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Show r GPANTL C , WnAND- WnAND WnANDCE - //CE CE P/CE P / PCEss ? / / CEI1 u ss ssIT IT wasn t always tlus thus way Bill Billy BillySouthworth , Southworth of the Cardinals Cardmals said saidMaybe saidMaybe saidMaybe I1 Maybe a lot of people have forgot forgotten forgotten forgotten ten but from the start of the No Na Nat . tonal t onal league in m 1876 St Louis 'had had 'hadto hadto ' "badto badto " to wait walt 50 years before breaking breakmg intc rote intcthe rotethe intothe the pennant class That s a long lung time timefor timefor timeor for ( anyone any one to wait walt much less a arabid arabid arabid rabid set of baseball fansThis fansThis fans fansThis This happens to be true It was waslot wasnot wainot lot not [ untl until ] 1926 that the Pedb rds un tin under tinder under der Rogers Hornsby Hornsby Horns _ by finally flew mtothe intothe into mto MB ? * the promised landfio landfib land ya1flo fio fib vmg ving with mllkand milkand milk mllk gand and world serieshoney series | y ? , , honeyBut honey V ti's tis ' 1t 1tBut But it s been dlf dif dlfterent different di ( | \ _ erent terent ferent ( in the last 18 18years 18years 18years years Southworth Soutbworth Soutbworthcontinued Southworthcontinued contmued continued Starl Start- Start StartIng Startbig Starling - - ing big back baek with the ' , . , 196 " ' ' ' club the Cardl Cards Cardst Cardsvials t nals vials aTs have won eight ' ' - & Bags fiags flags not overlook Grantland Rice lug four world sencs seties se senes nes ncs ties titles htles with a pretty good chance chanceto 10 to make It five out of eight I m not notpredicting notpredicting predicting anything anythmg but it will take takesome takesome some high cia class . . baseball basebaU to knock knockas knockas as off oil offIn In looking over the record I Isaid Isaid Isaid said The Cardinals Cardmals so far have havepia haveplayed haveplaced pia played ) ed in m 11 U 41 world series senes games gameswmnmg gameswinning gamesirmDing wmnmg winning 19 and dropping droppmg 22Yes 22 2Z 22Yes Yes Bill Billy ; answered and a big bignart bigsart nart art of that was due to thoseYankees thoseYankees those thoseITankees ITankees Yankees with Babe Ruth and Lou LouGehrig Lou3ehng Gehrig : ; ehrlg who beat St 8t Louis four I | straight Anyway in tour four worldse world se seI seties seties sej I nes ties games with the Yankees theCard theCard the Card nals have won two and lost two twotor twofor twoor tor for ( an even break which Isn t so soerrlble soerrible SBernble errlble errible when you consider all that thatYankee thatYankee thatYankee Yankee power and pltchmgThere pitchingThere pitching pltchmg pitchingThere There ve ye been a lot of great ball ballplayers ballplayers ballplayers players on that Yankee club-Ruth club Ruth clubRuthGehrig clubRuthGehrig club - RuthGehng Gehrig D ckey Ruffing Rutting Gordon Gordonand Gordonand Gordonand and several more But we ve ye had a atew afew aew tew few ( pretty good ones on our own ownHornsby ownHornsby ownHornsby Hornsby Fnsch FrIsch the two Deans DeansPepper DeansPepper DeansPepper Pepper Martin Martm Terry Moore Med Medwick Medwick Medwick wick Manon Marlon Marion the two Coopers to tomake tomake tomake make up a short list and I m not notoverlookIng notoverlooking notoverlooking overlookIng Lon WarnekeAt Warneke WarnekeAt At least you never saw a Cardl Cards Cardl:1al Cardsnal Cardiaal :1al 1al nal : club that wasn t packed With Withsplnt withspirit withspirit splnt spirit and action and color-cne color cne color-one one colorcnethat coloronethat color - - onethat that wasn t always hustling hustlmg You Youcouldn Youcouldn ouldn couldn t find more color than DIzzy DIzzyDean DizzyDean DizzyDean Dean and Pepper Martin carned carried carnedalong carriedalong carriedalong carriedalongBilly along alongBelly Billy Bzlly Belly Southlt Southitorth SOllthnorth SouthitorthSouthworth orth orthSouthworth Southworth is a qu et modes1 modest modes1type modesttype modesttype type off the field but he has plentyin plentym plenty 111 m the way of fire In action H s soroudest sproudest soroudest oroudest proudest memory is that in the lolsl last lolslthree lastthree lastthree three years his ball clubs though thoughlos thoughLos thoughlos los ng some 27 men to war service servicelave servicelave serviceaave lave : yet won over 300 games gamesmce gamesnice gamesmce mce nice 1941That 1941 1941That That shows we must have been beenoretty beenpretty beenoretty oretty pretty well stocked with talent talentie , , Ie Se : said with a slight grinIt grin grm grinIt It won t hurt you a lot I said saiduhen saidwhen saidwhen uhen when this talent taeDt ] returns to the theRedbud theRedbird theRedbird Redbud Redbird roost after aCter the war is oversuch oversuch over -such such - such men mcn asIoore as ' \ Moore \Ioore Ioore Slaughter SlaughterTohnny SlaughterTobnny SlaughterTohnny Tohnny Tobnny Beazley Howie PoIIet Pollet Bra- Bra Braul Bra-ill Bra ill - - . ul tiI and some five or six othersU others othersIf If U the war should happen to be bever beaver beaver aver , ver in m a year or so he would have haveis haveas haveas is as many stars returning as the theYankees theYankees theYankees Yankees and poss pass biy bly a few more moreFor moreFor moreFor For the Cardinal Cardmal stars are younger youngermd youngerand youngerand md and youth is a big factor as tar far as.he ashe as he .he . future concerns those now DOW m in mervlce inervice inervice ervlce ervice Southworth knows thisSeries this thisSeries Series genes Features FeaturesYou You ve ye seen a flock of world se senes sertes senes nes rtes Southworth said saidNow -Now Now - . ( Now we weNere wewere weyere Nere were being interviewed mtervlewed ) What Whatwould Whatwould Whatwould would you rank as the high spots ! ? That happens to be a big order orderwhen orderwhen orderwhen when you look back to 1905 some some39 39 19 years agoThe agoThe ago agoThe The first was Christy Mathewson s s.rlple s.riple sjiple .rlple rlple .riple riple . . shut out agamst against the Athletics AthleticsIn Athleticsn In ! n 1905 when Matty limited a 3 hard hardalttmg hardbitting hardHitting alttmg bitting club to 14 hits in three threegames threegames threegames threegamesAnother games gamesAnother Another concerned the Cardinals CardinalsIn In 1926 when Grover Alexander Ale"ander Aleander " , Old Oldpcte OldPete OldPete pcte Pete strolled from the dugout after aftern aftera a & hard fight and and . , , fanned Tony Laz Las LazEeri Lastern Lazceri Eeri tern with the bases full to pull the theCardinals theCardinals theCardinals Cardinals throughThe throughThe through throughThe The third tlurd was Babe Ruth scalI scalIIng s call calltrig callIng Ing trig a home run agamst against Root of the thecubsand theSubs ubs-and ubs and cubs-and cubs : - and then delivering dellvermg the same samealmost samealmost samealmost almost flattening the ball on a line linedrive linedrive linedrive linedriveThen drive driveThen Then there was Harry Hooper's Hoopers Hooper'satch Hooper'satch Hooper'satch Hoopersatch ' ' atch of Larry Doyle s almost sure surecomer sureiiomer omer comer in 1912 against agamst the Red Sox SoxHooper SoxHooper SoxHooper Hooper dived dlved over the wire in m the theMth theifth Mth inning mning of the eighth game to tomake tomake tomake make one of the greatest and most mostImportant mostImportant mostImportant Important catches ofall of.all of -all all - . * tune This'lliracle ThisTtiracle This niracle 'lliracle lliracle Ttiracle ' play won the sen seriiis series s And it itwas itwas itwas was 90 per cent mtracleBill miracleBill miracle mtracle miracleBill Bill Dickey s home run blow blowagamst blowagainst blowagainst agamst against Mort Cooper last tall fall wasn t tany tany Iany any part of an anti ant ! climax . . Almost every world series has its itsspectacular itsspectacular itsspectacular spectacular parts Greatest BacksThe Backs BacksThe The debate was- was wasWho was - Who was col colleglate coltegiato collegiate leglate tegiato iootball football s greatest backfleld backfield backfleld.tar backfleldatar9 backfleldatar9This .tar tar . tar ? This is covering covermg quite a lot of tlm time timeand timeand ( and territory Rip Miller former formerNotre formerNotre formerNotre Notre Dame star and now a nav navy navycoach navscoach , coach picked Buzz Borrles Borries of the thelavy thenavy thenavy lavy- lavy navy- navy lavyA navyA [ - A back as Rip put it who whocould whocould could ould do everything everythmg bnlliantlyWhat brilliantlyWhat brilliantly bnlliantly brilliantlyWhat What about George Glp Gipp ot of otNotre ofNotre olNotre Notre Dame and Jim Thorpe 01 of 01Carlisle ofCarlisle oCarlisle9 ) Carlisle ? ' I asked the Ripper RipperI I never saw either play college collegeopthall collegeopthall collegeoptball [ ! opthall he said Baid I don t know collegeI I |