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Play-by-play of World Series
Yankee Stadium, New York – (special)
The following is the play-by-play account of the first game of the World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees:
First inning
CARDINALS: Klein, with the count two and one, flied to Lindell. With the count one and one, Walker flied deep to Tuck Stainback. Chandler worked carefully on Musial and then made him fly out to Lindell on a three-and-one pitch. No runs, no hits, none left.
YANKEES: Stainback ran the count to two and one, fouled one back of the net and then lined to Kurowski. Crosetti took a ball and a strike and then grounded out. Marion to Sanders. Johnson was called out on strikes after working the count to two and two. No runs, no hits, none left.
Second inning
CARDINALS: Walker Cooper hit the first pitch for a single off Johnson’s glove, the first hit of the game. Kurowski, after taking a ball and swinging hard for a strike, sacrificed. Chandler to Gordon, who covered first. Sanders fanned on three straight strikes. Litwhiler was given an intentional pass. Martin lined over Etten’s head into right for a double. W. Cooper scored, but Litwhiler was cut down attempting to tally. Stainback to Dickey. One run, two hits, one left.
YANKEES: Keller, after whamming a long foul into the lower right field stands on a two-and-two pitch, was called out on strikes. Gordon tapped toward third and was thrown out by Lanier. With the count two and two, Dickey bounced out. Kurowski to Sanders. No runs, no hits, none left.
Third inning
CARDINALS: Lanier received a fine ovation as he came to bat. He took one strike and then grounded out. Gordon to Etten. With two strikes and one ball on Klein, he also bounced to Gordon. Walker took a strike and then flied to Stainback. No runs, no hits, none left.
YANKEES: Etten took a ball and then grounded out. Marion to Sanders. Lindell had two strikes and a ball on him and then fanned, but had to be thrown out when W. Cooper dropped the ball. W. Cooper to Sanders. Chandler drew a round of applause when he stepped to the plate. Spud lined a single to left for the Yanks’ first safety. With the count two and one, Stainback fanned. No runs, one hit, one left.
Fourth inning
CARDINALS: Musial took a high, wide pitch and then rolled out. Gordon to Etten. Walker Cooper took a low pitch and then bounced sharply to Crosetti who threw him out. Kurowski hit the first pitch to Gordon who threw him out. No runs, no hits, none left.
YANKEES: Crosetti hit a two-and-one pitch to Klein but was safe when Lanier dropped Lou’s throw to first for an error. With one ball on Johnson, Crosetti stole second. Johnson beat out a tap to Sanders for a single. Crosetti going to third. With the count one and one, Keller grounded into a fast double play. Klein to Marion to Sanders, as Crosetti scored to tie the game 1–1. With the count three and one, Gordon, the hero of the 1941 Series and the goat of last year’s, slammed a home run into the lower left field stands, giving the Yanks a 2–1 lead. Dickey took two balls and a strike and then popped to Marion at short. Two runs, two hits, one error, none left.
Fifth inning
CARDINALS: Sanders beat out a slow roller to Gordon for a hit and when Etten threw wild for an error in returning the ball to the mound, the Cards first-sacker took second. Litwhiler fouled off a pitch and then hoisted to Lindell in deep right. Sanders moving to third after the catch. Chandler gave Marion three balls, slipped over two strikes and then made Marty hit to Gordon, who threw him out while holding Sanders on third. Lanier dropped a Texas League single into short center to score Sanders and tie the game at 2–2. Klein hit the first pitch to Johnson who threw to Gordon to force Lanier. One run, two hits, one error, one left.
YANKEES: With the count two and two, Etten bounced to Klein, who fumbled the ball for an error. Nick stopping at first. Lindell attempted to sacrifice, on the first strike, but the ball went foul. He took a second strike and then missed a third, With the count two and one, Chandler missed a third strike. Stainback fouled off a pitch and then flied to Litwhiler in left center. No runs, no hits, one error, one left.
Sixth inning
CARDINALS: Walker struck out, swinging on a two-and-one pitch. Musial, with two balls and a strike on him, grounded to Gordon. With the count two and two, W. Cooper was safe at first when Crosetti fumbled his roller for an error. Kurowski fouled off a pitch and then rolled out. Gordon to Etten. No runs, no hits, one error, one left.
YANKEES: Crosetti got a single when Kurowski got his glove on his liner but could not hold it. Johnson, after an unsuccessful attempt to sacrifice, singled to center. Crosetti stopping at second. Keller, with the count one and two, flied high to Musial in short right. With the count two strikes and a ball on Gordon, Lanier uncorked a wild pitch. Crosetti scoring and Johnson going to third. Gordon fanned. With two strikes and a ball on Dickey, he dropped a Texas League single into right to score Johnson, making the score Yankees 4, Cardinals 2. Etten flied to Litwhiler on a two-and-one pitch. Two runs, three hits, no errors, one left.
Seventh inning
CARDINALS: With the count one and one, Sanders lined a single to right. On a three-and-two pitch, Litwhiler popped to Crosetti in short center. Marion conked a one-and-one pitch into the left field stands, but it was foul by a scant yard. He then bounced into a rapid-fire double play. Gordon to Crosetti to Etten. No runs, one hit, one left.
YANKEES: Lindell took a ball and then hoisted to Walker in left center. Chandler ran the count to two and two and then flied deep to Walker in left center. Harry making a nice running catch. Stainback lined a single to left. Crosetti popped to Sanders on the second pitch. No runs, one hit, one left.
Eighth inning
CARDINALS: Garms batted for Lanier and fanned after running the count to two and two. Klein dropped a single into short right on the first pitch, the ball falling between Gordon, Lindell and Stainback. Walker hit to Johnson whose throw to Gordon forced Klein at second. Musial socked the second pitch to right for a single. Walker stopping at second. W. Cooper forced Musial on the first pitch. Johnson to Gordon. No runs, two hits, two left.
YANKEES: Southpaw Harry Brecheen went to the mound for the Cardinals. Johnson, with two strikes on him, tapped in front of the plate and was tossed out. Brecheen to Sanders. Keller ran the count to two balls and a strike and then singled to left. Gordon walked with the count three and one. With the count two and two, Dickey missed a third strike. Etten hoisted the first pitch to Litwhiler. No runs, one hit, two left.
Ninth inning
CARDINALS: Kurowski, with two strikes on him, roiled out to Crosetti. Sanders ran the count to three and two and then bounced out. Klein to Crosetti. Chandler leaped high to pull down Litwhiler’s high bounder and threw him out. No runs, no hits, none left.
YANKEES: Unplayed.
Williams: Yankees may alter plan of defense against Cards
By Joe Williams
New York –
It must be that the OWI hasn’t though of it yet. How else can you explain the department’s failure to capitalize on the presence of Mr. Nick Etten and Mr. Danny Litwhiler in the World Series?
Here are two conspicuous representatives of the underprivileged, fugitives from the famished Phillies, wearing white ties and tails, munching daintily on caviar and exchanging polite chitchat with the royalty of the sport.
Isn’t this what Henry Throttlebottom Wallace has been striving for? Isn’t it a realistic working of the Rooseveltian credo of spread the wealth, equality for all and see what the boys in the backroom will have?
A year ago, both Mr. Etten and Mr. Litwhiler were running errands and doing other odd jobs for the Phillies under the oppressive capitalistic system of baseball. Today, Mr. Etten finds himself at first base for the Yankees, Mr. Litwhiler in left field for the Cardinals.
If the OWI should take the stand that this would happen only under the benevolent guidance of the New Deal, it would take much doing to come up with the convincing rebuttal.
It’s the war!
The answer probably is that anything can happen in a world war. Certainly, it was strange to find the Yankees, of all clubs, dealing with the Phillies. It so happened they needed a first baseman, and the Phillies had one to sell. As a matter of fact, they offered the Yankees Mr. Litwhiler too, but he was rejected.
And this prompts the shuddery thought: What if Mr. Litwhiler should turn out to be the difference in the Series? What if it should be his bat that influences the payoff? It could happen. The fates have a dizzy way of spinning their wheels at times.
Incidentally, what used to be the one spot the Yankees never had to worry about first base, has become in recent years one of their most vexing problems.
Change of plan
Last year, the Yankees outfielders tried to cut down the runner going from first to third. They didn’t have much success. They lost the decision six or seven times, Meanwhile, the fellow who hit the ball galloped to second and thus was a potential scorer himself. It is discouraging enough to lose the far runner, but when you wind up giving the hitter an extra base you are inviting disaster. This technique of defense, as much as any other factor, contributed to the Yankees’ defeat.
Our intuition tells us it will be different this time. Except in obvious circumstances, the Yankee outfielders will try for the guy going to second. They aren’t going to set up any more runs than they can help. Revised conditions in the outfield dictate a more conservative policy anyhow. The Yankees throwing arms aren’t what they used to be, and all reports indicate nothing has happened to the speed of the Cardinals. They are still the swifties.
President Roosevelt’s radio address on the National War Fund Drive
October 5, 1943
Broadcast audio:
My friends and fellow Americans:
We, the people of the United States, know now that ultimate victory is certain – but that it is still a long way off, and that for it we are paying and shall have to pay a great price.
In the genius of the American people – for freedom, and decency, and friendliness among neighbors – lies one of our best weapons for that victory, and certainly our greatest insurance for a peace that will be just and lasting. Our men and our allies know they have made no covenant with our government alone. They know that they have the backing of all the resources and spirit of the American people themselves. In that conviction alone lies the winning morale which no slave of a dictator can ever know.
That is why I am glad to speak to you tonight about the National War Fund. It is a philanthropic federation with three simple aims; first, to determine the nature and the extent of the war-related needs; second, to see that everybody has a chance to contribute to the funds required; and third, to channel the sums raised for its member agencies wherever American help is currently most needed – to raise enough and on time.
The National War Fund has the hearty approval and support of all the government agencies concerned with our management of the war. For the National War Fund, by its unity, its economy, its competent management, and its elimination of waste, duplication, and delay, is playing a part in our total war effort which all of us in Washington regard as an absolute essential.
In its unity of purpose, and its federation of agencies without surrender of state and local freedom of method, of course, the National War Fund combines the American genius for organization, the American capacity for economy, and the best of our American tradition for giving freely, and promptly, and in proportion to our means and the need.
For these reasons, when your local war fund or community chest asks you to give – for our own forces, for our allies, and for the needs at home, I ask all of you to think about it carefully before you give.
I ask you to remember that the USO is your share of what we are doing for our own fighting men, an? the forces behind the lines. I ask you to consider that War Prisoners’ Aid does what no government can do. I ask you to think of United Seamen’s Service in terms of the people’s debt to the men who took our ships across in the darkest hours of the war. And I ask you not to forget that the people of Russia, and China, and of all the other United Nations – and especially the unfortunate, hungry men and women and children of all the overrun and enslaved countries – see in your personal and friendly concern the brightest ray of hope and the greatest power for good in the world today – the sovereign voice of the people of the United States.
And so I ask you to give thoughtfully, and generously, and proportionately – remembering, as you give, that a share in the National War Fund is a share in winning the war, and in winning the right of free men to live in a better world.
U.S. Navy Department (October 6, 1943)
Communiqué No. 473
The U.S. Coast Guard patrol craft WILCOX (WYP-333), formerly a fishing vessel, foundered in a storm off the Atlantic coast on September 30, 1943, and was lost. One crew, member is missing and his next of kin has been notified.
CINCPAC Communiqué No. 14
A strong Pacific Fleet task force, commanded by RAdm. Alfred E. Montgomery, USN, heavily attacked enemy held positions on Wake Island with carrier aircraft and ship bombardment commencing at dawn on October 5, 1943, west longitude date. Further details are not now available.
The Pittsburgh Press (October 6, 1943)
CARDS BEAT YANKS IN SECOND GAME, 4–3
Mort Cooper stops foe in first victory
Marion and Sanders hit home runs to help Redbird cause
New York (UP) –
Mort Cooper, his heart heavy because his father died early this morning in Independence, Missouri, pitched one of the best games of his Major League career in Yankee Stadium here today as the Cardinals defeated the Yankees, in the second game to even the World Series at 1–1.
The final score was 4–3.
It was Cooper’s first World Series victory and his first triumph against American League competition, he having failed in two attempts against the Yanks in last year’s Series and in the last two All-Star Games.
Ernie Bonham, who like Cooper is a “fork ball” specialist, gave Mort strong argument most of the way but the blows that cost him the game were home run drives by Marty Marion and Ray Sanders. Marion’s was the first hit of the game in the third inning and Sanders hit his four-baser in the fourth with one on to climax a three-run rally.
A shadow was cast over the second game, which was felt by every fan in the big stadium. This was due to the sudden death of Robert Cooper, father of the famed brother battery of the Cardinals, Mort and Walker, who were working today.
Both Bonham and Cooper were in complete control in the first inning, each setting down the batters in order. They followed a similar pattern in the second, too, when each walked a man with two out and then proceeded to get the next batter.
Marty Marion, Cards’ great shortstop, broke the hitless and runless string in the third, when he hit Bonham’s first pitch for a home run into the stands.
Sanders hits homer
In the fourth, Stan Musial dropped a solid single into right and moved to second on Walker Cooper’s sacrifice. Whitey Kurowski scored Stan with a single into center. Sanders then hit a home run over the wall in right, scoring Kurowski ahead of him. Bud Metheny went way back, got his hand on the ball but couldn’t hold it as he fell, after making a great try.
The Yanks’ first hit came in the fourth when Frankie Crosetti attempted to bunt and pushed a single into right field. He moved to third on Bill Johnson’s solid single to center. Charlie Keller flied to center and Crosetti scored after the catch.
Bonham fans three
Bonham gave a great exhibition of pitching in the top of the sixth when he struck out the side.
In the Yankees’ half, Crosetti opened up with a single. Metheny was sent to first when umpire Beans Reardon agreed with his claim that Walker Cooper had tipped his bat. It was scored as an error for Cooper. Johnson hit into a double play with Crosetti going to third. Keller flied out to end the threat.
Bonham was removed for a pinch hitter in the eighth and Johnny Murphy, the Yanks’ great relief pitcher, went to the mound in the ninth. Murphy walked the first batter and allowed one hit, but the Cards were unable to push over a run.
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