Show LE SPEAKING P A OF f fv FM av amm by ROBERT macsha NE released by western U on THE HE battle down the stretch between the dodgers and the cardinals promises to be a dog fight right to the finish but that a new development from the middle of april through august a tour four months struggle those two teams spent the greater part of the time battling eye to eye each trying to outdistance the other both teams play for keeps the cardinals have pitching hitting and speed they arent as colorful as the old gas house gang but they have just as much vigor and snap and they have plenty of heart it seems that every day or two one of their key men is injured yet they keep right on rolling regardless of an unkind fate the dodgers have an unusual hold on the nations baseball public they are much more than a local attraction they are national heroes the cause of that phenomenon is not known psychologists cant give you the answer it may be in the fact that brooklyn to outlanders is an unusual place and brooklynn Brook lyns ballplayers reflect the spirit of the city brooklyn has a reputation and tradition for loyalty and affection in in baseball the current team is known to flatbush residents as our bums the term is a kindly one as employed by the home folks and the players accept leo durocher the we title as asan an expression of friendship larry macphail and leo the lip durocher unquestionably are brooklynn Brook lyns leading citizens which is the better team that question takes a lot of answering the two teams have remained practically deadlocked shoulder to shoulder after playing more than games equal in strength it so long ago that the cardinals dropped five in a row to inherit a four game deficit but they bounded back and showed themselves none the worse for wear and tear then when the cardinals started moving up the dodgers blasted their immediate hopes proving that they too have their share of heart there a great deal of difference in the strength of the two teams that of course is obvious both are capably managed both are good hustlers hungry for victory and both can field and hit too there is little difference in the pitching abilities st louis has no duet to match the combined winning records of whit wyatt and kirby higbe but the cardinals have a bit more average strength A bit of history completely out of line at this point it was only 11 years ago that st louis and brooklyn were locked in another life or death struggle the card cardinals and the dodgers were playing a three day series which started on september 16 the league leading dodgers were on top of an 11 game winning streak for a one game margin over the red ked birds who had taken 21 out of their last 25 in the opening tilt brooklynn Brook lyns great bazzy vance went out to meet wild bill hallahan cardinal money pitcher at least fans were going completely mad at the end of six innings the two old masters were deadlocked 00 0 0 nine innings and still no runner had crossed home plate then in the last half of the tenth andy high a pinch hitter lined a double to right center and later scored on a single to right the first game had ended with a 10 1 0 win for st louis the cards had eased cased into first place by one percentage point gloom descended on brooklyn luque opposed sylvester johnson in in the second tilt A 33 3 3 deadlock in the ninth and with two aboard in the cardinal half high hit another double to right scoring two men for a 53 5 3 victory brooklyn was a blighted blight cd place bleeding hearts burleigh grimes pitched the third game for st louis the cards won again 43 4 3 the anguished cries from brooklyn could be heard plainly in newfoundland that series broke the dodgers hearts with only seven games left to play they lost four straight the cards stomped through their last nine games giving gi ving a young loudmouthed hurler hurier a chance to show his ha mettle micheil in their windup P against pittsburgh it was dizzy deans big biff league debut he won 31 3 1 |