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On October 2nd, 1954, the New York Giants faced the Cleveland Indians at Cleveland Stadium for Game 4 of the 1954 World Series.
The Giants led the best of 7 series three games to none, and this is the mutual radio broadcast of Game 4 featuring announcers Al Helfer and Jimmy Dudley.
From Municipal Stadium in Cleveland, Gillette presents the fourth game of the World Series between the New York Giants and Cleveland Indians.
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Now we switch to the clubhouse for Frankie Frisch, the Fordham Flashers standing by with Bobby Avila and Hank Thompson to discuss highlights of yesterday's game and perhaps a few guests or two about today.
Come in Frankie Frisch.
Good afternoon fans.
Well, our guest this afternoon is Henry Thompson, and folks I'd like to brag about this fellow a little bit before I ask him a question.
Henry you don't mind, I want to talk a little bit about you.
Here's a fellow we haven't heard too much about, but he's been doing a tremendous job, an outstanding job.
He's got two of his routers here, Paul LaPorte and Arthur Suskin.
They are really two great routers of yours.
But here's a fellow who has done a tremendous job defensively, and he's been hitting the ball in the clutch, and the outstanding thing is the base running job he did the day before yesterday.
Remember Henry when you were on first base?
Yeah.
And Dusty Rhodes hit the ball to left center field with a little blooper?
Yes.
That play was right in front of you, wasn't it?
Yes, I could see that Larry couldn't have caught them all.
You could see and you kept right on going?
Yes.
And piece of base running had a great deal to do with the guys winning that ball game.
You went to third and Dusty Rhodes followed you right to second, right?
That's right.
Henry, how's this thing going to come out now?
Well Frank, I hope we can win today and get on back to New York City.
What about that Cleveland pitching? You've been hitting them pretty good, haven't you?
I didn't hit them too good. They got good pitching.
I know they got good pitching, but you are leading the club in scoring, aren't you?
Well I don't know how I haven't looked up.
Well I know you're not looking up the records, but I know you are.
Henry, where did you start playing ball?
Well I started down in Dallas, Frank. I used to work at the ballpark there and kept playing around and jagging balls and so on and so forth.
Did you work around the ballpark in a parking lot or anything?
No, I hit the ballpark.
Oh, at the ballpark.
I got a good friend of mine named John Hopps there. I hope he's looking at it.
All right, Henry. And now look, I got this, how much do you weigh?
170 right now.
170, how tall?
5'8".
5'8". Little guys can play ball too. How well I can recall being back in the St. Louis Cardinals.
Bill Shaddell, air-jagged pitchers, slow ball, change of pace.
Arthur Neff, another great World Series pitcher.
Arthur's living in Phoenix now, a terrific guy.
And Harvey Haddix, Bobby Shands, and a number of other guys.
And also Dick Ridon. And they've done a fine job.
Henry, what are you going to do after the season's over?
What are you going to do with your World Series money?
Well, my wife, she got that all planned up. She'll take care of that, frankly.
I mean, you're going to get a little bit of it, aren't you?
Every now and then I will.
Henry, it's well to have you on our program.
But first, I'd like to present you with this new Gillette one-piece razor set and the 1954 World Series record book.
And fans, look for this Gillette display at your favorite store.
And Henry, will you take that, please?
But this Gillette World Series record book is a dandy.
You're going to find this big little book filled with baseball facts with diagrams of all the major league ballparks.
And it's got 112 pages of real dope on World Series history.
But there's a picture in here, and it's a picture of the 1953 Yankees, the World Series Yankees.
It's a terrific picture.
And Henry, nice to see you.
Thank you very much.
And have a good winter, boy, and keep bearing down.
Thank you very much.
Goodbye, everybody. See you later.
Now, fans, we have another treat here.
We have a fellow that's done a tremendous job all year long at second base for the Cleveland Indians.
Bobby Avila. Do I pronounce that right?
Yeah, this is right from the system with my name, Frankie.
Let me have that again, please. Bobby?
Bobby Avila.
Avila. Avila.
Well, I got it down then, didn't I?
Yeah, you're right.
Bob, what do you think you fellas are going to do today?
Well, I'm going to try to win today and then take the next three games.
You're going to win today and then take the next three?
That's right.
Who's going to pitch for you today?
Lemon.
Lemon is a good pitcher.
Your pitching hasn't been too bad outside of yesterday. It was a little shaky.
Well, I think the pitching's been wonderful. Yes, we don't score any runs for them.
Pitching seems to dominate in all World Series.
What do you think about the giant pitchers?
Well, they didn't pitch a good ball.
They think we don't score too many runs for them.
I don't know if it is the pitching or maybe it is us. We've hit nothing.
Well, you haven't. There's no secret about that, Bob.
You fellas haven't been hitting in the clutch, isn't that right?
That's right.
And I think the Giants, I don't mean to say this because some people might say that your flash likes to see a good ball game.
You know, I'm not crazy about who's going to win this thing, but I'd like to see a good, real hot ball game.
Like all three have been good ball games.
Pretty good.
But the Giants have been running those bases pretty good, Bob.
Well, the reason is because they're getting on base. We don't get on base.
Now we're on the base.
You've had some men on bases, but you haven't been getting that key hit.
You haven't been really getting the hit that means something.
That's right. We don't hit in the clutch so far in this series.
How about the umpiring in this series?
Well, I'd say they've been pretty good playing.
And you know, can't tell because in three or four games, anybody can make a mistake and call a bad ball like anybody.
They are human beings.
That's right. And I think the umpiring has been outstanding in this series.
I think they've been doing a fine job.
Tell me something about a fellow that used to play for me that I thought was a grand guy and still is a great guy to me.
Your manager, Al Lopez.
Well, he's a really nice fellow and I'd say he's one of the best managers in the business right now.
You like to play for Al, huh?
Yeah, I wish I could play for a long time for him.
Well, you will. How old are you now?
28, Frank.
28? You'll be playing until you're old second baseman. They just keep going.
I wish I could play for a minute. You'll play, Frank.
Wait a minute. You'll play. You'll play. The old flash is a second soccer.
It's an interesting place to play, isn't it?
I love to play second base.
Yes, and stay at that second. Of course, when you get a little older, you can always shift over to the old man's home, you know, third base.
Third base.
That's not a bad spot. All you got to do over third base, you know, look in the glove, it might be there. That's not a bad place.
But that Thompson has been playing a great ball, hasn't he?
Well, certainly he's been catching a few balls that he put in hard to third base.
He took a few off you, didn't he?
That's right.
Say, Bobby Avila. Here's a Gillette. Oh, now you're going to enjoy that. I know you will. And the record book is a dandy.
And it's a, of course, you know, it's a one-piece razor. And a 1950 World Series record book goes with it.
Fans, you can get your copy at your favorite store.
Bob Avila, lots of luck to you, young man. And I hope you have many years in Big League Ball.
Thank you, Frank.
That's all we have time for now, folks. If this proves to be the final game, I'll be on the air after it's over with some of the stars of the winning team.
Otherwise, we'll be back tomorrow with more pregame interviews.
And now we switch to the Gillette broadcasting booth.
And here at Cleveland, everybody, the weatherman has been specifically kind because we have a blue, cloudless sky overhead, very little breeze blowing, and bright sunshine.
And the broadcast this afternoon is authorized under broadcasting rights granted by the Commissioner of Baseball solely for the entertainment of our listening audience.
And any publication, rebroadcast, or other use of the descriptions and accounts of this game without the express consent of the Commissioner is prohibited.
And the broadcasting of today's game, the fourth of the 1954 World Series, marks not only the 16th year in which these games have been aired over this network,
but today the mutual broadcasting system is proud to be presenting itself on its 20th birthday.
So it's sort of a joyous occasion, and we expect the same here at Cleveland.
The starting lineup for this afternoon's ball game, the fourth in the series, three of them have been won by the New York Giants.
And for the visiting New York Giants, Widy Loughlin will lead off at first base.
Hitting second will be Alvin Dark at shortstop.
The right fielder is Don Mueller.
Hitting number four is the center fielder, Willie Mays.
Hank Thompson will be the third baseman batting in the number five position.
Hitting sixth is Marty Ervin in left field.
David Williams, the second baseman.
And the catcher is Wes Westrom.
The pitcher here this afternoon is Mount Carmel, Illinois' little left-hander, Don Little.
And we'll give you the Cleveland lineup just as soon as all stand to attention for the playing and singing of our national anthem.
Now the movie star Jeff Chandler has sung our national anthem for us.
We can give you the starting lineup for the Cleveland Indians.
Al Smith will be in left field leading off.
Hitting number two is Bobby Avila at second base.
Hitting the number three position will be Larry Doby in center field.
Al Rosen returns to third base this afternoon.
For the Indians, he'll bat in the number four position.
Then comes Victor Wirtz at first base.
Vic Wirtz at first base.
In right field is Wally Westlake.
Sam Dente gets the call at shortstop this afternoon for Al Lopez Tribe.
Jim Higgins, the catcher, and the pitcher is Bob Lemon.
Coming back after having lost the first ball game in a series, it is he called upon this afternoon to see what he can do about stopping the onrushing New York Giants.
Lemon has pitched nine in the third innings in this year's World Series losing the ball game.
He's a 23-game winner from Long Beach, California.
The umpire and chief behind the plate this afternoon from the American League is Johnny Stevens.
Al Bartek of the National League at first.
Charlie Berry of the American League at second.
Jocko Conlon of the National League at third.
And it's going to be Nathanael Warnocky on the baselines.
And now before we turn the microphone over to our very good friend Jimmy Dudley for the first portion of the ball game, let's pause here 10 seconds for station identification.
This is VIRTUO, the radio network for all America.
WGN, your exclusive World Series station in Chicago.
And so this afternoon it's a battle between the veteran Bob Lemon, the 23-game winner this year for Cleveland, and little Don Little, the low-pitching left-hander for the New York Giants.
He's known for his low-breaking stuff.
Well, let's see how the two are going to fare here this afternoon.
And stepping up to the microphone is Jimmy Dudley.
And Jimmy, this I guess we'll have to say is the do or die game as far as the Cleveland Indians are concerned.
You're absolutely right, Al, and thank you very much.
And hello again baseball fans everywhere.
Yes sir, as Al stated, this is a do or die day for the Cleveland Indians trailing three games to nothing.
Al Lopez is sending his ace right-hander Bob Lemon to the mound.
He started the first game of the World Series at the Polo Grounds.
Just a couple of days ago.
It seems like an awful long time ago, I'm quite sure, to a lot of Indian fans all over the world.
But then this is baseball, and a lot can happen.
Even when you're trailing three games to nothing, Whitey Lockman steps into the batter's box, batting 154 left-hand batter.
The first pitch of the ballgame is a strike to the outside corner waist-tie.
Strike one called, Whitey Lockman, number 25.
Only 28 years old, he's still one of the veterans of the Giant team.
Here's the windup.
Lemon's next pitch is fouled back into the stand, up to the left.
And the count is strike two.
On to the count on the batter.
Lemon turned in a fine performance in the first game of the World Series at the Polo Grounds on Wednesday afternoon.
But as we all know, lost on a home run to Dusty Rhodes, who has been without a doubt the hitting star of the 54 World Series.
Lemon checks his sign, works into the windup.
The 0-2 pitch, Lockman takes ball one low into the dirt.
Ball one and strike two.
Whitey Lockman joined the New York Giants back in 1945.
An 18-year-old ballplayer out of North Carolina.
But he's found the Polo Grounds and the rest of the Major League parks to his liking.
Ball one and strike two, the count on him.
Whitey stands deep in the batter's box.
Here's the pitch.
Strike three called with a fastball to the inside corner.
He's struck him out.
And lemon starting off today's game with a strikeout.
And of course, in baseball tradition and superstition, that is the good sign for the pitcher.
The opposite of course is walking the first man.
They say he'll always come home to roost on you.
Here's Captain Alvin Dark, number 19, the Giants shortstop, batting 333 in the series.
Take ball one outside, curveball breaking down and away.
Dark has four hits in the series thus far for a 333 average.
Lockman, the leadoff man, had two so far.
One out and nobody on.
Lemmon's next pitch.
Dark swings and hits a high fly ball into short right center.
Bobby Abila goes back but Wally Westlake is in, calls him off and makes the catch.
Alvin Dark, fly to Wally Westlake, the right fielder, coming in fast.
To a short right field position.
You know there have been only four home runs in this series, two for each team.
There was a World Series that didn't produce a single home run.
Though it had as its hero the greatest circuit platter of them all, Babe Ruth.
I find in the Gillette World Series record book that was back in 1918.
And the Babe Pidston won two games for the Red Sox.
And now up is Don Hewler.
He swings on the first pitch, hits a fly ball out into that center, dropping in there for a base hit.
Harry Dolby made a run for it but couldn't get to it.
So there is the first hit of the ball game, that's Hewler's.
That's a top fly single into that center.
That's Hewler's fifth World Series hit for this year.
And it brings up Willie Mays.
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Right hand batter, Mays had three hits in yesterday's game.
Swings on the first pitch, pops it up, foul, down the first base line.
Vic Wirtz moves into foul territory.
He has it and the side is retired.
Mays foul to Vic Wirtz.
And for the Giants in the first inning, no runs, one hit, one man left.
And going into the last half of the first inning, the score is New York nothing, Cleveland nothing.
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And now going into the last half of the first inning, the Indians coming to bat.
And for the Indians this is the big play.
I notice that Al Lopez is sending Mike Garcia early win his entire pitching staff to the both ends.
We'll have them ready, ready for duty on a minute's notice.
Leo DeRosha's in the spot to do the same thing.
Stepping into the batter's box to lead off for the Indians is Al Smith, left fielder,
batting 273 in the World Series thus far, has three hits.
Fuzzy, his teammates call him, Fuzzy Tough.
Little's first pitch to end this ball went inside and low.
Little Don Little, the giant left-hander, noted for his pinpoint control.
He's a curveball artist, one nine lost four during the regular season.
Last half of the first, the next pitch is ball two, over but low.
Umpire Stevens right on the ball, all the way down into the catcher's bow.
This has been a series kept well in hand by the umpires.
Little okays the sign. The two-and-nothing pitch is a strike of beauty right down the middle.
The captain moves to ball two and strike one.
American League umpire Johnny Stevens working back of the plate on the balls and strikes.
Barlich at first base, Berry at second, Conlon at third.
Knapp on the left field foul and Lahn-Wanakee on the right.
The two-one pitch, ball three, high and outside, it's a fast ball, took off.
Sailed out of the strike zone, the count is ball three and strike one.
The fourth game of the 1954 World Series coming your way from Cleveland's big municipal stadium
before better than 70,000 people.
Here's the windup, the three-one pitch is a strike to the inside corner and the string is out.
Full count of three and two.
McCloud always sympathizes with the batter, of course, on that pitch when he starts toward first.
But the yellow of the umpire, the strike two, calls him back.
Full count.
Little working carefully into the windup.
The next pitch is swung on and a fireball is hit just back to second base.
Into short center, second base from Davy Williams.
Back under it, he has it, we're up number one. One away.
That brings up number one, Bobby Avila, the Indian second baseman.
Well, Willie Mays was hitless up until yesterday's game.
He got three and his World Series average of 54 is now 300.
Bobby Avila, American League batting champion, has only two hits in the three games played thus far.
Average of 182.
Right-hand batter, a fellow from Veracruz, Mexico.
One out, nobody on, he takes the strike.
Race-tide pitch.
In less than ten days from the time the World Series has concluded,
Avila will be in Mexico City playing baseball, the Winter Leagues.
The next pitch joined, he swings and he misses, strike two.
And Little crossed him up.
He was looking for that famous little curve, but he got a fastball.
Up around the shoulders and went for it.
The count is strike two.
The giant outfield, Irvin, in left, Mays in center.
Mueller in right.
They're shaded toward left for this right-hand batter.
Oh, and to the count. Here's the windup.
The next pitch is ball one high and inside. One and two count.
Now, umpire Stevens wants to take a look at that ball.
Avila won the American League Batting Championship with an average of 3.41.
He packs a lot of power. Also hit 15 home runs during the regular season.
Ball one, strike two, the count.
One out and nobody on, no score in the last half of the first inning.
Here's the windup.
The next pitch is ball one and a line drive is hit to the second baseman, Davy Williams, for out number two.
That brings up number 14, Larry Delby, the Indian center fielder.
Delby has only two hits in the World Series.
First three games. His batting average is 167.
Two out and nobody on, left-hand batter.
First pitch is ball one high and inside a fastball.
Delby hit the dirt. Get out of the way of it.
Little is not noted for his speed. Depends on his curveball, honestly.
And excellent control.
Two out and nobody on in the last half of the first inning.
The next pitch, ball two inside. Ball two, no strikes.
After watching Johnny Antonelli work the other day, especially pitching to Delby and Wirtz,
we have a suspicion that Leo DeRoscia has told Little,
stay away from the curveball when you pitch to these two boys.
Wirtz and Delby, two left-hand batters.
The next pitch is a strike to the outside corner.
Ball two and strike one.
Coaching at third base for the Indians, number 44, Tony Cuccinello.
At first base, the coach here is Red Crest, number 42.
Two out for the Indians in the last half of the first inning.
The count of the batter, ball two and strike one.
Next pitch, he swings and he misses. Strike two.
On deck is now Rosen, the Indians' third baseman, back in the lineup.
A beautiful day for baseball here in Cleveland.
Skies are clear.
Two-and-two count. Here's the windup.
The next pitch is swinging and he misses. He struck him out on a curveball.
Delby goes down swinging.
And there is the first strikeout for Little.
That is the fourth time that Delby has struck out in the World Series.
For the Indians, no runs, no hits, nothing across.
And at the end of the first inning, the score, New York Giants, nothing.
The Cleveland Indians, nothing.
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Well, the first inning completed.
No score for either team. One hit.
That's far. That by Don Mueller.
Coming up in the first half of the second inning for the Giants is number 16, Hank Thompson.
He's batting 333 in the series with three hits.
Mr. Henry, as the ballplayers themselves call him.
He was the fellow that worked in 43 double plays back in 1950,
equaling a record set by the famous Pytraner.
That record had stood for some 25 years.
Henry Thompson, left-hand batter.
Lemon, into the windup. The first pitch, his ball went outside and low.
And talking with many of the Indians this morning,
they are disappointed that they are showing thus far against the Giants,
but still in there to give it a battle all the way.
Lemon pitches ball two inside with a curveball.
Ball two and no strikes.
The outfield pulled around toward right.
Westlake deepened straight away back to the edge of the track.
They'll be well over in right center.
Nothing to nothing ball game.
The two-and-nothing pitch. Thompson takes ball three outside and low.
Coaching down at first base, number six.
That's Freddie Fitzsimmons.
At third base, Herman Frank.
The two-one pitch to Thompson is ball four of the three-one pitch. Excuse me.
Ball four. Thompson takes a walk.
And Thompson now has five bases on balls in the Wales series.
The next batter, number 20, Marty Irvin.
Right-hand batter, left fielder, still looking for his first hit in the series.
He takes a strike, a fastball right in there.
Runner on first, Hank Thompson with nobody out.
The walk to Thompson, the first of the game.
Here's the stretch.
The pitch is ball one outside and low, a curveball that almost got away from catcher Jim Hegan.
Here's Irvin, one of baseball's real, steady ball players, day in and day out.
He gives you that same fine performance.
An all-star athlete from New Jersey, Orange High School.
The one-and-one pitch is one of the best.
There's a line drive, a vicious hit into left center, going for extra bases.
Here's Thompson racing around second.
He's coming to third.
And Irvin goes for two.
He's in there with a double.
The Giants have runners on second and third with nobody out.
Marty Irvin coming through with his first base hit of the season, the series.
You always want to say season when you're thinking about the series.
So that base on balls to Thompson, has Lemon in trouble, has Irvin followed with a double.
Runners on second and third with nobody out in the batter is Davey Williams.
The infield now closes in.
They'll try to cut this run off of the plate.
Williams is hitless in the series, right-hand batter.
Swings on the first pitch, a line drive has hit the Wurz.
Wurz goes to Davey and the throw goes over left field.
Davey did not get back to second and Thompson comes on to score.
Irvin moves to third.
There's an error, charge to Vic Wurz.
That was a rough break for Bob Lemon.
Williams lined to Wurz.
Indy could not get back to second in time to cover on Irvin.
Wurz attempted to throw anyway and threw badly into left field.
So Thompson scores and the Giants lead one to nothing.
One out, the batter is Wes Westrom.
The infield is still in, one out.
Westrom has three hits in the series for 300 average.
Lemon works into the windup.
First pitch is thrown and there's a fly ball out into right field.
Westlake moves in, 100 now.
The runner tags up, there's the catch.
Westlake drops the ball and the runner comes on to score.
And I believe Westrom is going to be called safe at first on an error.
Now Lopez comes out of the Indian dugout.
Hump by Charlie Burry, back to second base.
Motion safe on the ball hit by Westrom.
In other words, he is stating that Westlake did not have complete control of the ball.
He got the ball in his glove all right, but in shifting from the glove's hand to the throwing hand,
he let the ball drop to the ground.
And that is an error on Wally Westlake, the right fielder.
The Indians' second error in this inning.
And the Giants lead by a score of two to nothing.
Westrom is on first as a result of the error.
Actually, it turns out to be a rough break on Westrom as far as getting credit for a run that at illness concerned.
The error takes away the RBI, unless the official score could want to make a ruling in that particular case.
An error takes away the RBI.
We'll check with the official score now to see whether Westom is given a sacrifice five.
Now the score is New York 2, Cleveland nothing.
First half of the second inning, only one out.
Westom is on first base.
That is a ruling based on umpire's judgment.
You must have complete control of a ball, even though you just catch it.
It's like a swan-o'-can of corn in any ball game.
In shifting from the glove's hand to the throwing hand, you must control it at all times and get that throw away.
The batter is Don Little, the pitcher.
He gets him on first, two runs are home.
Now the outfield, moving around toward left.
Two very costly errors have allowed two giant runs to score.
Westom takes the lead off first.
Little is the left-hander all the way.
Left-hand batter cuts over the plate.
First pitch to him, he tries to bunt and fouls it off to the left of the plate out of play.
Strike one.
Batter on deck is Whitey Loughlin.
Strike one to count.
Rosen, the third baseman for the Indians, moves in.
Right near the infield grad in case of a bunt try.
Here's the stretch.
The next pitch is strike two, calls.
Little had the bat out there for the bunt, but pulled it back.
Takes strike two.
Going to the count.
Where's the cap?
Very gently on his head.
Reminds you a little bit of the Yankees' famous Whitey Ford.
Strike two count.
Westom ready to travel from first.
One out.
The pitch is ball one, high and inside.
Ball one and strike two.
The score is New York two, Cleveland nothing.
Left batter to the infield and close.
The next pitch is ball two, over but low, and the count is even, two and two.
Little steps out now, looks down to his coach at third base, Herman Franks.
Lemon juggles the ball in the glove.
Worst is holding against the runner, Westom at first base.
Two and two count.
Fourth game of the 54 World Series.
The Giants lead three to nothing in the series.
The next pitch, ball three, outside.
Full count of three and two on the batter.
Had two strikes on him.
Now Little has worked it to the full count.
Let's watch Westom at first base.
He may be moving, with caution, the count three and two in the pitcher up.
One out.
The next pitch is strike three call, right in there, and he's stuck him out.
Little called it on strike.
Westom holding at first base, very wisely so, against that very thing.
That's the second strike out for Lemon, both on a call, third strike.
That brings up number 25, Whitey Lockman.
Lockman, a left-hand batter, will call that on strikes in the first inning.
The Giants lead two to nothing.
Lemon's first pitch to Lockman is ball one, outside and low.
They're now playing straight away.
Fine bleacher crowd today with the sun out, nice and warm,
and a lot of folks in the area back of the fence, between the bleacher and the fence.
Lemon checks the runner.
The pitch is a strike three high to the outside corner.
Ball one and strike one to count.
That's Bob Lemon, the Indian base right-hander from Long Beach, California.
Here's the catch.
The pitch is inside and low, ball two, two and one to count.
On deck is the other dangerous Alvin Dowd.
Pepper in the Indian infield, Al Rosen, Sam Bendy,
and the other starting in for the pitcher.
A walk and a double. That Lemon and Trouble, two others, didn't help.
The next pitch, ball three, over but low, and the count is three and one.
Ball three, strike one.
That's Weston, there's the runner at first.
Now it's moved away from the bag.
The three-one pitch, the runner's on the go, swinging a miss, a photo second.
Bendy takes it and taps it on the runner, he's out.
A hit and run was on, and Weston is out.
A second base, he's in to Bendy, two-pitch.
The Lachman will get another chance in the third inning.
In the second, now for New York, markup two runs.
A hit with one rock, two Indian errors, very costly, and nobody left.
Going into the last half of the second inning, the score is New York two,
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We're heading into the last half of the second inning, a nice big hand for Al Rosen as he steps up.
He's leading off for the Indians, right hand batter,
was out of yesterday's game with that bad leg.
Here's the windup, and the first pitch to him is a set call, inside corner, way side.
Rosen has two hits in the series, the first two games he did not play in number three,
batting average 250.
The Giants lead in this game by a score of two to nothing.
They lead in the World Series, three games for nothing,
and a victory for them today would close the book on this year's classic.
The Indians hope, of course, to prevent that.
The next pitch, Rosen swings the ground ball over the pitchers head out of the second base,
knocked down by Williams, there's a throw to first, and in time on a beautiful play.
Rosen is out.
Fine play by Baby Williams, who had Rosen take perfectly,
the play in, over close court second, one out.
That brings up the quarks, number 23, the Indian first baseman.
There's a batting average of 500 for this season.
In the series thus far, he has six hits, 500 batting average.
Six out of 12.
Big left hand batter, swings on the first pitch, and fouls it back into the upper deck out of play.
Right one, the outfielders are pulled around toward right for work.
The Giants coming up with two runs in the half of the second inning, the lead to the nothing.
Little's next pitch, ball one high and inside, one and one to count.
That foul off the bat of Vic Woods back into the upper deck here.
Hank Greenberg, the general manager of the Indians, tried for it, up to charge him an error I guess.
The one and one pitch to work, there's ball two inside with a curve that failed him, ball two and strike one.
Right side of the infield playing deep back to the edge of the outfield grass is David Williams, the second baseman.
Deep along the line at first is Wiley Lachman.
The two one pitch is ball three, over but high.
Tried to get him with a fastball.
Three and one.
John Little, wearing number 37.
He's a pick-pick pitcher, a fellow you like to watch.
Very smooth delivery, good follow through.
Check back to his outfielders now, taking the position to count three and one.
Works maybe gunning and he knows it.
One out and nobody on, here's the windup.
The pitch and work attempts to pull away from it, fouls it down the third baseline and the count is three and two.
Ball was fielded by Tony Cucinello, going back into play.
Works failed to get the bat back and he started his swing.
Checked it, but still fouled it off.
The Indians still looking for their first hit.
Little has retired the first four men in a row, striking out Dobie for his first strike out of the game.
In through the count, on deck is Wiley Lachlake.
The payoff hit then works his, I believe the ball hit his bat, but it's rolled foul.
Yep, it hit the handle of his bat.
Umpire Stevens, very alert on that play.
Very much alert.
Now works his swing to the umpire, but the ball hit his fist.
Umpire Stevens is probably not arguing against the fact that the ball hit him, what he is claiming.
And from the crack of the ball on the bat, you have to say that Stevens made a great call on that.
Now the ball hit the bat, and it's like the ball hit worse after you.
It must hit you first.
But there's the type of play that will give you some idea of how tough the job the men in blue have.
They're on their toes, these umpires.
Lopez came out to see if Wetz was all right, so they'd train a wally bat.
Second position, went out, nobody on.
The three-two pick, works his swing to miss the fireball out into short left field.
Coming over fast with Monty Oven, he can't get it and drops on the line foul.
Works outside the white shot ball.
Umpire Larry Knapp, right out there on top of that play as the ball hits.
Foul by Hitches, and Wetz now must again come back to the plate.
Well, the fans are getting a big feel out of it, and that's baseball.
In the last half of the second inning, the Giants lead by a score of two to nothing, one out.
Wetz to bat it with a count three and two.
An exciting time at bat, that's for sure.
Now the fans calling for Wetz to come through.
Little checks his sign into the windup.
The big pitch, there's a line drive out into right center for a long base hit.
Going all the way to the fence, Wetz makes the turn at first, he's going for two.
The two outfielders run together. Wetz comes in the second with a standup double.
And then the fans, there's one of the greatest examples of the basis of all baseball.
A never-ending battle between Pitcher and Paddow.
And Wetz won with a long double into right center.
The stars, New York 2, three to nothing.
That's the seventh series hit of this week.
There's two doubles, one triple, and one home run.
Among these seven hits, the second is one out in the batters, Wally Westlake.
Westlake has one hit played in one game.
Swings on the first pitch, it's a ground ball to the shortstop.
Big hop taken by Darts, a throw to first and Westlake is out.
Westlake rounding out, short to first, six to three.
That brings up number 36, Sam Dente. The shortstop in today's ball game.
First game in the series that Dente has started.
He has been in two of the games, best ball.
As a utility player, after second was lifted for a panchetta.
It's a right-hand batter, has no average.
Takes ball one low into the dirt, good stop by Westlake from the giant catcher.
Block the ball with his check.
Two out here in the last half of the second inning.
The Giants lead by a score of two to nothing.
Westlake is on second.
He has the first Indian hit of the game.
Outfield is a shallow.
Little is ready, takes it back to the runner.
The pitch to Dente, a trick to the outside corner, one and one to count.
Right now it's past ten seconds for station identification.
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WGM, your exclusive World Series station, Chicago.
Out set for the next pitch is strike two, foul, the curve ball breaking over at the knees.
The count now is ball one and strike two.
Umpire Stevens to take the heat off, dressing off home plate.
Dente clapping home plate with the heavy end of the bat, flashes it around as he steps back in.
Lads from New Jersey, fine utility ball player, good job, man.
Runner on second. The next pitch is fouled into the stands, off to the right of the plate, and the count remains.
Ball one and strike two.
The two out.
As the Indians come up with their first bit of excitement in the ball game, a runner on second.
The two out. Dente the batter.
The Giants showing two runs lead by that score two to nothing.
On deck, hoping for a chance to come up, it's Jan Huygen.
Little checks to the runner. The pitch is low into the dirt and gets away from Westrom.
Rolls off to the left of the plate, which moves the third.
Westrom recovers the ball and it's a wild pitch.
Dodge to Don Little.
The pitchers are really uncorking some wild throws in this game and in others of the 1954 World Series.
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Both lemon and wind come up with wild pitches.
The runner's two and two. What's now is one goes closer to home.
Two out. The two-two pitch.
Dente swings and hits the far ball into right center.
Willie Mays going back. I'm going to close it down and makes the catch.
Dente slides to Mays in center.
The fad is retired.
Mays, evidently not realizing they were two out, turned and quickly threw into the infield.
The Indians in the second. No runs, one hit. One man left.
And at the end of two, the score is New York 2-0.
The fourth game of the 1954 World Series, and Alton, the way things have started here in these first two innings, we could have a little bit of excitement.
We certainly could, particularly with the New York Giants having the door open for them in the second inning by Peravere.
After all, if it should be as tight from here on as it has been loose on the defense up until now, we could have a ball game that would cook along in the next inning this afternoon, couldn't we?
You mean part of one of those wild scoring jabs, huh?
That's right. I'm looking forward, aren't you?
Well, there's nothing the fans like better than a wide-open ball game.
And we certainly hope that you folks all around the world, the men at two, the men and women over three,
as I'm drawing now play by play over mutual and the rest of the stations all over the world, bringing you to the count of the 1954 World Series.
First from the Polo grounds in New York, now here at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland on the shores of Lake Erie.
In two innings, the Giants had two runs, they've made two hits, no errors. The Indians have no runs, one hit, and they have made two errors.
And now the first of the third, moving into the batter's box is number 25, Roddy Lockman.
He was up when Westrom was out at second. The hitting run was called, but Lockman missed the hit. Westrom was out easily, he didn't get it.
So lemon served in five pitches in the second inning. First one came here in the third is ball one, two low.
Lockman was called out on strikes in the first inning. Here's the windup.
The next pitch is one and the line drive is hit. Foul, down the left field line, landing on the track, rolling into the Giants' bullpen.
Four umpires around the infield, two on the foul line, lying up.
Let's drive the left field foul line. Way down the right field foul line is Lon Wanakee.
Lemon is heading into the one and one, pitches fouled into the dead. Rolls back to the screen. The counters ball one and strike two.
One and two counts.
The Giants, of course, looking for that fourth victory that would wrap up the World Series for this year.
Bob Lemon, Indian right-hander, versus Don Little, the Giant left-hander. Lemon okays the sign. The count is one and two.
The pitch is swung on the ground ball to the right side of the infield.
Wirtz moves over to cover. Throws to Lemon at first base and Lockman is out.
Lockman grounding out. First baseman to pitch in. Three-one, Wirtz, three-Lemon.
Every manager would like to have a Bob Lemon on the mound in every ball game.
Lemon is not only a pitcher, he is that fifth infielder.
He knows how to come off the hill to cover it first. Cover either left or right on the bunch.
He knows that the batter is topped into the dead.
He can get you into a lot of trouble if you can't see the position.
Kerspick to Doc. He swings and hits the line drive into left field. A base hit.
Hanging the old clothesline out there with a sharp single.
Doc has his fifth hit of the World Series. On first.
With one out and the batter is Don Mueller.
Mueller dropped a single into left center in the first inning with two outs.
They call them pop fly singles or bog and basement singles, but they all count just as big as the others.
Mueller is a left-hand batter, one of the real pros of the game.
Runner on first. Alvin Doc. One out. First pitch to Mueller. Ball went inside.
Too close to the batter.
Giant players. A lot of the writers around the league.
Follow this for Don Mueller. Man breaks the magician.
He's a magician with that bat most of the time.
Runner up to maize for the batting crown.
He's down the next pitch and lines run into right fielder. Base hit. Doc makes the turn.
A second is going to third. Westlake's throw coming into the infield.
He fumbled the ball just briefly. The Doc is in it third easily.
Runner down first and third and only one out.
The score is New York 2, Cleveland nothing.
So Mueller now has his second hit. A single this time into right.
That is the fourth hit for the Giants.
They really have their hitting clothes on in this series.
Going into today's game, the Giants as a team were batting 232 as compared to the Indian average of 196 for the
the ends of the World Series.
Willie Mays right hand batter is up.
Hakes ball went outside and low.
Activity on the Indian bullpen.
Number 16, Hal Newhousey warming up.
Westlake fumbled that ball just briefly in right field but it had no bearing on the play.
One out. Next pitch.
Ball two outside. Another curve.
Mays is refusing.
This is the different Mays.
Train training. The first part of the year he was going for a lot of bad pitches but no more.
No strikes. Batter on deck is Henry Thompson.
Now Lemon comes up with a stretch.
The pitch is a strike. A curve ball. Broken the shot blade.
Mays started for it but changed his mind.
Dark on third and Mueller is on first.
With only one out in the first half of third inning.
Outfielders are deep and around toward left for Willie Mays.
Number 24.
The 2-1 pitch. He swings and bounces one over the third baseman's head.
Rolling down the line.
A one run score.
Here is Mueller racing around second going for third.
And Mays goes for two. In there standing up with a double.
A two base hit and the score is New York 3, Cleveland nothing.
The bounce went off the plate and bounced it over the third baseman's head.
Good for two bases.
That's his fourth hit of the series.
The third defending for the Giants and the fifth of the game.
Only one out here in the first of the fourths.
Mueller on third and Mays is on second.
They're going to flip Henry Thompson on.
An intentional pass for the Giants third baseman.
He walked his last time up.
This will load the bases and of course makes possible the fourth play at any base.
Unbatted end for Willie Mays.
There's ball three.
Monty Irvin is on deck.
There's ball four to Thompson and the bases are loaded.
An intentional pass.
Irvin is going to do his own hitting here.
The Giants lead. He did nothing.
Irvin is looking back toward the dugout.
I have a suspicion that a lot of the fans were expecting to see Mr. Desi Rhodes come out.
The manager Leo D'Orocha expressing confidence in his regular left fielder.
Irvin got off to a fine start the first part of the season.
It plumps a little bit.
First pitch for him is going inside a fastball.
He doubles hard into left center the first time up.
One out. The bases are loaded.
Newman walks into the winged up the pitch.
Just swinging the miss just like one.
One and one to count.
Out the open.
Just about straight away.
Dolby is pulled off center toward left.
A shade.
Right side of the infield.
Good way in on the thin part of the infield.
Hoping of course for the double play.
Mueller on third. Mays on second.
Thompson on first.
The pitch is ball two outside.
Ten one to count.
The Giants lead by a score of three to nothing.
Batter on deck is Baby Williams.
Newman taking of his cap.
Tucks on the sign.
The count's two and one.
Here's the pitch.
Fouled back into the stands.
Off to the right of the plate and the count is even up.
Ball two and strike two.
Way in on lefty.
Right-hander.
Rookie right-hander.
Cross ball out of.
Starts warming up.
Alongside Hal Uhozard, the veteran left-hander.
And they've seen a lot of service in World Series play as a member of the Detroit Tigers.
There's the winged up.
The runners move out.
The 2-2 pitch.
And a cloud into the dirt, rolls back of the plate.
The bat goes out to the shortstop position.
That slips out of Irvin's hand when flying to the left side of the infield.
The count is still ball two and strike two.
Herman Franks searching at third base, shouting down to Monty Irvin.
New ball is tossed into play.
Lemon in a tough spot, working very carefully.
Wheeler is on third.
Mays on second.
Thompson on first.
With only one out.
The count is ball two and strike two.
Ready on the sign.
The wind up and the 2-2 pitch fouled back to the test bounce.
Fine catch by one of the television cameramen who has a glove, a baseball glove today.
There's a fellow that really came to play.
Ball two and strike two.
The next pitch is ball three inside.
Lemon tried to get that inside corner.
3-2 was mighty close and the string is out.
Now Monty Irvin backs out of there.
It's a tense moment in the ball game for the fans.
And one for the batter, the base runners.
One out and they will be moving.
Here's the wind up and the big pitch.
A swing and a miss.
He's stuck in now.
Got him on a curve ball.
And that was the famed lemon slider.
They're two gone.
Third strike out for Bob Lemon.
That one a mighty important one.
Still a rough little customer, Davy Williams stepping in.
The blonde kid from Texas out of Dallas.
Right hand batter.
Takes ball one, a curve ball over but low.
Williams lined to the first baseman.
Vic Wirtz his first time up.
It's a very slick little field of this Davy Williams.
$65,000 purchase from Atlanta.
Swings on the next pitch.
A ground ball is hit to Rosen.
He takes it, races to the bag ahead of Willie Mays for the out that retires the side.
And Bob Lemon pulls out of it as Williams hits into a force play.
Forcing Mays at third.
Rosen unassisted.
And for the Giants in the third inning, one run on a total of three hits.
They came in succession.
There was one walk.
No errors and three men left on the bases.
Going into the last half of the third inning, the score is New York 3 Cleveland nothing.
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Well, here's right fielder Jimmy Pearsall of the Boston Red Sox.
Who's spectacular leaping catches really leaves them gassing.
Say, what brings you to Cleveland, Jim?
I'm a reporter, Jimmy.
Covering a series for a Boston newspaper.
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Going into the last half of the third inning, it was a real pleasure visiting with Jim Pearsall,
that fine ball hawk from up there in Boston.
Good old Fenway Pop was the scene of a lot of fine ball games this year.
Jim Hegan leading off.
The Indians now will try to get back in this ball game, trailing three to nothing.
Hegan, then the pitcher, and back to the top of the batting order.
First pitch to Hegan is ball one outside and low.
The pitching performance by Lemon will give you some idea of why the experts call him one of the game's great competitors.
There's ball two inside.
Ball two, no strikes on Jim Hegan.
Little has struck out one man, giving up only one hit, a double to Vic Wirtz.
As yet to walk a batter.
The count ball to no strikes.
The outfielders are around toward left.
There's ball three, high and outside.
A shade, the count is three and nothing.
A few more standees have come in since the game started.
There'll be a bigger crowd than yesterday's.
Certainly gives you a great thrill to sit in with a big crowd watching a ball game.
The players get a big boot out of it, too.
They like to play before the big houses.
Here's the windup.
The three and nothing pitches a strike.
Better high right in there.
It's for sure this boy, Don Little, will not go too long without getting one in for a strike.
Three and one to count.
Hegan takes ball four outside.
A base on balls.
First walk, given up by Little, and Hegan becomes the second Indian base runner of the game.
That brings up Bob Lemon.
Henry Thompson, the guy in third baseman, and to talk with the pitcher, Don Little.
Helping to settle down.
Little, of course, knows he's facing a tough aggregation of ballplayers.
A team that won 111 games to set a new American League record.
Lemon, left-hand batter.
Hicks ball one outside with a curve.
Lemon, through the years, has proved himself a pretty good hitting pitcher.
The Giants lead three to nothing.
Hegan leads off.
Nobody out.
The pitchers a strike.
Fast ball.
Little high to the inside corner.
He'll take a bit off his fast ball occasionally.
One and one to count.
Batter on deck is Al Smith, the leadoff man.
Thompson, the third baseman, still expecting the bunters, in on the grass.
Next pitch is strike two.
Knee high.
Count is ball one and strike two.
Outfielders are straight away.
Hegan started it off with a walk.
Little checks his sign.
Here's the stretch.
He'll look to the runner at first.
And the pitch is swung on and popped up to the left side of the infield.
Alvind D'Arc takes charge.
He's under this one now, and he has it.
We're out number one.
One away.
That brings up the leadoff batter.
Al Smith, number 32.
First time up with a count three and two.
He pops to the second baseman, Davy Williams.
Now the outfielders moving around toward left, deep in all fields.
Big hole open out in right center.
First pitch, strike call.
Better high.
Here's a fastball working to the outside corner.
Strike one.
Bobby Avila moves into the on-deck circle.
Off to the right of the plate.
Whitey Lockman holding at first base against Jim Hegan with the right-hand batter up.
Next pitch is swung on.
A ground ball is to the third baseman.
And nice stop by Thompson.
A throw to second.
One away.
Back to first at the double play.
Around the horn.
Hank Thompson moving to his left to spare that ball as it was heading into left field.
Of course, Hegan with a throw to Williams.
Williams' throw to first was in time for the double play.
For the Indians in the third, no runs, no hits.
Nothing across.
At the end of three, the score is New York three, Cleveland nothing.
Thompson has come up with some great plays in this series.
He's played great baseball at third, taking care of some rough chances.
And there was a ball that would have gone by at many third basemen in the majors, into left field.
He stayed with it, caught it in the webbing of his glove.
Rifled his throw over to second.
Back to first, it was a double play.
Now Lemon out taking his warm-up throws.
And the first man up for the Giants in the fourth inning will be Wes Westrom.
A giant catcher.
Tony Cucinello is taking Lemon's warm-up throws.
Al Rosen, the third baseman, moves out on the grass right back to the pitcher.
Talking to his infielders.
Denty of Elam and Wirtz.
Now here comes the Indian catcher Jim Hegan out.
Takes a little time to get all that gear on.
The shin guards, the mask, and the chest protector.
Once around the infield and back to the pitcher on the mound with the ball.
And it's Wes Westrom leading off, number nine.
Westrom is having a fine world series for himself. Two RBIs, three hits.
Takes the strike, a curveball breaking to the outside corner.
It was safe at first on an error, charged to the right fielder, Wally Westlake, in the second inning.
Had a run batted in.
Next pitch is fouled back into the upper deck, landing in the press box.
And the counter strike two, 0-2 on the batter.
In case some of you are still wondering about it, the official ruling on the fly ball by Westrom in the second inning
was a sacrifice fly and then an error charged to the right fielder, Westlake, who had the ball but dropped it.
Next pitch is wide of a plate, gets away from the catcher, back to the screen.
Strike one and strike two.
The Giants have a total of five hits as against only one for the Indians.
The Giants have three runs.
An all-important baseball commodity.
Outfield is a round toward left.
The one and two pitch, a swing and a miss.
He struck him out.
Westrom goes down swinging.
Strike out for Bob Lemon.
Coming up is the pitcher, Don Little, while we're waiting for him.
Let's pause ten seconds for station identification.
This is Mutual, the radio network for all America.
WGN, your exclusive World Series station in Chicago.
Number 37, Don Little stepping into the batter's box. He was called out on strikes in the second inning.
Lemon's first pitch.
Ball one. Over but too low.
Ball one to count.
The fourth game of the 1954 World Series being played here at Cleveland.
Next pitch to Little. He swings and hits it foul into the dirt.
Hit him on the foot, in fact.
He reaches down to the end step.
Trying to shake it off.
Those little foul tips can really hurt you.
Count is even. Ball one and strike one.
One out and nobody on right now.
Lead off batter, Whitey Loughman, swinging the bat in the on deck circle.
Lemon chewing that gum a mile a minute.
Comes down to the next pitch, a strike call.
Better high. Little step back from it.
Ball one and strike two.
Here's the windup.
The next pitch, just swinging the mitts. He struck him out.
Little goes down swinging.
A total of five strikeouts for the Indian right-hander.
And it brings up Whitey Loughman, who was a strikeout victim in the first inning.
In the third inning he grounded out to the first baseman, Vic Wirtz.
Barry Dolby pulled off center toward right.
Wally Westlake is deep and straight away.
Someone okays the sign. The first pitch to Loughman. A strike it is to the outside corner waist-side.
Strike one and the count.
Whitey Loughman still makes his home down in Charlotte, his native North Carolina.
Next pitch, a line drive right back to them and he knocks it down, picks it up.
Here's the total first in time. A fine recovery. Loughman is out. Pitcher the first.
One-three.
Boy, that's one of those line drives. You throw up your glove and say a little prayer.
The Giants go down in the fourth inning. No runs, no hits, nothing across.
And going into the last half of the fourth inning, the score is New York 3, Cleveland nothing.
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Last half of the fourth inning, and Don Little has finished his warm-up shows,
ready to pitch to Bobby Avila, Indian second baseman.
There's a more exciting atmosphere here at the ballpark in Cleveland today.
Maybe it's the weather. Maybe it's the fans calling for the underdogs,
hoping to help the Indians to that first victory that will carry the series into more games.
The Giants lead three games to nothing, and are ahead in this fourth game.
The score right now, three to nothing.
First pitch to Avila is a strike, right in there at the knees with a curveball.
Watching this little left-hander, you know now why they call him the boy with pinpoint control.
Here's the windup. Next pitch, ball one, over but low. One and one to count.
Avila laced into a pitch in the first inning, but lined it right to the second baseman, Davy Williams.
Irvin, the left fielder, is deep and straight away.
The one and one pitch is swung on and popped up.
Back of second base, Alvin Doth, moving back onto the grass, is under it, and he has it.
Out number one.
Sort of looks like that Giants we've been talking about so often is following Bobby Avila.
Many batting champions have found it very rough when they did get into a World Series,
and certainly Avila is. He's had only two hits.
Got one the first time up. Has had rough going since then.
Larry Doby, the next batter, left-hand batter, takes ball one outside, a curveball breaking away from him.
Doby struck out his first time up in the first inning.
Little's only strikeout thus far.
Last to the fourth, one out and nobody on.
Next pitch, Doby pulls it foul, off to the right.
Ball one and strike one. Even count.
Little has been in no trouble thus far.
The Indians open the third with a base on balls, but after them it had popped out.
Smith hit into a double play.
Wirtz doubled in the second inning for the only hit off the giant left-hander.
The one-and-one pitch. Doby swings and hits a ground ball to the right side of the infield.
Williams scoots over up with it, the throw to first, and Doby is out.
Doby grounding out. Williams to Loughman, four-three.
I don't know whether this series goes past four games, there's still anybody's guess.
But you know something, back in 1887, under different rules, the series lasted fifteen games, believe it or not.
You've got this and a raft of other dope in the Gillette World Series Record Book.
Right-handed for you.
Al Rosen steps in with two outs. Nobody on. He takes ball one high and outside.
Last half of the fourth inning. The score is New York three, Cleveland nothing.
Outfielders deep and around toward left.
Next pitch is swung on. The fly ball hits foul down the right-field line.
It'll be in the stands, but out of play.
It's a long strike.
Batter on deck is Vic Wirtz, the best of the only hit off Don Little.
Rosen looking for hit number three in this series.
There's the pitch. He swings, fouls, hits it into the catcher's glove for strike two.
Ball one, strike two to count.
Willie Mays playing over in left center.
Monty Irvin back to the edge of the track, straight away in left.
Little rocks into the windup. The one and two pitch is ball two.
Missed by a half. Two-two count.
Rosen steps back into the batter's box.
He uses the closed stance, front foot up close to the plate.
Then strides forward into the pitch.
Here it is, swung on, a ground ball, a grass cutter.
Hit to the shortstop. Donk is up with it. The total first in time.
Rosen is out, and the Indians light the dust.
One, two, three. No runs, no hits.
And so at the end of pointing the score, the Giants have three runs on five hits.
No errors. The Indians, no runs, one hit, and two errors.
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Bit of excitement down to our left here.
Some of the folks peering into the giant dugout, trying to get a look at the boys.
And of course, folks wanting to see what notables are around them, and there are a lot of them here.
From everywhere, movie stars, stars of radio and television, notables in public life.
Out on the field, the two championship teams, champions of the National League, the New York Giants,
champions of the American League, the Cleveland Indians.
The fourth game, the Giants taking the first three games.
This one, they could lock it up.
They lead by a score of three to nothing.
And Bob Lemon is ready to work now as Alvin Dock steps into the batter's box.
Dock has one out of two in this game.
Fouls the first pitch back into the screen, strike one.
The Dock is doing all right.
He now has five hits in the 54 World Series.
This is his 16th World Series game.
Next pitch is too low.
Ball one, one and one. The count is even up.
Giants got two in the second.
Loose Indian play. Added one in the third to lead three to nothing.
Next pitch, Dock swings and hits a fireball going out into left center.
It's going to drop in there for a base hit.
He's single for Alvin Dock as he drops one into left center.
Those are the ones the boys kid you about in the clubhouse.
Come on and say, what are you hitting with, a bamboo stick?
Banjo, Red Creston's favorite expression.
What are you batting with? What are you hitting with?
Sporting nudes?
Don Mueller is up. A left hand batter with the runner on first.
Nobody out.
A pitch out called for, but Dock is holding it first.
Two pitches again warming up in the Indian bulk then. Left hand to Hal Neuhauser.
Right hand to Ray Nalesky.
Outfield straight away for Mueller.
He has two for two.
Devin checks the runner.
The pitch is swung and there's a line drive hit into right field for base hit.
Dock races to second, makes the turn.
West leg is up with the ball. The throw over the third is cut off by Dentie.
Mueller holding it first.
There's that man Mueller coming through with his third straight hit.
The Giants now have a total of seven.
This was the set up we had in the third inning.
Dock single into left.
Mueller moved into third with a single into right.
Nobody out and the batter is Willie Mays.
In the third inning they did have one out.
Mays doubled his last time up.
Infield back in normal position.
Mueller leads off first. Dock on third.
The pitch to Mays is ball one outside and low.
Mueller now has seven hits in the series.
That ties in with big work.
Here's the stretch by Lemon.
The pitch is too low for ball two. Two in no count.
Three straight hits so that's a fine performance.
Last two have been dropped singles into right field.
Hitting behind that runner moving away from first.
That's the reason the runs had left deep in all fields for Mays.
And he can hit the all field.
The turn up in pitch.
Gouled off into the stands back of first.
He was trying to hit the right field.
He moved up on the pitch.
The count is now two and one.
Ball two, strike one to count.
Seven hits for the Giants as against one for the Indians.
The Giants have hit safely in every inning except the fourth.
Lemon retired the minota.
That's the only time that he has been able to do it.
The Giants had three hits in the third inning.
We had a like situation.
That's what we have now.
The two on pitch fouled back to the screen.
Ball two and strike two.
Mays in the first inning fouled out to the first baseman work.
But in the third he bounced a double over Rosenfeld down the left field corner.
Right now he's trying for a base hit or a fly ball.
Sacrifice fly that would bring a run home.
Rock on third.
Mueller on first.
Rock in yesterday's game showed us a brilliant bit of base running.
And he trapped the team third and home allowing runners to move up to second third before he was tagged out.
The two to pick is low into the deck.
Good stop by Jim Hegan to avoid trouble.
And the string is out.
Full count of three and two.
Semmon tosses the ball into the umpire who wants to look it over.
Umpire John Sheevan of the American League umpiring staff.
Long with the other American League umpires under Kyle Hubbard all season long.
He did a great job of calling 154 games.
In the case of the Indians, 156 they played two tie games.
Count three and two. Here's the stretch. Semmon checks to the runner first.
The pick fouled back into the stand.
Count remains three and two.
This is the first of the fifth.
With the Giants leading by a score of three to nothing.
They scrambled for the first two games in New York.
Won yesterday's game easily.
And came out slugging in this one.
Time is called. A ball gets away from Bill Lobey,
Indian captain coach who is working with Ray Narleski down in the bullpen.
Lobey has been with the Indians for 25 years. He and Mo Harder,
two of the men who have been around the Indians and Cleveland baseball picture for a long time.
New York is on third. He led off with a single. Mueller on third. He singled in the right.
The third, go here. Nobody else.
Semmon has his time.
There's the pitch.
Ball four, up side and low with a curve. He walks in.
And the bases are loaded. Here comes our locals.
The manager out of the Indian dugout.
Henry Thompson is the batter.
And Thompson, now on deck, has walked five times.
Three of them were intentional walks and he has scored five times.
The pitcher being called in by our locals is Hal Neuhaezer.
The change left-hander, Tommy Rupsey, the short-tiger, being called into the game to fix to Henry Thompson.
We're talking about Thompson's bases on balls. He has walked six times.
The last time up he got an intentional pass, remember?
So that is us to Bob Lemmon.
Leaving the game now.
He has worked four innings, nobody out.
Lemmon used 74 pitches in working four and the fashion innings,
now he gets no credit for more than the four innings and for an in-out, the bases are loaded.
To give up a total of seven hits.
He walks three men, cuts out five, and has allowed three runs and is leaving the bases loaded.
If any or all of these men score, they will be charged to him.
And on the other side of the pitcher, the giant left-hander, John Little, wasn't given up a run yet, only one hit.
Here back in 1905, Christian Matheson, hit three shutouts in one World Series.
You're going to get worse without your fingertips in the Gillette World Series record books.
Al Neuhauser, left-hander.
And the first man to face him would be left-hand batter Henry Thompson.
He's walked twice and scored one.
The bases are loaded.
Pitchers by one high and inside.
He proved to be a very valuable asset to the Indians in 1944 during the regular season.
He appeared in 26 ball games.
He won seven and lost two.
The next pitch, the base strike with a pair of letter highs to the left-hander and batter Henry Thompson.
Neuhauser, about an 8-1 average of 2.51.
In 1945, he took from the World Series as a member of the Detroit Tigers, working three games, one two and lost one.
The one-and-one pitchers, no under the desk, good pick-up by Jim Hedon.
The bases are loaded.
Nobody out for the dance in the first half of the fifth inning.
The score is New York 3, three to nothing.
Neuhauser's shot from the play.
Neuhauser will come on with the microphone shortly.
We'll remember that 1945 series.
He did it.
The next pitch is ball three, outspout and low, and Neuhauser is in a block of trouble.
The bases are loaded.
No place to put this runner unless he won a left-hander and scored.
That's what will happen if he walks in.
Here's the windup.
The 3-1 pitch bowed back to the screen.
Thompson was swinging on that 3-1.
The swing is out, four-counter, three and two.
It's back on third, Neuhauser on second, and Neuhauser on first.
Neuhauser tightens the cap on his head with his left hand.
Here's the windup.
The pitcher puts his ball for a high-hand inside.
Failed to break that curve, and the course is in the run.
The bases are still loaded.
Still nobody out, and the Giants now lead by a score of 40-nothing.
Run batted in for Thompson and his third walk in today's game.
That brings up the right-hand batter, Monty Irvin.
First pitch to Irvin is bow-one-two high.
The run scored there by having bow to charge against Bob Lemon.
Giants lead 40-nothing.
Neuhauser checks his hand, moves the windup, and the pitch fouled out.
They go out of the plate, going back into the stands.
One-and-one the count.
Now we'll have Neuhauser on third, Neuhauser on second, Thompson on first.
Fast man on the bases.
The next pitch is a strike to the inside corner.
Irvin pulled out of the way.
It is now bow-one and strike two.
Batter on deck is Ovi Williams.
Irvin opened up twice, a double in the second inning.
He struck out in the third.
The count, bow-one and strike two.
Neuhauser rocks into the windup.
The pitch is high for bow-two, two-and-two count.
Try to get a fast ball in there.
Neuhauser, he really had a quicker of a fast ball.
He was a pitcher that really blown by a batter.
All right, the pitcher picks.
Irvin claims and wraps one into that field.
A base hit.
He looks for a good move.
He's raising the round for it.
He comes down to score.
The throw by Alton is under the wind to loose that.
Thompson at second.
And here comes Al Lopez out of the Indian dugout.
As two runs come home, a single in the left for Marty Irvin and the Giants lead by a score of six to nothing.
Two runs batted in by the Giants left fielder.
He started today's game with a zero batting effort.
Now has two hits and two runs batted in.
All three of these runs that are scored are charged to Bob Lemon.
So he has given a fixed run in the four innings that he worked.
The Giants lead fixed to nothing, and that is going to be all for Al Neuhauser.
Ray Narlaski, a right-hander, is being called into the game.
Runners on first and second with nobody out.
So Neuhauser had a brief play on the mound.
The Kings are just two men.
The Giants lead with no innings, nobody out.
They'll have one hook, one man.
And while he was allowed no runs of drop, to be the lead for them in score, they will be charged to him.
Ray Narlaski, the hard-nosed rookie, right-hander, coming on.
He earned him 89 innings during the regular season.
Now that's the first with a fine earned one average of 2.22, charging us 52 batting.
Taking his warm-up pose now.
Ray Narlaski, like all youngsters, wanted to be a starting pitcher.
Down at Indianapolis in the American Association last year, Teddy Kovitz, then manager of that ball club, and Ted Wilk, a pitching coach, also on the roster during the season, last season,
Wilk was then discussed it and recommended that he take over relief pitching for us.
And under their tutelage and encouragement, Narlaski came on to be one of the fan relief artists of the American Association.
And they did during the Indianapolis Spring training of this year.
Runners were on first and second with nobody out.
Three runs are home for the Giants. They lead by a score of 6-0.
First half of the fifth inning.
Stepping into the batter's box is Jody Williams.
He goes for two.
He hits the first pitch foul down the first base line out of place, like one.
Thompson on second. Monty Irvin on first.
So Irvin is a much happier boy right now than he was before today's game.
John Hickness in the first three games lifted for a 10-20.
Next pitch into Williams is Bowen inside. He was going to bounce back about out of the way.
Even up front, Bowen in second.
Williams, ever alert, back of the post, boom up over the plate, but the runners were holding.
Thompson on second. Irvin on first.
The refs will lose it. Round toward left.
Batter on deck is Russ Weston.
Now let's take the stretch.
The Putschman has the bounce. Puts down the first base line.
West is up with a 10-megapixel second.
A third post to Putschman. Williams is out on the sacrifice.
The runners on second and third went out, and the batter is Weston.
Sacrifice for Williams. He goes out.
And the ref is just going.
3-4, first baseman to second baseman covering the post.
The Weston. Now steps into the batter's box. The infielder's in place.
First pitch is by one, too low.
Thompson on third. Irvin on second.
Andrew Lindsay at in-place.
The next pitch is done on a far ball going into shot right center.
Weston closing their own movement.
He's under now the runner third.
The first coming in throws the runner in too late is the throw.
Irvin moves to third.
On the third of the plate is Thompson's third.
Sacrifice for Weston, his second one today, and his second one batted in in today's game.
Thompson's third, the first grand run of the inning.
They lead now by a score of 7-0.
On the third of the plate by Weston, Irvin moves to third base.
They're two away and the pitcher down little is coming up.
The Weston now has three runs batted in this game.
Little left-hand batter swings and misses. Take one, the first pitch is in.
Three runs in this inning, a charge to Lemon and one to New Yorkers.
Looks like swing on a ground ball to the right side of the wimpy.
The real charge is a batter with a plenty of time.
The fellow person living his life as bad as he's had.
Down they're kicking into the ground.
Big better here.
Four runs and a total of three hits and one man left on the base.
There are a few walks in there.
Coming into the last half of the season, he destroys New York's seven Cleveland Nets.
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That's a plow. It won't last for long.
Going into the last round for the fifth inning where at Cleveland's Municipal Stadium,
the brand-new seven to nothing.
And now taking over the microphone to tie on in this bargain over neutral
and facing all over the world is Al Helfer.
Al, come on in.
How about Jimmy? It's been rough.
Four and one half an inch so far as far as the three and the Indians are concerned.
The Indians are eating in seven to nothing.
Only one here having been surrendered here by Brown Middle.
The left-handed delivers now.
The Vick was the swinger and there's a high five ball hitting the straightaway center field.
And the north-hundred makes the catch and we have outnumbered runs in the last half of the number five.
And before Wally Westlake comes up to the plate, let's pause for a 10-second full-station identification.
This is Newt Road, the radio network for all America.
Seven to nothing, the Congress of the Indian State serving the Midwest.
The plate steps to Wally Westlake. The big right hand here to take the first pitch, fired in there by Liddy.
It blows a big one.
Westlake came up in the second and he hit first time after the play today
and the left side being thrown out by Sharks, Swab, Alvin, Vance.
Westlake after the next pitch, cuts a high five ball after the right of the screen, coming back by the spectators and into the side.
Great throw on Wally. One ball and two strikes.
We were talking yesterday about a team that had won three games in the World Series.
They'd won three games, they hadn't gone on to lose it.
And there's several guys that come around to say that that was so.
We'll tell you why it isn't in a moment.
Two balls to the other Westlake to swing on. There's a half-up up off the first base line.
They're just in foul territory outside of first. The catch is made by Westlake and Wally left.
The better now is Sam Gendry. The set-up.
The wind is coming up in the second. The wind goes really nice back in the center field.
It's a good round-tile ball. Good play on it for both sides.
We said the first team had overlapped three ball games and then come back to win.
That's the first three.
Well, some of the fans around the center said it's first in the 1925 World Series.
It's held between Washington and Pittsburgh.
The first pitch for Gendry is World Football 1.
But it's, you'll go back to the World Series record books published by the Lefty of Congress through the period.
Westlake swing under them far back to the back.
The count is running out.
In that World Series, Pittsburgh took the second ball game.
All-rigged beating Kovaleski.
Now they're set.
Time comes to pitch. Gendry swings on it.
He can never have a looping foul ball after the right of the play.
The swings are back into the freshman side of the field.
Down and for Gendry, his rim ball two strikes two down.
Last half of the first inning, nobody on for Cleveland.
Then the score is down to New York 7 and Cleveland's nothing.
Don Little, not a surprise starter, but certainly a surprise to the Indians.
The way he was hit here this afternoon has given up on a one-day hit.
That's an awkward sort of double.
As Jimmy tells you in his second inning, he's hit in the alley in right turn of field.
All the way back to the fence.
That's the only day's blowout, Don Little.
The left-hander twists, hits and throws.
That's a curve to Gendry, and it stays outside. That's all two.
Two balls and two strikes.
If I remember right, there was a score in that second game of the World Series in 1925.
That's a curve to Washington.
The score is three in favor of that third.
The big deep end was a bit too much of an interesting time.
It was all-rigged to Kovaleski.
The put the swing on by Gendry, a bounding ball off the plate.
Down first base to Joe.
There it is.
Little trying to cover a first base taking the cross from Yadie Loughlin, and it's not in time.
Where did the forecourt look at that?
We'll go on a minute.
Whether it's going to go as an error or a base hit.
Waiting for the officials for her to give us a verdict.
It's going to be an error, but for him, is there a charge on the throw or is it a charge on the pitcher?
It's a charge apparently on the throw.
It's not done the pitcher.
Thank you very much, Mr. Jones.
Now, down the pitcher, there's Sam Gunter as the winner of first base.
Don Hewley, failing to cut first base as he took one of the rocks and flew.
Well, we have the first guy there here this afternoon, charge at the pitcher middle.
Now, little is going to pitch to Jim Hegan.
He dies and Jim takes a lot of cold ball from there for a start.
He was a little early on the board, Dad.
Don Hewley is known as a shot-off in front pitcher.
And he does a lot of his pitching low, right down to the knees.
Now, it's up to the pitcher.
He can swing on it and loses it back a second.
There is David Williams over there, caught it to the ball and all hands are safe.
They made a nice knockdown but couldn't come up with it.
They couldn't come up with the ball.
So, the Indians have winners at first and second.
And now, once again, we go to Mr. McCullough, Mr. Jones, and Mr. Comenco to see what they've decided on this play.
It's a hard smash back to second base.
David Williams over knocked it down, made a nice play of it, and he was being charged with the air.
As when he tried to pull the ball out of his glove, connected flow, he got it on the wind field.
So, Hans Magresti comes up now to bat for Naileski.
Magresti batting for Naileski, who went winning here this afternoon.
Then Magresti comes up to bat.
The Indians are trying to make a little hay here while the Sun's trying down the Nistle Stadium.
And here in the last half of the first inning, up comes Magresti, Hans Magresti to bat for Pitcher Lillian Naileski.
That means we'll have the fourth pitcher in for the Cougar Indians.
Magresti who played yesterday, coming up to the third right now.
He has no batting for second. He is 0-5 in the third game.
Swings on the first pitch and fires it back to the screen.
Looks like that.
Down the bullpen.
Got a left hander, John Murphy, warming up.
Looks like there'll be a few coming on.
The first game, they drop out for second for third.
Two errors. The two down here in the last half of the first inning have given the Redmond Indians the best opportunity of the entire day.
One error tried to Pitcher Lillian, the other one tried to the second baseman, Williams.
Now the Indians are both delivers.
Magresti swings, hits a long drive deep in the left field.
There's a pretty well-hit ball.
It's a home run for Magresti.
And this it is, the oldest eligible player here in this World Series.
Hank Magresti comes running off the bench and puts Cleveland back into the ball game with a 3-1 home run.
It's now 7-4 over the Giants.
A guy Smith steps up here for the Cougar Indians.
The two down in the base of the front. He takes the first pitch low for ball one.
A hard smash by Hank Magresti.
That'll be the third home run for Cleveland in the series.
The pitch to play is taken high and off the shoulder by Smith.
That's our two.
And we have double-barred activity down in the bullpen for the New York Giants.
We've got a right-hander up there for him.
We'll have a left-hander in a moment.
Brown Ridders.
He's almost invincible up until his fifth inning.
And certainly he has been cut.
Two errors, of course.
Open the door.
These ones will not be earned.
And Hank Magresti is not in here in the first inning or not to be earned.
Brown comes to pitch to Smith to throw.
That's the first pitch.
So we've had two 3-1 home runs in this world series.
One by Dr. Yorke, who was down from the first game.
And here's Magresti this afternoon.
I'd like to find the fouls he threw.
Minister Shademan-Cubans with a 3-1 home run.
Cranked over the left field barrier.
Not even went high and couldn't make the catch.
The left field bar was hit about 380 feet from home play.
The house-maker was hit one of the home runs for Cleveland in this series.
He's up at the plate now.
The three-yard pitch is going to go fast.
Lady North is straight.
They look to stand for opportunity.
Rapidly running through the man-net for the hourglass of time.
Cleveland is trying to do something about it.
The pitcher puts the plate, there's the fastball.
It's open on the outside, goes right through.
Good-ass pitch, right?
That's the same number that our snooker was in about to be uniformed for from the 32.
Looking up at the plate, right hand-header.
Going in, drive, good play,
Now down to the left side with his 3-2 pitch.
Down at the whistle.
And so it's coming on the hung of the center field.
The pitcher's looking up into the fan out there, 3-2 chance for Willie.
There's a basket catch to be tried to tie.
There they go.
Here in the first inning, the craving for three-up along.
Takes up three runs.
The justice thinks it's a hundred.
That was the hit in the inning.
There were two errors, and nobody was left behind.
So the time now at the end of foul, full inning to play.
What's going on at the World Series?
It is the first in New York's giant seven.
The Cleveland Indies three.
The difference this time is the great man at the back.
He's a great guy to know too, great.
When asked in about 37 yards,
if you make the world series this year, if you get the right, you feel right,
you can forget about only those who've got the one thing to love.
OK, now you've got a man up there.
The official time attendance has just been announced here at the National Stadium.
78,102.
78,102 played here this afternoon.
For the third game in the series, the attendance has reached 360,507.
John Marcy comes in to fix for the Cleveland Indians now.
John Marcy to Ricky LaCander.
John Marcy from Redwood, Philly, California, 6195.
As far as checking the missers is concerned,
John Marcy has appeared in two ball games.
He's got two innings.
Two hits, check out one man.
Coming up to the third half of the New York Giants, Reddy LaChan.
It's a seven to four ball game.
It goes suddenly, Cleveland exploded in the last half of their winning.
That was two down, two errors were committed by the New York Giants,
allowing two men to get on and then Hank Adeski came up to hit for an hour and a half.
Let's go and crack a home run over the left field wall.
Now Marcy's ready.
Marcy had a lot to do since he's been in the Giants since like one.
John Marcy, I'm here to fix you in the sixth inning.
It's not his ball game as it now stands, but it could be.
Marcy Reddy takes it down from here.
He doesn't serve in the middle of the plate and LaChan pulls the bench down the first base line.
Victor Chazak, that's his second up and goes to first base.
Victor Chazak takes him on uniform block, goes to New York.
And that's all for LaChan.
A lot of times Reddy's led one down the first base line and did, but he missed a three-five.
Well, we'll have one out here in the top of sixth inning and the batter coming up is Alvin Dard.
Alvin Dard has had three base hits in three times, two things up to that field.
Dives into a curve, doesn't often take to get over first strike.
That's Alvin, one strike to come on Alvin Dard, one out, nobody on top of the sixth.
Down side in front, seven to three and the Cleveland Indians literally battling here this afternoon.
Not good mid of the curve and Dard's got to take that right here and go foul.
We have a great minute here this afternoon, way back 11 years.
As Jimmy Dudley told you, Hal Newhouser came on the set.
Might remember very vividly saying Hal Newhouser wins two ball games and loses one against the Seville Cubs back in 1945.
The road to delivery now to Alvin Dard.
Swing on there to bounding ball, hit back the first base, put first up with it, races to first, first down first.
And that's all for Alvin Dard.
The two Giants fight to get here in the top half of inning number six.
11 years ago, that's quite 11 years ago, I'm getting a little ahead of myself.
Nine years ago, 1945 World Series.
I've come up with the name of Bill Skater, very well known in the sports trade and the place of work in that World Series with Bill.
He's a nice couple of years younger than J.B. Allen.
I understand he's recuperating down in Florida and you can surely hope that he might be listening in today.
John Mueller, old man, breaks up at the plate, swings on the first pitch,
hit the plate, back to the nine, that's his cut across the first guess in time, and Mueller's out.
Northbound eyelash.
The Cleveland team is just working up here.
The Giants are made down and order here.
And a big turning by, Mueller without getting the ball out of the infield.
That's nothing fast to Giants here, they have to take turning.
And they're moving to basketball.
Six, four at the end, about five and one half and the play remains.
Two at seven, the Cleveland Indians three.
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The last half of the sixth inning, Bobby Avila.
The captain's power of the bird series comes up to the plate here for the Cleveland Indians.
And of course, anticipating that perhaps the Cleveland Indians have snapped out of their lethargy,
the fans start the last half of the sixth inning with Bobby Avila coming up with a round of applause.
Little tires the first six to Avila and gets it over to waste her third set.
And there is over two this afternoon.
She's super-focusing for the entire series.
Two hits, but they're too not bad.
Bobby batting right-handed, standing just off the plate.
Holds up that way down to the nod.
Little spins the pitch in, and the bill is slinged on,
and there's a high-five ball hanging from the field.
Willam-O's after he's left the front, it's great for it to come down, he's got it.
There it is, out number one.
Went out, the bottom of the sixth inning.
The batter coming up to the plate is Larry Goebbich.
Ron Kroesman here for a long time.
He was known as the sense-buster.
Kroesman here, let the home run, let the batter be back up and home run.
He's going to start it in.
So far in the series, Kroesman has had two very good hits.
Four-thirteen times his back.
Little Kroesman fast-balled through, and then picked up the knees on the right-side turnip,
or called stretch.
Kroesman has struck out a third with four-times, and he's lost twice.
Larry Lovell got that off, left-hand hitter, turns it to the knees.
Little Lovell's turn, puts it in line, there's a bounding ball hit,
drive it around, little is off the field, tires to face, and baby is out.
Well, the Indians, the three, have two men away here in the bottom of the sixth inning.
The batter coming up is Rosen.
Flip hasn't hit a ball out of the infield in two-times.
That's the sustain out.
In the second inning by second baseman, Baby Willam.
And in the fourth inning he's just hard to drive by driving the third stop out and back.
Rosen's trying to start a bad time, I think.
Just got back to step in.
Little throws up a big curve ball in the car, right off the peak of the tackle ball, then.
Guess what? Guess what, then, here's what.
There he is, over the giant in the fourth series, points the sign out for the living.
Down is ready, goes over his head, six, throws the fast ball, and Rosen after sends in,
help it on the third.
Thompson's got it, fires over the first base, low end of the dote,
why do you like them good with it, throws out number three.
There, Rosen, down, drives out, round for the first,
three-times the side, nothing in the car, super-cleaned in the last half of the sixth inning,
and the fourth, he under-flicks, full in, and into play.
There's New York seven and the Cleveland Indians three.
Well, if the Indians could come back and take the base game,
their all-time world series record will be 10-1 and 7-1 for a percentage of 5-88.
So that is top-heavy record, who have won 71 and got 35 for a percentage of 6-70.
Last time was left, Lord James Leckard, don't be scoffing at that now.
Seven.
The only number that's top of the seventh inning is going to be Mary Thompson Williams.
Here he goes, back one, two, three, four, five, six, pitches.
Six pitches in the last half of the sixth inning.
By the way, that's the shortest women's world series so far.
Six pitches.
That's pretty quick. That's good when there are men in the hurry.
Up to the plate now comes Willie May, the cap of the seventh inning is John Murphy.
He goes back to work.
Setting the Cleveland ball club for you defensively,
John Murphy is on the down-tune, he can behind the plate.
At first is Vic Wirtz,
Fabio Villa at second,
up short is Sam Zetti,
at third is Al Roach,
Al Smith in left field.
Get the rest of them going in a moment.
Murphy's third.
Mays is up and over for his second.
Willoughby is the center fielder for Cleveland.
He likes his well-a-web play.
It's a seven to three ball game.
The Giants having seven runs on eight hits,
the Indians three runs on two hits.
Both sides are committed to errors.
Murphy-Pickers, Mays takes outside and high for a ball one.
One ball and one strike.
Last half of the seventh inning.
Mays shining inside against the plate.
He drives straight ahead and he's got that time to the north.
Mays has been blessed with that ball, as I expected he might have been.
Willoughby's third.
It's his family.
Make sure he's outside for Murphy.
Run the count to a one.
He balls and one strike.
The off field turns around the left for Willie Mays.
Plays in deep.
For quite a while during the regular season,
he thought he had an opportunity of breaking the home run record.
Set by their blue.
Pitch to end.
This time it's outside.
Four, four, three, three and one.
We're going to have a look at the number of runs in the match here.
The player's share in this World Series will amount to $244,843.60.
A three-one pitch to Willie Mays.
Half ball.
Willie Swinton bounces it down back a first base.
Wirtz comes up with his steps on first and Willie Mays is out.
So that's the first out.
In the sixth inning, Rockman bounced down to Wirtz.
And here in the seventh, Willie Mays bounced to it.
So he's been a busy little fellow down that first base.
Now hitting left-hander is Hank Thompson.
One of the unsung heroes of this World Series.
Great defensively.
His storm is high up above the cap, right over the head for ball one.
By the way, Thompson has walked seven times in this series,
and if this series should end with this ball game,
he will have set a record for the number of walks in a four-game series.
Bases on both, record for four-game, six.
Down the goal.
There's another curve ball.
This is Maddie the Moler.
Thompson backed off from that one.
He thought it was going to be way up there.
Not too good.
They curve up, but good.
Dude, I wonder where first base.
Down to one-one pitch on left-hander, batting constant.
He runs up on it, spins it, and a fast ball, and doesn't get it.
That's quite true.
Very honest, he came in here yesterday, old hard nose, as Jimmy Dudley calls him.
Really fired that rock.
Today, Don Massey has come on, and he's been showing plenty of mastery with his catchers.
The one-two delivery.
Fast ball.
Swung on, bounced down off the rubber for him.
Played a bounding ball to Bobby Avila.
He comes in, can't figure that pitch to ball away from him.
And far from there, Thompson going to first to hold on.
Right and low, alpha base hit.
Bobby Avila coming in, tried to scoop it.
It was one of those two-year-old players, and Bobby wasn't quite able to make it.
It was always a base hit.
Well, Thompson's on.
That's the first pitch given up by Massey.
That'll be hit number nine for the Giants.
Down off the pitch to Monty Urban, with one out and one on.
Massey checks his liners, delivers a big curve to the plate.
Urban takes it outside and high for ball one.
One ball, no strikes.
One on, one out here in the top of the seventh.
The Giants lead seven to three.
Urban flails up back and forth, leans over the plate.
Thompson leads it first.
The fast ball is fired by Massey under the knees.
That's ball two.
The first world series, this guy Thompson, a third base, has been on 11 times.
That's just about power for the course two.
These big makes are here, loosening up down in the Cleveland Dope end.
Yesterday's starter and losing pitcher.
Massey delivers fast ball.
Urban taps out at the hip, about to handle foul.
Two balls, one strike.
Top of the seventh inning, Giants leading the four runs, the score's 97-3.
They're bidding to split this one in four.
Andy Urban, who went until today, second inning before he got his first base hit in the series,
and then he broke out with a double up there.
Takes the fast ball up to the plate, that's ball three.
Andy doubles to left corner field in the second inning,
struck out in the third, and singled the left in the fifth.
He's driven in two runs.
That single belet in the fifth drove in two of the Giants' four runs in their big four runs this inning.
Andy Urban, the world at number 20.
Thompson steps away from first.
Massey serves up the plate, and Urban taps out and hits the foul ball
off to the right of the screen, and it's going back into the stretch here.
He's out of the way.
Over the collar, Andy Urban, it's three and two.
Three balls and two strikes.
Andy Urban, nine hits for the Giants.
For the Cleveland Indians, three runs, two hits.
One, a three-run home run by Hank Majewski.
That was a pinch batter in the last half of the fifth inning.
All through the Cleveland Runs, Andy and he were unearned,
but nevertheless they're up on that score sheet for everyone to see.
Massey's ready now.
Go to three-two as he wants to make the pitch a song on.
Hits down, Greener makes the nice shot, comes up to the court,
and he's got a double play.
Sam Denny, utility infielder, makes the pitch and look easy.
The double play goes on the stretch that Sam Denny, who made a nice stop,
over to Bobby Avila, who had the Phillips to be in a hurry to make the slowdown
to first base, and he did.
Thompson was caught on the front end of the double play.
That's the race to side here in the top of the seventh inning.
And that was the second double play the Indians had come up with.
In the World Series, the runs one hit for the New York Giants in the top of the seventh inning.
There were no errors, nobody was left on.
And the score at the end, the prediction run happening to play now,
it's New York seven, Cleveland three.
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Now to the last half of the seventh inning.
West-hand hitter takes a throw from south far down middle,
and it's loaded beneath for called strike one.
Woods has done it for two hits.
The Cleveland backs are picked up for tap in home.
Both of them have been extra-base blow, exactly, ladies.
Woods swings on the next pitch and he sends a foul right up over a microphone.
That's strike two, and while we're getting the ball in play down,
let's pause here ten seconds for station identification.
This is Muriel, the radio network for all of America.
WGM, the Chicago Tribune station, for the UniverWest.
Right back to the diamond here at the Mississippi Stadium in Cleveland.
The coach has one for two this afternoon, a double-edged right center.
That's the end of the second inning.
We fly the center in the first.
Little works for another one, too.
And throws the ball behind him, behind his head.
Weston takes out the keeper from going through, and that's a one on Woods.
Woods will be followed by one at west lake and then by Sean Dunning.
Little push firing down there in the mound.
Glovers will be in gray uniform, saturated.
Little color gives you impressions of a little bull-legged.
Coach takes time, slips back through, drives hands.
Seven to three, end of the drive.
Now a little skips and throws.
Works, gets you the curve ball.
That's a pretty high one off the floor of the ten.
Ball through.
Two balls, two strikes.
Now it's half of the seventh inning.
Bam, it's going short.
No one knows when to go, the defendant's down there wearing those right home uniforms.
The two-two pitch, an overhand curve to work the five of the letter.
Around the ball pan, the lead rusher has left-hander Johnny Hanson, L.A.,
who has won a ball game in this series, and points will help.
He will lead to yesterday.
Make one and ready in case Little should stumble here in the late stages.
Ron Little from Montgomery, Illinois, ready to make his three-two pitch here to Vic Wirtz,
the up-hander when you're born.
In the drive, touch ball, swing on, jump out in the center field, left hand over the base hit.
Works his arm.
Works the line shot single into center field.
That's here for Victor Wirtz.
That's his eighth base hit.
Eighth base hit, and 15 times up.
This uphills batting percentage by dividing 15 into 8.0.
You'll have it.
One of us like coming up, he's over two.
The Indians are trying to surge back a little.
That's a third hit off Little.
It's from the plate, the west lake is taken, and it's off the end. It's over for a strike.
Up until today, Ron Little has pitched only one third of an inning in the World Series,
which got him a relief.
A couple of days back, over a total of rounds.
That's his runner at first.
The weather's a break.
West lake takes the fast ball under the knees.
That's ball one.
One ball and one strike.
West lake can be followed by Denny.
Wirtz has opened his seventh with a single to center.
He had authority. It was hit.
West lake swings on the next pitch and trickles one out to the left of the plate foul.
Two balls, two strikes on west lake.
Little gets a new ball to work with.
Looks around and checks his in-heel not to.
Finds the out-heel, finds around the left.
Going pretty deep for west lake.
Hits up that long ball.
A little power.
Red bird's moving off the first base.
In comes the pitch.
West lake swings on the run-up third ball.
There's the edit.
That's that game.
Strangely enough, Little has only two strikeouts for his credit here this afternoon.
He's got Dobian first and he now has west lake here in the seventh.
One out, one on for Cleveland.
Last half, the seventh inning, and Sam Denty coming up to the plate.
The ball is to two, slide out in the second inning through center field, and there's a base runner on the pitcher's yard in the fifth.
Sam's chipping up on the hand with the bat, stands just off the plate and strikes.
Turns it to me.
Little turns him.
There, it's over.
Right under the letters on the outside plate.
Right run.
Nothing in one.
A down on Sam Denty.
Down on house of the seven, score seven to three in favor of New York over Cleveland.
Little checks his runner.
Works it first.
Delivers the ball.
Pitchers in there under the leaves, Denty, for a ball one.
One ball and one strike.
Delivered in, working around out of the man.
Takes the work.
Cuts the particularly sharp steps up on the rubber.
Looks down at Denty.
Works his nut being held down by Randy Loughnan.
Raddy's cut way back in fielding that.
Down on the stretch.
Hits and throws.
And a miss by Denty for track two.
Finally, the monitor.
Drops the drone at that low wind.
Towers one and two on Denty.
Out there to go next will be catcher Jim Heaton.
Down at his nuts.
Down he goes and jumps through pitch.
Swing on there, he's going to try to hit out into the left field.
And the monitor makes the grab and works hard to come back to first base.
Denty hits the ball a while, but hits right where monitor Irwin.
He's got his hands on it.
So they have two outs in the last of the sevens.
And Jim Heaton moving up to the plate.
Jim started today, one for ten, hitting at 100.
He had a double.
Today he has lost them in the fifth and eighth base run-in.
And an error committed by second baseman David Williams.
So Heaton's 0 for 1 today.
1 for 11.
Now he's trying to get to the plate right now.
Little tries to pass the ball on him and he can't get back to the left field, so they hit.
And second goes low to hold on.
Not even comes up to that bound unless he even feels it in.
And the Indians now have runners at 13 seconds.
And sluggers have come up to the plate going massive.
Let's see what our low-priced is going to do.
He's got the best food down in the bowl pan, warmed up and ready, all heated.
And it looks as though Rudy Regalado is coming up the bat.
Here's the announcement.
The match is 52 innings here this afternoon.
He gets by giving up only one base hit.
Rudy Regalado is coming up.
This is just thinking a little bit ahead everybody, but if the Indians can do anything here,
and this is all about tying it up or running perhaps in their trainings,
Rick Ward for second base right now may get a second chance at the high-race record of 10 hits in four games.
Jake right now has eight.
Rick established that record back in 1928 in the World Series.
Rudy Regalado batting for down-mess.
They're hitting right-handed.
And time is all.
The good doctor was in there.
Besides a little of second glass, he's taking too much time.
Regalado has 0-0-0 over batting percentage if he takes the first pick high and tries to ball one.
Tries to save him the first to second, two down, last half of the seventh.
Seven to three in favor of the Giants.
Steven making her base.
And a 1-0 pick by Don Little.
An overhand fastball taken on the outside corner, and a half-or-fifth.
One ball, one strike on Pinchmutter Rudy Regalado.
Woods ready to set Taylor second.
Higgins ready to step out to first.
Regalado leads over.
Little comes in with a fastball.
Tom, a good back-to-the-middle in the centerfield for a base hit.
Woods coming around third.
Willamette still goes to third.
There goes Higgins into third.
Taylor's a first-and-third in the run for.
Now it's a seven-to-four ball game by Steven.
And starting back, and Leo DeRosa calls for Tom and comes out with a giant dugout.
Jim Higgins at third base.
Rudy Regalado batting for Don Maffey.
Singles back to the middle.
And hardly coming out with a giant dugout and going down to the bullpen is right-hander Mark Berkham,
who leads so magnificently in the first game of his World Series and picked up the win.
It's a relief for Magley.
I don't think there's another opportunity to lead Magley.
And Leo DeRosa is going to call on Hope Wilhelm.
Hope Wilhelm is coming on.
He relieved here yesterday.
And Hope Wilhelm is coming on to pitch here in the seventh inning.
As John Wibble, who pitched magnificently up until the fifth,
the ball game started to pop a little on him in the fifth inning.
And Cleveland squared three runs after two hours.
Two hours committed, allowed two men on, and Hank Magetsky came up to hit a three-run home run for the Cleveland Indians to get them back in the ball game.
Then the eighth to the sixth inning was rather routine.
And the seventh inning here, it has been trouble again for Don Little.
So he goes out of there after having hit six and two third-anys of balls.
He's given up four runs.
He's given up four base hits.
He's left one man stuck out two wild hits one time.
But the two men on the bases right now are the responsibility of the now-departing Don Little of Mount Carmel, Illinois.
There's a round of applause for him.
He's picked a good ball game today.
I'm going to go to the third inning.
Hank Wilhelm coming on to make his second appearance in the 1964 World Series.
They came on in yesterday's ball game after Gomez had gone seven and one third innings and finished it out.
New York winning the ball game 62.
Now it's Wilhelm coming on to try to stay vigilant for the drive and for the starting 50-pound middle.
And it looks as though he's going to come up and do a little batting here for the Cleveland Indians.
Here's Dr. Smith.
There he is home.
Joe Schoepf, a left-hand hitter, coming on the back for Al Smith, a right-hander.
Schoepf may stay in the ball game to play out in left field or he may have a realignment of the outfield position for Cleveland.
Well, let's see.
It's a seven-four ball game.
And the guy stepping up to the tape, Schoepf, represents the tying run for Cleveland.
Higgin is up first.
Regalado, who singles back through the middle to drive in the run, is in charge at first.
A pretty good runner.
Well, this is a left-hander, Joe Schoepf is coming up now.
Let's see what happens with him with two down and two on.
Last half for the seventh inning.
Cleveland making their move in the seventh, trying to do the same thing they did in the fourth inning.
The reason for Schoepf being sent in this spring, Joe Schoepf looks like Wilhelm pretty well in the spring exhibition game.
Jimmy Dudley rubs his pants together.
He's on his home ground here.
Let's see what folks are going to do, and I know there are thousands of crazy fans going to fans.
That was a giant fan call over the country.
They have their fingers crossed right now.
Well, let's see what happens with Higgin Wilhelm with relief.
Down little.
The knuckleball and right-hander gets up.
Shecksey is the runner at first and second.
Look down at folks at the pinch battle.
Delivered to him, the knuckle.
And looks outside, way outside.
And that's him.
Almost had the ball get away from him.
And he's got a pretty tense situation here in the last half of seventh inning.
And that's Wilhelm, the left-hander, and that's Schoepf.
Third time, it's gone.
While a ball is retrieved out on the right field, it's got away from the ball point crew working for Cleveland.
That's him still throwing down there for Cleveland.
There will be heat coming on here for Cleveland in the top of the eighth inning.
Wilhelm with runners at first and third.
Second is open.
Delivered to folks, the knuckleball.
Punched by up to the left-handed fan.
Comes down those pins and the ball catch him loose.
Two balls, one strike on folks.
He tried to hold up on it.
Swung that down, but it went too far around.
Wilhelm with the wind.
Two balls, one strike.
Wilhelm below number 49, a big flip arising bag.
A serious take, young fellow, steps up.
Makes his start, checks his runners.
He can step that up for him.
Regalado out first.
Down comes the pitcher, knuckleball, swung on.
Again, punch foul.
Richmond out for his third base line, way back into the second tier on the play.
A hard ride for two balls and two strikes on Dave Pope.
A good starting for Al Smith, the leadoff man, the president.
Regalado batted for Massey and hammered a run in by ripping his finger right back through the middle.
Oh, there it was.
Gave up four runs and five hits.
He's responsible for the two men on right now.
Wilhelm trying to send the tie.
Get out the far.
Two to six now, a very quick left-handed hitter.
Here's the knuckleball, swung on and punched foul again.
Looking down the left-hander line.
That goes into the tie-down play.
That saves the two and twos.
Wilhelm puts the tie on the match.
He's giving Wilhelm a workout.
Now away to the yard again.
It's a good time, stocking battered box.
Wilhelm, that's his winner.
Goes to the top of the stretch.
Comes down, has a take, kicks and blows.
Knuckleball, swung on, he goes back to the yard.
Wilhelm has a par space base for Roddy Rockman.
Focus out on the enemy hook.
So Wilhelm comes on here to get the last shot for Gordon Dunning.
The Indians body back, picking up one run.
On three base hits.
There were no errors and two men were left behind.
He's got the score here at the end of seven full innings of play.
Now they know that Giants seven and the Cleveland Indians four.
That's right.
Cleveland's doing these two teams a lot of hammer and tongs.
They're at Minnesota Stadium.
Seven or eight thousand, a hundred and two folks have come in here to see the excitement we've been telling you about.
And Cleveland Stadium here is one of the two perfectly proportioned ball stocks in the majors.
Quite a few of them here.
In the Third World Series record book, you see that a home run has to travel just as far and just as high to clear any fence in right field or right center as one in a comfortable direction in left field or left center.
And there's a many people saying that that should be in all ball stocks.
And if that be true, then the record should be much more even.
Ball law there has been a great move in that direction.
The ball stock here is a very fine one.
The ball stock is at Chicago.
The one down in Baltimore is going to be a ball stock that will have dimensions.
That is just about the trend.
Now, Gauffer has won the left field at the
and Gauffer has been on the pitch for the Cleveland Indians here in the eighth inning.
So Gauffer on the mound.
Gauffer the right-hander.
Lost yesterday's ball game so he's also won.
No win, one loss.
Won the World Series up until now.
So Gauffer comes on and Dane Polk remains out in left field.
Being on the back of Smith.
And the first man to come up here in the eighth inning for the New York Giants will be Dave Williams.
So moving to the top of the eighth inning with the Giants leading 74.
They left seven runs on nine hits.
That's committed two errors.
The Cleveland Indians four runs on five hits and they're up also two errors.
Dave Williams still looking for his first World Series base hit to go for 11.
Such a far successfully his last time out that was his fifth inning.
Comes on the right-hander's batter from Dallas.
Brings back from Bursfield fastball and takes it off the hips and sides to ball one.
Bursfield going around the trade with the big ball.
Picks and throws another fastball.
Williams cuts the foul off to the right of the plate.
Goes way back up into the second tier.
One ball and one strike.
That's a very number eight.
Giants having a front for three runs.
Trying to wind us up.
That's a very close and overhand curve at the end there for strikes and the count is one and two on Williams.
One ball and two strikes.
What's going to come back to go next?
It's going to be the pitcher Wilhelm.
First thing with fouls.
Got your curve in there low.
That's ball three.
That's air pumps.
Picks.
Throw a sweet tour.
Fastball inside off the knees.
That's a back six ball three.
That's first count on Williams with three balls and two strikes.
That's going to be a training, the first run up for the Giants.
Bursfield falling away out there at the end there.
Six counts.
Egan.
Three two pitches to plate.
Overhand curve.
Come on by Williams.
There's a long drive deep in the left field.
It's curving and it goes foul into the seat.
That's Mrs. Dana home run for Davy Williams.
She tagged that ball pretty well.
That's about as close as he'll ever come to making a home run and that's actually getting it.
You can see the kid's shoulder sort of sag when that ball first foul down at the 320 foot line.
Davy hasn't hit too many home runs this year.
Actually he's battled that stick all year long.
His batting percentage hasn't been anywhere near where he or the Giants think it should be.
But he's been really stuck to it all year long.
He's shot in the arm for the kid had that ball gone in.
Didn't quite make it.
Three two pitch drive.
I got to see an overhand fastball taken by Williams.
Blowing foul at the ball four.
Ball Williams gets some compensation by drawing the off.
Out front here the first base on balls.
First base on balls given up here.
And through the knee outside.
And Weston comes off.
He's going to pass the pass right field in the second inning.
He's got his batting in the run.
He's stuck out in the fourth.
Passed by the right field in the fifth.
He's driving his second run.
Well he's driven in a pair today.
And has gone 0-1 action.
Stuck out in the fourth inning.
Weston can give that ball for the right too.
Minnesota ball so glad about his bat.
Right there.
Firestorm and expecting the bunt.
The infield comes charging in.
It's the Giants running.
It's too close up against the uniforms now.
It's a fastball run.
He's got a jet up overhead here.
He's really going through a lot of tricks and tactics.
All set.
Weston scores off the bunt.
Both puts the bunt down the first base now.
And Wirtz plays it.
His only play is back to Avila covering at first base.
And Williams has to pass the pass down the second.
So Weston runs and takes the pass to the second.
Wirtz handling.
Avila taking it at first base.
So it's a 3-4 put out if you're scoring with it.
Williams runs for his position second and the batter coming up is quite well held.
Up ahead first at bat.
He came in and pitched one third of the seventh inning.
But moving up to the plate.
He's not a great shaker to the batsman.
And a friend wave at him anyway.
If you're looking into the last half of the eighth inning and would like to know who's coming up for Cleveland,
it'll be Avila, Joby, and Williams.
If you're looking at that order, anybody else neither, it'll be a bit worse.
I know many times putting in the ballpark folks like to look at the programs
and see who's going to come up the next inning.
Now they're ready.
So it's the real home of the Coons on the first pitch and dribbles it foul.
Off to the left of the plate, beat me down in the ground.
That's the second.
Seven runs, nine hits.
Good job.
Down the set.
Garcia overhands the pick.
Pass ball.
Fires with the knee to Wilhelm for a strike.
That's the second one.
Down they're going two.
Garcia checks his runner back at second.
Delivers the plate.
Puts a swing on the Wilhelm and misses.
That's the pass ball.
Wilhelm goes down striking out for Garcia.
That's the second out here in the inning.
Garcia has walked him in, struck him out out.
About to coming up is Whitey Lachman hitting left handed.
Starting to flip batting around for New York.
Whitey hasn't hit a ball out of the infield today.
He's called out on strikes in the first inning, tapped back to Wurtz in the third
and was thrown out to the pitcher covering.
And with the reverse when he came up in the fourth inning,
he hit a smash back to the mound and was thrown out by the pitcher.
And in the sixth inning, rolled to Victor Wurtz for the first out of the sixth.
Whitey choking up on the bat handle, steps in.
Garcia checks Williams back at second.
Big ball chested right handed delivers.
There's a curve inside and low.
Right into the dirt.
Higgin comes up with a nice hit.
That's ball one.
The most sacrifice hits in a game held by Joe Pinker of Chicago,
but actually 1906.
And West Western is credited with three here this afternoon.
Two sacrifice flies to right hander sacrifice.
So I imagine that that will tie it up right.
The pitch to Whitey Lachman is over but low and this time it's two balls, no strikes.
Of course you know the sacrifice fly just came back into existence.
And it has to be figured along I would imagine with the tabulation of a sacrifice.
So Western has three.
That will tie Pinker.
Overhand pitch is swung around by Lachman and hits foul.
Off to the left of the plate.
Up into the second here out of goal.
Somebody humble that one and drops it back down to the lower deck.
Two ball one strike counter Lachman.
Two down.
Baby Williams still at second.
In comes the pitch.
Lachman takes it low.
That's ball three, three and one.
Williams driving away from second now waiting for Garcia to wheel that next pitch up to Lachman.
Garcia settles.
Looks at his runner and delivers the plate and overhand curve.
Lachman swings on it.
Hits a high fly ball to deep right field.
Wally Westlake back on the center track.
That's all here in the eighth inning for the Giants.
No runs, no hits.
No Cleveland errors.
One man, the sixth man, in the front of the Giants and going about eight times.
Throw the score at the end.
About seven and one half innings of play.
It's New York seven and Cleveland four.
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Now to the last half of any number eight here in Cleveland. Has a total of just six more hours remaining.
We'll do something about free run deficit.
As we told you, the last half of the eighth inning, we'll find Bobby Avila, Larry Doby, and Al Rosen coming up in that order.
But Wilhelm has his work cut out for him. At least a whole list of them.
And a round of applause for Bobby Avila as he steps up to the plate.
A coaxer Cleveland trying to get something started and cooked up.
Wilhelm, the knuckleballer delivers, and there is that knuckle. It's high inside to Avila, for ball one.
Wilhelm ready, delivers again, Avila takes. There's the fastball.
Down across at the waist, first ball strike.
And the wind kicking up now from behind left center for you, blowing right across the diamond out behind first.
So to poke it into that breeze, you're going to have to hit the ball pretty stiffly.
Bobby Avila holds it free this afternoon. Wilhelm delivers, there's the knuckle.
Avila runs up, knocks the ball, takes the fix, and it's in there anyway.
Strike two.
Run ball, two strikes on Avila.
Doby on deck to follow.
Aggress and down in the bullpen, along with Johnny Antonelli going for the chance in case Wilhelm should have trouble.
White pitchers one and two.
Curveball, it's one-one, and this is just away from West Western.
He comes back to the screen, picks up, and throws.
The first base for the Blue Lanes there.
There's the first, a brilliant, on-the-wire one.
On the first strike.
And of course, it's going to be charged to the pitcher.
Avila will be charged to the pitcher for throwing that one wide.
So, hook well out, a charge with the error.
Throwing that one wide, way back to the screen.
Western couldn't hold it.
On strike three.
Avila went down the post.
Up the plate is Goebb, he takes the first pitch in there for a strike.
So, Avila.
Goes on on first base.
Well, that's the end of all game, and the way to get on.
There, Doby up there, is a round of the cross.
The woodland clapping starts to the stands here.
Wilhelm checks his runner at first, Bobby Avila.
Throw to the plate.
A knuckle that's outside.
As Doby starts to go and changes his mind.
One ball and one strike to count on the eye of Doby.
One ball, one strike to count on Doby.
Wilhelm in trouble, by his own making.
Delivers a knuckle, or Doby takes it low into the dirt.
That's ball two.
Two balls and one strike.
The Giants have seen here this afternoon their 7-0 lead.
Lindelbauer now to a three run lead at 7-4.
Wilhelm on here in trouble in the eighth inning.
Avila at first.
Doby is on.
That's your on.
That's the plate.
Takes the pitch outside.
That's ball three.
Two balls, one strike on Doby.
On the ball pan is Wiccan and Johnny Atamela going hard.
Johnny ready for the Giants.
Now one thing about it, these Indians haven't given up here this afternoon.
No battling.
Wilhelm ready for the three one pitch.
That's the ball two.
So instead of his knuckle, Wilhelm came in with his fast ball.
There it is, down on Doby.
Avila steps away from first base.
Will he be running three to eight?
Does not.
That's a swing arm.
There's a half-foul ball after third base time.
Thompson's going to get this one that's over behind the dugout, out of play.
Avila playing it safely down there, first base.
Now for the next three-two pitch on Larry Doby, the center fielder.
Avila on.
That's out of course.
Doby waits.
Wilhelm delivers.
There goes the other little pitchers.
Here we go.
That's one to rip right through the broadcasting booth.
Didn't hit you did it, Jimmy.
How about you?
Scared you all right?
Okay fellas.
I thought you would hit somebody.
Ripped right through the broadcasting booth.
Almost hit our start of session.
Frank Zuzalo in the face.
Three-two pitch now, coming up, Larry Doby.
Wilhelm ready, checks his runner.
Throws over, first base.
Keep Avila close.
Robbie was well enough on that last three-two delivery.
So was the crew up here in the broadcasting booth running.
The pitch, the other break, pitch swing arm there.
The line's out deep in the center field.
William Mays back is under.
It makes his throw all the way to first base.
And Avila has to hurry back.
Well Doby lines up.
William Mays in center.
We're at number one here in the eighth inning.
Still have a base runner.
Spongum really got us slowly now.
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Now we're home ready.
Breshtove, Flip Rosen.
He does the right hand hitter takes a curve inside under the chin for ball one.
Now Rosen, who hasn't caught the ball out of the injury on the side,
he's gone over three.
Runner first, one out, last half of the eighth.
Seven to four in favor of New York.
Knuckleball swung on the roads.
Rosen hammered him to let center field.
Bobby Avila, fast second.
He's on his way.
Coming in the third.
Willie Mays, up the ball, throws in.
Avila slides, he's safe at third.
Rosen, that's a win.
Leo DeRosa coming out of a giant dugout now.
Out the box to Holtwell Hell.
Right has ran to a snag here in the last half of the eighth inning.
The Indians have runners at first and third.
Second is open, one out.
Nick Wirtz is scheduled to beat about her,
and Leo DeRosa says let me go out there and talk to my pitcher.
Down the bullpen, it's Gwysum and Antonelli, both warmed and ready.
Should DeRosa need either one of them.
And I think he's going to bring in Jeremy Antonelli.
Yep, here he comes.
Johnny Antonelli is going to be called upon as the fireman here this afternoon.
So Wilhelm pitched one third of the seventh inning, pitched one third of the eighth inning.
He's pitched two thirds of the inning.
And coming on will be Johnny Antonelli.
Johnny Antonelli has won one ball game.
And the series, Johnny Young called up on Massachusetts, came called on again.
Antonelli in winning his ball game for New York,
the second game of the series that was back in the 30th of September.
The league concludes in Indians 3-1.
He gave them eight base hits.
They stranded 13 men on that afternoon.
Johnny Antonelli comes on in the lead.
That's the business is picking up in the Wigwall.
Antonelli comes on, hits the works.
Take Wilhelm out of the ball game.
Johnny Antonelli relieves him.
He's a fair kicker to the viewers by DeRosa.
He's drawing a few warm-up pitches down in the mound now.
What a number 43.
It's quite a lot of difference.
Johnny Antonelli's a fastball pitcher.
He's got a good curve and a good slider.
Weston and Fernando are catching the knuckleballs to put Wilhelm out.
Well, Jimmy Dudley, you said before this ball game started that we can expect a lot of fireworks.
I guess you're absolutely right.
Before I have to really pass away here to the courts, let's pause ten seconds for placement identification.
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This is WGN, your exclusive World Series station in Chicago.
Ripworth's standing just outside of better spots.
Well, Antonelli goes his warm-up pitches, gets field to my arm.
Things are sort of broken loose here for Cleveland in the fifth and the seventh.
They scored three times in the fifth, once in the seventh, and they're bidding here to score again in the eighth.
Ripworth's coming up.
There's one home run for the Cleveland Indians in this series.
The series would say a pick-up three.
Now, with anticipation, the fans are beginning to give applause for Victor Wirtz.
He represents a tying run for Cleveland.
I was on the first. I'll be available at third with one out and second open.
Four is seven to four and play for the Giants.
The Indians make it come right down to the wire.
Wirtz has eight base hits in this series.
He can get his length right now.
Ten is a record of base hits in a four-game series.
Of course, this would go more than four now.
Down comes the pitch to Wirtz, the fastball off the shoulder inside.
Come down those strikes on Wirtz.
Wirtz has three runs batted in.
Majestie has three runs batted in.
So they're tied in the RBI department in this series for Cleveland.
Anthony ready. Wirtz back and deals off the fastball.
One dollar, one strike as Anthony goes for the fastball.
Now we've got John McCall, the left-hander in the bullpen, and Mark Grissom, the right-hander for the Giants.
That is the first and third to Cleveland here in the last of the eighth.
One out.
Big word's up there.
This afternoon he's two to three, double and a single.
The curveball to him is overnice with the waste of his time.
A half-dollar chip.
He's good all the time and put in the change-up curve.
One ball and two strikes.
Also, this is going to be one wheeler, remember.
Show us which way the cat jumps in this one.
Lots of ball games in this series.
That's really been exciting.
Ratnello sets, delivers. It's a big curveball.
We'll see the misses.
Ball strike three.
That's the big out.
Ratnello comes on, strikeout Victor Wirtz.
That's the third strikeout against Cleveland.
The batter coming up now is Wally Wesley.
Wilson steps out in front of the plate and shots words of encouragement to John Ratnello.
Ratnello standing at third base, ready to step out now.
Wally Loppen goes back to his steaming depth and allows Al Rosen to take his lead at first.
And now he settles down in the position, checks his runners.
Here's the pitch into the plate and Westlake takes it low and outside for ball one.
Last half of the opening, Cleveland, two men on, two down.
Score seven to four in favor of the New York Giants.
They're trying to sweep this series in four.
Ratnello sets, kicks, throws a lot of curveball, slam foul down the third baseline.
Westlake scops, one ball and one strike.
Westlake, a big right hand hitter, feet wide spread apart.
Stands about three quarters deep at the plate.
Pretty much close up on it.
Ratnello asks Westlake for the sign again and gets it.
Avila taking a slight lead at third.
Now Linton's at lead.
Rosen is first.
Ratnello pitches fastball, swung on and hit foul.
Goes right back into the stands.
Down on Westlake is the ball and two strikes.
Score seven to four in favor of the Giants.
Seventy-eight thousand, a hundred and two pair of eyes looking on here this afternoon.
Waiting to see what Johnny Abnall is going to do.
Waiting to see what Wally Westlake is going to do.
Johnny checks his runners, delivers one and two.
A curve over for 12-strike three.
That had Westlake all tied up.
So Westlake is calling out on strikes.
After five to five here in the eighth, no runs.
There was one base hit, there was one error, there were two men left off.
So the score at the end of eight, four, and these are playing now.
It's New York seven and Cleveland four.
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It's to the top of the ninth inning.
And the first man up for the Giants will be Al Bindar.
We'll have Mueller and then Mays following it in that order.
Well, just a minute ago, we were talking with Jimmy Dudley.
And we're asking him some questions about what he could expect in the last portion of the ballgame.
Did he expect fireworks? And what did Jimmy Dudley tell us?
Well, Big Al, I thought you had it there for a while.
Those fireworks were in the making, but all of a sudden that Antonelli came on.
And you know something? He did today just what he did the other day.
Against the Indians, he had two men to stop in the lineup.
Those two men were Dobie and Wirtz, the two tough, long ball-hitting left-handers.
And he turned in the trick again today.
And yet, as so many people have said all over the world, they're probably still saying,
the ballgame is never over until the last man is out.
And there's three more outs to go for both teams.
Well, that's right, Jim. And the Giants are sending up now in the ninth inning Al Bindar,
John Mueller, and Willie Mays, and if anyone else has made a touch.
Al Bindar has had two for four here this afternoon, two singles for left field.
And he's facing Mike Garcia.
Yesterday he got a single off Mike in the third inning at the left center field.
One for two off Mike yesterday.
See how he fares today with the big right-hander.
Michael came on in relief in the ballgame.
Comes down with first pitch and it's swung on.
There's a long drive into center field. Good for a base hit.
O'Dark is on.
This is Alvin Dark's 16th World Series game, as Jimmy Dudley has already told you.
By the way, talking about World Series games, a guy we all know pretty well,
Jolton Joe DiMaggio, appeared in 51 World Series games.
That's an all-time record.
That even tops the Great Bay Brookes by ten games and Lou Gehrig by 17.
Mike Garcia pitching down to Don Mueller, who squares off,
funds the ball back to the mound.
Garcia has it, clips it over to Bobby Avila at the second baseman covering it first.
And Dark has been sacrificed on down.
So we have one Giant out here in the ninth inning.
They're playing for an insurance run.
Mays coming up to the plate.
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Willie Mays moving in.
He has one hit in three times, a double.
Swings on this pitch and hits a one-hopper to Bobby Avila.
The play goes over to first base to Vic Wirtz as Alvin Dark moves on over to third.
So we have the second out here, hitting number nine, drives up at bat.
Hank Thompson coming up to the plate.
Thompson, who has walked a total of seven times,
has had one base hit, a scratch hit in the seventh inning, second base.
Thompson hitting left-handed.
Garcia over his head, pumps, throws the fastball.
There's another bounding ball.
This one hit down to second.
Avila has it on the second hop, throws to first, and the inning is over.
So for the Giants, they have Alvin Dark open with a single to center,
but he goes to third and gets no farther.
No runs, one hit.
The Giants had one man left on.
That was their seventh left on here this afternoon.
And there were no Cleveland Bears.
So the score at the end of eight and one-half and he's a play.
It's New York 7 and Cleveland 4.
When the last man is out here in this ballgame,
Bill Corm, one of the nation's number one sports columnists,
will make a mad dive for the press box to get up here to the broadcasting booth.
He'll be primed with the expert's view of the game,
not only his own but that of the other top newspaper guys.
You'll get a new picture of the game when you hear him.
Stay tuned now for Bill Corm, will you?
Now for the last half, opening number nine.
Johnny Antonelli comes out.
Just a little note we'd like to pass on to you.
The most men left on bases, the record that is,
in World Series play for a four-game series,
64 men left on by both teams.
That was the Yankees and the Cubs in 1932.
And these two teams here playing in this World Series have already tied that one.
The last half of the ninth inning, Sam Dente,
is going to be the first man up for Cleveland.
They have four runs on six bases, six and two errors.
Four, six, two. Four Cleveland.
Let's see, they have left one, two, three, four, five men so far.
Five men have been left on. The Giants have stranded seven.
First pitch by Johnny Antonelli to Sam Dente.
It's a fast ball. It's outside for ball one.
Seven runs, ten hits, three errors for New York.
Seven left.
Next pitch by Antonelli is another fast ball.
It's high for ball two, and Dente's count now is two balls, no strikes.
Last half of the ninth inning, Dente, Hegan,
and probably a pinch better for Garcia.
In comes the pitch to Dente.
Antonelli's fast ball is good at the knees for a strike.
Antonelli tries again, and Dente strides into a lot of fast ball.
Takes it high for ball three. Three balls, one strike.
Plus Weston takes his sign from the dugout, relays it on out to Antonelli.
Gets down, pops the mid up as a target.
Antonelli starts his pumping motion for the three-one pitch.
Rears back, deals it off. Fast ball outside for ball four.
So Sam Dente opens the ninth, little off.
Off Antonelli, that's the first place on balls,
and Strangeling up and with the second.
The Indians have picked up here this afternoon.
That's Jim Hegan, Leo DeRoscher.
Lost the time, comes out, wants to talk to his catcher.
Not his catcher, he wants to talk to West Weston.
West has cut the entire series.
DeRoscher standing in the circle just off the left home plate.
Bumping their gums together and cooking up a little strategy for Jim Hegan and the Indians.
Sam Dente, open the ninth with a walk.
Hegan coming up there.
Hegan himself walked in the third.
Was a baserunner in the fifth on an error.
And singled the left in the seventh.
So he's had one for two today.
Super 12 all told in the series.
An overhand fastball to Jim.
It's pulled right through off the fifth.
Good first strike.
No balls, one strike.
It's a count on Jim Hegan.
Right down to the last three outs for Cleveland.
The Sands are really running through the arc last night.
An overhand run up pitch is swung on.
A pop foul off to the right of the plate.
There comes Wadie Loughman in.
He calls for it and Weston falls away
and allows Loughman to come all the way down from first to make the catch and foul territory.
Of course Dente holds on at first.
That was a little number.
A little pop foul off to the right of the plate.
Weston would have had a tough time with that one.
Wadie Loughman had to jump on the ball.
And run it on through.
All right, we're going to have a bench fighter now for Garcia.
Dave Philly.
He's a switcher.
Fouting here in the ninth inning for Mike Garcia.
One out, one on.
Score seven to four in favor of the New York Giants.
They have seven runs on ten hits, three errors.
The Indians four runs, six hits.
They have two errors.
Giants trying to sweep it in four.
The member serves me rightly, Mr. Corum, told us before this series started to look out for something like this.
There's a fastball.
Fired to Philly, hitting right handed and he swings and it doesn't get it.
Dave Philly standing just off the plate.
Keeps his feet pretty much together.
At Nellie, very careful with his delivery.
Looks at Dente at first.
Delivers a lot of pitch to the plate.
Philly swings and misses.
All strike two.
Dave is going to hit that one clear out into Lake Erie.
Sam Dente is not being held on at first base by Wiley-Lockman.
So the result is that Sam can take a pretty good lead.
I'd like to say once again, here's we have the opportunity that the umpires that have been assigned here have done a magnificent job in calling the plays in this series.
Now the O2 delivery.
An overhand fastball off the face.
Little high for ball one. One ball and two strikes.
Now we're set.
At Nellie checks his runner Dente.
Delivers the play to fastball.
Philly swings and misses for strike three.
And that's all for Dave.
Finch batting for Garcia.
At Nellie, strikeout number two.
The fourth man to go down in the Cleveland batting order by strikeout.
Dave Pope.
Who batted in the seventh inning for Al Smith and stayed on the play in left field in the eighth.
Maybe that's a Dale Mitchell. Yes he is.
Dale Mitchell was coming on the bat here in the ninth inning.
What kind of batting Dale Mitchell comes on?
The bat for Pope who batted for Smith in the seventh.
The attendance as we are told here is 78,000.
Here is the boost of the total.
The ball going to 161,507.
The pass is directed to established 1927.
That record going to be 201,705 between Pittsburgh and the New York Yankees back in 1927.
Now at Nellie the pitch to Dale Mitchell.
He swings on the first pitch to Dale and touches a foul.
That act is a lot to buy broadcasting.
Dave right up over on your left microphone.
Last half of the ninth inning.
One on, two out.
Starts from right down to the last out.
1954 World Series drawing rapidly to a conclusion right here at Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.
That now is set.
Brothers a curve taken by Mitchell over for a second.
That was a great big jib handle curve.
Mitchell fell away from it and slipped right over.
Dale one of the nice guys in business out of Oklahoma City.
Down and in.
Ready for the row to pitch.
Gently leaps away from first.
Seven four score giant.
At Nellie's pitching.
Higher on the inside.
McHale one ball two strikes.
Mitchell batting for Pope.
And Nellie trying to close it out and pick the win up for Liddell.
If it should end this way, Lemon will be charged with a second loss in the 54th period.
Lemon, Neuhausen, Nalersky, Martin, Garcia have all worked.
Set on curve ball.
Swing on and top down the third base man Hank Trotkin comes over and fouls.
Gets the ball and the Giants are the World Champions of 1954.
That's it.
It's all over.
Johnny Atteneley does it.
And there they are.
The Marlins are at Justin McJohn and Atteneley right now.
While the Panthers score the New York Giants seven runs, ten hooks, three errors.
The Cleveland Indians four runs, six hits, two errors.
The winning pitcher is John Little.
The losing pitcher is Bob Lemon.
Now in just a moment Bill Cohn will review the highlights of today's game for us.
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Well the Giants did with a play didn't they?
For the first time since the 1914 Miracle Waves against the Athletics and the second time in World Series baseball history,
the National League team has won a World Series in 4th State Games.
It's been a couple of games, a series where it was 4-0 in a tie,
one by the American League and one by the National, or maybe both by the National, but it doesn't matter.
This is the second team ever they sweep for and that was way back in 1914 when the Braves did it.
This is a good ball team, but not a great one in this World Series.
Fine kicking, how about that little 23 year old kid from Massachusetts named Johnny Annanelli
who walked out there in the finish in trouble brood and they had to hold that lead that they had built up in the early innings
from 1.7 to nothing and struck out three men in the last two innings.
The Pudas chasing in the eighth and winning the ninth and then finally a music pop up to Hank Thompson
to send the Giants home singing in the sunshine.
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And now to wind up this World Series World Cup let's pick up Flanky Flake and some of those victorious Giants in their dressing room.
We're in the Giants Clubhouse, the World Champions and before we have the captain of the Giants, Mr. Alvin Dock, high five for the most valuable player of the year. Alvin congratulations, you did a wonderful job. What about this World Cup?
Oh it's been great, everyone on the ball has done a wonderful job, I'm just proud of everybody.
Oh you did a wonderful job, Alvin what are you going to do this winter? I'm going to work for Megabore, my company, out of Houston, Texas. Great, congratulations, get my best of your parents, thank you guys.
Here now let's get Mr. Leo, Leo D'Orocha, and oh this club did a tremendous job and it's marvelous to have the way these boys played, it was terrific. Hey, Monty, Monty Urban, come on over here.
Monty, come on out here. Hey what did you hit Monty? What did you hit those balls with today? I hit a fast ball with curve ball.
Really felt good, I'm real happy right now. Now I've got to get Mr. Harris Donovan over here. Mr. Commissioner won't you come up here please. Oh he's got a little commotion here. And the Commissioner of Baseball, Mr. Frank.
Look at this, what a terrific series Frank, it really was a marvelous series, the Giants played a beautiful ball, Cleveland I know is kind of downhearted, I do feel that that club probably is a much better club than they showed out there, but what a terrific series.
It was an interesting series, thank you very much Mr. Commissioner of Baseball Frank. Now I'd like to have Mr. Warren Giles, the President of the National League. Warren Giles, this is terrific, this is terrific, this is great.
It's great for a great reason, what did you think of your ball club? Wonderful, I knew they were in all the way but I wasn't sure about four but I think it's great.
Mr. Giles, didn't you think this was sort of an underrated ball club all year long? Has been all along, they've been tugging along, they've had a lot of guts, they've been a solid ball club that's made very few mistakes. Thank you Mr. President.
Hey Leo, come on up here. Here's a fellow who did a terrific job. Hey Leo, boy we're having a lot of fun in this clubhouse and before I have Leo say a few words I want to say a few words to Leo.
You did a tremendous job Val and you did it, you worked hard all year, you were a great leader with a fine ball club, congratulations. Well Frank, I certainly am Frank and I've always dreamed and had an ambition to be on the same club that won a World Championship to be part of it.
And I really am deeply grateful for the New York players and I'm sure Mr. Stoneman and all the New York fans out here Frank, they were wonderful all year and it was a great thing. Everything we did seemed to be right and everything that the Cleveland club seemed to be wrong and go against them.
I will say that my pitchers, pitchers, the players were great and I'm very thankful to the New York ball club. Bye Leo, hey let me get a little kiss up here now Leo. Can I get a kiss up here? Come on Donald.
How did you think your daddy did? He said bye Leo. I'm going to get Horace if I can. I've got to get Mr. Horace Stoneman here. Great folks, we're going to have a great time here in the clubhouse and thanks and I hope you fans have enjoyed hearing from the very happy New York Giants.
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Hello baseball fans everywhere. This is Bob Elston again, studying for Bill Stern.
Well, it's all over with the Shouting and the Giants, our new world baseball champion. It's been a thrilling series, one that baseball will be talking about for a long time to come.
And right now we're going to get to professional opinions of managers Bertie Pettis of the Cincinnati Redlegs and Lonnie Marion of the Chicago White Sox on how this year's football series looks through the eyes of a big league manager.
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But right now let's join Bertie and Lonnie for a final review of the 1954 Earl of Cury and the two big league managers' thoughts.
First we want to send our good wishes and congratulations to manager DeRosha and the New York Giants.
And we've heard the jubilation in the Giants' clubhouse.
Bertie, I'm wondering, and perhaps the fans are too, what the feeling must be like in the clubhouse of a loser that has just lost the World Series in fourth grade.
Well, I went through that in 1940. We didn't lose in fourth grade games, but it's just a feeling of loneliness and frustration and the feeling that we'll do it next year.
It's just something that's indescribable. It's a great luck down because the World Series is a great thrill.
Lonnie, have you expressed that? Have you been on the leading team in the World Series?
Yes, Bob, one time back in 1943 when the Institute is. That was the only time.
But just like Barry said, it's a great luck down. Everybody's taking names today and saying hello, boys, and good-bye, and it's a way to do it next year. That's about it.
Well, that's one thing about baseball and sports. It's part of a game. There has to be a winner and there has to be a loser.
And to be a great disloyal loser is just as important as winning as long as you're going to have to lose.
Now, the Giants really won this series, and they won it in Sadiqe. Bertie, what did you think of the game today?
Well, I thought it was quite a ballgame from the point of view of excitement, and as I had said all the way along the line,
the Giants took the staffel, grinded it out. They've got the starters. If they don't have the stuffers, they have the relievers.
They still had this unless the next bullpen, Bob.
A little, real good ball, and of course, Anfonelli coming in on the gate from the 9th century.
He got them out of there when it took flight. They might be able to break through.
He did a great job. He just did the kind of a job he's been doing all year.
Well, today, it was course seven-nothing, Cleveland coming back and trying to make a big difference.
The game was certainly a lot of excitement for the Giants. Cleveland, throughout the series, just didn't have their coach.
The Giants had a great tour throughout the pitching, their defense, their defense, their hitting, their running, everything.
The Giants had a great ball coming to go to win.
What about the pitching of the New York Giants against the Cleveland ball clubs in the entire series?
They had something that I think stood out, the effectiveness of their right-hand pickers against the Cleveland left-hand hitters.
Well, it was the story of one man in the Cleveland ball club, Vic Wipps, who was called Hitty,
and we know in the National League that Gomez with the screwball and Anfonelli and Litty can take care of the left-handed hitters.
And I think that the failure of the right-handed hitters on the Cleveland ball club to get hot was the difference between the series.
The Giants' pickers in hand were left-handed hitters to a fit.
Monty, of course, everyone knows that it's easy to pick up heroes on a team.
There's just four straight World Series fall games.
It can almost go down the Giants' lineup because it certainly is obvious this was a real team victory.
But what about the Cleveland ball club?
You and I can talk them off this year. We talked about great clubs, and I think you'll still throw us back.
Yes, they are a great club.
They're a club that won $111 to be a good ball club.
They had a bad World Series.
The Ropes is not the only out-turning thing. I talked to them about the series.
He was great. Other than that, I think they had a good season. They had a very good start in the series.
Let's go back to the first game. The Giants won it five runs, nine hits, two errors.
Gleamon, uh, Glickham won that game.
And Cleveland had two runs, eight hits, and no errors.
Let's quickly cut off the features of that first game. Bertie, do you recall the first game?
I think the only thing that we can talk about in that first game is Ropes' base hit and his pinch hitting.
Of course, May was getting on base and so forth, but Ropes came into his story in the first game.
Oh, what about you, Marty? That's not going to get that good.
The second game, New York won it three to one on three runs, four hits, and no errors.
Cleveland won on eight hits, four errors. The winner, Anthony Nellie, and the loser, wins.
Marty, what about the second game?
The second game was down and hanging back, McNeely and it was Gordon Picking, and they, uh, they couldn't get it, Mr. Ropes.
The third game, it was New York six runs, ten hits, and one error. Cleveland two runs, two hits, and two errors.
And they made a circus. And they were very happy, Vernon Gomez, because he thought,
we Gomez have not lost the World Series game, and Ruben Gomez was the winner.
Uh, Mr. Ray, what did you think about in your opinion in the first game?
Well, Gomez did a great job, but Ropes came in, and, and, and, and, and, and the baseball game,
the, the base hit with the bases loaded, and Wilhelm came in and did a great job,
but I think the play that I remember in that ball is Alvin Duck getting hung up and allowing his runners to advance into the position they did before.
Well, that was, uh, I think, was caught there between the puck and the plate.
That really took something. Uh, Duck was really a standout player in the whole series.
Uh, you see a lot from when he, when he was in the 19th league, and you know that, and we're in the 11th league, but I heard so much about him.
Certainly, that's what he's crowded to be. A really great ball player.
The question about that is, as a matter of fact, he's out of the three alleys today.
He's a real fine team ball player, and the New York Giants, as we have said earlier in this program,
are a great bunch of professional baseball players.
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Let's get back to the final game today, the totals.
The Giants, seven runs, ten hits, committed three errors.
Cleveland, four runs, six hits, and two errors.
The winner, little, and the loser, lemon.
Now, Marty, today, Lopez came back with lemon after two days away,
and he took quite a gamble.
If you think you have it, if you flip it over again,
knowing the lemons ability, you're thinking you've still got lemon.
If you ever hear a word, Bob, Lopez is more by a picture than anybody in the world.
There's no difference what you can do, and after all, lemons are better than they had.
And when you have your back to the wall, you come back to do that, and that's just what they did.
I find it, they say, but lemon just didn't even have it today,
but don't forget, the New York Giants are up.
They're really up.
Today, they can get the game, but I just don't think they can play by everybody.
How do you feel about that, Marty?
Well, in 1951 and 52, I was a catcher on that bar club,
and Lopez didn't have the depth in pitching that he had this year, and he pitched lemons last year and won
many times with two days' rest, and to prove that they could do the job,
the last part of the season, I believe we won around 21 out of our last 26 games
on that two-day rest rotation.
The reason we didn't touch the bench is because they had the same kind of a record, so
Lopez knew that lemons could do it, and he just kept picking his best man to take you had to win.
What about just a comment on next year's Senate race?
Marty, what effect do you feel that this loss will have on Cleveland,
and what about the chances of your team in the White Sox in the race in 55?
Being beaten a little through a four-straight ballgame,
Portland will take a little side job to put them in the district at their time.
By the time the next year rolls around, the Cleveland club, maybe they'll forget all about this,
and Portland will be out there trying to win the flag next year.
But I can say this to the White Sox, Bob, we are, too.
I think it would help with a little bit of things if we were working on the right math,
the White Sox may be battling this race next year.
Now, Bernie, what about the Cincinnati Reds?
That was a team that gave everybody a lot of headaches this year.
What effect do you think the team in fourth straight will have on DeRosia and the Giants?
Will they go into the next campaign, let's say, overconfidence,
or do you anticipate the second kind of real tough, rough-and-tough races you had in the national league this year?
Bob, there isn't any club in our league that's going to be overconfident.
We've had two couple leagues, and any one of the first seven ball clubs that finished among the first seven this year
are allowed to win that national league tennis.
Nobody's going to get two questions in our league.
What are your plans now, Marty?
I'm going to take my wife and we're going away for a 10-day vacation trip, then I'm going back to work.
What are your plans, Marty?
Well, Bob, I'm going out to Oregon on a vacation trip for about two weeks
to actually South Dakota for a little second-hand, and that's the only way.
Would you like to just say a word, Bertie, about this?
It's almost hard to pick out one or two players, because I think we're pretty certain
four-game win for the New York Giants was a team victory.
Were there any clear other players that you would like to just comment on in getting closer?
Well, I think Jesse Rhodes did a fabulous job, and what we were overlooking was the fact that DeRosia
picked Jesse Rhodes for the spot that he needed him the most. As a matter of fact, he didn't use Rhodes today.
The pass out was a very fine managerial position to place himself in, because if this thing ever did get tied up,
we always had Rhodes for that hot spot.
What about Cleveland? They're just in close, then, Marty?
Back there, you put oil to them.
Yes, I was, but I thought they could win.
Bob, that's the only advice that Cleveland had throughout the entire series, just like the first phase.
He did a good job, especially with his big bat. I'm sure the low pass did the best that he could.
The ball did the best that he could.
Thank you both very, very much. And, friends, that's it. A new bit of ball-hunting has been born,
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And, friends, that's the last of the World Series Roundup. I was thinking for Birdie Pettis, Marty,
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