Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 45, Number 226, Decatur, Adams County, 25 September 1947 — Page 8

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Yankees Hold Pitching Edge Over Brooklyn Editors—This is the second of four stories comparing the 1947 world series rivals. BY LEO H. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor New York, Sept. 25. —(UP) — Pitching usually plays the most important part in the outcome of a world series and the New York Yankees are going into the forthcoming one with an edge over the hurling corps of the Brooklyn Dodgers. The advantage, however, is not enough to be conclusive. But in I addition to having an edge in the ■ statistics, the Yankees also will j have experience on their side and that, a lot of times, is a vital factor. Neither manager Bucky Harris of the New York Yankees nor pilot Burt Shotton of the Dodgers has a brilliant pitching staff. As a matter of fact, baseball men generally still are wondering how they won their league pennants with such wobbly pitching. Pitching was their problem all season long, but neither professed to be worried over their world series hurling. The over-all figures are decidedly in New York’s favor. Their hurlers have gone the route 73 times and turned in 15 shutouts while the Brooklyn pitchers have turned in only 46 complete games, with 14 whitewash jobs. Those statistics prove only one thing and that is that there is a lot of strength in their bullpens. That there is, on both clubs, for seldom if ever have two teams gone Into a series with relief artists like the Yankees have in Joe Page and the Dodgers in Hugh Casey. Page, who has won 14 and lost seven In 54 relief appearances, figures to give the Brooks and their left-handed loaded batting array the most trouble of any Yankee flinger for the Dodgers haven’t taken too kindly to the type of southpaw slants Page will serve up. Casey, who has nine victories against four defeats in 4G trips from the bullpen. is the only member of the Dodger staff with world series experience. He has so much stuff that it cost the Dodgers a chance to win the 1941 series against the Yankees for one of his pitches, which would have retired the side and evened the series at 2games all, got away from catcher Mickey Owen and New York went on to win. Before Page and Casey will be called upon, Harris is expected to shoot Allie Reynolds. Frank Shea, old Bobo Newsom and big Floyd Bevens as his starters while Shotton counters with Ralph Branca, little Vic Lombardi, Joe Hatten and either Hal Gregg or Hank Behr- ( man. Back of the four starters and Page. Harris has Randy Gumbert. Vic Raschi, Charles Wensloff, Don Johnson. Karl Drews and Spud Chandler. Chandler appears definitely out of the series because of a bad arm while the others form a second line which Harris hopes he will not have to call upon. Branca is the big gun for the Dodgers, a 21-game winner, and under normal circumstances would

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be expected to start the first game. But most of his 12 losses came at the tail end of the season and it may be that SMotton will come up with a surprise selection. It could be Harry Taylor, who specialized in beating the Cardinals and the Giants as he hung up a 10-5 record before he suffered a recurrence of his old elbow injury. Behrman may be needed in relief, also on the staff are Rex Harney, Clyde King and Dan Bankhead, but Shotton is not likely to call upon them unless the situation becomes desperate. And well it might for in Branca, Lombardi, Hatten and Gregg the Dodgers have only a total of 10 years of major league experience. There are no longer nor more promising arms in baseball, but there are no wilder, either. 1 (Tomorrow: the infield.) 0 Colonels Win, 11-1 To Even Up Series Association Playoff Tied At Three Tilts Milwaukee. Sept. 25 —(UP) —The Louisville Colonels rebounded into the American Association playoffs last night, squaring the series at three games apiece with a resounding 11-1 triumph over the Milwaukee Brewers. ‘Before 3,150 frigid fans, the Colonels deadlocked the final playoff round forcing a seventh game to decide the team that will meet Syracuse. International league winner. in the little world series Sat- ■ urday night. Rival managers named Glenn Elliott for Milwaukee and Clem Dreisewerd for mound dutyj in the all-important contest. Ken Chapman drove Ewald Pyle. ' Brewer starter, to the showers with a two-run triple in the second inning and sloppy play helped the Colonels take eight unearned runs. Alvin Dark made three errors and I Skippy Roberge donated two which; led to the “gift’” markers. Jim Wilson went the route for the Colonels and seldom was in trouble. It was the first time Wilson had gone the distance since he suffered a broken leg in June. Damon Phillips doubled home the lone Brewer run in the sixth inning.

American League W L Pct. G.B. New York 96 55 .636 Detroit 82 69 .543 14 Boston 81 70 .536 15 Cleveland 80 70 .533 15% Philadelphia 76 74 .507 19% Chicago 68 83 .450 28 Washington 62 88 .413 33% St. Louis 57 93 .380 38% National League W L Pct. G.B. Brooklyn 92 58 .613 St. Louis 85 64 .570 6% Boston 83 67 .553 9 New York 79 70 .530 12% Cincinnati 73 80 .477 20% Chicago 68 83 .450 24% Pittsburgh 61 90 .404 31% Philadelphia 60 89 .403 31% YESTERDAY'S RESULTS National League New York 6, Brooklyn 5. Cincinnati 6, Chicago 5. St. Louis 5, Pittsburgh -1. (Only games played). American League Cleveland 9, St. Louis 1. Detroit 5, Chicago 4. (Only games scheduled).

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Giants Upset Bums; Cards Beat Pirates New York, Sept. 25 —(UP)— If the world series turns out to be a battle of lightweights, count Spider Jorgensen of the Dodgers in. The little guy would have a hard time balancing a teddy-bear on a tee-ter-totter, but what he lacks in poundage he rnakee up for in power. “It’s the first time in 20 years that we've had a left-handed long ball pull hitter and he winds up weighing less than Mickey Mouse,” moaned one veteran Dodger scribe at the start of the season. But as time went on. he began to realize that Jorgensen was a mighty mite, who can “hit a ball a mile.” I Yesterday pitcher Willard RamsI dell, upset the works and permitted ’ the Giants to score a four hit, 6 ito 4 victory. The Cardinals boosted their second place lead to 2% games over the idle Braves with a 5 to 1 victory at Pittsburgh in which George (RED) Munger won his 16th game and his 12th at night, giving up but three hits. Grady Hatton’s ninth Inning homer on the first pitch of relief hurler Emil Kush gave the Reds a 6 to 5 victory over the Culw at Cincinnati. The Reds used five pitchers and the Cubs four. The Tigers took a 10-inning, 5 ’c 4 decision from the White Sox at Chicago when Dick Wakefield’s double sent across two tallies in the extra inning and gave Detroit a cushion against a one run rally by Chicago. Bob Feller won his 20th game, the first American league pitcher to reach the mark, when he topped the Browns. 9 to 1 at St. Louis on five hits. It was the fifth time this season he had beaten the tall-end-ers and he was backed up with a 15-hit attack in which Hank Edwards got a double and three singles. There were no other games scheduled. Yesterday's star — Grady Hatton, whose ninth inning homer gave the Reds a 6 to 5 decision over the Cubs. o Horse Pulling Test Prizes Total $325 Berne, Sept. 25 — Prizes totaling $325 will be awarded by the Berne Chamber of Commerce to winners in the home pulling contests here Saturday, October 4, during the Berne Fall Festival. A sum of $152.50 will be awarded in the heavyweight division and the lightweight division. First prize in each class will be $40.00. The contents are open to anyone, regardless of where they live. Another feature on Saturday will be a parade, in which the children of grade school age of the entire county are invited to participate with their bicycles, wagons, pets, dress comical or come anyway they see fit. Prizes will be given. Livestock, the teams in the pulling contents, the band, firemen, floats and other features will participate in the parade. 0 More Turkey Half a large turkey yields considerably more cooked meat than a whole small turkey of the same weight, say home economists of department of agriculture. For instance, an 11-pound half turkey gives 15 to 20 per cent more than an 11-pound whole turkey.

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World Championship x Pulling Contests Sunday afternoon, October 5, at the Troy, 0., fairgrounds. the Horse Pulling Association of Ohio, Inc., will stage their 13th annual world’s championship horse pulling contents for light and heavyweight draft teams with a purse of SIOOO. Eighty-six teams have been named to participate, the greatest number of entries in the history of the association, including all of the great pulling teams of many states. o “Cheating at traffic lights is gambling with death.” Kenneth Runvon. 224-St 0 O o I Today’s Sport Parade | By Oscar Fraley I (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.) I O -O New York, Sept. 25. —(UP) —Fraley’s Follies, or picking the weekend football winners with a world series ticket line to the left and the bill collectors forming to the right. National North Carolina over Georgia— Choo Choo Justice steams again and Georgia, without Charley Trippi, figures to take a ride in a replay of the disputed Sugar Bowl game. The Tarheel line helps Justice balance the scales. West USC over Washington State — hiya, ole buddy.

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