 in their favor. The Dodger* couldn't do anything in their half of the ninth.

♦ •! LOSERS WELL PAID New York. Oct. 7. —(CPI — | The Brooklyn DtMlgerw limt the wthld serie* to the New York Yankee* but they will draw the lrage*t Individual share* of any losing club In history. The IhMlgera vote 241* shar-* and W.Wff In gift* ae i-ompated with 32<i share* and 4«-hhi In presents handed out by the Yankee*. After the split, each | Ihwlger drew down |4.*U4 while the Yank* collected 25.k17.31 each, sixth largest purse for the winner*. j Full share* were voted by the j IhMlg.o* to 19 regular*, man- j ager l«eo Durocher. secretary j John McDonald and coacbea | Chuck Dressen and K---I Corri- i den Babe Phelps, Angelo Gulll- I anl, Paul Waner. Mace Brown j ami Ale* Katnpouris. all DiMlger regulars at -me time, or anoththis year, were ignored entirely This division did not Include | th.- return from the radio rlgh’s. > ♦ r reached first haee every time he went to bat. He was the only | Yankee regular who did not strike I out at lea»t once. Afield, he |tarticl|*aled in five double play*, made six putout* and had 19 aassiuta. He made one error on a acr< anting hall that probably no other wecond baseman in the game Amid have put hl* band* on. Made one brilliant back hand stop and threw while off balance to nail a runner by a step. Cut down a «ure hit In the final game whe nhe grabbed Pete Reiser'* hard-hit grounder and made a brilliant snap throw to first to get hl* man Born s.l Lo* Angele*. Calif.. Feb 18. 181 S. Bate aud throw* right handed. Weigh* 175 *nd stand* Bve feet. 11 Inches. Was on the gymnasium team at the Vnlverslty of Oregon where he learned the acrobatic trick* he perform* on the baseball field. Broke Into baleball with Oakland of the Pacific coa*t league In 1934. played with Newark of the International league in 1937 and joined the Yankee* In 1934. Ha* playe din three world

I serie* with a batting average of .349 Presenting the goat of the world serie*: Arnold Malcolm -Micfcoyi Owen., catcher of the Brooklyn Dodger*. Joined Fr<-d Merkle. Helnle Zlm I merman and Fn-d Snodgras* a-1 mong the all-time goat* ot bashball. Allowed a third *terike to get away from him with two out in the nhith Inning of the fourth game and the IkMlger* leading by one run. Yankee* came on to win the game, break the spirit of th<I Sulger* and win the serie* In the next game Batted only .147 for the series und had trouble holding hi* pitcher* during the last two game*. Other best* and worrta: Greatest fieldhlg day Joe Med--1 wick's leaping catch with hi* back against the left field fence at Yankee stadium to rob Joe DiMaggio of a home run. Medwick came down so hard that he turned a -somersault, but clung to the ball und Mhut off what looked like a certain run Hardest bit ball Gor7on's hornrun Into the left field stands at the stadium. Best pitched game Msrius Ruh so'* four-bitter again*’ the Dodger* in the third control. The Yankee southpaw fed the IkMlger* a baffling cross fire that kept the game on ire for the Bron* bombers all the way. Worst disappointment — Kirby HiSibe. the Itodgera' fireball right hander who won 22 gamca during the regular seaaou. hut who didn't have a thing that fooled the Yankee*. Worst fielding exhibition — Peewee Reese. Dodger shortstop, who was charged with three error* during the serif*. Two of them were on one play when he fumbh-d a ball and then picked It up and threw wildly to Unit. o ■ I ——— French Woman, Aide To Nazis, Is Slain Vichy. France. Oct. 7-—(UP) - Mme. Masse, private secretary to Eugene De IxMlcle, organiser of the French volunter legion raised to fight with the German* In Russia, wa* assassinated today and her teidy wa* found weighted

Maple Rumbling* Aihiit V There was plenty of action at Ml<« re<reaium last night with th. Minor la-ague and the laidle* league both rolling on the alley* In the lai-lie* league. Wiley Ford* won three from Gerber's, Sloli Diner won two from State Auto. Kettle won Ibre* from Vera* Beauty Shoppe, Schafer Glove* won two from Eve’s Place. KathYyn Steele had high score for the league a 507 on game* of I*o, 144 and 143 ~ . fl. Krelss ber IMwted high single game a 181, In the Minor league. P«rmutlt Water Softener* won three from D>m'* Place. Macklht'a won three from Smith Insurance by forfeit, Sihlltx won two from First State Bank. Wren won three from Schafer'*. Telephone company won three from Holtbou*e Drug. There were no «oo serie* but the 200 count* wet* plentiful . . . They follow It W-mmHisll. Mttt*ch ler. 225; Macklin. 205 and 211; laste. 220; 11. Reidenbach. 203; Wiley. 2<*9; I. Ileaie 2M; Mie*. 202; Tumblvson. 2V9 and Hoffman, 208. The standing* In the Minor league: W. L Schlit* 10 2 I Permutit • 3 I Schafer * 8 4 [Telephone 8 4 Macklin's • Bank 5 7 D-h * 5 7 Wr- ii .48 Ho lthou*e 4 8 Smith Insurance 3 9 White Sox And Cubs Rained Out Again Chicago, Oct. 7 <t'P»—Weather permitting, the White So* w'.il try again tonight In Comlskey Park to with stone* In the river Seine near the Pari* suburb*. Mme. Masse wa* active in helping to organise the antl-4'ommun--Ist legion She organised aid for the w>ve* and children of men volunteering in the union. g" 1

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