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# By Eddie Ash

FAST BALL DEAN'S DOWNFALL

RAY SCHALK MAY LEAVE TRIBE

Indianapolis Times Sports

PAGE 26

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1938

Doctoring the Phils

Doc Prothro, who has been successful enough to keep teams he has managed out of last place, takes over the piloting of the Phillies, who rarely finish any other place.

HICAGO, Ill, Oct. 7.—"Death on the Diamond,” an old

movie thriller was tame compared with the tragedy at Wrigley Field yesterday when the Yankees rolled over the Cubs to make it two in a row in the World Series. Dizzy Dean, the people's choice, was beaten after a courageous display of pitching. . . . But it was baseball, the unpredictable game. . . . Dizzy had the crowd with him, he showed great competitive spirit and was clicking in a large way before the Yankees reached their stride in timing. There is going to be a lot of second guessing on that game, and Manager Gabby Hartnett of the Cubs probably will have to hide away from the hot stove league to escape the censors. Dean is not a nine-ining pitcher any more and Hartnett let him stay too long against a powerful club. ... It’s true that Dizzy had the American Leaguers eating out of his hand for seven innings but the tipoff came in the last of the seventh when Dean led off with a base hit and was caught napping several yards off base. . .. There was no excuse for a base runner wandering down the line, par-

ticularly a pitcher after two down and Frank Demaree, who hits a long ball, at bat. = = 2 HE newspapermen and probably many of the fans, too, sensed that Dean had lost sight of the ball game. , . . He had two innings to go and was in front 3 to 2. Then tragedy stalked into the picture. . . . Cheered after every inning and forgetting that he was getting by on slow stuff and a curve. Dean reverted to his younger days and tried to blow one past Frank Crosetti with the count three and two. . .. Crosetti had pushed the Cubs left fielder back to the wall three times and this time although a choke hitter, he drew upon his power and let fly. It was a home run to left center and probably against the fastest ball delivered by Dean during the game. . . . Just why Gabby Hartnett behind the plate, didnt call for a slow curve nobody knows. It was the downfall of Dean and he was knocked out in the ninth when Joe DiMaggio belted one high and far away. Even the Yankees seemed to feel they were wrecking a great World Series story and only the next batter up shook hands with Crosetti after his circuit wallop. . . . The New York bench occupants acted as though they were just catching up after going through Wednesday without a home run.

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EO MILLER, general manager of the Indianapolis club, covered ground like he was attending a baseball convention instead of just looking in on World Series games. . . . Evidently there is a weighty problem on his mind and the guesss is that Ray Schalk will not be manager of the Indians next season. Miller declined to talk except to say that he had a lot of serious business to handle and would go to the New York end of the championship play. . .. It is believed some interesting stove league news will be popping at Perry Stadium late next week containing the announcement of a new field pilot for the tribe. It looks like the parting of the ways after a long business friendship between Miller and Schalk who were together six years at Buffalo before they came to Indianapolis. However, the Tribe general manager and field manager refused to ves Or no any questions about their Indianapolis connections or disconnections in spite of an army of American Association interviewers. NORMAN PERRY. president of the Indians, left Chicago last night for Indianapolis and declined to discuss the 1939 Tribe setup. . .. “Go talk to Miller.” was his terse answer to any question propounded by American Association newspapermen. President Perry took a long look at Wrigley Field during his two days in Chicago and departed for Indianapolis feeling a bit chesty about his own park . And he had plenty of listeners and supporters. Wrigley Field has copied Perry Stadium even on the vine covered walls except that the playing field at Indianapolis is more spacious in the outfield and outside the foul lines both back of the plate and down the white lines = = = EMEMBER Wally Pipp? . . . He was around last night and lookIng not too far away from playing condition. . . “My main claim to fame,” he said, “is that I am the guy Lou Gehrig displaced as Yankee first sacker and who has not missed playing a game since. Lou's record sort of keeps me ambitious to stay active and slender. I don't want to look like a roundhouse after Lou misses a game and the cameramen call upon me to pose with him to draw comparisons.” C trolled through World Series baseball headquarters last night. . . . “It’s been so long ago that I hate to mention it,” he said, “but don’t ever look me in that Indianapolis baseball history. Fact is that Ownie Bush beat me out of my shortstop job at Detroit in 1908 and just look where he's been. “My only regret is that I wasn't invited to fill a part in the Old Chicago movie. The family points out that I am a descendant of Mrs. O'Leary whose cow started all of the fuss. Pretty good hitter, that COW. . And the way I piloted the Indianapolis team part of the 1912 season and know that if vou stand at Illinois and Washington Sts. voull be heckled aplenty after a loser.

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go into the friendly home territory today, leading the Cubs two games to none in the Series and swearing that they will make it four straight. Tomorrow, in Yankee Stadium, Manager Joe McCarthy sends Monte Pearson against the Cubs. Monte Pearson who is rested and relaxed, Monte Pearson, who threw a no hit game this season. Monte Pearson who when he is right, comes close to being as effective a pitcher as there is in baseball. For the Cubs, all their hopes and a thin chance at the winners’ share of the series ride on Clay Bryant, a youngster who will try to do a job too big for Bill Lee and Dizzy Dean. Bryant throws smoke and it is said that there is nothing the Yankees love better than a chance to dig their spikes in and tee off against a fast ball slinger. So it looks dark for Mr. Bryant and the rest of the Cubs. They lost {a 6-to-3 heartbreaker yesterday. {back there in Wrigney Field, when old Dizzy Dean plucked his heart cut and threw it up to the plate but couldn't turn the tide.

Held Seven Innings

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RUNS BAT Marty (3), Hac GAMES WON-—Yankees, Cubs, 0. LEFT ON BASES—Yankees, 10; Cubs, 11. DOUBLE PLAYS—Crosetti and Gehrig: Gordon, Crosetti and Gehri Gordon and Gehrig; Jurges, Herman and Collins; Herman, Jurges an lins (unassisted).

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PITCHING RECORDS—Games won: Ruffing 1. Gomez 1. Games lost: Lee 1, Dean | 5 8, 5, |

1. Hits: Of Ruffing, 9 in 9 innings, Gomez 38 Murphy 2 in 2, Lee 11 in Russell 1 in 1, Dean 7 in 8, French 0 in 1. Struck out: v Ruffing 5, Gomez Murphy 1. e 6, Dean 2. French 2. Bases on Balls: Off Gomez 1, Murphy 1, Lee 1 Dean 1, French 1. Earned Runs: Off Ruffing 1, Gomez 3, Lee 3, Dean 6. Pitcher: By Lee (Crosetti). SACRIFICES—Ruffing, Demaree, TIMES OF GAMES—1:53, 1:53.

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{left field wall and it cleared the bricks by the narrow margin of a vard, giving the Yankees two runs and sending them out in front of the ball game.

Diz tugged at the bill of his blue cap and stayed in there and pitched, though, and it was not until the ninth that the hurricane blew him out of Wrigley Field. Henrich, on the strength of a neat single, was on first bas: and up there at the plate waving a big yellow bat was 195 pounds of dynamite named DiMaggio. Up went Old Diz’ dead arm and in came the ball. Crack! In the street beyond the left field wall at Wrigley Field there is a yellow brick apartment house, five stories tall. It's just a guess, but the ball that DiMaggio hit probably bounced close against a second story window of that building after clearing the wall. That

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Rolfe of the Yankees out at first after laying a bunt down the base line in the first inning of the

Bryant Is Cubs’ Hope; McCarthy Picks Pearson

By HARRY FERGUSON

ABOARD THE WORLD SERIES SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Oct. 7—The traveling circus called the World Series rolled Eastward today to open in New York tomorrow. any of the sideshow tents, Gabby Hartnett of the Chicago Cubs would like to hire him to pull a spark of victory out of the ashes of defeat. For only a magician can save the Cubs now, preferably one with a low, snaky curve who can keep that ball down where the New York Yankees can’t blast it out of the park. The swaggering, cocky Yankees

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inoon, and for all anybody knows | today, for all time. Hartnett waved to the bull pen and Larry French came in to take up the burden. Diz Keeps Chin Up ; Say this for Old Diz—he took it with his chin in the air; he patted French on the back and went on that long, slow walk to the dugout through applause that was louder than any he ever heard on a winning day. So the Yankees won the second] game of the series on sheer power; | {won it the way they are supposed to| {win ball games—by dynamiting pitchers out of the box. But the | measure of this great ball club— and wasn't it Joe McCarthy who called it the best club he had ever managed ?—was that they won the {opening game by playing National {League baseball, tight, defensive] baseball that needs only two or] three runs to win a game. And that brings us to Frankie Crosetti, the slender Yankee short-! stop who is so shy and modest he] blushes if you hazard a guess that| it’s a nice day. There, brethren, is | vour World Series hero until the | {next box score comes in. In the] opening game on Wednesday he! saved the day three times with| stops and throws in the general vi-| cinity of second base that had the] Cubs swearing that the ghost of] {Houdini was in the lineup against | them. Yesterday all Crosetti did] was come to bat in the eighth in-| ning with the Yankees a run behind | and Jam out a homer that sent them a run ahead. Did you notice how gray Gabby Hartnett is getting around the tem{ples these days?

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Series Facts

Statistics for the first two World Series games: By United Press Second Two-Game Game Total 42,108 85,750 $205,437.00 $415,462.00 30,815.55 62,319.30 34,923.29 70,628.54 70,628.54 211,885.62

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Leagues’ share Clubs share Players’ share Remaining schedule: Today—No game: teams traveling, Tomorrow—At Yankee Stadium, York, 12:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). Sunday—at Yankee Stadium, 1:00 p. m. (Indianapolis Time), Monday—At Yankee Stadium (if necessary) 12:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). Tuesday—No game: teams traveling. Wednesday—at Wrigley Field, Chicago (if necessary), 1:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). Thursday—at Wrigley Field (if neocessary), 1:30 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). ———————————————————

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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent ABOARD WORLD SERIES SPECIAL EN ROUTE TO NEW YORK, Oct. 7.—Nobody loves a loser. They don’t care how you lost or why you lost. That's why everybody has deserted the cause of the Chicago Cubs who move into New York today, a team without a friend. The series is as good as over as far as most baseball fans are concerned. Their logic is sensible, too—if Bill Lee, the National League's greatest pitcher, and Dizzy Dean, with his enormous heart and great skill, couldn’t check the Yanks, how on earth can any Cub expect to do it? But ever so often in sport something happens to upset all calculations and theories. Sometimes

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LICKED YET, ROARS HARTNETT.

Yankees will ride on rough shod over the Cubs for four straight triumphs but they'll never conquer the spirit of this stout-hearted aggrega=tion led by one of the gamest fighte ers of the game, Gabby Hartnett. Don’t forget that he's catching with a crippled hand. Every day before he goes out to don mask and glove he has to have two fingers on his right hand taped. ‘ “They haven't got us licked yet,” roared Hartnett as the Cubs’ special departed for New York. “Wea were counted out of the National League race and then came on to win. There's not a ball player on this club who's given up. Those breaks we've been getting can’t go on that way forever.” Many of the Cubs feel that they've contributed more to their own downfall than the Yanks themselves have.

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