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Lindell’s slide into Kurowski turning point; Whitey drops ball and parade is on
New York (UP) –
Third base certainly has become the “hot corner” of the current World Series, with attention focused upon rookie Billy Johnson of the Yanks and Whitey Kurowski of the Cards.
As the teams travel to St. Louis today, sandy-haired, moon-faced Johnson is being measured for a hero’s laurel wreath; whereas blond Kurowski – the lad who wore the wreath after last year’s classic – is the leading candidate for goat horns.
Johnson, a middle-sized chap of 25 from Montclair, New Jersey, tops the Series batting with .417, after making five hits, driving in three runs, and scoring three runs in 12 trips to the plate during the three games. Moreover, he has fielded flawlessly.
Johnson’s triple decides
In yesterday’s contest, Billy stepped up to the plate, with the bases loaded, in the eighth inning at Yankee Stadium before the largest crowd in Series history and slammed the ball to deep left center for a triple that rang up three tallies. This blow won the game, although the New Yorkers triumphed, 6–2, in what many experts regard as the classic’s “crucial” contest.
Coincidentally, 25-year-old Kurowski of Reading, Pennsylvania, was a principal in setting the stage for Johnson’s triple with his second error of the day. It worked out like this:
Johnny Lindell started the Yanks’ eighth inning rally with a single; he continued to second on Harry Walker’s error. Snuffy Stirnweiss, a pinch hitter, was safe at first on a fielder’s choice when the Cards’ first sacker, Ray Sackers, tried to nail Lindell at third.
Knock breath out of Kurowski
Kurowski received the throw all right, but he dropped the ball when big Lindell crashed into him in a desperate slide for the bag. The impact knocked the breath out of Kurowski and sent him sprawling. Umpire Beans Reardon ruled Lindell “safe.”
At the time of Whitey’s error, the Cards were leading, 2–1. It was the turning point of the game. Had Kurowski held the ball, Lindell would have been out. The next man up, Tuck Stainback, fouled out. With two out, no pass would have been issued to Frank Crosetti. Meanwhile, the Cards’ rookie southpaw, Alpha Brazle, probably would have maintained his poise and control; he might have got Crosetti out, ending the inning without a run. Instead, five tallies came in before the Yanks were retired.
Kurowski already had contributed to a Yankee tally in the sixth inning when he bobbled Rival Johnson’s grounder and permitted Hank Borowy to score from third.
Poor Whitey, who decided the 1942 World Series with a home run in the fifth game after winning a previous contest in that classic with a triple, has hit only .200 in the current Series. He has made two hits in 10 tries and driven in one run.
But Whitey and his mates are fighting mad over the Lindell incident. Kurowski is out to redeem himself. Watch that hot corner!
Series resumed Sunday
The train bearing the clubs west was due to arrive in St. Louis late today. But because this year’s Series schedule was made out to fit wartime transportation needs, Saturday will be an off day.
The fifth game will be played Monday, with the sixth, if necessary, scheduled for Tuesday. If a seventh game is needed, there will be an off day for ticket sales and the concluding contest will be played Thursday.
Thus far, it has been one of the richest Series on record. Yesterday’s receipts at New York were only $40 short of the all-time single game record. But the attendance and gate will be lower in St. Louis, for Sportsman’s Park has a capacity of only 35,000, compared with Yankee Stadium’s 72,000.
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