Show C CONNIE ONNIE MACK was talking about 0 u 12 the cardinals the they take r pie n e back a long way he said an and connie conn e cango can go back a longer way than any in baseball at the age ol of 8 80 there is much to remember remember ill tell you what I 1 mean connie said durl during g the saries ries I 1 I 1 noticed th them e m a all U hanging around the front aront of th their air hotel looking at the sights no motion pictures no nightclubs just a connie mack bunch of young fellows sticking together as we used to do a long time ago in the same way they take me back to the days of defensive baseball b all they only ask a run or two as a rule and then hard to handle I 1 this means high class pitching and fine fielding belding they are fast and aggressive on defense defens e they actually turn a defense in into t 0 an of fe tense n se baseball has been ruled by sluggers plug gers tor for many years the cardinals d in als turned back the clock in the games I 1 saw them play there isalt aay any question b but u t that the cardinals finished the season with one of the best pitching staffs in baseball history this list includes mort cooper ernie white pollet beazley and max lanier starting pitchers I 1 cant recall a team with so many good starting pitchers white and pollet were afflicted with sore sor e arms mos most t of the season if they had been in shape all year there Is no telling how many gam games es the cardinals might have won they might even have passed the old 1900 1906 cub mark of wins they had bad all these men ready for the main series especially white who needed a shutout to win only brilliant pitching could have stopped spud chandler in that third game to allow one clean hit in eight innings is ii a working job I 1 that h at deserved something better than defeat one of the outstanding stars in this p past ast series was bill dickey this is bills season with the yankees he has been suffering from a heavy cold with a touch of allergic nose poisoning from rug carpets or any an thing that thai has a fuzz he has been physically low yet hec he caught aug ht brilliantly and after the first three games was hitting around bill dickey dicker need this series to prove his place he has caught more than 30 0 yankee world series games and has never shown a flaw flap in all that time the irrepressible old irrepressible better known as ole diz alz is still one of the most colorful parties concerned with baseball in the years ive known him dizzy dean changed a leopards spot he never will except tor for a tough break an injury J ury to his shoulder he be might have been one of the all time greats ive e never heard beard dean compi complain ain bout about this tough luck nothing that can happen ever will wipe that quick grin off his face and there here is no mental expert who cao can make him quite sane looking back ole diz is still around broadcasting and advising the players here are sote some of his forgotten classics 1 the day in st louis with the ther thermometer ometer at when diz deiv sitting ron on the cardinal bench built a fire and wrapped a big blanket around his shoulders 2 the day in florida when 1 I went fishing with him and he over stayed his time six hours what will frank frisch do about th this s I 1 asked him ole fr frank a bit cant do nothing dizzy said except ball me out and fine me 2007 3 the day he walked into the tiger bau ball park in 1834 1934 before the world serles series wearing among other details a gray felt hat and a blue overcoat he grabbed the bat from mickey cochranes cochranee Coch ranes hands and hit one on the une line much to MI dickeys Mic keys astonishment the way we do it dizzy spid said as he walked aay 4 warming up before the tiger game that year someone told dizzy the odds were 2 to I 1 on the cardinals when he be was pitching them gamblers he be said are pretty smart people they dont miss no sure thing 5 the day he was warming up as a cub to face the yankees how do you feel D adz I 1 asked well he said warming up a sore arm 1 I aint what I 1 used to be but who in hell bell is mort cooper as a pitcher Is the closest approach to dean IL hat at the cardinals ever have known mort deans color but as ole diz alz almost said baldt thohas who has cooper Is a big powerful fellow who only came along this season as on one of the best in the game he still has to prove h be Is another dizzy bean |