Kramer glad that he saved his strikeouts
St. Louis, Missouri (Up) –
The Browns, underdogs in the World Series to everybody but themselves, trotted into their hot stuffy dressing room beneath the grandstand of Sportsman’s Park yesterday as if they knew all the time they were going to win the third game.
“It was a cinch, they chorused in their usual cocky manner. “We finally got our bats working.”
Jack Kramer, the best-looking guy in the room, came in for most of the plaudits.
Manager Luke Sewell said:
He had a rough ball game, but he showed plenty of heart and pulled through.
When I went out to talk to him in the eighth inning after the Cards put men on second and third with only one down, he told me he still had his stuff. That was enough for me. I just sat down on the bench while he proved it.
Kramer was laconic:
I kept throwing ‘em in with everything I had. This is the first time all year I got ten strikeouts. I’m mighty glad I saved ‘em up.
First Baseman George McQuinn, who spearheaded the Browns’ attack with three hits and a walk, was grinning from ear to ear. “I like that National League pitching,” he said. “I could hit anything they threw up there.”
Al Zarilla, who replaced Chet Laabs in left field yesterday, was optimistic:
The boys who haven’t been hitting started today and I look for them to continue, the law of averages is on our side now.