In World Series –
Cards take lead in second tilt
Lanier and Potter are moundsmen
Bulletin
Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, Missouri –
The Cardinals went into the lead in the third inning when they scored one run with none out.
Sportsman’s Park, St. Louis, Missouri (UP) –
With the American League Browns leading, one game to none, the Browns and Cardinals went into the second battle of the World Series this afternoon before 38,000 fans.
In the third inning, the score was tied at 0–0.
Nelson Potter, the Brownies’ righthanded ace, faced Lefty Max Lanier on the mound.
Only one hit – a double by Catcher Walker Cooper in the second – had been made off either pitcher. The Browns had put two men on bases through walks, but Lanier was pitching magnificently in the pitches.
Lanier set down the Brownies in order in the first inning. He struck out Gutteridge on a high, fast pitch, Mike Kreevich rolled to Marty Marion, and Chet Laabs lifted a high fly to Johnny Hopp in right center.
Augie Bergamo, who replaced Danny Litwhiler in left field, led off for the Card against Nels Potter and fouled to Catcher Hayworth. Kreevich came in fast to make a nice catch of Hopp’s short fly, and the side was out when Stan Musial was retired, Gutteridge to McQuinn.
McQuinn walks
The Cards showed their respect for George McQuinn, whose home run won yesterday’s game, by giving him a base on balls in the top half of the second after Marion had tossed out Vernon Stephens. But he never got past first, for Lanier bore down and struck out both Mark Christman and Gene Moore.
Walker Cooper’s two-bagger to open the Redbird second put Potter in a tight spot, but the Browns’ righthander got out of it. He struck out Ray Sanders, faced Whitey Kurowski to ground to Stephens at short and Marion was the third out on a good stop and throw by Christman, leaving W. Cooper stranded.
Hayworth had popped to Marion and the latter had thrown out Potter in the Browns’ third when Gutteridge waited around for a base on balls, but he was forced by Kreevich, Marion to Verban.
