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Brought to you direct from Wrigley Field by permission of the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals
to stimulate interest in our national game and in your local team.
And now out to Wrigley Field and Hal Dutton who is going to give us some inside information on today's game
right from the playing field. Take it away Hal Dutton.
Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen. Good afternoon from Wrigley Field, the home of the Cubs in Chicago.
Where the Cubs come home this afternoon to open a vital four game series with the St. Louis Cardinals
and where we're on the field for a little pre-game broadcast looking over a crowd of 20,000 people,
15 at least, probably 20,000 before the game is underway and a real welcome home crowd.
The Cardinals are finishing their infield practice. The weather today is rather amazing.
It started out this morning cloudy and finally rained a little.
Right now a nice strong northeast wind has cleared things up. It's pleasantly cool out here.
The sun is out and it's going to be quite an afternoon.
The Cubs come home from a trip that while it was nowhere near as successful as a pre-season road trip,
were still quite a trip on the road and yes they lost several tough ball games,
very tough ball games and some of the fans have wondered, oh you know questions have come to me time and again.
What's wrong with the Cubs and this, that and the other thing?
Well my answer has always been that as far as I can tell, nothing's matter with the Cubs.
We might not have been hitting for the moment or something like that.
So I've asked a young man, a very redheaded young man to come over here and chat with me this afternoon
and tell you a little bit of the inside of something that perhaps doesn't ordinarily come to your mind.
Along this line, this man is Johnny Gordon, the coach of the Cubs who we've talked to before
and one of the coaches' chief jobs is not only to help develop young players,
keep them going and correcting balls, keep the ball players head up and keep them going good.
And I just want to ask Johnny Gordon a few questions along the line of just how it is.
It's a pretty tough job when they're going and it gets a little bit tough like it is now with the picking and fielding greats
and hitting and going bad.
Is it a little bit tough for some of those youngsters?
Certainly it is tough Hal, but I can answer that question in this respect.
A baseball player's life is the same as any other individual in any line of business.
No matter what profession, any outsider might follow outside of baseball, he leads with reversion.
And I claim this, Hal, that in order to be successful, one should try and encourage an individual.
When he's leading with reverse, in other words, a ball player that's going out here, for instance, any ball player,
for instance, comes out here and makes four base hits in one day and we win the ball game.
Naturally he doesn't need any encouragement because he knows he's delivered.
That's a thicker game.
Otherwise, if he's spent the difficulties on the ball field,
he'll suck out a couple of times as men in running and scoring positions.
That's when I claim that color needs attention.
It needs a little encouragement.
None of it needs encouragement, Hal, when we are delivered and we know when we are delivered.
Therefore, I would like to make a point of one thing.
The ball players that represent and wear a club uniform need encouragement,
not only from the manager or the coaches, they need it likewise from the fans that attend these ball games out here.
And one word of encouragement or a little applause,
when a man enters that batter's box that he stuck out the time before,
it's more good than to cheer that boy, antagonize him.
He knows he's failed.
Why not try and encourage that individual?
He's wearing a club uniform representing your city.
And I claim this, that a ball player on the road away from home does not expect any encouragement,
nor does the fans that cheer him or give him the raspberry use the clangy.
That does not bother that ball player, Hal, but it really does at home.
It really discourages him when he fails to deliver to have the home crowd to ride him.
Then you mean that even here in the professional circles where fellows are paid for playing ball
and thinking they're living at it, that a matter of encouragement and the crowd reaction is really a very vital thing in regard to their playing?
Absolutely that, absolutely that.
On the road it does not bother them. They expect them. Sometimes they invite that.
Sometimes they play a little better on the road when they're getting it in the next step.
That's right, but at home really they like a little encouragement from the home fans,
especially when they're meeting with reversers.
Have our boys been a little bit down the last two weeks or so because of lack of hitting?
They think that they're going to start finding those good free throws?
They feel that way, absolutely.
I noticed that chatting with them before the game during practice just now.
They seem to feel that, well, they're home now and there's some change.
They've got to bring another change and they're just about ready.
Well, Johnny, I wanted to find out from you.
I might let the fans know that the first time I heard those sentiments spoken was when you spoke them just now.
I wasn't prepared to rehearse. I wanted to know just how you felt itself.
That's why I put the arm cold here. You didn't even know you were going on the air until you started out to hit the infield into your practices.
And it's a pleasure and you've done something interesting and well worthwhile.
I want to thank you for it, John, and wish you and the Cubs all the luck in the world.
Thanks a lot, Hal.
Thank you, Johnny.
Johnny Cardin, Logan Ford Red himself, the idol of the Elks Club at Logan Ford Indiana,
who is the coach of the Cubs and is giving us something well worthwhile.
Now Pat Falk is here to give us our first lineup of the home day.
So let's have a pat.
And that is for St. Louis, Batting Order, Moore Center,
Brish Seconds, J. Martin Wright, Mettler's Luck, Mines First,
David Kutz, Erosia Short, Garibaldi Third, and Wimpert,
the pitcher, for Chicago, DeFatty, Davis, and Hartnett.
Batting Order, the Land Center, Allen Left, Herman Second,
Hartnett Kutz, Demery Wright, Mark Third, Jurgis George,
Wimpert, and Davis, the pitcher.
Thank you, Pat. Thank you very, very much.
Now we really know the Cubs are home and we're on the way,
and we get that announcement from Pat Falk.
Now, ladies and gentlemen, the umpires are going to get out there pretty soon.
It's a little bit tense on the way up, but I think it would be a good idea
if I got an early start.
With that in mind, George, how's my bodyguard getting along up there?
All right?
He looks pretty tough up there, but I guess that's all right.
He's got a day today, a mess day.
So if you'll do a little quickly to do the oil on the way up,
I think he'll be swell, George.
Okay?
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And now while Hal's talking us on his way up to the booth
out there at Wrigley Field to bring you this afternoon's baseball game,
between the Scorgo Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals,
we'll give you the schedule of the other games we play in both leagues this afternoon.
First in the American League, the Scorgo White Cubs are playing in St. Louis against the Browns this afternoon.
That game will start about 4 o'clock our time.
In Detroit, the Tigers take on the Cleveland Indians for another game this afternoon.
In that game, the warm-up pitchers for the Indians, Browns, for the Tigers, Bridges.
In Boston, the Red Sox take on the league-leading New York Yankees.
The batter is nothing in tricky for the Yankees, for the Red Sox, Grove, and Rick Sells.
That game has already started in Boston, and at the end of the fourth inning,
the Yankees and the Red Sox are tied nothing to nothing.
The Washington Senators, playing their home state, take on the Philadelphia Athletics this afternoon.
That game has not started, and there are no batteries yet.
Now for the National Leagues, at Wrigley Field, the Scorgo Cubs take on the St. Louis Spartans.
In the four-game series, under the two points of batteries they've given you by Matt Piper and Hal Cotton,
Winford and Davis, the batteries for the cards, the South Dugan-Davison-Hartman.
In New York, the Giants are taking on the Boston Bees.
That game, at the end of the first half of the third inning, is tied nothing to nothing.
The captain and Lopez, the D-battery, the Giants starting the Simmons and the Mancunas.
In Philadelphia, the Phillies take on the Brooklyn Dodgers.
At the end of the second inning, the Dodgers and the Bells are tied 2-2.
Johnson and Wilkins, the Philadelphia batteries.
The only other game scheduled today is in Cincinnati between the Reds and the Pittsburgh Pirates.
That is a night game, will be played this evening.
Now for a look at the standing of the clubs in both leagues.
First in the American League, the New York Yankees are in first position.
They've played an even hundred games. Today is the 101st game of their entire season.
Of that number, they have won 66 and lost 34.
Second place is held by the Cleveland Indians, the Chicago White Sox, 12 games behind.
Fourth place, Detroit Tigers, 12 and a half games behind.
Fifth, the Boston Red Sox, 13 and a half games behind.
Sixth, Washington Senators, 16 and a half.
Seven, St. Louis Browns, whom the White Sox played today in St. Louis, 31 games.
And in eighth place, the Philadelphia Athletics, 32 and a half games behind.
In the National League, the Chicago Cubs are in first place by two decimal points.
They've won 59 and lost 38.
In second place, the San Francisco Cardinals, who are playing the Cubs with Stanton and Ricky Field,
they have a percentage of a athletic lead at two decimal points behind the Chicago Cubs for first place.
Sixth place held by the New York Giants, six and a half games behind the Cubs.
Fourth place, the Pittsburgh Pirates, eight games.
Fifth place, the Cincinnati Reds, 11 and a half.
The Boston Bees, 13 and a half.
Seven, Philadelphia Phillies, 21.
And in eighth place, Brooklyn, 13 and one half games behind the National League leading Chicago Cubs.
And now for a look at the counting of the home run.
First place, New Gerrit of the Yankees, 33. 32nd, Connachy of the Indians, 31.
Third, Fox of the Reds, Fox.
Fourth, Melod of the Giants, 21.
Now I see that Hal Cotton is ready.
And we'll go back to Ricky Field.
The baseball game brought to you by permission of the Chicago Cubs and the St. Louis Cardinals
to stimulate interest in our national games and in your local teams.
Take it, Hal Cotton.
The Black Radios gentlemen are the start of all games and the umpires are just a few minutes walking out on the field.
The two figures are finishing their warm-ups down here in front of the stands.
The Cubs captain is trying to start the dugout and up toward the plate.
And we'll be on our way out here in just a moment or two.
The lineup, we've got some down there in the field.
I don't know where they'd be with, but some people like both of you tuned in right.
There comes Leo DeRosa walking up there with the Cardinal lineup.
He might give the lineup over again to these people who tuned in late and give them very quickly
so as not to run into any activity.
The Cubs are running out on the field for the start of the ball game.
The Cardinals, Terry Moritz, center.
Thank you, first and second.
Pepper Martin, right.
Joe Medwick, left.
Johnny Mai, first.
Bud Davis, there.
Virgil Davis, captain.
Leo DeRosa, short.
Art Garibaldi, third.
And Jim Winford, the fifth.
For the Cubs, Jordan's the land center.
Ethan Allen, left.
Billy Homme, second.
Gabby Hartnett, captain.
Jimmie Frank, Jimmie Wright.
Stanley Hatchford.
Billy Jogos, short.
Charlie Grim, third.
The umpires, which you probably heard over the PA system,
Camelia at the plate, short at first and permanent third.
And we're just about ready to go for the start of this ball game.
With Terry Moore right-handed hitter up there at the plate to start the first inning.
Davis winds up toes and Moore takes a fast strike over the heart of the plate about way top.
One strike on Moore.
And Kurt winds up throws again.
The hitter hits one hard down to Charlie Grim.
He troops it off the top of the ground and then runs over and steps on first base anyway.
But umpire, short, located there at first base,
had raised his arm in the air indicating the ball was caught on the line for the first out of the first inning,
bringing Frankie Fritz to back.
Frankie Fritz is around in his hitting.
Ball down the middle, way tie.
One strike on manager Fritz.
Davis again winds up throws trying to get the curveball wide for ball one.
So it's one ball and one strike on Fritz.
One and one to count.
Davis throws once more for the second ball.
It's wide across the way.
So it's counted two balls and one strike on Frankie Fritz. Two and one.
Davis throws again for ball three.
It's inside and low and so the count is three balls and one strike on Fritz.
Three and one.
Davis takes that easy wind up, pitches once more and ball four comes in pretty wide.
He gets first to base on ball.
Puts him on first base with one out of the first inning and Pepper Martin.
Good old Pep up there to play.
There's your boyfriend up there, Jim.
Jim Snyder, that auto racing fella is up there in the booth with us.
We were down having a chat with Pepper Martin who's a big midget owner himself.
Davis throws the first one to Martin and it's inside of the shot for ball one.
That's right handed of course.
And Gert waits there for the next time from Martin.
That swings around as he gets it.
Takes a look at first base.
Then throws and the hitter swings in a high bounder.
Billy Herman's racing far to his left.
Gets it, throws to second and the runner there is out for the second out.
Billy went a long ways over to his left to get that high bounder
and threw to Jurgis at second base to force Fritz for the second out,
leaving Martin on first base with two outs in the first inning.
And Joe Medwick, the cardinal left fielder and a great hitter up there to play.
Joe is also a right handed batsman.
Among other things he hit a ball into right field late there against the wind
and batting right handed before the ball game today.
Batting practice.
Davis watches the man at first and pitches.
And Joe hits the ball in the right field but Devery is going back fast
and makes the catch for the third out.
And so it's no runs, no hits, one man left on base in the first half of the first inning
of this opening game of the big series with the Cardinals.
And the score is nothing to nothing as the Cubs come to bat in the last half of the first inning
with a somewhat juggled lineup from that we've seen here.
World Bats starting to do a little taping of people out here.
Well the out of town people are getting faced in the ballpark.
There are a lot of people from out of town here.
We stopped downstairs by several of them from all over the middle west
who come in here to see this, including a lot of people who came up from St. Louis.
They just couldn't wait to see those Cardinals get home.
I hope they go out when they get home.
The Cards have had a good finish to their road trip.
The two clubs were just the opposite on the road.
The Cubs started off winning and then ended up on the short end
whereas the Cardinals started off losing and ended up winning pretty well on the road.
Both of them came close to splitting even on the tip.
And here is Ogne Galanisat back to his old leadoff position.
He's a left-handed hitter against right-handed pitching
and that's the way he's batting against Jim Winford, a great big, rangy fellow.
And he throws and he hit a bunch of ball down towards first base.
He goes over to get it and throws the ball to Mize who started it and then backs up to take the throw.
And it's a perfect sacrifice by Allen by going from Winford to Mize
for the first out of the first inning, putting Galanisat on second base.
And bringing Billy Herman to that. Billy Herman in the Cubs,
second baseman, now the right-handed hitter.
Bill takes a look around the umpire and then makes him the pitcher who threw some dirt out
and threw a pebble off the pitcher's mouth.
Now he steps down the slab and gets ready.
And pitchers on the hitters swing, get a throw, bowler down to third base line with his ball.
Garibaldi grabs it, throws it over to DeRoz and it goes on around the infield.
But Mize returning it to the catcher and but throws it off the pitcher.
Winford gets it, standing back in the grass back to mom.
Walks slowly up, picks up the rod and backdrops it and takes his place on the slab once more.
Getting his time to pitch the next one to Billy Herman.
One strike on Bill. Ready once more, throws.
And Bill takes the ball to the inside and blows.
So the county is one and one. One ball and one strike on Herman.
These two teams are really battling it out for the league lead now.
If everyone wins, it's in first place tonight.
So Winford's ready once more, throws.
And the hitter swings it, it's low bounder into the infield.
Winford comes in, takes it on the first half, throws the first.
And Herman is out easily for the second out of the first inning, moving the land to third base.
So it's two out of the first inning for the Cubs.
The land is on third base and Gabby Hartnett is at best.
Gabby gets quite a good lead into the sand as he steps up there to the plate.
And pitch his rod once more.
Wade to Hartnett. There he steps there. Winford takes quite a while getting his time.
Finally he starts his wind up.
Fishes and it's a strike over the inside corner above knee-high.
And Gabby comes back and points at that ball with a foot inside the plate.
He draws his bat along there inside the batter's box.
He's telling up by a finale that he thinks he gave him a bad decision on that.
They just stand there looking away and the foot Davis reaches down and dusts off his shoes where Gabby puts dust over it by straightening his bat there.
Finally Gabby goes back. He's still talking a little bit long distance with Nellie.
In the meantime Davis has walked out to talk to pitcher.
And finally Dave goes back to tell Gabby a few things.
And they stand there face to face with Gabby getting very, very red in the next department.
And while he tells Dave what he thought about that one.
One thing about Leo though, you notice that the umpires usually take what Gabby has to say.
They figure that if he thinks he has a spot he'll spot. He got over those days when he used to holler about everything.
And also he does it in such a way that while he puts on something of a show against the umpire at the same time what he says doesn't get him very met.
Gabby stepped out of the box but he's back up there again with the count of one strike.
Winter takes his usual long time to finally wind up the throw. Gabby swings it along.
It's into the land out in left center and Hendrick's waiting for it. He has it and it's free on.
High fly into the wind into left center. Without that strong wind from the north, northeast, that ball would have been way, way over that wall.
There it was. The wind held it back as it was now. They're holding all the balls back and batting practice from both clubs and blowing them all around.
So it's no runs, no hits. One man left on base in the last half of the first inning.
And the score remains nothing to nothing between the Cubs and Cardinals at the end of the first inning of the first game of this series.
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First man to start in the second inning, Donnie Myers, Husky, left-handed hitter, steps back to take the first pitch inside across the way for ball one.
I think they're going to start keeping that ball high on Donnie. Maybe I'm wrong.
Myers winds up throws again and he hits the ball into left field. Allen is racing over four but he can't reach it.
Laps beyond him by the time he recovers it. Myers is tearing for second base and gets him there just ahead of the ball.
Two-base hit to left field a place he doesn't ordinarily hit.
Allen was letting him free well toward left center because he's ordinarily a full hitter.
But he had doubled through left center rather to left field, dead left field for the first hit of the game.
Myers is on second base with nobody out in the second inning and Virgil Davis is at bat.
Big foot Davis, the Husky right-handed hitting catcher and a dangerous one.
Foot steps up there to the plate and Kurt Davis is getting ready to pitch the first one to him.
Looks like a second base and throws and the hitter takes the curve ball inside for ball one.
One ball caught but he's ready again.
Pitches and the hitter started to swing, stopped three quarters of the way through but it was a strike.
Caught the outside inside corner up around the shoulder. He was around pretty far on it anyway.
So it's one and one. Davis steps off to press, furry the umpire on that position.
Finally steps back up to the plate.
Without further ado and the pitch is ready once more.
Looks back at second base and pitches and the hitter swings and misses a high pass ball or strike two.
And it's one ball and two strikes on Davis.
Davis swings around and he's ready again.
Suddenly wind starts to pick some dust up so Davis steps out of the batting spot.
The way the wind was blowing the dust was that the plate just about to turn bald.
And that wouldn't help Davis' vision any so he steps out of there until the wind and dust settles.
Davis throws again to Davis and slug follows the ball high onto the roof
and above him to the right of the plate and it's one and two.
Still one ball and two strikes on Fudd Davis.
Kurt has the time once more to keep an eye on the runner for pitches
and it's a curve ball wide for the second ball taking it two balls and two strikes on Fudd.
Two and two to count.
One, two.
Kurt ready again but just deep up to pitch again the hitter walks out of the box.
Come back all the time and Davis has actually started his pitching motion
and had to effectively fall off the mound and keep him throwing the ball.
It's two and two, two balls and two strikes.
And the hitter swings the ball at one back onto the screen or onto the net back of the screen
and back of the plate.
It's two and two, two balls and two strikes on Davis.
He's trying again, throws and verge, falls just one way back into the lower deck,
the right of the plate back under the second deck and it's still two and two.
Two balls and two strikes.
Davis stops to use that big sloppy rousin bag.
The hitter's not waiting back there.
The hitter's down the net, the hitter's up the plate once more.
Davis pitches and the hitter swings in the bottom of the shortstop.
Juggas pitches the runner back to second and throws the first.
Getting Fudd Davis for the first out of the second inning and holding Mize on second base.
So it's one out of the second inning for the Cardinals.
Mize still on second base and Leo DeRoscher is up there to play.
Well, Leo's been promoted in a batting order.
He's hitting seventh now instead of eighth.
Right-handed hitter waits to get to the back of second base
and throws and the hitter takes a fast strike.
Pretty one over the heart of the plate, way caught.
Davis, big rangey right-handed throwing.
That ball was very low, sidearm delivery.
Kurt throws again and it's ball one inside and low.
So it's one ball and one strike on DeRoscher.
It's one and one.
And the fidgeting set, still watching second base,
but throws and the hitter hits the ball in the left field for a good base hit.
Allen comes in fast, grabs it, he's throwing the ball to the plate
and the runner turns around and goes back to third base.
Boy, that was fast fielding.
Allen came in, grabbed that ball and with the same motion whips it toward the plate
and the coach, Mike Gonzales, waves my back to third base
because that's nowhere to hit it.
Cardinals have runners on first and third, one out in the second inning.
And Garibaldi is at bat.
Art Garibaldi is a rather small fellow, rather stockly-built,
although slim above the waist.
He hits the ball with a lot of power and Frankie Bridges is telling me before the game
he's been hitting the ball pretty hard lately.
He came up some weeks ago from the Cardinals new chain club
out there in the Pacific Coast, back to Mentos.
He throws now and the hitter takes the curve ball wide for ball one.
One ball called.
Charlie Root has started to warm up out of the left field bullpen for the Cubs.
Chase Davis really experiences a bad inning
because until the Cubs get to hitting again where they can overcome the lead,
they've got to nurse the pitching along. They've been getting great pitching.
They've got to nurse it along very carefully.
Davis throws fast to first base.
DeRosa is back there.
Billy Herman is playing a little bit toward second base and in.
Dirk is playing a pretty deep short stop.
And the hitter swings the next one to hit a high fly going foul down back to first base
and is back into the base.
It's one and one.
One ball and one strike.
And a pitch away top there again.
Davis slaps the ball into his glove a couple of times.
Swings around on the slab.
And pitches and it's a foul. It hits the dirt back of the plate.
Drops out of Gabby's glove to the count. It's two and one.
Two balls and one strike.
Davis takes quite a while getting his sign again.
Finishing is ready.
And pitches. The other ball he swings and it's a high pass ball outside for strike two.
And it's two balls and two strikes.
On art. Going through the count.
Turns and throws first again but once more the runner is back fast.
Davis going in there holding that runner on V.
Again the pitcher throws it first.
But the runner is back ahead of the total.
And as he steps on the rub he finds Garibaldi out of the batter's box.
He's up there again.
Davis ready.
He throws once more again the runner is on the goal.
The hitter swings and misses.
And they trap the runner between second and third.
Billy Herman throws it hard in the plate and trying to get by. Trying to score. Trying to work that run home. Garibaldi struck out.
The roasters started for second.
Harkness can all cut him off so he stopped and tried to get back and forth long enough to let the runner get home from third base.
But they walked carefully and Mize eventually was out at the plate on a throw from Harkness to Billy Herman.
Two Harkness for the third out.
And it's no runs, two hits, one man left on base in the first half of second inning.
The score remaining nothing to nothing.
Between the white cards.
I got the white cards still on the air George.
We've had them on the air for the last two weeks so I've got to get used to keep putting the cups back on the wireless here.
Nothing to nothing between the cups and the cardinal.
And the cups come to bat on the last half of the second inning with Demery the first man up.
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Frank Demery the right stealer is up there.
Went for a throw the first one, Frank hits the ball to the shortstop.
He also comes up with a throw to the first and Demery is out easily for the first out in the second inning.
One out of the second inning to the top and Fanny Hacks comes third baseman.
Now in that sixth position batting is up at the plate.
Winford has the sign winds up and throws the first one and Stan left handed hit and lets it go by.
It's a strike over the heart of the plate about way top. One strike on Hacks.
Throws again for the ball inside and low and it's one ball and one strike on Stanley.
One and one.
Ending up throws again and there comes the second strike. Just barely caught the outside corner.
Knee high breaking away from the hitter.
And naturally the catcher's glove is way low and wide when he caught it but that ball came over the outside corner above even with the knee.
And it's one ball and two strikes.
Throws again and it's inside and low for ball two. Making it two balls and two strikes on Stanley Hacks.
Going through his account and there comes strike three over the heart of the plate above the knees.
Stan started his own to go to first and realized he'd let a good one go by.
I don't know. I've heard some batsmen say big leaguers when they get a lot of them in fact when they once got in the hitting slump.
The only way they knew where to get out of it was to try to go after every ball that looked good.
And there was even it was just barely in reach until they started hitting them again.
The other hand other hitters will try to be more careful when they're in the slump.
Jorgensen bat takes the first pitch inside across the cap for ball one. Right handed batsman.
Wines up and gun crawls and the hitter hits a little hard smash and it turns off.
Thank you for his knees and village three the first base.
The first hit of the game. A hard smash and one that's very very hard to handle.
One of those balls that land just in front of the hitter or the fielder at an angle.
He's going over to it and if he doesn't feel it just exactly right or guess where it's going to bounce.
That's right. Why don't it go for a base that that ball hit and didn't come up.
Bounded low and hit Frank in the knees and bounded out in the center field.
So Jorgensen on first base to two outs.
Charlie Grim is at bat.
Went for a look at first base and goes over there but Jorgensen back pass.
You know the Cubs are going to play for that one run and the Jorgensen is liable to try to go down.
There he goes and the pitch is wide. Davis gets the ball throws it out there and the runner is out at second base on a very good throw from Davis to DeRosier.
Jorgensen out stealing Davis to DeRosier for the third out making it no run.
One hit in the second inning for the Cubs.
And at the end of the second inning the Cubs and Cardinals are tied and nothing's enough.
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The first pitch now to Winford. The Cardinal pitcher was as bad as a fastball over the heart of the plate for strike one.
That's just above the knees.
Davis winds up again, throws.
And there's ball one amidst the inside corner breaking toward the hitter.
And it's one ball and one strike on Winford.
One and one to count.
Wines up again, throws.
Winford swings in a high bounder.
Jurgis gets it on the second half, throws the first and Jim is out for the first out in the third inning.
One out of the third inning for the Cardinal.
And Moore.
Terry Moore, the center fielder is up there.
Right handed backman.
Starts to wind up now, throws.
And it's a high one inside for ball one.
One ball called on Terry Moore.
Davis again winds up pitches.
And it's a wide one across the knees for ball two.
Making it two and nothing, two balls and no strike.
And Davis pitches and Moore hits a line drive and Billy Herman makes a leaping one handed catch that brings the crowd right out of their feet.
Boy the fans just stood up in a body that time as Billy Herman raced into his right, leaped into the air, steered that ball with one hand and hung onto it for a pretty pretty play.
And the second out in the third inning.
It was a highway robbery but boy what a play it was.
And it's two out in the third inning for the Cardinals with Frankie Crates.
There goes manager and second baseman up there taking the first pitch for a strike.
Just above the knees over the heart of the plate.
There comes a wide one for ball one making one and one on Fritz.
One ball and one strike on Fritz.
Two out for the Cardinals in the third inning.
And the hitter hits the next one and drive out into left center.
Galan's racing over fast and makes another pretty play.
A nice running catch in left center by that old ball hawk, Augie Galan out there.
Two plays in a row that were beauties.
So it's no runs, no hits in the third inning.
And both Galan and especially Billy Herman are getting great hands.
Billy's just trotting into the bench now and the cop back in the dugout giving him a great hand for that play that he made.
No runs, no hits in the third inning.
And the score feel nothing to nothing as the Cubs come to bat on the last half of the third with Charlie Grimm,
top manager in first baseman, eighth first man at bat.
Oh, look at the water boy.
The last of the rick is just going over to get a glass of water for old man Deuton.
He's coming here and seeing the water boy make that goal.
Winford has finished a rather brief warmup.
And the ball is thrown out there to second.
Finally gets around the third where it comes to pitch with an underhand saw.
Winford walks slowly back onto the mound.
Charlie Grimm steps up there to the plate.
He was at bat when Jurgis was caught stealing for the third out in the second inning.
Winford pitches and Grimm takes a high fast ball outside for ball one.
And the next first pitch, a high fly out into left center,
the center fielder then comes in to make the catch usually for the first out in the third inning.
That was the third inning for the Cubs.
And Kurt Davis is at bat.
Kurt Davis, the pitcher, right handed hitter up there with one out in the third inning.
And he flings hard for the first pitch to miss it.
Landed right down on his knees and it's strike one.
Winford throws again and Kurt started to swing, got three quarters of the way around and stopped.
But it's a strike and strike two.
Two strikes on Davis.
The pitcher has the time, throws and Kurt swings, hits the ball hard down to the third base on Garibaldi,
scoops it up on a short hop, throws the first and it's two out in the third and the ball went right straight at Garibaldi.
And it's two out in the third inning for the Cubs.
We have the leadoff man, Augie Golan, up there to the plate once more.
And he's got the Davis top to say something to on-plat finale as he's walking back toward the bench
and takes his windbreaker jacket from specs to bat for it and put it on.
And the first pitch to Golan is a curveball wide for ball one.
Augie walks to open the Cubs first inning.
Got his fire third base.
Swings the next high fly out to our first base.
Mize is circling under it as the wind blows it and makes the catch just out back of first base.
There by about two feet for the third up.
So it's no runs, no hits in the third inning for the Cubs and the score is still nothing to nothing
between the Cubs and the Cardinals at the end of the third inning.
Now for up to a minute's score, complete batteries from other cities, we return to the studio.
In the American League, the Chicago White Sox game and St. Louis for the Browns have not yet started.
In Detroit, the Tigers are playing the Cleveland Indians at the end of the second inning.
They're tied nothing to nothing. Brown and Becker, the Indian batter, the Tigers using Bridges and Hayworth.
In Boston, the New York Yankees lead the Red Sox at the end of the seventh inning, two to one.
Ruffing and Dickey, the Yankee batter, Grove and Rick Ferrell working for the Red Sox.
In Washington, the Philadelphia Athletics lead the Senators at the end of the first half of the first inning, one to nothing.
Rhodes and Hayes, the Athletic batter, the Senators using Weaver and Millies to start with Sable catching in the first.
In the National League, in New York, the Giants lead the Boston Bees at the end of the sixth inning, two to nothing.
Chaplin and Lopez working for the Bees, the Giants, Fitzsimmons, and Mancuso.
In Philadelphia, the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Phillies are tied at the end of the fifth inning, two to two.
Becker, Baker, and Phelps, the opening batter for the Dodgers, Clark pitching in the first.
Johnson and Wilson starting for the Phillies with Bowman on the mound in the fourth.
And now back to Wrigley Field and Hal Todd. Take it, Hal.
Back at the ballpark for the fourth inning, ladies and gentlemen.
Trevor Martin, the first man at bat for St. Louis, hit a long fly out to deep right center where Frank Demery caught it for the first down.
Now Medwick at bat, David Fitches, and Joe takes the fast strike over the heart of the plate.
How about Wade Todd? One strike on Medwick.
Heard his winding up again. Fitches and Joe swing to high fly down the right field line.
Demery's turning cross, turning far low, and it's well back in the seat.
When it lands down at the end of the right field stand, or strike two.
The
strike on Medwick, running that ball out because it started fair but not only had a natural slice on it like that drive here at George, but also had the wind blowing it in that direction.
Where was that my drive? No, Howard Davis eliminated that from mine.
I don't know what you got.
Oh, I see. Two strikes to count, but the throw is the next one, and it's ball one.
It missed the inside corner a little below the weight, making it one ball and two strikes on Medwick.
One and two.
David throws again, and Medwick swings to high fly to right field. Demery is ranging over to his left easily and makes the catch for the second out.
So it's two out of the four pending for the card.
And Johnny Mize, the powerful left handed hitting first base from the cardinal, steps up there to the plate.
Mize at that.
Lines up the throw, the first one, and John takes it inside across the chip for ball one.
Unball called.
David throws again, and Mize hits the ball out in the left center this time. Allen comes in fast to make the catch for the third out.
And it's no run, no hits in the fourth inning for the cardinal.
The score is still nothing to nothing between the Cubs and the cards. Cubs coming to bat in the last half of the fourth with the first man up, J.A. Allen.
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He's slowly out there into the infield. Airballed himself to pick up the ball that he used to warm up with and throw it in.
He walks out there with sort of a shuffle.
Finally starts his warm up with David.
Ethan Allen stands out there to the left of the plate, waiting his turn to bat.
Ball goes off to second base to stretch. He throws it to the roach or he to airball. He was dropped it, but he picked it up, tossed it to the pitcher.
He used the rosin bag, looked around, and dried his fingers.
And then steps slowly up onto the slab, and Winford is getting his time from Davis.
Pitch the first one, pitches for a ball wide, and it was breaking down, although it started pretty hot.
Caught one ball on Allen.
He winds up again, throws, and it's a fast strike over the heart of the plate, just below the weight.
So it's one and one. One ball and one strike on Allen.
Winford again adjusts the cap, gets his time, starts swinging wind up, pitches, and he swings and hits an easy ball right back at Winford who gets it.
Throws the first, and it's one out of the fourth inning for the Cubs.
With Billy Herman getting a nice hand as he comes up, fans remembering that play he made on Moore's smash in the third and
for nothing and nothing with one out of the fourth inning for the Cubs, and Billy Herman at bat.
Billy hits the first pitch out in the left field for a good clean base hit.
Looping singles to the left by Herman.
Winford gets it and throws it back in. And Billy's on first base, one out of the fourth inning, and Gaby Harknett is at bat. Harknett up there to plate.
Winford gets the time, gets ready to pitch the first one to Leo.
And he throws and he takes a strike over the heart of the plate just above the knee. One strike on Harknett.
Throws again and Gaby swings in a high fly out the left field.
Left fielder Medwick coming in, DeRosha going out, but Joe calls for the ball and makes the catch.
Still on the dead run in Gordian Field and just inside the foul line.
It's going to be a long way to make that catch, but he yells DeRosha away from it so Leo's tough going out and Joe came in to get it.
So it's two out of the fourth inning for the Cubs.
Herman's still on first base and Frank Demery is up there to plate.
He gets that.
He's ready to throw the first one, turns and throws the first.
But the runner gets back fast, starts to talk, one player threw it out there about something.
He's going to complete again. He throws and it's a strike of the inside corner across the check.
And it's one strike on Demery.
One strike to count, waiting out there again.
As the sign is ready, he steps off the slab suddenly.
Turns around, walks back on it again.
And he's ready to pitch.
Throws and with a run around the goal, the hitter takes one inside and Herman is out easily stealing.
He throws going from Davis to Freese who had the ball before the runner got there and then blocked him completely off the base so he didn't have a chance of getting in.
And he no runs one hit in the fourth inning for the Cubs.
So remaining nothing to nothing between the Cubs and the Cardinals at the end of the fourth inning.
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Davis is finished, and Kurt Davis has finished his warm-up.
And Virgil Davis who was still in the fence suddenly discovered he was wanted in the plate so he comes running up there.
Carrying one back.
Ready to face Kurt Davis, takes his plate there.
Davis cannot get his time, starts to wind up.
And throws and the hitter swings, hits the ball hard.
Davis is out there and manages to leap into the air to tag the ball, but it goes on through on the right field for a base hit.
Billy was playing very peculiarly that time.
He was way back in the grass and actually over to his left, not over towards second but away from it.
And he raced over farther into the grass, leap in the air and managed to tag that ball, but couldn't quite get it.
So Davis is on first base.
Nobody out in the fifth inning for the card.
The Cardinal captain and shortstop is a bet.
Davis takes a look at first base and gets ready to pitch first one to Leo.
Throws and DeRosha takes a fast strike over the heart of the plate, waist-high.
One strike on DeRosha.
Throws again and it's a curveball wide and low.
But ball one, the count is one ball and one strike on Leo.
Suddenly comes off to the left of the plate to dig up the dry dirt.
Wipes his hands and lifts dry.
Back up to the plate again.
Davis swings around to get the side and he's ready to pitch.
Pitch is and it's a wide one.
They thought they saw a hit-and-run or a steal tie down there apparently.
You have to be called for a pitch out.
The runner dashes back to first base.
The count is now two and one on DeRosha.
Two balls and one strike.
Ready.
Throws again and the hitter swings in a high fly out into right center.
Montgomery is waiting for it there.
Comes in a little, hands it and it's one out of the fifth inning for the card.
Davis still on first base.
One out of the fifth and Garibaldi is up there at the plate.
Davis throws the first one and takes the first strike over the inside corner about knee high.
One strike on Garibaldi.
He's ready.
Pitch is and the hitter takes the curve ball inside for a ball one.
The count is one ball and one strike on Garibaldi.
One and one.
Throws again.
The hitter swings in a fly down back to first base ball.
Grimm is following it over there and makes the catch for the second out.
So it's two out of the fifth inning for the Cardinals.
Davis, Virgil Davis, the catcher is still on first base.
And Winford, the Cardinal pitcher, comes walking up there towards the plate.
Swings on the fly, gets ready to pitch the first one to Winford.
Pitch is and the hitter takes the ball.
And the hitter goes inside and blows for ball one.
One ball goes.
And it goes again for a strike over the heart of the plate, waist high.
And it's one and one.
One ball and one strike on Winford.
Throws once more and Winford swings and misses for the second strike.
Fast ball wide.
He's got one ball and two strikes on Giam.
One and two.
Davis is on first base, two out of the fifth inning.
Kurt Davis, the pitcher, swings around ready again.
Pitch is and Winford takes strike three right down the middle letter high.
And he's called out on strike for the third out in the fifth inning, making it no run.
One hit.
One man left on base in the first half of the fifth.
And the score remains nothing to nothing.
We have the Cubs and the Cards.
Cubs coming back in the last half of the fifth inning with Frank Jemery of right fielder again, the first man up.
I get quite a chuckle about something that happened out there on the field before the game.
It seems that Pepper Martin and Johnny Mize used exactly the same bat except that the Corks had the factory.
They have their own names put on them.
And yet while Mize likes to use Martin's bat, that is Martin has the names of Cep's names on, Cep just won't use those with Mize's name on.
Except as I said before, they're the same bat.
So the day Medwick walked up with a brand new Johnny Mize bat, he peeked it out of the pile in front of the bench and handed it to Martin.
And Mize discovered it just as Cep stepped up there to the plate.
And he started ribbing him about, well you wouldn't use in the game and now you're going to break a brand new one in batting practice.
And Pepper hit two or three good ones with him.
But Mize kept ribbing him and he kept turning around ten.
I'll make him so Matt, he'll make four or five hits today.
That seems to be the way those fellows work.
Just get base hits and win games no matter who gets the hits and who wins just towards the cardinals.
First hit to Jemery is inside across the way for ball one.
When Perthroes again, Frank hits a long high fly into the wind in the left field.
Wind's holding it up and blowing it toward the foul line.
And Medwick comes over fast, can't reach it.
Lands back in the front row of Boxie.
Way, way down beyond the couple's end.
And it's one strike on Jemery.
Frank was all the way around the second base when that ball finally landed.
Because when it started it was very much fair.
But it had a curve on it and envisioned the wind blowing in from the northeast.
Was turning it toward that foul line.
One and one to count, one ball and one strike.
Now to pick a throw, the next one Frank hits it on the ground out to DeRosa who gets it easily over towards second base.
And the first Mize has to make a one handed stab of the ball.
He manages to hang on the first base with a throw spike and makes the play for the first out in the fifth inning.
One out of the fifth inning to the Cubs.
And Stanley Hacks up third base and steps up there to the plate.
Hacks it back.
Goes now, Stan swings in a long drive off the right center.
Hacks in a racing back and makes the catch back there for the second out.
Only up here this lane pretty well in today because of the headwind.
And so, DeRosa had to really gallop back and to his left.
But he's back there so he's turned around and waiting for the ball when it arrives.
So a two out of the fifth inning to the Cubs.
And Bill Jergens, Cubs shortstop, is at bat.
Jergens up there at the plate.
Goes the first one and Bill takes the third ball wide for ball one.
One ball called.
Went for that sign again.
Winding up.
Rolls.
Bill hits the ball hard out in the left center for the face hit.
His second hit of the game and only the second hit, or third hit rather, off went for the other hit made by Billy Herman last inning.
The ball was hit in the left center just out of the reach of Jergens.
He puts Jergens on first base, a two out of the fifth inning and starting them at bat.
Grim up there.
Looks back at first base and throws.
And Grim falls this ball back onto the net back of the plate for strike one.
Strike years ago.
One strike and he's ready once more.
Jergens throws the first, knowing very well that Jergens had to steal last time after he had already thrown the first to try to hold him there.
Jergens comes back.
The wind for a station plate again.
And then again throws the first.
This time Jergens is back even more quickly.
He's got a little bit of a lead now and Grim swings in a high fly in the left field.
Left field are coming in, calling for the ball but the rocher goes back and calls for it also.
So Medwick steps up to also Leo to make the catch and he goes back into short left field again.
For the third out, making it no runs, one hit, one man left on base.
In the last half of the fifth inning and at the end of the fifth inning the Cubs and Cardinals are tied.
Nothing to nothing.
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Back at the ball slot for the sixth inning, ladies and gentlemen, Jerry Moore,
the Cardinals' center fielder and leadoff man, the first man up.
He gets the first pitch for a false strike. The next one he fouled it back into the stand for strike two.
And Davis winds up again. Throws.
Jerry takes ball one. It's inside and low. It's one ball and two strikes.
On Moore. One and two.
Third throw's the gun and Moore swings it up off the line coming down foul.
Back in the plate. Hardner's coming back under it and has it for the first out in the sixth inning.
One out in the sixth inning for the Cardinals.
And Frankie Fates, Cardinal manager in second baseman, steps up there to the plate.
Adding left-handers like that against the right-handed pitching of Davis.
Davis and the first pitch is a wide one across the way for ball one.
One ball called.
Ready again. Wines up.
Throws and the hitters swing. Hit a ball hard in the center field.
The land's racing across fast catch it. And it's two out in the sixth inning.
The line drives the center. The land got a good jump on the ball and came over to make the catch look easy.
The boy traveled a long way. And it's two out in the sixth inning for the Card.
We have Pepper Martin, Cardinal right fielder, with old PEP up there.
I think we can get him one of those misses tomorrow night out there. Riverview, Jim.
He wants to. He'll be there, but he'll have to try to keep him out of it, I think.
Martin swings the first pitch in a long one up the deep left center.
The land's way back in front of the bleachers. Has it. And it's three out.
Very well hit. But also was right into the wind.
And the ball hit into the wind that way today isn't going to have much luck.
That ball had a good chance of at least hitting the screen and not going in if there's been no wind there.
It was mighty well hit. But it resulted in an easy up because of the way it started to sink.
As soon as it got up there high enough for the wind to hit it.
So it's no runs, no hits in the sixth inning for the Cardinals.
And the score is still nothing to nothing.
As the Cubs come to bat on the last half of the sixth with Kurt Davis, the pitcher, the first man up.
Each team has made just three hits so far.
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Winford's out there finishing his warm up.
As Davis came from the bench up the plate and you heard the nice hand that he got.
There goes the ball out to play in base again.
Cardinals have won those two teams with Chris getting the ball and throwing it back into the road to his swivels around,
throws it to Garibaldi and he runs in on the grass and he's a toss it or lobs it through the pitcher that runs back to his position.
Now Winford out there starts to wind up throws and Davis swings in a high fly in the right center.
Right fielder's in there waiting for it.
Has it. Martin was right alongside him in there calling for him to make the catch.
And it's 1-0 in the sixth inning for the Cubs with Augie Galan up there at the plate.
Galan at bat. Winford starts to wind up.
Throws. Augie swings in a beauty out to right field throwing on down the line.
All is fielded fast by Martin. Galan makes the turn.
Martin's quick throw and a good one into second base would have had him throw his turns and go back to first.
A good single to right field but very well fielded by Martin and well thrown into second base to hold Galan at first.
Augie's on first base with one out of the sixth inning for the Cubs and Ethan Allen becomes left fielder.
Here's a bet.
Galan takes his place there. Winford pitches and he takes the ball.
Just missed that inside corner and I believe it's also a little bit low.
It's one ball called.
Fish playing in a little for this man but Baroche is playing pretty deep.
Fish and Billy Herman move around very much alike out there in the field.
Now with a runner on the goal Allen swings but fouls the ball on the ground to the left of the plate and it's 1-1.
He's being the wake. Well he thought that Galan hadn't had a good start and might be caught and then to protect the runner he punched at that bad ball and fouled it.
Make it 1-1. One ball and one strike on Allen.
Galan on first base. One out of the sixth inning for the Cubs.
Throw nothing to nothing between the Cubs and the Cubs.
Turns and throws to first base and runs back there easily.
Ready again. Pitchers and Allen swings in a high fly in the right center. All the curving back toward Martin who is waiting for it. Makes the catch.
Going to stagger around there for a minute. Step back, step forward, step back and then leap forward and makes the catch and it's 2-0.
That brings Billy Herman up there. Galan on first base. Two out of the sixth inning. Herman at bat.
Brings on, gets ready. Back to the runner then pitches. Billy hits the ball hard into left field for another base hit.
His second hit of the afternoon. Moves Galan to second base. The ball is feeling bad.
By medley who lost no time. Failing it into third base to hold Galan at second.
And the Cubs head runner is on first and second. Two out of the sixth inning. And Gabby Hartnett at bat. Hartnett upstairs to play.
Gabby waits while Davidson wins for another little conference with manager Fritz. They're all back to their positions now.
As Gabby steps up there, infield and outfield all move way around toward left field. And the infield is playing very deep.
Gabby hits that ball hard and they're playing way back where they can get a good jump on it because Gabby isn't especially fast.
And Gabby hits the first base. Third base run is played and a play. Billy Herman stops at second as the ball comes in to third base from Nedwick.
Tendles the left field by Hartnett. Throwing Galan. And leading Cubs on is still on first and second with two out and one run home.
That's the first run of the game and the Cubs are now leading the Cardinals.
That's one of one to nothing and Frank Demery is the best.
Demery up there to play.
Demery getting his time to play the first one for him. Takes quite a while getting it. So Demery gets tired, steps out of the batting spot, jumps his hand, steps back up to the plate.
Cardinals start getting their warming up in the right field both hands. And now the slow ball hitter hits the ground ball to Gerocha who throws the plate to second and Hartnett is out for the third out.
Forced out for the third out. Tried to change the pace on Frank and he went right after it. Stopped waiting and beat it into the dirt for an easy play.
So it's one run, three hits, two men left on base. The last half of the sixth inning and at the end of the sixth inning the Cubs are leading the Cardinals one to nothing.
Now again for complete up to the minute scores and complete battering from other cities we return to studio.
In the American League in St. Louis the Chicago White Sox lead the Browns at the end of the first half of the first inning one to nothing.
Lyons and Sewell the battery for the White Sox. The Browns using Thomas and Giuliani.
In Detroit the Tigers lead the Cleveland Indians at the end of the first half of the fifth inning one to nothing. Brown and Becker the Indian battery.
The Tigers using Bridges and Hayworth. In Boston the New York Yankees defeated the Red Sox by a score of four to two.
Ruffing and Dickey working for the Yanks. Grove and Rick Ferrell starting for the Red Sox with Wilson on the mound in the ninth.
In Washington the Philadelphia Athletic lead the Senators at the end of the first half of the third inning five to two.
Rhodes and Hayes the athletic battery. Weaver and Milley starting for the Senators.
The table catching in the first and Cascarella on the mound in the third. In the National League in New York the Giants defeated the Boston Bees by a score of four to one.
Chaplin and Lopez the B battery. The entire route fits Simmons and Mancuso going the entire distance for the Giants.
In Philadelphia the Brooklyn Dodgers lead the Phillies at the end of the first half of the seventh inning four to three.
Staker and Souths opening for the Dodgers. Clark in the first and Jeff Gold on the mound in the seventh.
Johnson and Wilson the opening Philly battery. Warman pitching in the fourth and Jorgens hurling in the seventh.
And now back to Wrigley Field and Hal Cotton. Take it Hal.
Joe Medwick first man at bat in the seventh inning for the Cardinals got a hold of the first ball pitch and hit a terrific smash to left field.
And the only thing that kept it from being a home run was a very strong headwind that held it down.
It hit the wall about two feet from the top, bonded back in and resulted in a two base hit.
So Medwick is on second base with nobody out of the seventh inning and the danger Mr. Mize is at bat.
Charlie Rood again starts to warm up in the couple of pins.
Davis looks back at second base pitches and Mize takes a high one wide for ball one.
One ball called.
I think the boys have a feeling that Mize is bad on the high pitches.
But in one spot the Davis has a little trouble pitching. He needs to keep the ball low.
Next one is wide for ball two making it two and nothing on Mize.
Two balls and no strikes.
Mize went right. I'm telling him he can't quite get it.
And he once threw for a base hit.
He heard him playing pretty well around four seconds.
He made a great drive for it but couldn't get it.
And it ties the score.
One and one.
The old gas house gags pretty tough.
And you get him behind.
Now Davis at bat. Mize on first base.
Nobody out. One run home in the seventh inning.
Score a tie one and one.
Davis pitches and he hit a far tie.
It's a bunt and follows the ball to the left of the plate.
Little flat flyer. Too low for anybody to get.
And it's one strike on Mize.
One strike to count.
Davis ready again.
They're still expecting the bunt.
But Spud instead was all set to swing and then let the ball go by.
In fact he had to jump back to let it come by inside or ball one.
The count is one ball and one strike on Spud Davis.
One and one to count.
Spud was all set again to swing but let the pitch go by wide for ball two.
And it runs the count to two balls and one strike on Davis.
Two and one.
Kurt has the sign again.
Pitches.
Bud jumps back to take the third ball.
It's inside across the wave.
And Kurt really seemed to be having trouble.
Boy if you want to see action you just take a look at that St. Louis bench.
Boys down there clapping their hands.
Dizzy Dean's walking back and forth.
Throwing his arms around.
They're stamping their feet hitting the floor of the dugout with that.
Boy how they're going.
Kurt throws again and the header follows this one and bounce off the catcher's mask and clear into the stand at the right of the plate.
For the second strike to run it to three and two.
Three balls and two strikes.
Oh that ball's not only got a lot of color but a lot of fight and they want to win.
Look at that Diz.
Regular cheerleader right up there in front of the dugout.
Gellin's brother hit that ball.
The fellow he's supposed to be on the up with more or less.
Grand to the count.
Hit the turn and throws the first base.
The runner gets back ahead of the throw.
Now Davis again throws the first and the runner slides back this time.
Has Grimm grabs the ball.
Puts it on him but there's no play so.
The ball sends it back to pitcher.
Davis pitches the runners on the go.
The hitter follows the ball back onto the net back of the plate.
And it's still three balls and two strikes on this.
Still three and two.
Davis isn't overly fast but he's not slow and he's a great big fellow too.
Into the count on Spud.
Davis is ready again.
Pitchers again the runners on the go and again it's a ball back onto the net.
And it's still three balls and two strikes on Davis.
Davis taking quite a while.
Teams that again.
And he pitches and Davis follows another one.
Mighs back onto the net.
So it's three and two still on Spud.
With Mighs again taking that walk back to first base.
Cardinals have tied the score in the seventh inning.
They have one run home.
Still have Mighs on first base.
Nobody else.
Four tie one and one.
Takes Spud Davis the Cardinal catcher has met.
against Kurt Davis, he jumped 50.
Kurt finally swings around again.
Ready, 50, and the hitter swings, and Miffy is striking out, and this time Myers didn't
try to run.
Miffy had a hunch out there, and if he tried to run that time, it's almost a pure shot
shot, and he didn't try to double him, but he stayed at first base, and so what Davis
strikes out is one out in the seventh inning for the card.
Myers still on first base, one run home, and Leo Jaroczor, Cardinal captain and shortstop,
is at bat.
Leo swings at the ball hard into left field for another base hit.
Allen fields the ball carefully, throws it over to second base, and he sees Myers knocking
there, and a chase in back in a hurry.
Jaroczor, the seven, actually going much side and ball fix, and Myers is looking around
that inch, so he threw the ball back to pitcher, and at the third hit of the inning, the Cardinal
tab runners on first and second with one out, one run home in the seventh, and Garibaldi
is at bat.
Suddenly time is called, and somebody's going to bat for Garibaldi.
Charlie Gelbert is going down to warm up and go back in to play third base.
Somebody coming up there.
That is played for Garibaldi.
Myers goes running over to dugout, gets a big drink of water while he's got a chance
to take that time.
The pinch hitter is Jimmy Collins.
Chris Collins is the pinch hitter.
Now Mike Gonzalez is running over there to the bench to consult with Frankie Fritz, all
called to get, use this call to get some water.
Mike could have gone right into the cup dugout to get a drink if he needed that bad, but
he wanted to talk things over with Fritz.
Collins is the pinch hitter in place of Garibaldi, and the dangerous hitter he is to have up
there too.
Cardinal tab runners on first and second with one out, one run already home in the seventh
inning, for a tie one and one.
Davis ready to pitch to Collins who also switches, and that's why he's batting left handed.
And the first pitch is wide across the chest for ball one.
Gelbert is warming up in the bullpen, so is Euther.
Be ready to go in in case of emergency.
Davis throws the next one to another bad ball, very wide, so Hardin had walked out a long
time to play before returning up to the pitcher.
Bird has his sign again, take another look at second base.
Pitch is on his ball three, another bad ball high and wide, and the pitcher is really in
a jam now.
As it comes three and nothing on a very dangerous hitter, with runners on first and second only
one out, one run already home.
Davis gets out of his jam without serious damage.
He's going to have to do some of the greatest pitching he's ever done right now.
Bird is ready once more.
Throw, then it's a strike over the heart of the plate, weight high, run the count, three
and one, three balls and one strike.
Collins may go after this ball, but it's pretty good, and it's going to be good, or else he
gets the base on balls anyway.
He throws and Collins swings it along, foul the way down the right field line, back into
the sheet, and it's still three and two.
He gets the ball very wide, so Hardin had walked out a long time to play before returning
it to the pitcher.
Bird has the sign again, takes another look at second base.
Pitchers on it's ball three, another bad ball high and wide, and the pitcher is really in
a jam now.
As it comes three and nothing on a very dangerous hitter, with runners on first and second only
one out, one run already home.
He's going to have to do some of the greatest pitching he's ever done right now.
Bird is ready once more.
Throw, then it's a strike over the heart of the plate, weight high, run the count, three
and one, three balls and one strike.
Collins may go after this ball, if it's any good, and it's going to be good, or else he
gets the base on balls anyway.
The throws and Collins swings in a long foul, the way down the right field line, back into
the sheet, and it's still three and two.
They get the ripper out, or he's walked, he's gone base.
Chances are there will also be a pinch hitter for Winford, that's why Heuser is warming
up so hard out there in the bullpen.
Certainly the cards figure this is their big chance.
Now Davis swings around, he has his tie in, here's the big one coming, he turns and throws
the second and the runner almost is out there, but not quite.
Dirk has came over, Third World made a good throw there and they very nearly got the man
out, and again, Dirk was all ready to throw, he stepped off the rubber and faked the throw,
runner dashed back, but Dirk held the ball when he saw that Myers was right there.
Going to get too much of a start.
Dirk is playing right off the back of second base, Davis still watching the man in second.
Pitches and the Collins swings in a foul, coming in to the stands for the left plate,
up in the second deck.
It's still three balls and two strikes on Collins.
Gabbys out there talking to Davis, out in front of the mom, the two of them turn and
go back to their position.
Gabbys turns, says something, no fire from Nellie, then turns around, talks once again
and so Collins steps out of the battered spot, the umpire calls time, rips back up there
again.
Down three and two, Davis ready to pitch, pitches and Collins takes strike three, right
down the middle and he didn't go after it.
Down the middle of off knee high and he takes the third strike for the second out.
That makes a two out in the seventh inning for the Cardinals.
Now Charlie Grims over there in the mom, talks to Davis.
As the two men walk up there to the plate, we hit Ogrodowsky, Bruce Ogrodowsky, the catcher
is going to bat in place of Gwen Ferdy.
The right hand is batting.
Ready to pitch the first one now to Brucey, throws and he swings in a high flag going
foul back at the plate, hard to start back, the wind catches it, carries it back and it
lands on the net and picks up there up above the box feet.
It's one strike on Ogrodowsky.
All that Davis is pitching out there, how he's pitching.
Cardinal runners on first and second, two out, one run home in the seventh inning for
a tie, one and one.
Between the cup and the card.
Watching second throw and the hitter swings in the curveball inside, what strike two,
two strikes and Ogrodowsky.
Two strikes to count.
Davis still watches there, then pitches and the hitter hits the ball back to the box.
Billy Herman gets it, throws a long throw to first base and he's out.
He's out for the third out and Kurt Davis really did a job of pitching that time.
Really did a job of pitching.
He pitched as I don't think I've ever seen him pitch.
Thank you.
Walter Johnson comes in and gathers the official figures for today's game.
27,000 people.
That's a lot of people.
For a midweek game, it's a special lot of people.
There's the announcement of what we announced a minute ago.
Elbert Plains, Jared Huser pitching.
Start the last half of the seventh inning, broadcast the Cup Cardinal game, come to your
direction, ballpark, as a presentation of your neighborhood technical dealer, and with
the permission of the Cup and the Cardinals to stimulate interest in our national game
and in your own local baseball team.
WCFL at Chicago.
Huser throws the first one to Stanley Haack, who's the first man to stand in the seventh
inning, and Stan takes the third ball wide for ball one.
Wind turns up from the dust, steps out of the box, time is called, and he's back up
there to play it again.
Huser pitches.
Stan swings in, it's low bound, a card third.
Elbert comes in, gets it, and Stan beats it out.
Beat it out for a base hit.
He was in there almost a full step ahead of the ball.
Very, very fast, you know.
And he really beat that ball out.
He was going down that line like a scared rat.
And it puts Haack on first base with nobody out in the seventh inning.
And Jurgis, Phil Jurgis, is back.
Maes comes over to talk to Davis, and Huser, Huser's a right-hander, called Slimboy, and
Fitch is with a two-thing sidearm delivery.
That's Wendy on the ball.
Or a tie one and one.
Oh, he has a chance to win himself a ball game here.
Huser on the rubber again, they're expecting Jurgis to bunt, and he does.
He bunts the ball out there.
Fitch comes over, gets it, throws to first, covering first, and Jurgis is out on the
tackle pipe for the first out in the seventh inning.
Haack going to second base.
So it's one out of the seventh inning for the Cubs.
Haack on second base.
And Charlie Grimm is at bat.
They may block Charlie.
Charlie hasn't looked very tough up there to play so far today with two easy flies.
But first base is vacant.
It's getting near the end of the ball game, and the pitch is the next man up.
On the other hand, they may figure that they've cut him off before.
He's in the slump and batting eight.
They'd rather pitch to it and put an extra runner on base.
Yeah, that's what they're going to do, but they won't pitch anything good, I'm sure,
unless they feel that they can get him on it.
The first pitch is wide and low for ball one.
The world's thrown a second.
Haack goes back.
Nobody going over to cover, and takes the lead again.
Is he ready?
Looks back at second with more throws.
Charlie hits one foul down the left of the line.
Oh, that ball was just outside the foul line.
Hook to the right, that would have been inside, and a very, very dangerous face hit at a spot like this.
Charlie hit the ball good.
Didn't quite get a round on it, and it was a vicious smash foul, just foul, down past third base.
So it's one and one on Grimm, one ball and one strike.
Watch the second throw again, and Charlie swings in around, fly out the left center.
Center fielder's back there though, makes the catch, and it's too out.
He throws the ball hard into the roach here.
He deflects it over to Gilbert.
There's nobody covering third, but David's action down there.
And so Haack stays at second base.
The ball was well hit.
The line smacked off the left center, but it's another ball that was made easy to handle
by that strong wind blowing in.
So it's two out of the seventh inning, and Kurt Davis, the cup pitcher, is at bat.
Kurt comes walking out of the dugout, up toward the plate.
Now it gives him a hand as he walks out there.
Chance to possibly win his own good ball game right here.
Kurt finally arrives at the plate.
That's right handed.
He uses his wings around, gets ready to pitch.
Pitches him, hitters swings and fouls the ball into the stands to the right of the plate.
Just misses the second deck, drops from the lower deck, and it's one strike on David.
One strike is the count.
He's calling it day one of home.
Throws the ball in.
Yumpf has another ball in play, examines that one, and finds he's wrong with it.
Just in the back of his pocket.
One strike.
Throws again and the hitter fouls the ball back on the net.
Now it goes into the second deck, misses the net above and to the right of the plate.
Hounds on down, fellow in the front row grabs it.
Two strikes on Kurt David.
Richard Huser turns around, made a step towards second.
Hacks to start to fade back there, but there was nobody covering.
He takes his lead again.
He's ready to pitch.
Pitches and the hitter swings, stops his swing, but the umpire calls it strike three.
And Galan goes up there and the umpire calls time.
And apparently decides it's a ball, the umpire out in the field, correcting him.
And now DeRosa's going over to umpire Stewart.
He looks to me as though the hitter really did stop up on his swing.
Umpire Finnelli naturally watching where the ball came over the plate.
He wanted the swing all the way and when there was a complaint he flashed a signal to the umpire on his second base.
And umpire Stewart indicated that it was a ball, not a strike.
Now, some of the other boys come in to argue with umpire Finnelli.
That happens many, many times during the season.
The umpire complaint with his eyes on the ball often feels that he might not have seen whether the bat went all the way around or not.
And he'll ask the umpire out on the field whether it did.
Leo DeRosa's very angry with it and Gizzy Dean is out there trying to push him away from umpire Stewart because he'd rather say something if he's sorry for it.
Ray Blades, the coach, runs out there now to ask him.
And umpire Finnelli comes over from third base and walks away with Leo to talk to him, try to quiet him down.
The captain was very, very teased at what umpire Stewart did and yet it was his own way.
As a first he'd be the first one to ask the umpire on the field to help the umpire behind the plate.
Now umpire Finnelli runs straight out into the field to talk to Dean who's been doing much of the complaining.
Finally Frankie Fritz orders all the boys who don't belong out there to go back to the bench.
Because the play is not a novel thing.
DeRosa's still popping off.
Umpire Peermann goes over there and tells him all to go back there and take your position.
You'll be out of there in a minute if you don't look out.
Umpire Stewart still standing there taking it.
He runs the count to one and two.
In my mind the only question was whether the ball was over the plate or not because Davis definitely didn't even go halfway around on the swing.
They finally get the Cardinals back to their position. You can't blame them for scrapping all the way and trying to get every inch they think is coming to them.
After all Aaron is pennant right too. They win today there in first place.
Fighting for everything they can get.
Now Davis takes ball two and missed the outside corner across the knees.
And it's two balls and two strikes on Kurt.
Two and two is the count.
DeUce already again throws and Davis gets the third ball wide.
And it's three balls and two strikes on Davis.
DeUce will take his time getting his time.
The big one coming up is Kurt. Kurt's got his swing. He pitches.
Davis swings it a bounder down a third base line.
Third base and gets the ball. Throw it to first.
It goes wide but Myers reaches way off to make a one handed stab of the ball and hang onto it for the third out.
Nice play by Myers over there.
So it's no runs. One hit. One man left on base in the last half of the seventh inning.
And the score is still a tie one and one.
Between the Cubs and the Cardinals at the end of the seventh inning.
Somebody else being paid out there in the PA system. Well they've got to keep track of everybody I guess.
People who drive all day on business invariably stop at the fire chief's club.
They found out by using this emergency type gasoline that there's less gear shifting in traffic, faster acceleration with the traffic lights.
And that saves time. And more mileage per gallon means dollars saved.
Fill up today with fire chiefs and enjoy these advantages too.
Davis has finished his warm up to start the eighth inning. First man at bat for the Cardinals is Terry Moore, center fielder and lead off man.
Terry steps up there to the plate.
Larry Frank is strolling on down to both ends to get warm in case he's needed.
And Terry tries to tag a bunch to start the inning off but misses the ball completely for strike one.
And strikes count. Davis throws a gun and Terry swings in a foul ball at bound amongst the spectators back of the Cubs dugout back at third base.
And it's two strikes on Moore. He strikes a count.
Two strikes to count. The interslingers and midfielders striking out for the first out in the eighth inning. One out in the eighth inning for the Cardinals and Fritz is at bat.
First pitch to Fritz with a fast strike. Let's you go by for strike one. Davis winding up again. Throws and the hitter swings in a high bounder.
Kurt can't reach it. It's a slow one. Jergus comes across fast. Throws it up. Throws it first. But the runner peeks it out for a base hit.
He's there the first base. But Jergus made a beautiful try on that ball. With the bounder that was just too high for Davis to leap up and grab.
And Jergus telling across behind Davis. He scooped it up with his bare hand. Made a underhand fast throw to first base. An inaccurate one.
But couldn't quite get the runner and he's safe on a fast play for a base hit. Putting him on first base with one out in the eighth inning.
And Pepper Martin at bat. Davis with the first base throw. And Cep gets a strike over the outside corner. Waste time.
One strike on Martin. Davis as he's trying out there again. He's ready to pitch. Pitch is and the hitter starts to swing stuff.
But it's a battered ball anyway and it goes out in the center field for a fly. That was funny. He didn't seem to take a full swing at that.
He got around about halfway on it and then wanted to miss the ball. Let it go by but he followed it so well he met it squarely and it still went out in the center field for a fly ball and a fly out for the second out in the eighth inning.
So it's too early in the eighth inning for him to hit a ball that hard only half time. What if he had met that ball square with all his power.
Medwick up at bat. Medwick up there at the plate for the Cardinals. Davis watches first base and throws and goes swings in a foul up against the right edge of the screen for strike one.
Bounds on down into the field. It's one strike on Medwick. Ruud and Frank both keeping warm for the Cubs.
In case of emergency here and the right hander and left hander ready to go in. Davis steps on the slab again. First base. Pitch is and it's a ball. It's inside across the chest and it's one ball and one strike on Medwick.
One and one.
Again Medwick swings it to beauty off the right field for a base hit. Demery goes over fast throws it in to Billy Herman who turns and throws to third.
Just barely safe on a very false play. Getting to third base on Medwick's free throw to the right.
Sled safely into third base and he's sitting on the back there as Mike Gonzalez, the coach, and they're talking to him. Looking out this way on the next man.
Cousins causing more trouble on their top first and third two out of the eighth inning. Now Shorty Grimm calls a conference of all the emcees and the catcher at the pitcher's mound as the Husky dangerous Johnny Mize comes to bat.
Johnny already has two hits today.
Doubled to left, single to right, and he fly it out once to left.
Grim tells Davis now, you can do it.
Boys scatter back to their positions.
Gaby coming back behind the plate.
And my standing there swinging free bat is ready.
Steps up to the plate.
Davis there getting his time.
Gets the time, looks at the runners.
Then pitches and my swings in the ball hard to right field.
Way, way back.
And it goes in the bleachers for a home run.
Blind smack into the bleachers in the right field for a home run.
And boy how that ball was hit.
Didn't go very high, didn't go high on the last throw of the bleachers.
All the way out there and Jeff went over the top of the pin and into the stands.
And Medwick waits for him at the plate.
Grabs his hand as he comes across the plate.
And then, DeRosha grabs his hand also and then kicks Medwick in the back of his lap.
As he comes walking there, Joe also comes up there.
And that gives the Cardinals a three run lead.
Cubs still have the idea that this fella is an eyeball hitter and that's one thing that
Davis does not pitch well.
Now Davis at bat hits the first pitch but it's a foul way down the right field line
and into the seat for strike one.
And the Cardinals are leading now four to one.
In the eighth inning, Mr. Mize has quite a hitter up there at that plate.
His third hit of the afternoon, a single, a double and a home run for him.
Drove in those three runs, just looks as though this fella might get out of there.
Davis throws again and Bud Davis falls to the ground, let a high ball go by inside for
ball one.
And Kurt winds up pitches and the hitter takes ball two high on the inside, making it two
balls and one strike on the spot.
One to one to count.
Swings again to hit a high fly, Billy Herman's back in short right field, waving everybody
away for him, jogs over towards the foul line and makes the catch for the third out, but
not until dire damage has been done for the hopes of these tough fans.
Three runs, three hits in the eighth inning and it all started with that little dribbler
that bounced over Davis' head.
Three runs, three hits for the Cardinals and the Cubs come to bat in the last half of the
eighth with the Cardinals leading by a score of four to one.
First cup hitter will be Augie Gallant.
We've got to go Jimmy, well go on, see you tomorrow night out there.
Have Pepper Martin and Dizzy and the boys out there at Riverview to drive in your car.
That's where they're going to anyway, Medwick says he'll drive the other one.
It's not going to be a good race at that if we can keep him going slow enough.
Here is Gallant's back to start the eighth inning, but you're finishing his warm up.
Ogudovsky's up there warming up the pitcher, but Davis is waiting up there, waiting his turn.
And Huser finally gets the ball as we're ready to go in the last half of the eighth inning.
Atlanta's back, Huser starts to wind up.
Pitches, Augie swings in an easy bound right back at the pitcher.
He got the throw at the first and it's one out in the eighth inning.
One out in the eighth inning for the cup and Allen is up there to play.
Allen at bat.
Keith, right-hander hitter, waits there to get the time.
Ready to pitch.
Throws and it's a fast one inside for ball one. One ball call.
Ready once again, throws and the hitter takes it for ball two inside across the chest and it's two and nothing.
Nothing is to count and there's a no almost a strike but not quite.
Just missed the outside corner about shoulder high and the umpire almost started to call it that then
stopped and so Davis turns and calls for a new ball. The reason that didn't go over there's no
question about the pitch being a ball but it seemed it was going over the plate and suddenly
sailed a little and the umpire throws the ball out of play. Now he's to lay one down the middle for
a strike and it's three and one on Allen. Three balls and one strike.
Ready again winds up throws and it's ball four inside across the chest. Allen gets the base on
ball and it puts him on first base with one out of the eight innings and Billy Herman is back.
Billy sort of digs in there to play at his spot to break his foot in as he faces the pitcher.
One strike on field.
So ready once again now throws and Herman hits the next one an easy
boundary out back to the pitcher. Fritz gets the ball and steps on second throws the first for a
double play. Fast play by Frankie Fritz who ran over in front of second base. Grab that ball step
back on second to force Allen for the second out and then through the first to complete a double
play for the third out of the inning and it's no runs no hits. In the eighth inning for the Cubs
they score remaining four to one in favor of the Cardinals at the end of the eighth inning
of this the opening game of the four game series between the Cubs and the Cubs.
You people who have your technical scorebook can record this vital series in the book as you see it
at the park or as you get it over the air and people who haven't better get ready for important
series to come by stopping in at your or any technical service station asking for request
cards filling in your name and address on the vacant side it's already addressed to me on the
other side the one-cent stamp on it and mail it in and get that scorebook in a hurry. The book
contains the official scoring blanks for 17 games pictures of Cubs and stocks their rosters and
schedules and a complete scoring system the one we've used for 15 years here in the fresh spot
with illustrations and full explanations so that you can keep these games for years and years to
come and also tell what it means when you see those marks in the scorebook. The roach or fat
swings is the first pitch to miss it for strike one. Davis winds up again throws Leo swings his ball
hard into left center. Galant comes in fast grabs for the ball and gets back in throwing clear back
to the plate here. Roach is rounding second base on his way to third and Allen gets the ball throws
it into Jargus who turns and throws it into the plate with Davis cutting it off and it's a three
base hit. The land fly for a two swing catch there couldn't reach it and it goes on through
for a three base hit putting DeRosha on third base to open the night thing and bringing Charlie
Gelver get back. Gelver the right-handed hitter now playing third base with a card
in field playing in left side playing about halfway in right side all the way into the draft
and the first pitch is inside and low for ball one. One ball on Gelver
throws again and Charlie swings and misses a high fastball inside for strike one making it one and
one. Again Root and French are warming up in the left field both ends of the cup and they go in there
if another one scores more men get on base. All the way Huser is relieved Winford begins to look as
though things are a little bit tough. The hitter hits the next one to pop by over Billy Herman's
head. Billy gets it and it's one out of the ninth inning. Bringing Huser and a pitcher to back
and he comes strolling out of the bench walking up there toward the plate. Huser is back with one out
of the ninth inning for the Cardinals DeRosha on third base infield still playing in close wanting
to cut down that run of the plate. Three base hit. The land's tied for a two swing catch there
couldn't break it and it goes on through for a three base hit putting DeRosha on third base to open the
ninth inning and bringing Charlie Gelbert to back. Gelbert a right-handed hitter now playing third base
for the card.
Infield playing in left side playing about halfway in right side all the way into the
draft and the first pitch is inside and low for ball one. One ball on Gelbert.
Goes again and Charlie swings and misses a high fast ball inside.
Horse strike one making it one and one. Ken Root and French are warming up in the left field.
Ben's the cup and they go in there if another one scores more men get on base. All the way Huser is relieved.
Winford begins to look as though things are a little bit tough. The hitter hits the next one
to pop by over Billy Herman's head. Billy he's got it and it's one out of the ninth inning.
Bringing Huser and a pitcher to back and he comes strolling out of the
bench walking up there toward the plate. Huser at bat with one out of the ninth inning for the Cardinal.
DeRosha on third base. Infield still playing in close wanting to cut down that run of the plate.
Cardinals are three runs ahead now they don't want to bad anymore because they're going to be coming up
job to get those three back if they can do it.
Huser back right-handed Infield still in and he swings and follows the first one on the ground
back between what strike one one strike on Huser.
One strike on Huser.
Pitcher waiting out there again as the time he's winding up.
He throws and he swings amidst the fastball inside for strike two. That makes it two strikes on Huser.
One up DeRosha on third base Cardinals leading four to one in the first half of the ninth inning.
Davis again starts to wind up. Throws and the hitter takes a ball inside and low.
So it's one on two one ball and two strikes.
Davis winds up again. Throws and the hitter swings and misses striking out
for the second down in the ninth inning and they get two out of the ninth for the Cardinals
and Terry Moore the Cardinals center fielder is at back.
Moore up there at the plate just waiting out there. Hits the sign, starts to wind up.
Pitchers and the hitter swings in a little looping fly on left field and it drops in there for a base
hit with another run scoring. He's going for two. Allen gets the ball throws it to second base but
Moore slides in head first and stretches it to a two base hit. That's what we call a technical leaguer.
A little looping fly off the handle of the bat that just dropped out over the infield too far in for
Allen to reach and by fast running Moore stretches it to a double. DeRosha scores easily.
You get the Cardinals now a five to one lead over the top in the ninth inning and Frankie Briggs
is the fast. Davis throws the first one, Frank reaches out hits another one into left field but
Allen is in and he has to block it. He can't get in enough to get it. Drops for another base hit
and another run score. I thought Allen was going to get that ball. I think he thought it was sinking
faster than it was and by the time he got in to get a hold of it he decided he couldn't reach it
so he stopped and the ball landed right at his feet and it's a single to permit Moore to score
also and give the Cardinals now a six to one lead in the ninth inning and bring Pepper Martin to bat.
Davis watched first base pretty closely then pitches and kept taking wide on across the
knee from ball one. One ball called. Two runs home in the ninth and Briggs still on first base. Davis
throws again and the hitter swings hit a boundary. Jurgis goes to his left, gets it on a nasty hop,
throws the second and Briggs is forced up for the third out ending the ninth inning but not until
further damage has been done. As far as the cover concerned or if you're on the other side
it might stay further profit by the Cardinals. Two runs, three hits, one man left on base
in the first half of the ninth inning and the Cardinals are leading the Cubs by a score of six
to one as the Cubs come to bat in the last half of the ninth inning. Gaby Hartnett the first man up
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Gaby Hartnett is up there at the plate.
Yusra has finished the warm-up. Cardinals aren't taking any chances now keeping big
George Earnshaw warmed up out on the right field bullpen just threw one that gets clear past
the catcher and bounded way out along the fence in front of the right field bleachers.
Gaby Hartnett talking to David he steps up there to the plate
and Yusra starts to wind up he pitches and Gaby takes the ball it's over the plate but too low
one ball call
wait out there again boy preaching to Rocha talking it up Rocha's playing way back in the grass
over back to his position and Gaby follows the next one back onto the net back in the plate for
strike one making one ball and one strike on Hartnett.
And the pitcher throws and Gaby swings hit a boundary down the shortstop Rocha comes in fast
Guchet throws the first throws in the dirt but Maia Guchet and hangs on to the base with his foot
at the same time he's got Hartnett for the first out in the ninth inning one out of the ninth inning
for the cup and strike Demery is at best.
Throw the first one and Frank takes a strike fast ball over the heart of the plate
way high one strike on Demery and Yusra throws again at the strike two
that's the inside corner down around the knees and it makes it two strikes on Demery.
And the pitcher throws and it's ball one this time wide for the count is one and two.
Two. One ball and two strikes.
Yusra throws again and Demery swings and misses striking out for the second out of the ninth inning.
Makes it two out of the ninth inning for the cup and the next man up there Stanley Hackensack.
Yusra getting his time starting to move towards the exit a whole lot of it.
Yusra starts to wind up pitches and Hack takes a strike over the heart of the plate way high.
One strike on Hack.
He throws again and it's a strike two.
Woo! So just over the plate of Beauty just barely knee high.
Down there low but knee high over the plate and it's two strikes on Hack. Two strikes to count.
There's the first ball it's wide and low so it's one ball and two strikes on Hack.
One and two.
Winding up again. Throws and it's ball two. It's inside across the knees and now the pitcher yells
though he thought that one was good. Looked to be way inside. Davis also says something about it.
Now it's two and two. Two balls and two strikes.
And there's ball three inside and low making it three and two on Hack.
Three balls and two strikes. Davis walks out in front of the plate and just slams the ball.
Back in the pitcher.
Winding up again. Throws and hitter swings in a slow boundary.
Groshe comes in got the throw to first and Hack it back in.
The third out and the Cardinals win by a score of six to one in a ball game.
Quite a ball game right up to the very end.
The uh...
Totals in the ninth inning. No run. No hits for the Cubs.
And for the ball game Cardinals had six runs. Twelve hits.
No errors. With six men left on the bases. Cubs one run. Seven hits. No errors. Five men left on the bases.
Time of the game. Two hours and two minutes. The winning pitcher Houston. The losing pitcher Kirk Davis.
Tomorrow and again on Thursday and Friday the Cubs will be playing with St. Louis Cardinals.
The game today puts the Cardinals in first place. One full game ahead of the Cubs.
Cubs can turn around and go back in the first place by winning tomorrow.
Go back into the lead by a couple of percentage points.
And this series all the way through is going to be a battle for the league league.
So if you're out here tomorrow or if not out here hope to be with you on the air and out here one of the other three days because you can't afford to miss games like this.
Tomorrow before the game in the interview we expect to have Pepper Martin on putting on that famous fake political speech of his.
Thomas to do that for us today. So that ought to be well worth listening to too.
Coming on here at quarter of three as usual. It's all for now. Cubs lost 61.
And so speaking for Georgia as well as myself Hal Cotton bid you good afternoon from Wrigley Field.
And please return to the studio.