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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.

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On Tuesday, October 8, 1940, the Detroit Tigers faced the Cincinnati Reds at Crosley Field for Game 7 of the 1940 World Series.

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The Reds had been to the series in 1939 but got swept by the Yankees.

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The Tigers were back in the series for the first time since their back-to-back appearances in 1934 and 1935,

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which included their first World Championship and the 1935 victory over the Cubs.

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The 1940 series had swung back and forth throughout the previous six games,

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Detroit winning the first game in Cincinnati and then the team swapping wins for each of the next five games.

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Tigers manager Del Baker would send 21-game winner Bobo Newsom to the mound for Game 7.

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Newsom was the pitcher in Games 1 and 5, pitching complete-game wins in each.

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Reds manager Bill McKekney would send his own 20-game winner to the mound, Paul Derringer, who had started in split Games 1 and 4.

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This audio is a partial recording of Game 7. It picks up in the top of the fourth with the Tigers leading 1-0 after an RBI singled by Charlie Garinger in the previous inning.

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The game was broadcast on the Mutual Radio Network featuring announcers Red Barber and Bob Elson.

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Here in the form of the Tigers coming to bat, they lead 1 run, 5 hits and no error.

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The Reds no run, 2 hits and 1 error.

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The run was made in the top of the third inning from Sullivan, a single behind first base, and then was moved down on a neat sacrifice by Pitcher Newsom.

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He held on as Dick Bartell propped up to second and held on as Barney Makasky drew a base on balls, the first of the two given up by Derringer.

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Paul purposely passed Sullivan in the fourth inning.

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And then Charlie Garinger hit one that did not come up on a bounce at third base, and by the time that Werber recovered it and threw, the play was practically over,

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but Bitter tried to make the play anyhow, and the ball was low, got away from Frank Bukwamek and in came the run from third, a single in there on the play.

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Now here's Dick Bartell first up in the first.

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Swings and hits a fly ball out in the center. Mike McCormick goes back one step, waits and takes a long line drive type of fly ball deep in the center field.

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One up, one out.

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Top of the fifth.

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Here's Young Makasky.

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I feel around to one right.

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Makasky hitting left handed, steps up and takes a strike.

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Looked as though he might be running, but he Werber came carrying him from third.

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Hits his second, strike one.

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Garen Janese swinging stretch, a high kick, throws airs, a fly ball drill out into right field,

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Avel Goodman comes up, the right field awaits and makes the catch.

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That's all for Barney.

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Two men up, two men out, top of the fifth.

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Here is Charlie Garinger.

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One for two this afternoon, and five hits so far in the series.

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Garinger batting left handed.

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Easily balanced, takes a strike, a pass ball in there.

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Nothing in one.

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Now Baker walks up and down with quick steps back a third.

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Garinger takes outside, ball one.

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Red press, back to first. Holler that's the eye, Charlie.

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Nice and calm, takes the cap off and throws it back on his head.

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It's a juice, picks his uniform down a second.

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Garinger pitching, Garinger takes a low, slow serve outside for ball two.

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Swing one.

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Just missed.

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Garinger walks down off the mound, if he's feeding he wasn't too happy about the decision on that.

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But in my eyes, smooths out a little rough spot in front of him, a short stop.

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The pitch now is hung on, there is a high, tough fly into short left field.

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The short stop is back, under it and makes the catch right at the edge of the grass.

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That's the story for the tough half of the fifth inning,

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Garinger popping up to short.

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So the only break of the ball game so far was the ball that Garinger hit with men on

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at first and second and running was two out in the third inning.

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The ball was a hard chance for Werber.

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It was a hard chance to knock down, and then he tried to make a desperate throw to the low throw to first.

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The opponents are not feeling the ball all the way about five feet,

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and just by that margin, the settlement who was running all the way from second base,

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fly in and that's about that margin, is it a one to nothing game rather than a nothing-nothing game.

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Great pitching and great defense except for that one play situation in the third inning.

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And here is Jimmy Wilson walking out of a Cincinnati dugout and tipping up to the microphone is Bob Elson.

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And it's always a great pleasure to work a series ball game with Bob.

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Just as much a pleasure for me to be with him as I know it is for you to hear him.

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So here he is, Bob Elson.

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Thank you very much, Red, a nice job.

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And fans, I don't have to tell you that going into the last half of the fifth inning of this World Series ball game,

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which is the deciding game, you can sit right on the edge of your chair because this is still very much anybody's ball game.

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A one to nothing ball game, deciding game, so what a setting it is for this number seven game of the series.

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Right now the Tigers lead by a score of one to nothing and the first man to bat for the Red in the last half of the fifth inning is going to be Wilson.

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He's been up one time today, had a single at time, which made his fifth hit of the series.

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That's right-handed.

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Now the crowd here, which is naturally a Cincinnati crowd, the game is being played in Cincinnati,

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is taking up the tempo of the old cicado clapping.

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Buck gets his sign, the first pitch is inside, close, right around his knee for a ball.

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Buck Newsom has one of the best sidearm curveballs in the business, sidearm fastball, rather, and his fastball is really very, very fast.

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He also has a slow curveball and good control.

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There's a high foul that's up here into these things, a little bit to our left, and it's a count of one and one.

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Nobody on, nobody out for the Red.

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Jimmy Wilson, first man to bat in the last half of the fifth, will be followed by Duce and then by Billy Myers.

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The Tiger outfield is playing enough too far out, left fielder Greenberg in his regular position, centerfielder Mikosky has swung off just a bit to the right,

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and the right fielder Bruce Campbell, I notice, has moved in considerably.

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Buck swings around three or four times around, ball, it's inside high, makes it ball two and strike one.

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The Tigers have made five hits from the ball game, Cincinnati has made two hits from the game.

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Newsom has four strikeouts, Seringer has one strikeout.

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Newsom has two victories in the series.

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One game he allowed eight hits from the other three, Derringer has one loss and one win in the series.

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Buck is winding up again, ball two, strike one, here's the pitch and there's a low fly ball to centerfielder, it's a hit.

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A hit to centerfielder by Wilson, his sixth hit of the series and his second hit of the day.

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Ball hits sharply over the infield, head high, a little bit overhead high, a low fly ball to centerfielder.

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Mokowski didn't have a chance on the ball, he came in, took it easily on the second bounce, and so that is the third hit for the red.

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And put Wilson on first base and it brings up the second baseman Eddie Jute.

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Now let's see, the Tiger outfield is straight away, man on first base, we have the tail end of the batting order.

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Here's the pitch, Jute swings as the ground ball down to Geringer, up with it, over to second out, back over to first, he's out, a double play.

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He hit into a fast double play that time, Geringer to Bartel to Rudy York.

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Eddie Jute hit into a fast double play, Geringer, pivoted it around fast, fired that ball over to Bartel who caught the ball coming toward the bag,

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whipped it over to first base to Rudy York, and it's a fast double play.

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And baby, that really was a double play.

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Well, let's go up.

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What looked like the beginning of a very promising rally there was kills with a fast double play, and that was the fourth double play that destroyed his maid in the series.

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They have completed four twin killings and the red legs have made nine.

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That is a perfect double play.

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Here's the right hand batter, Billy Myers.

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First pitch to Billy, swings long, fly ball, way back in right field, Campbell going back 20 feet, he's there, he's out.

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He caught that ball deep in right field, and Campbell went back about 20 to 25 feet, and that requires a side.

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No runs and one hit.

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And that is the end of the fifth inning.

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We'll get back to Bob Elton just to know what is soon as the cause for a safe identification.

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This is a mutual broadcast identification.

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WBM, the voice of the people, to talk to.

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Well fans, the seventh game of the World Series is now going into the first half of the sixth inning.

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Greenberg is going to be the first man to back to the Tigers.

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Since Matty's out there on the field, the outfields playing deep and straight away.

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Lefty and the Ripples, just the edge of the inside and lefty and lefty goes up to the fence.

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And the first pitch to Greenberg, who was the strikeout victim the last time up, is a ball that's a little bit too close to me high.

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Sixth inning.

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Derringer with the live side hit.

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That's some free.

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There's a long smash in the left-hunter field.

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It looks like a hit.

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It is a hit.

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It bounces out there in left-hunter.

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And the center-fielder, Michael Cormac, gets it in the second base fast.

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And Greenberg pulls up at first base with his tenth hit of the series.

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A hard line smash in the left-hunter field for Greenberg.

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And that is his tenth hit of the series.

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Hard wallop, which went over the infield, right over the shortstop head.

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On a line, just like a bullet.

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So that puts Greenberg on first base and brings up the first base from New York.

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He's had six hits so far in the series.

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The first time today, he bounced down to Werber.

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And the second time, he fouled out to Jimmy Wilkes.

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All Derringer, a big right-hander out there in the mound.

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Takes a look around, closes cap down from the other side.

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Greenberg, talking up, Billy Werber, Billy Myers, Eddie Juss, Michael Cormac.

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Here's the first hit, and it's a slow curve in close for the ball.

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Derringer shows that slider of his with perfection.

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Finds fast ball, which is always doing something that neither obstacles can't.

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Inside, outside, all the time.

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And finds control, took it.

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Real good control, took it.

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Here's the next one, and there's a high infield fly.

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The second base when Eddie's used his right under the ball is very high,

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and he caught that ball just about 20 feet from the second base down toward first.

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About 20 feet from the bag of second base, right in the baseline between first and second.

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It's an easy play, he's just camped under it, and so there's one ball.

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Now the next man to come up is Campbell, a right-hander.

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He's had nine hits in the series.

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The first time today, he hit him to a fourth play.

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And the second time, he hit a fly ball to Abelton.

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First pitch is a slow curve, it just missed the corner, and it's ball one.

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The Tigers lead in the deciding game of the World Series, the seventh game,

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by a score of one to nothing.

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Score the run of the third.

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Well done to get this time again.

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Here's the next pitch, Campbell takes the fastball way outside, way far, and the small two.

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He will have a delightful day today.

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He certainly had wonderful weather in this series.

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Right in some sunny, and that tells me it's a little bit cooler today than it has been in previous days,

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but it's very pleasant. There's a long fly ball, I do the throwing fouls,

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swings way off to the right.

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It does, it goes into the stands, and it's ball two, and strike one for Bruce Kemp.

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Two and one.

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Third base in Billy Wetter,

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he lost up a new base ball, left over just called the mound, and then crossed to the call.

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The outfield is swung to the right, called right-heel.

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There's a pitch, and swings and fouls one back into the way.

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Our mutual group here at Targham Field in Cincinnati,

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is certainly well placed in the top degree of view of everything that happens down here below,

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but just to the right, looking down on the home plate.

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That is, we're to the first base side, and I'm too high in the air,

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so that everything is very clear here in front of us,

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and makes a very, very nice pitch here.

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Here's the next pitch to Campbell, a slow serve ball that he fouled,

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going down the third base line into the stands, and it's a foul strike again,

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makes it two and two in the batters.

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Bill Werber is the head-wrap-up man for the Reds.

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Every time somebody fouls one, they toss a new ball down the Billy,

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and he roughs it up in the stands, lifts it back to Bairanger.

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Tigers have a man on first base, he's one out the next to pick the Campbell.

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Just misses the corner shoulder high, that's that famous slider pitch to Bairanger,

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and it fares away from the hitter,

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and it missed the corner that time with the shoulder, and still it's a foul three and strike two on Campbell.

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Man on first, I'll watch that man on first use.

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There's a quick shoulder first base, and Greenberg is back in the bag, he's 20 times.

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He'll break for a second with the, with the pitch, one goal, man on first, three and two, there he goes.

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Here's the pitch, it's wide, worst-side for a ball, he walks in,

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and it puts Tigers on first through second.

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Now the third base from Pinky Higgins, he hits the ground ball right through the box,

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shortstop gets it, steps on second over to his first base, and it's a, let me see what they're going to call it,

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now it's out at first base, but it's safe at first base, but it's out at second.

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Here's what happened, the shortstop went way over behind the bag,

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he thought that he was going to flip the ball to let he juiced, and juiced expected it,

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but at the last second Myers decided, rather than flip that ball, he might lose the time because the runner was bearing down on him fast,

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he dove for the bag himself, and touched the bag in time to get the force out on Campbell.

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But by so doing, he lost the chance for the double play, he then fired the ball to first base, trying for the double play,

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but missed, getting Pinky Higgins, who was safe at first base by a step,

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and so it puts Tigers on first and third.

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It puts Tigers on first and third.

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Two gone here, first half of the sixth inning, play at second base with Myers unassisted,

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and Myers is talking to Juiced out there now.

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Now the next man to come up is the catcher Billy Sullivan, who's been up twice, he has a hit in the wall.

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Left handed batter, the first pitch is wide, waist high for a ball.

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The outfield is playing straight away with the right fielder, Ival Goodman, deep.

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Higgins on first, Greenberg on third, here's the next pitch, there's a bouncing ball to the first base,

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he was going to make sure that that ball didn't go through him, and Frank McCormick, with that bouncing ball,

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went right to his knees and then got up and raced to the bag to retire Billy Sullivan unassisted,

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and so in that half of the sixth inning, there were no runs, there was one hit, and there was one walk,

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and that is the end of the first half of the sixth.

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Alright Bob, well we're going into the last half of the sixth inning of this World Series game, and it's a honey.

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Gillette Company hopes, and we hope, Red and I and Mel, that you're enjoying every play.

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We're very grateful for the nice letters and telegrams that all of you fans have sent us during the series.

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We have found one note that a strange thing, a lot of the fans, or not a lot of them,

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but a number of letters, taught that Red and I were partial to one or the other team.

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I'm happy to tell you fans that those letters are evenly divided.

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Since we were in Cincinnati, a number of fans thought that we were partial to the Tigers,

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and in Detroit, a number of fans thought that we were partial to the Red.

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And so that's just about evens it up. However, the letters have been very nice, and we all appreciate them very, very much.

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I can just imagine how you Cincinnati fans are pulling for the Reds, and how you Tiger fans are pulling for the Tigers.

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Well, we say now, as we did when the series started, may the best team win.

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Here's a right hand batter, Paul Derringer. The score, Tigers won, Red's nothing.

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The game in the last half of the sixth inning, it's still very much anybody's ball game.

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1-0, that run was scored in the third, and here's Derringer coming up to face Bobo with the outfield straight away in the sixth.

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First pitch, he swings and there's a foul. Right off the handle of the bat, goes right back into the wire, and it's a foul strike.

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Dick Bartell is motioning the Campbell to move over a bit into right center.

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Mokowski is dead away in center field, right in line with the pitcher in the bag.

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Greenberg is playing a little, well he's playing just, I was going to say a little bit back, but he's just about in his normal position in left field.

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The pitch to Derringer, he swings and there's a high fly ball into short right.

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Campbell should have no trouble with this ball, he's right in under it, and he takes it easily, all the first out. One gone.

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Well, here's Billy Werber, who from a Cincinnati standpoint has really been one of the heroes of this series.

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He's played a bang up game at third, and he has had 10 hits, been up twice today, played to Greenberg, and the other time, the second time, the third inning, he hit into a force play.

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So Billy's up there now with his team one run behind, one out and nobody on, and the ball game in the last half of the sixth.

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Newsom has allowed three hits, Derringer has allowed six hits.

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Now Bobo starts to wind up twice around, here's the pitch, it's perfect, right in around his knees, it's a call strike.

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One strike on Billy Werber, lead off man, third baseman, he'll be followed by Mike McCormick.

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Buck turns around, takes plenty of time, pressure on the right foot, he's a big burly right-hander.

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Here comes the next pitch, he swings and there's a pop-up in the infield, right near second base. Bartell is going over, takes the ball about five feet in front of the bag for an easy up, and there's two gone.

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And so Billy Werber pops out to Dick Bartell.

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Now the next man to come up is the centerfielder, Mike McCormick.

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I was talking to Buck down in the dressing room before the game or down in the dugout, and I was asking him if he was tired, and he said, no I'm not.

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He said, today I'm just going to go out there and do my best. He said, I'm going to fire, fall back and look for help if I need it.

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So far he hasn't really been in trouble in this ball game. He's only allowed three hits and they have been well-scattered.

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One in the second, one in the third, and one in the fifth.

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The first pitch to the centerfielder, Mike McCormick, looks to me like one of the most promising young ball players I've seen in a long time, a right-handed batter, is a little bit close and inside.

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He's got a mic like the centerfielder for the Tigers can do everything out there. He can run, really cover ground out there and looks like he's going to make a good hitter.

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There's a bouncing foul down the third baseline. Manager McKekney gets it and throws it back to Bobo.

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There's two out for the Red Legs. Nobody on. The ball game is in the last half of the sixth.

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It's the final seventh game, decisive game of the 1940 World Series. The score, Tigers won, Reds nothing.

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Tigers keep up that chatter out there. Both teams just keep talking it up out there all the time and shouting words of encouragement to their pitcher.

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Bucke starting his wind-up two times, three times around. Here's the pitch. He swings and there's a long fly ball into right center. Campbell's going over fast, can't get it.

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The ball is going way out near the wall. It's going to be a double anyway for Mike and he pulls up a second base standing up.

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Mike McCormick just doubled between McCoskey and Campbell on the line in the right center field and that fellow McCoskey can really go.

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He had farther to go for the ball, I think, than Bruce did, but he got to it first and fired it back in the infield.

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Well, they were both there. Anyway, it's a two base hit and that is the fourth hit for the Reds and that is the eighth hit for McCormick in the series

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and that is Mike's first hit of the ball game. Well, here is Ival Goodman. Goodman has made eight hits in the series, has not had a hit today,

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and now if he gets a hit it will tie the game. Man in a scoring position on second base for the Cincinnati Reds and the right fielder Ival Goodman up at the plate.

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Bucke takes a look around, everybody in place. Tiger outfield has swung just a bit to the right. Getting already out there, here's the pitch.

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Goodman swings, there's a long fly ball back into center field. McCoskey is there, he's out. He backed up and caught that ball deep in center field.

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Boy, that ball was well hit. Ival Goodman really teed off on a ball and drove it deep about 375 feet into center field,

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but Barney McCoskey went back about 10 feet. He was playing deep anyway and caught that ball just about head high to retire the side.

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And so that is the end of the sixth inning of this ball game. It's no runs and one hit.

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This game, the seventh game of the World Series is now going into the first half of the seventh.

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The run was scored in the third inning by the Tigers. In that inning, the third, Sullivan let off with a single down the first baseline.

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Newsom sacrificed. Bartel popped up to second baseman juice. McCoskey walked. Geringer then drove a sharp ground ball down the third baseline to Werber,

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which was too hot to handle. The ball rolled behind him about 5 or 10 feet and Sullivan went to third on the hit.

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Then when he picked the ball up and threw it the first base hurriedly to try to get the batter and the ball got away from the first base from McCormick on a wide low throw,

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and then the ball, Sullivan scored. And so you see he scored an unearned run. That is the only run that's been scored yet.

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We're going into the first half of the seventh. Cincinnati's on the field and the first man to bet for the Tigers is going to be the pitcher,

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Bartel, who's getting a grand hand as he comes up to the plate.

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They're shooting for their first world title. The Tigers won it in 1935 when they beat the Cubs. The last National League title holder was in 34 when the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Tigers.

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The Cardinals won the world title in 34. Then the Tigers won it back in 35.

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The Tigers play a fly ball in the short right field. Lutzen hits a short fly ball. The second baseman, the first baseman, the right field are all after it.

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And the second baseman, Juss, takes that ball for the out.

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Cincinnati won their world title in 1919. That's right. They're shooting for their second.

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Won the title in 1919. And Detroit won their last world title in 35 of recent days, 35 when they beat the Cubs.

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Now there's one gone here in the seventh. Bartel swings a liner to Werber and he grabs that ball.

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A line drive to Billy Werber. He caught that ball shoulder high. It was a very hard hit ball off the bat of Bartel. And that is two gone.

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Two gone. They kept that ball in a mile a minute clip that Billy Werber, but he was right in line with the ball.

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Here's the centerfielder, Barney Makowski, first pitch is a little bit outside for a ball.

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Well, regardless of who wins or who loses this world title, this particular time it's been a grand hard fought series.

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Both teams have had their moments. Both teams have had their stars. Both teams have had their turn at playing outstanding balls.

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So regardless of who wins or who loses, it's been a grand fight in a fine series.

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Makowski hits a high long fly ball deep into left center. Makomik is over there fast and grabs that ball on the run to the car the side.

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Makomik has to run plenty out there into left center field. He has to go to his right to get that ball and run way over and it repires the side.

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And so it is free up and free down and that is the end of the first half of the seventh.

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Both these pitchers are really going to town out here today. Just like that Gillette Techraiser goes through a tough beer.

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Well, the Tigers are going out of the field and the home crowd is standing here in Cincinnati.

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The old superstition you know that the last half of the seventh is supposed to be lucky for the home team.

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Well, I remember that it was lucky for the home team in Detroit in one of those games.

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Anyway, we're going into the last half of the seventh here at Cincinnati with the score the Tigers won and the Cincinnati Reds nothing.

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But Newsom is shooting for three wins in a series.

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Paul Derringer is shooting for his second World Series victory. His World Series records stand so far at one victory and five defeats.

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You remember Paul pitched a grand ball game allowing the Tigers just five hits in the fourth game at Detroit which he won by a score of five to two.

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Newsom has won two victories already as has Walters and has come back today after just a short rest to try to win his third game of the World Series.

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Well, it's a grand ball game and we're just about where we started when the game started. Just one run separates the teams.

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First man to bat is first baseman Frank McCormick. Nobody on, nobody out. We're starting the last half of the seventh.

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Just to make sure to try it as they pitchers throwing a few in the bullpen. It's a big outbent. Right hander.

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Greenberg is deep in left field so it's Makowski to swing and there's a line, low line drive in the left field.

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By hit the ball gets between Greenberg and Makowski. It goes out to the fence and the batter is going into second base standing up. The throw is to third base.

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Frank McCormick hit the first ball pitched on a line. Over Bartel's head in the left field the ball went between Greenberg and Makowski.

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The ball was hit like a bullet and it's a two base hit and that is the fifth hit off a bow ball.

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That is McCormick's sixth hit of the series fans and it was really a drive. He really laid the woods of that one. That ball was screaming out into left field.

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Troit is now warming up Benton, Al Benton the right hander and Tommy Bridges the right hander, the curve ball came.

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Now here's the left fielder for the Cincinnati Reds. Jimmy Ripple up at the plate and as you can hear through your radios,

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the Rosley field here in Cincinnati is in a bedlam. Tigers lead by a run, seventh deciding game in the World Series.

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The Cincinnati Reds have a man on second base with that tying run. Jimmy Ripple up, the left handed batter.

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First pitch he swings, there's a long drive, way back, back, back, back. He's cramble, couldn't get it.

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He hit the top of the fence in right field and here is the runner, turning around third base and he scores.

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The game is tied up, listen to the noise.

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Well fans, I'm going to talk to you through this bedlam anyway because I want you to know what happened.

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The batter Ripple teed off on the very first ball pitch and hit a long wallop in the right field and hit the very top of the screen.

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It looked like it was going to be a home run. That ball, Campbell went back and made a grand attempt for the ball

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as he leaped up against the wire out there, bounced off the wire as the ball did. He couldn't get it and hit the top of the fence.

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It bounced back into short right field, it bounced back into right field. The second baseman, Geringer, seeing what was likely to happen,

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had run out there, the ball was thrown back into the infield, the batter stopped at second base and McCormick scored

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and the seventh and decisive game of the World Series is tied at one and one. It is scored naturally as a two base hit.

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That is the sixth hit off a Lusom, a man on second base. That was a long double that missed by not more than inches of being a home run.

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Now there's a man on second base. So much time has been taken here that the umpires are allowing Lusom a pro or two out there to get his bearing.

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So much time was taken while the boys get out there and picked up the paper and scorecards and everything that they give,

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struck a few throws. Now we're all ready. The last game of the World Series tied at one and one.

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We're sitting in on the crowning today of a new baseball champion of the world. The boy is going to be a hard fought game.

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Here's Wilson up. There's an attempted sacrifice. He followed the ball, attempting to punch that ball

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and looks like he was going to bun it right out in front of the plate, not down third or not down first.

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Looks like he was going to make the pitcher come in and handle it and Wilson followed the ball,

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an inside curve ball off the handle of his bat and it's just a harmless foul strike.

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Remember the picture, last half of the seventh, the Reds have tied it up, one and one, man on second base and Jimmy Wilson is batting.

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Wilson has made two hits today and has had six hits so far in the series.

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First base from Rudy York is drawn way in, he's playing way in on the grass. Higgins is back a little bit.

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Now watch this next play. York is coming in father. Wilson bunts down the third base line. Beautiful bunts.

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Higgins is going after it. There's a throw to first. He's Higgins, who's carrying her, who's covered second.

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He bunted down the third base line, making Higgins come in for the ball.

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The ball was too close to the line for Buck to come over and get it.

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So Higgins, raised in, picked the ball up and fired at the first base. It was a perfect sacrifice and it put the man on third base.

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A sacrifice for Wilson.

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Ernie Lombardi is going to bat for a juice. Listen to the noise.

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Well, East Cincinnati fans, I don't have to tell you, wherever you're listening to this World Series broadcast,

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whether it's far out there on the coast, California or up in Canada, are naturally excited.

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Here's their home team coming from behind and tying up the ball game.

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Big Snows a Lombardi, who's been laid up with a very bad ankle, is coming out to bat for Eddie Jute.

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There's a man on third base, there's one gone, and the seventh game of the series is tied at one and one.

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Now let's see. Time is called again. Here's Barquel coming in to talk to the pitcher.

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Big Barquel comes in to say something to Buck. They're going to walk Lombardi.

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Ernie Lombardi is not going to get a chance to swing that Lombardi in here.

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Wilson, big Ernie is going to get down on first base, just as fast as BoBol can show four wide ones up there.

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He is getting an intentional pass. That's the picture. There's the third one.

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Billy Sullivan is way outside the batter's box. Snows couldn't reach that with a telephone pole. Way outside ball four.

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That brings up the shortstop, Billy Myers. Undoubtedly, we'll get a runner for Lombardi.

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Here he comes over. The Linus fly.

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Got there warming up. Not a C.B. coming in to run and talking to the technique. The technique is walking over there.

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The Cincinnati dugout. Well, let's see what we get.

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The seventh and decisive game of the World Series is tied in the last half of the seventh at one and one.

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One up. A man on first and a man on third to the red light.

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Get a runner for Lombardi. Here he comes over. The Linus fly.

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Got there warming up. Not a C.B. coming in to run and talking to the technique.

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And the technique is walking over there. The Cincinnati dugout.

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Well, let's see what we get. The seventh and decisive game of the World Series is tied in the last half of the seventh at one and one.

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One up. A man on first and a man on third to the red light.

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Mr. McKekney has not sent a man out yet. He's been over to the dugout. There he goes.

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Fry is going to run for Lombardi. Fry who's going into the ballgame anyway and plays with you.

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And the Deacon figures you might as well be in there now.

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Linus Fry, who's been out of these series with an injury, is going to run for Snows Lombardi.

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Man on first, a man on third, and Billy Myers, the shortstop, who has been up twice today, single.

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The first time. He was up again in the fifth inning when he applied to right.

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He has a three-hit total for the series. He's up in there, a right-handed batter.

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If anybody's game were tied at one and one, wherever you happen to be listening to this World Series game, what an exciting picture this is.

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A man on first and a man on third for the red light.

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And Buck Newsom ready to pitch to a right-handed batter, Billy Myers.

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First pitch. It's right over the plate and he slams along.

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Fry ball. Way back into center field. Way back near the wall.

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And McCoskey caught it right against the center field fence. And here is the run scoring.

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And Cincinnati leads in the World Series seventh decisive game, 2-1.

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Well, every once in a while we back away from this microphone here in our mutual broadcasting booth at Cincinnati to let you hear the crowd noise,

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rather than to try to compete with it and talk over it.

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The score now, the Reds two and the Tigers one.

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Myers hit a fly ball all the way to the center field fence and Ripple just walked in from third.

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Fry at first base, ran halfway down and then beat it back to first.

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Now here's the pitcher, Paul Derringer.

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Billy Sullivan, the great little tiger catcher, steps out in front of the plate, kicks that dirt a bit, steps back in there.

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It's a 2-1 ball game. It's still anybody's ball game.

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The teams are separated by just one run. This is the last half of the seventh of the decisive game.

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Buck takes a look around to see where everybody is. They're all in place.

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The outfield is straight away behind him.

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Here's the pitch to Derringer and Derringer swings and fouls a big roundhouse curve right up around his shoulders.

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And it's one strike.

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One strike on Derringer, one man on, two runs are in.

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Two hits, a walk in a long fly ball, have been good for two runs.

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Now he gets a sign out there again. Here's the next pitch. There's a swing and a miss.

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There's a throw to first and the runner Fry dove back into the bag safely and he swung his body around to the right field side,

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just put his bare hand in the bag so Rue Lerke had nothing to touch.

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He's in there safely.

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The head first slide back into the bag and he swung his body away around to the bag to the right field side with just his hand, his bare hand on the bag.

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Two strikes on Derringer, try on first base. Watch it, here it is. It's a ball, low on outside and it's one and two.

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Ball one and strike two on the batter.

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The Tigers talk it up out there in the infield, Higgins at third, Bartell at short, Derringer second, York at first.

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The outfield is straight away.

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Already out there again. Here's the next pitch. It's a curve ball, a bouncing ball to Higgins is left.

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A gloves hand stab, play at second base and Higgins thereby set a new record on that play.

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Getting an assist on that play at third base, throwing that ball to second base for the force out.

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And Mr. Higgins set himself a new World Series record for third baseman on assist and that also repires the side.

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Since that I made two runs, there were two hits and there was one base on ball.

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And that is the end of the seventh inning.

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Bob, I want to read this wire to the fans. Here's what it says.

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I've been my husband's barber since he lost the use of his right arm four years ago.

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But thanks to the Gillette Tech razor and the Gillette Blueblade, his morning shave is as smooth and fast as today's World Series.

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00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:21,000
Thanks for both. That's from Mrs. T.F. Hudson at Memphis, Tennessee.

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00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:28,000
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00:37:35,000 --> 00:37:41,000
Before the station identification, this is the mutual broadcasting system.

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WGM, the voice of the people, Chicago.

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Well fans, we're going into the first half of the eighth inning of this seventh game of the World Series.

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And the first man to bat, called the Tigers, is the second baseman, Charlie Geringer.

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Charlie's been up three times today and has had one hit.

428
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First pitch was inside low for the ball. The next pitch he swings on for a foul strike.

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Pinky Higgins just broke the record, World Series record, for chances accepted, which was formally held by Ozzie Blueji of Washington and which was established in 1924.

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Nobody on and nobody out for the Tigers.

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Score two to one, there's a hit, a sharp hit in the right field.

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By Geringer puts him on first base with his second hit of the day and his sixth hit of the World Series.

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Well now it's a chance for all the Tiger followers to hope.

434
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:39,000
Of course we won't hear as much noise when they do something because this game is being played in Cincinnati.

435
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The noise down at Detroit, you remember, was when the Tigers did something.

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That was a sharp hit on the ground in the right field by Geringer and it went through the right side of the Tiger infield like a bullet.

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Man on first base and nobody out.

438
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And that is the seventh hit, the seventh hit off of Geringer.

439
00:38:56,000 --> 00:39:00,000
Now Kymus call while the centerfielder Mike McCormick comes in for his glasses.

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The sun is getting very bright out here.

441
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,000
The boy runs out there with his glasses.

442
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Mike McCormick plays center field, Ripple left field, and a right fielder in right field with Ival Goodman.

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We're in the first half of the eighth inning at Cincinnati and the score is two to one in favor of the Red.

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The Tigers scored in the third one run, the Red scored in the seventh two runs.

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00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:30,000
Here's Greenberg. First pitch to slow curve, he fouls, walks the handle of the bat back into the wire.

446
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:38,000
One strike. Greenberg struck out once today but he made two hits and he's had ten hits already in the series.

447
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:43,000
Now a new ball is caught down to the third baseman Billy Werber.

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Ruffs the ball up in his hands, fires it back to Paul Geringer.

449
00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:53,000
Geringer takes a little bit of time getting ready out there so Greenberg walks out of the batter's box.

450
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,000
Hank has a big blue five in the back of his gray uniform.

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00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000
Now he's stepped up in there again.

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00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:04,000
Geringer and Newsom have pitched all away. He's stepped now, digs in.

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00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:07,000
And on first base and nobody out for the Tigers.

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Here's the pitch to Greenberg, he swings and there's a liner to the shortstop.

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Throw over to first base, he's safe at first.

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Safe at first base, very close over there and the catcher Jimmy Wilson goes down to argue with the umpire Basel about it.

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But there was no argument why it was a very close play and a temper of double play at first base.

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The play went from Myers to McCleary, the runner, Geringer slid back in there safely.

459
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,000
So there is one gone. Greenberg met that ball well but hit it right on the line at the shortstop.

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Billy Myers and plotted head high and very nearly turned it into a lightning like double play.

461
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000
Now he's slid back into that bag in a hurry.

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00:40:42,000 --> 00:40:45,000
This ball game is in the first half of the eighth.

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00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:50,000
Now the next man to come up is big Rudy York. He's been up three times today, bounce drop,

464
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:54,000
fouled out to the catcher, popped out of the second baseman. He has had six hits in the series.

465
00:40:54,000 --> 00:41:00,000
This is still very much anybody's ball game. It's two to one in the seventh and decisive game.

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00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,000
Reds lead in the first half of the eighth.

467
00:41:03,000 --> 00:41:05,000
Here's the pitch, there's a high fly ball in the center field.

468
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:10,000
The center field McCormick is under this ball in right center and takes it.

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00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000
That ball was very high, Mike McCormick had to go over into right center field.

470
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,000
He was getting very close to Ival Goodman there as he caught that ball for the second half.

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And so it's two gone now.

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00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:26,000
The next batter is the right fielder, Bruce Campbell.

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00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:30,000
Here's Bruce Campbell. Been up three times today, first time hit into a fourth play,

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second time fly it off, third time walk. He has had nine hits in the series.

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00:41:34,000 --> 00:41:38,000
The first pitch is slow ball. It's too low for a ball.

476
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:43,000
Paul Derringer on the mound, pitched all the way against the big, butt nuisance.

477
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:48,000
Two great pitchers in the seventh and decisive game.

478
00:41:48,000 --> 00:41:50,000
Derringer on first base, here's the next pitch, fast ball.

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00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:53,000
He hits a high fly ball, very high into right field.

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00:41:53,000 --> 00:42:01,000
Right fielder is coming in a few feet. Goodman is right under it and he takes it to require the shot.

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No runs and one hit and that ends the first half of the eighth inning.

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00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:10,000
Run right through the roster of the Detroit Tigers in the Cincinnati Red Leg.

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00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:14,000
Greenberg, York and Newsom, Ripple, Werber and Goodman.

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485
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491
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:03,000
Alright, let's get with Bob Elton in the last half of the eighth inning.

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Thank you, Red. Well, fans, stay right around that radio here.

493
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,000
You'll probably see a lot of action yet here today.

494
00:43:10,000 --> 00:43:15,000
These Tigers are fighting hard to get back into this ballgame and they're only separated by one run.

495
00:43:15,000 --> 00:43:19,000
Cincinnati leads to the one.

496
00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:23,000
The Reds scored two runs in the seventh inning.

497
00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:28,000
Now Big Buck is out there on the mound taking plenty of time. Billy Werber digs in at the plate.

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00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:33,000
He's the first man to bat in the last half of the eighth. Werber has had ten hits in the series,

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but up three times today without a blow. Now fans were all set to start the last half of the eighth.

500
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:42,000
What a setting. What a ballgame here for the seventh and decisive game.

501
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,000
First pitch he flams along, foul, way down the left field line.

502
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:53,000
You get that ball a mile down the left field line, but it was fouled. You could tell right away.

503
00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:59,000
Buck Lutzen takes his level off now, gets a new ball out there, walks around, takes plenty of time getting ready.

504
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:03,000
It's gray right now. The sun has gone down and it's a little bit cool.

505
00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:06,000
See what a game this has been.

506
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:09,000
Now he's starting his wind-up. Here's the next pitch to Werber.

507
00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:12,000
Werber swings and throws the bat all the way back to the Cincinnati dugout.

508
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:17,000
Werber went for a sharp curve ball right up around the letters and the ball,

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00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:23,000
the bat slipped out of his hands and went all the way back to the Cincinnati dugout and the bat boy brings it back to him.

510
00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,000
Nobody on, nobody off.

511
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:30,000
Ballgame is in the last half of the eighth.

512
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:34,000
Cincinnati leads two to one.

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00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:41,000
Tigers talk it up out there in the infield, Higgins, Bartel, Charlie Geringer, Ludi York.

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00:44:41,000 --> 00:44:44,000
But you're getting all set out there now. Billy Werber digs in,

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digs his spikes firmly into that curve, firm footing.

516
00:44:48,000 --> 00:44:50,000
Bucks swings around. Here's the pitch.

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00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:54,000
Dry calls right above his knees, a perfect curve ball,

518
00:44:54,000 --> 00:44:59,000
cutting right over the outside corner and Billy Werber is called out on spikes.

519
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:03,000
Well, that's five strikeouts today for Bucks.

520
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:07,000
Now the next man to come up is the centerfielder, Mike McCormick,

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whose one hit today was a double, a double that came in the sixth inning and gave him eight hits for the series.

522
00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:17,000
I don't think I ever recall a World Series where there's been so many stars.

523
00:45:17,000 --> 00:45:20,000
All you can pick out a half a dozen outstanding players on both teams.

524
00:45:20,000 --> 00:45:26,000
Bucks down the third baseline, Higgins comes fast, fair handed attempt, no play, safe at first.

525
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:30,000
Picky Higgins raced in for a slow rolling Bucks down the third baseline,

526
00:45:30,000 --> 00:45:35,000
tried to make a fair hand pick up but there's no play and it undoubtedly is a hit.

527
00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:40,000
There it is, a base hit.

528
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,000
Bucks down the third baseline and Mike McCormick beat it out for a hit.

529
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:47,000
As Picky Higgins raced in, tried to make a fair hand pick up of the ball,

530
00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:49,000
it's the only way he can make it.

531
00:45:49,000 --> 00:45:52,000
Gonna pick that ball up and fire it with the same motion but he couldn't make a play

532
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:57,000
until it puts Mike on first base and that makes seven hits.

533
00:45:57,000 --> 00:46:01,000
Seven hits for each side. Here's a less handed batter, Ivo Goodman.

534
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:04,000
And on first base and one gone, there's a beautiful curve.

535
00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:09,000
Oh, what a curve ball that time, right around his knees and it's a call, spike.

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00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:11,000
Right in there.

537
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:16,000
Tiger outfield is swung around to the right, playing deep out there,

538
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:21,000
McCrosky in the center field, Campbell in right field.

539
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,000
Run around first base, now he led draw.

540
00:46:23,000 --> 00:46:26,000
That's Mike McCormick, the center-fielder.

541
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:30,000
Now Bucks is ready, here's a pitch, fast ball, it's high on the outside

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00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,000
and it's a ball, makes it one and one.

543
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:37,000
Ball one and spike one.

544
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:41,000
The last time that either of these teams has won the world's title,

545
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:46,000
Detroit won it in 1935, the Reds won it in 1919.

546
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:49,000
If you're getting set again, here's an actual, a slow curve

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00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:53,000
and it just missed the corner for a ball, makes it ball two and strike one.

548
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,000
Two and one.

549
00:46:55,000 --> 00:47:00,000
Just in case I forget, leaving this ball game,

550
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,000
let me compliment all the umpires on their fine work in this series.

551
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,000
The B. Bell and Fats, Red Arms B, Bill Clamman, Steve Bazel.

552
00:47:08,000 --> 00:47:12,000
The four umpires assigned to the 1940 World Series have done a grand job.

553
00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:15,000
Here's the next pitch and I will give them a hit to pop up, it's out of play,

554
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,000
it's off here to the left, the catcher is taking the ball,

555
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,000
but I don't know, we can't get it, it drops back on the screen.

556
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:25,000
Billy Sullivan made that long run from home plate all the way back here to the screen.

557
00:47:25,000 --> 00:47:29,000
The cheer in Cincinnati is about 85 to 100 feet.

558
00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,000
The ball hit on the screen and it's a foul strike.

559
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:35,000
Ball two, strike two on Ival Goodman, right fielder,

560
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,000
Reds are batting, last half of the eighth,

561
00:47:37,000 --> 00:47:41,000
Manon, they lead by a score of 2-1.

562
00:47:41,000 --> 00:47:45,000
Now Buck picks up that rosin bag out there and dries his hand.

563
00:47:45,000 --> 00:47:49,000
He's looking for a centerfielder right now and showing up that big blue twirl

564
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,000
in the back of his gray uniform.

565
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,000
Buck walks around out there in the front of the diamond, takes plenty of time.

566
00:47:56,000 --> 00:47:59,000
He's the same type of worker in any ball game,

567
00:47:59,000 --> 00:48:03,000
he always works in this fashion, on the hurry, takes a lot of time.

568
00:48:03,000 --> 00:48:07,000
Manon first base, short lead off, watch it now, ball two, strike two, here it is.

569
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:11,000
He's won that ball, went all the way around and struck up.

570
00:48:11,000 --> 00:48:14,000
That was a curve ball right up around his shoulders,

571
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,000
he's thrown at it and struck up.

572
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,000
That is six strike ups for Lucen.

573
00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:25,000
Manon first base for the Reds,

574
00:48:25,000 --> 00:48:28,000
and the next batter is the first baseman, Mark McCormick.

575
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:34,000
McCormick started the rally for Cincinnati in the seventh inning when he doubles to left field.

576
00:48:34,000 --> 00:48:39,000
That followed a double, it was nearly a home run on top of the wire in right field in front of the bleachers,

577
00:48:39,000 --> 00:48:43,000
a poke of 375 feet from home plate.

578
00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:49,000
Now the pitch to McCormick is wide, a curve ball outside of the knee for a ball.

579
00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:54,000
Manon first base, Frank McCormick batting, two outs,

580
00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:59,000
Tiger outfield is playing buddy deep here on Frank, he could really give that ball a ride.

581
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:06,000
Takes a lot of time out there, arms over his head, now he's set again,

582
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:09,000
here's the next pitch, it's the curve ball and the beauty.

583
00:49:09,000 --> 00:49:12,000
He's got the outside corner, boy that was sure a honey,

584
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:15,000
and that's what you men will say about that Gillette Tech razor.

585
00:49:15,000 --> 00:49:19,000
You'll find out a real honey, every time.

586
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:22,000
That's Lucen looks back at the scoreboard, he wants to check up on the count.

587
00:49:22,000 --> 00:49:25,000
It's ball one, strike one on the right hand is better.

588
00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:29,000
Frank McCormick will notice that he fidgets around with a peek of his cap.

589
00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:32,000
He has a run around first base.

590
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:36,000
And there's two ball in here in the last half of the year.

591
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:41,000
Luc is all set now, here's the next pitch, it's a ball, that was a side arm fastball,

592
00:49:41,000 --> 00:49:47,000
and it just missed the outside corner waist tie to make it ball two and strike one.

593
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:52,000
Whale has certainly been a wonderful series, we certainly hope that you've enjoyed every play,

594
00:49:52,000 --> 00:49:56,000
wherever you happen to be listening to these World Series games.

595
00:49:59,000 --> 00:50:03,000
Right here now in Cincinnati at Starley Field, we're in the last half of the eighth with a red batting,

596
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:09,000
two out, a man on first, and a ball two, strike one count on Frank McCormick.

597
00:50:09,000 --> 00:50:14,000
Now Buck is getting a sign, here it is, ball wide, ball three, makes it three and one,

598
00:50:14,000 --> 00:50:18,000
next man do to come up, will be the last fielder, Jimmy Ripple.

599
00:50:22,000 --> 00:50:27,000
Well I'm sure that nobody is going to try to pick out any individual hero of this 1940 World Series.

600
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:32,000
You can take any one of a dozen colors and give a meet your flag.

601
00:50:32,000 --> 00:50:40,000
Because this World Series of 1940 has been replaced with outstanding plays and really outstanding players.

602
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:47,000
And all kinds of heroes. Getting all ready again, here's the next pitch, he swings and there's a high short fly ball,

603
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:52,000
just back of the shortstop, the shortstop bar tail backs up and takes it easily to retire the side.

604
00:50:52,000 --> 00:50:56,000
One man is left on the bases, no runs and one hit.

605
00:50:56,000 --> 00:51:14,000
Well we're going into the first half of the ninth inning, first half of the ninth inning of the 1940 World Series.

606
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:18,000
What a World Series this has been.

607
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:25,000
Well Darren's are out there in the mob.

608
00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:34,000
The crowd here at Cincinnati is yelling, hold that tiger, hold that tiger.

609
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:42,000
And these tigers have shown on more than one occasion that they're a pretty bad tiger to fool with.

610
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:45,000
They can really slap that apple as they say.

611
00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,000
Boy what an exhibition of hitting they've given in the number of these games.

612
00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:55,000
And fans, it also is a comment, not out of line, that this World Series has run absolutely true to pattern.

613
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:59,000
You remember all the experts in your city or any city, in fact all over the United States,

614
00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:04,000
in looking at the series before it started, all said it was going to be National League pitching and defense.

615
00:52:04,000 --> 00:52:08,000
And I always remember the pitching is about 80% of defense against American League power.

616
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:11,000
Well it has run that way and the balance has been just about even.

617
00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:15,000
It's been a grand series without standing play on both sides.

618
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,000
The local bar sponsor that's left-stated to raise a company,

619
00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,000
that these ball games have brought you a lot of pleasure.

620
00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:24,000
Well here's a right-handed batter up, Pinky Higgins has a ground ball to the left of the river,

621
00:52:24,000 --> 00:52:28,000
up with the ball to the second half of the wrong tag, he's out of first.

622
00:52:28,000 --> 00:52:38,000
The river is doing the comic, listen to that yell from the crowd.

623
00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:43,000
That's one gone in the first half of the ninth inning, one gone in the first half of the ninth.

624
00:52:43,000 --> 00:52:45,000
Next batter is Billy Sullivan.

625
00:52:45,000 --> 00:52:48,000
Billy has had one hit two years to today and one hit today.

626
00:52:48,000 --> 00:52:51,000
That gives him two hits for the series.

627
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:53,000
Two hits for the series.

628
00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:57,000
Left-handed batter and a dangerous hitter up there.

629
00:52:57,000 --> 00:53:06,000
Paul Derringer getting his sign, the sense not outfield is playing around to the right.

630
00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:10,000
The Derringer looks around, everybody in place, third baseman Werber playing,

631
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:15,000
here's the pitch, Sullivan takes one wide, a bar, the score is 2-1 in favor of the Cincinnati Reds,

632
00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:17,000
and it's the first half of the ninth.

633
00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:21,000
As you know, it's the last chance for the Tigers.

634
00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,000
Here's the pitch, Sullivan takes one, a shot breaking curve right around his knee,

635
00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:28,000
and boy did that ball have a break on it.

636
00:53:28,000 --> 00:53:33,000
A very shot curve ball right around Sullivan's knee, Billy steps back out of the batter's box,

637
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:37,000
pulls his cap down firmly on his head, a blue eight on the back of his gray uniform,

638
00:53:37,000 --> 00:53:39,000
nobody on and one gone, here's the pitch.

639
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:43,000
A slow ball, it's too low at the ball, makes it 2-1.

640
00:53:43,000 --> 00:53:45,000
All two and strike one on Billy Sullivan.

641
00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:49,000
A perfect day, two slow teams and a grand game.

642
00:53:49,000 --> 00:53:51,000
Now Derringer starts his wind-up, here's the next pitch,

643
00:53:51,000 --> 00:53:56,000
Sullivan steps away, but the ball broke sharply over the inside corner for the strike,

644
00:53:56,000 --> 00:53:59,000
and it's 2-2.

645
00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,000
Billy started his step back on that ball,

646
00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:05,000
he thought it was going to break too close to him, but it caught the corner, the umpire says,

647
00:54:05,000 --> 00:54:07,000
and it's a foul strike.

648
00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:10,000
Sullivan is talking to the umpire right now,

649
00:54:10,000 --> 00:54:16,000
now he steps back into the batter's box, ball two, strike two, one off, Derringer's winding up,

650
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:21,000
here's the next pitch, it's wide, way outside, ball three.

651
00:54:21,000 --> 00:54:23,000
It's a three and two count.

652
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:27,000
Let's see if the pinch-itter is out here yet, yes it is, Earl Averill.

653
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:31,000
Earl Averill, utility off-sealer, is through the back for the pitcher.

654
00:54:31,000 --> 00:54:33,000
Derringer's getting all ready, here's the next pitch,

655
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:36,000
he swings, there's a ground ball down the first baseline to McCormick,

656
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:41,000
he's making the play himself, he's out! McCormick, unassisted.

657
00:54:41,000 --> 00:54:44,000
Frank McCormick kicked up a ground ball,

658
00:54:44,000 --> 00:54:50,000
way behind the bag, raced to the bag and beat Sullivan to retire Billy for the second up.

659
00:54:50,000 --> 00:54:58,000
Here's a pinch-itter, Earl Averill is going to back for Buckley.

660
00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:01,000
Well, whatever happens in this world series,

661
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:05,000
Buckley can certainly feel that he did more than he should.

662
00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:11,000
He's got a grand picture in this series.

663
00:55:11,000 --> 00:55:14,000
Here's Earl Averill batting for Buckley.

664
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:18,000
Two outs, Derringer's all set, there's a slow curve,

665
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,000
latter on his knees is the foul strike.

666
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:24,000
Derringer pitching to Averill, looking at noise from the crowd.

667
00:55:24,000 --> 00:55:28,000
Averill says that pitch was too low, he's talking to the umpire.

668
00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:33,000
Cincinnati has two pitchers in the bullpen, Biggs and Moore.

669
00:55:33,000 --> 00:55:35,000
Getting ready again, here's the next pitch, he swings,

670
00:55:35,000 --> 00:55:37,000
there's a ground ball, there's a second baseline to McCry,

671
00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:41,000
up a little bit of a first, he's out! And the Reds by a World Champion!

672
00:55:41,000 --> 00:56:00,000
Well, fans, the Cincinnati Reds are World Champions.

673
00:56:00,000 --> 00:56:05,000
Last time in 1919, they are World Champions now in 1940,

674
00:56:05,000 --> 00:56:07,000
won in a great series.

675
00:56:07,000 --> 00:56:11,000
They've found a new champion crown here in Cincinnati,

676
00:56:11,000 --> 00:56:14,000
and what a fight it has been.

677
00:56:14,000 --> 00:56:18,000
The Detroit Tigers have gone down, but only after a gallon fight,

678
00:56:18,000 --> 00:56:23,000
only after a gallon fight, until this series has gone all the way to seven games.

679
00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:29,000
And here for a while, here for a while, it looks like the Tigers were going to win today.

680
00:56:29,000 --> 00:56:34,000
For Cincinnati, two runs, seven hits, one error.

681
00:56:34,000 --> 00:56:39,000
The Detroit, 1-1, seven hits, and an error.

682
00:56:39,000 --> 00:56:43,000
The winning pitcher is Paul D'Angers, and the losing pitcher is Buck Newsom.

683
00:56:43,000 --> 00:56:47,000
And so a new baseball champion in the world has been crowned here at Cincinnati.

684
00:56:47,000 --> 00:56:52,000
Buck Newsom, tried to make it three in this series, Bigg Buck,

685
00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:56,000
who had pitched two grand previous games, pitched a wonderful ball game today,

686
00:56:56,000 --> 00:56:59,000
but Cincinnati won, scoring two runs in the last half of the seventh,

687
00:56:59,000 --> 00:57:04,000
to win the ball game in the world's title past four of two to one.

688
00:57:04,000 --> 00:57:08,000
Well, fans, we've brought you all again to the 1940 World Series.

689
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:13,000
To make the picture complete, we're going to take you down out of the dressing rooms in just a moment,

690
00:57:13,000 --> 00:57:18,000
where Mel Allen and Red Bobber will interview managers and players of both teams.

691
00:57:18,000 --> 00:57:23,000
But while we're setting up the mics down there, here's a message from Shaving Headquarters.

692
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:29,000
Fans, this has been a thrill-track series. We've been on the edge of our chairs ever since the first pitch.

693
00:57:29,000 --> 00:57:33,000
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694
00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:38,000
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695
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696
00:57:44,000 --> 00:57:50,000
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697
00:57:50,000 --> 00:57:56,000
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698
00:57:56,000 --> 00:58:01,000
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699
00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:06,000
and get lined up right now for a lifetime of shaving comfort.

700
00:58:06,000 --> 00:58:11,000
Well, this is Bob Usen, who's had the pleasure of bringing you the last half of this wonderfully exciting ball game.

701
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,000
And what a ball game it's been. And now to make the picture real complete,

702
00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:16,000
the letter is taking you to the dressing room.

703
00:58:16,000 --> 00:58:22,000
And we've put our microphone now here from our mutual broadcasting booth to the dressing room of the New World Champions,

704
00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:26,000
the Cincinnati Reds. So take it away, Mel Allen.

705
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:29,000
All right, Bob, here we are in the Cincinnati Reds dressing room.

706
00:58:29,000 --> 00:58:34,000
And just one moment ago, in came Bill McKekney, manager of the New World Champions,

707
00:58:34,000 --> 00:58:41,000
just as happy as he possibly could be. And just now coming in to say hello to him,

708
00:58:41,000 --> 00:58:45,000
and to congratulate him on winning the World Championship with Del Baker of the Detroit Tigers,

709
00:58:45,000 --> 00:58:49,000
and I've got them both right here. But first, to the victor belongs to the spoil,

710
00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:55,000
so skip a Bill McKekney who won his World Championship just a few minutes ago. Here he is.

711
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:57,000
Thank you very much into the baseball world.

712
00:58:57,000 --> 00:59:02,000
I want to say it was one of the cleanest, hardest fought series that I've ever been in in my life,

713
00:59:02,000 --> 00:59:04,000
that I've seen and been in in 35 years.

714
00:59:04,000 --> 00:59:08,000
I want to pay my respects to Mr. Briggs of Detroit.

715
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:14,000
The Detroit fans, the way they received this, and to Del Baker and his whole Detroit organization,

716
00:59:14,000 --> 00:59:19,000
and especially to the same lot, to the Cincinnati people who have followed us so long

717
00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:24,000
and brought up with us, and I know that they're going to richly deserve what has come to them today.

718
00:59:24,000 --> 00:59:26,000
Thank you very much, and here's Del.

719
00:59:26,000 --> 00:59:28,000
Thank you very much, Bill McKekney.

720
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:32,000
And here, ladies and gentlemen, is Del Baker, manager of the Detroit Tigers

721
00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:37,000
who put up such a valiant struggle and who played beautiful ball all through the series.

722
00:59:37,000 --> 00:59:39,000
It's really a tough ball game. Here he is, Del Baker.

723
00:59:39,000 --> 00:59:42,000
Well, to the loser, you can't say a great deal.

724
00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:47,000
But I do want to say that we lost to a great ball club, and if we had to lose,

725
00:59:47,000 --> 00:59:51,000
I don't know if we would have a better fellow and a greater fellow in baseball than Bill McKekney.

726
00:59:51,000 --> 00:59:58,000
I want to say to the baseball fans of Michigan and throughout the world that we have no regrets in this series.

727
00:59:58,000 --> 00:59:59,000
That's all.

728
00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:02,000
Thank you very much, Del Baker, and Bill McKekney.

729
01:00:02,000 --> 01:00:05,000
And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm moving away as the photographer,

730
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:08,000
low back and forth here is the president of National League.

731
01:00:08,000 --> 01:00:13,000
Ladies and gentlemen, for the first time in a while, I lost my voice out there booting out one of them.

732
01:00:13,000 --> 01:00:14,000
Why, what a stew.

733
01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:15,000
What about you, Hangoutty?

734
01:00:15,000 --> 01:00:19,000
Oh, it was a great series, and the other club played great ball and played great.

735
01:00:19,000 --> 01:00:20,000
Mr. Giles?

736
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:23,000
Mr. Giles of the Cincinnati Ball Club.

737
01:00:23,000 --> 01:00:25,000
Warren Giles, would you say something, please?

738
01:00:25,000 --> 01:00:28,000
It's just great. It's great for us. It's great for Bill McKekney.

739
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:31,000
It's great for the players and it's great for the national league.

740
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:34,000
Thank you very much, sir. And now, I'm going to try to get out here.

741
01:00:34,000 --> 01:00:39,000
Mr. Sosley, owner of the Cincinnati Ball Club, here he is.

742
01:00:39,000 --> 01:00:42,000
I can hardly talk. I don't know what to say.

743
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:48,000
I'm so excited about this whole thing and so delighted with the ball club.

744
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:52,000
And they won it the hard way, but they did a swell job.

745
01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:54,000
Thank you very much, Mr. Sosley.

746
01:00:54,000 --> 01:00:56,000
I can tell, by the way, you hold my hand on the microphone,

747
01:00:56,000 --> 01:00:58,000
that you are emotionally excited.

748
01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:03,000
And now, ladies and gentlemen, here is a man who taught us that life certainly does begin at 40.

749
01:01:03,000 --> 01:01:10,000
If we can pick out any one man at the moment in front of me as a hero of this World Series,

750
01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:16,000
none other than Jimmy Wilson, who stepped in behind the plate to take over in the place of Ernie and I party

751
01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:19,000
and did a magnificent job. Here he is, Jimmy Wilson. Hello, fans.

752
01:01:19,000 --> 01:01:24,000
I don't believe I've ever enjoyed understanding as much in my life as I did explain the World Series.

753
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:30,000
And I'm positive this is my last game of baseball and I certainly enjoyed the way I went out. Thank you.

754
01:01:30,000 --> 01:01:37,000
Thank you very much, Jimmy Wilson. And now, ladies and gentlemen, I'm moving over, trying to get through this crowd, if I can,

755
01:01:37,000 --> 01:01:43,000
in order to bring through our microphone, ball down and through, and buck you all in, if I can possibly get through them.

756
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:49,000
Getting all tangled up in our wire, it might make it hang. I just can get through a little bit.

757
01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:52,000
Nice, nice.

758
01:01:52,000 --> 01:01:58,000
I'm moving into the Cincinnati dressing room proper. Here is Frank McCormick. Frank McCormick.

759
01:01:58,000 --> 01:02:04,000
Frank, would you say a word? I don't know what to say. I'm too good going, happy to say anything. Paul did a pretty great game, didn't he?

760
01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:10,000
He did. And, ladies and gentlemen, one of the boys who played one of the most outstanding games on either side in this 1940 World Series,

761
01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:16,000
a great fed baseball, Billy Werber. Thank you. It was a real pleasure to win this series. It was a pleasure to play against the Tigers.

762
01:02:16,000 --> 01:02:22,000
They fought a hard ball game every inch of the way and it's no just credit for them at all that we beat them.

763
01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:29,000
Two good ball clubs out there fighting. Thank you very much, Billy. I'd like to get hold of Bucky Waller.

764
01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:35,000
Here is Bucky Waller, ladies and gentlemen, who played two magnificent ball games to win two of the Reds four games.

765
01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:40,000
Here he is, Bucky Waller. I'm not so happy I can't say anymore. It's a great game today, doesn't it?

766
01:02:40,000 --> 01:02:44,000
You did all right yourself, Bucky. How did you feel out there in the two games?

767
01:02:44,000 --> 01:02:46,000
Great. Great all the way, boy. Never in doubt.

768
01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:55,000
All right, Bucky. And here is Paul Gerringer, ladies and gentlemen. Paul. Standing out here. Just say a word, Bucky.

769
01:02:55,000 --> 01:03:06,000
Just one word, kid. Ladies and gentlemen, if I can get my wire over to him, Paul Gerringer is just outside the dressing room.

770
01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:10,000
My wire won't quite extend that far. Paul, just say a word, will you?

771
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:16,000
You did all right yourself. It's a beautiful ball game. Just say something. Well, I'm just glad to be here. That's all.

772
01:03:16,000 --> 01:03:19,000
Well, there's nice going, Paul. Thank you very much.

773
01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:26,000
And now, ladies and gentlemen, everybody's congratulating everybody. The Cincinnati dressing room is just a bedroom above floor.

774
01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:38,000
Everybody's patting everybody else on the back. Photographers flashing their balls. Everybody's as happy as they possibly can be over the Cincinnati Reds winning this 1940 World Championship.

775
01:03:38,000 --> 01:03:43,000
And here's the Tennessee Mountain Landers. High Commissioner Bates Hall just came in to congratulate you for doing the checkmate.

776
01:03:43,000 --> 01:03:45,000
I'm doing all right, Hank. How you doing?

777
01:03:45,000 --> 01:03:51,000
I got it. Good to have you. And there's the cheer of victory from the Cincinnati dressing room.

778
01:03:51,000 --> 01:03:59,000
And now, that's just about the picture here, as the boys dance about trying to get dressed as quickly as they can.

779
01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:03,000
They're lining them up over on the far side to take pictures of the winners.

780
01:04:03,000 --> 01:04:12,000
And you never seen a crowd as happy as the Cincinnati Reds are standing over in the corner up on the stands. Listen to them.

781
01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:17,000
And flashlight. Fire away with lighting and light for pity day.

782
01:04:17,000 --> 01:04:22,000
And the photographers are just one more. And here comes Paul there and you're trying to go over to get into the picture.

783
01:04:22,000 --> 01:04:27,000
Everybody's grabbing at big right hand of his and congratulating him.

784
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:34,000
There's the cheer again as more pictures are being taken.

785
01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:38,000
And that's the picture there, ladies and gentlemen here in the Cincinnati Clubhouse.

786
01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:46,000
And now over in the other clubhouse, the Thore Tigers is waiting, red barber to give you a picture there. Take it away, Red.

787
01:04:46,000 --> 01:04:56,000
Thank you, Mel. And of course, you have reflected the very happy and completely noisy scenes in the other clubhouse here in the state of Cincinnati.

788
01:04:56,000 --> 01:05:03,000
As soon as the ballgame is over, the numbers of the Descartes baseball club team are about club houses and naturally the boys weren't standing.

789
01:05:03,000 --> 01:05:08,000
But I've never seen a fan as spectacular in the way this team came in to the clubhouse.

790
01:05:08,000 --> 01:05:12,000
They simply came in, they put each other on the shoulder and they're on the counter wise.

791
01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:17,000
Well, it's been a tough series and the Reds knew the builder here all the way through.

792
01:05:17,000 --> 01:05:27,000
Brad Baker is over getting dressed. Most of the Descartes players are very busy and quietly finishing their show, getting completely dressed.

793
01:05:27,000 --> 01:05:32,000
And Hank Greenberg is coming over in just a moment as is Tyler Gehringer.

794
01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:37,000
In fact, there is Pinky Higgins coming out of the show right now.

795
01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:46,000
Pinky, you've had a tremendous, great base so far during the World Series and all baseball has grown in your very busy and successful activities down there.

796
01:05:46,000 --> 01:05:48,000
Have you ever seen the series as a whole?

797
01:05:48,000 --> 01:05:55,000
Well, it's been a very tough series. I feel like, of course, I've never had a pretty good series, but it's always better to win.

798
01:05:55,000 --> 01:06:05,000
We had to get beat. I'm glad to see the state of Cincinnati Reds, where a fine bunch of fellows, manager McCacken is a fine manager and it's just too bad we both can't win.

799
01:06:05,000 --> 01:06:08,000
Well, that's the world always is in a tough series. Thank you. Thank you.

800
01:06:08,000 --> 01:06:19,000
Here's Brad Baker, who has come back into the clubhouse, has relaxed a little bit and a well-namored truth upon the very fine sportsman like Pinky,

801
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:25,000
certainly you will be going over and congratulating McCacken as well, so you've had a few minutes to sort of collect your thoughts.

802
01:06:25,000 --> 01:06:28,000
What would be your thoughts to the radio audience right now?

803
01:06:28,000 --> 01:06:35,000
Well, I'm going to have a good rest, the first thing I do. There isn't much to say. Loser can't say a great deal, Ed. You know that.

804
01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:39,000
I know that just once in mind is there's a great deal of credit, though.

805
01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:45,000
It's been a great club and I appreciate every effort they put forth during this hard campaign.

806
01:06:45,000 --> 01:06:50,000
And it has been a hard campaign and a hard series. If you're a hard man, Bill, it's conducted yourself as well.

807
01:06:50,000 --> 01:06:52,000
Thank you very kindly, Ed.

808
01:06:52,000 --> 01:06:55,000
It's been a great pleasure to work with you and the boys here on the broadcast.

809
01:06:55,000 --> 01:06:56,000
Thank you.

810
01:06:56,000 --> 01:06:59,000
So, fellas, watch the wide just a second. Go ahead, guys.

811
01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:05,000
Ready? We've got a round here on the floor. We're waiting right now for Hank and for Charlie Goringa.

812
01:07:05,000 --> 01:07:09,000
But since we can't just snip them right out of the shot, here's Hank coming over right now.

813
01:07:09,000 --> 01:07:14,000
And Hank Greenberg, who has performed with all of them such as Pete this year,

814
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:18,000
of leaving his secure base at First Base and going out to work in that field.

815
01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:21,000
And Hank, all baseball is part of what you've done this year.

816
01:07:21,000 --> 01:07:25,000
Thank you, Ed. It was a great show and, of course, it couldn't have gone any further.

817
01:07:25,000 --> 01:07:31,000
The Reds put up a swell fight and I guess they were the best team before the best team always wins.

818
01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:38,000
I do want to compliment the umpires of both leagues for umpying a wonderful ball game throughout the series.

819
01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:45,000
I do want to extend my congratulations to Manu Gopalma Technique and the rest of the Reds. They deserve it.

820
01:07:45,000 --> 01:07:47,000
Thank you, Hank, and a very fine letter to you.

821
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:51,000
Well, ladies and gentlemen, the boys are all taking their showers.

822
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:56,000
I was always bucking up and standing over there. Bucking up has been a series that has been great for you and has been very trying.

823
01:07:56,000 --> 01:08:01,000
And I know that the hearts of the nation have gone out to you and they have been with you.

824
01:08:01,000 --> 01:08:05,000
Well, I have not to say only I thank the Berenger Pits a best game,

825
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:12,000
and of course I want to extend my thanks to all the players on our club and to the Cincinnati club and Borma Technique.

826
01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:19,000
Thanks to them. The umpire was great. I have no alibi whatsoever. I just caught Pete. That's all I was said.

827
01:08:19,000 --> 01:08:25,000
Thank you, Brett. So I would like to say hello to my mother. She's listening to my family and hearts of St. Carolina.

828
01:08:25,000 --> 01:08:32,000
All right, Brett. And, ladies and gentlemen, I think that what you heard from you, the Todd Dworkin run, the Magnificent Human Sportsmanship,

829
01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:37,000
is another indication of my base ball is it's tremendously great and the fine game that it is.

830
01:08:37,000 --> 01:08:42,000
It's been a wonderful series. The competition has been absolutely Magnificent.

831
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:45,000
The sportsmanship has been of the highest possible order.

832
01:08:45,000 --> 01:08:53,000
And, of course, as Peter Higgins said, if you start hearing the Detroit serve hot, it's just impossible for both ball clubs to win a world series.

833
01:08:53,000 --> 01:08:58,000
And now, waiting for our top players to stand here and cross the field,

834
01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:07,000
I would like to give you a last look at the last baseball activity of 1940 here in the home of the new World Champions of baseball.

835
01:09:07,000 --> 01:09:09,000
It's not awesome. Take a bow.

836
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:20,000
Thank you very much, Brett. Well, fans, the letters brought you the whole package right from the very first pitch of the first World Series here at Cincinnati seven days ago,

837
01:09:20,000 --> 01:09:27,000
right now in the dressing room of the new World Champions of Cincinnati Reds and the losers of the Detroit Tigers.

838
01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:33,000
And I'm sure the two fans, baseball fans, appreciated the things they said just as much as I did,

839
01:09:33,000 --> 01:09:36,000
listening to the earphones here, how it been on mutual books.

840
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:40,000
And so ends Gillette's broadcast of the 1940s World Series.

841
01:09:40,000 --> 01:09:46,000
On behalf of the Gillette State Todays Company, let me express the hope that you've enjoyed out of sorts,

842
01:09:46,000 --> 01:09:52,000
and with these excited, hard-core championship games, as much as Gillette has enjoyed bringing them to you.

843
01:09:52,000 --> 01:09:59,000
We're very grateful to station WKRC in Cincinnati, the range that I set up here for Cincinnati,

844
01:09:59,000 --> 01:10:06,000
and the radio station CKLW Windsor Detroit, who took care of all the arrangements.

845
01:10:06,000 --> 01:10:09,000
I set up over there for the broadcast of the games in Tiger Town.

846
01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:13,000
And this is Bobbos and telling you how much we all enjoyed working together on this series,

847
01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:15,000
Red Bobbos from Brooklyn and Melon from New York.

848
01:10:15,000 --> 01:10:19,000
We had a grand time at the series as well as bringing you these exciting games,

849
01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:22,000
and out and out it was really a wonderful series to see.

850
01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:24,000
And so, fans, that's just about all there is.

851
01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:30,000
There isn't any more, so let's hope that you've enjoyed this World Series from the very first ball pitch right down to the end.

852
01:10:30,000 --> 01:10:34,000
And now this is Bobbos and saying goodbye from Cincinnati baseball season,

853
01:10:34,000 --> 01:10:38,000
and the entire season is finally closed here with the winning of the World's title,

854
01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:54,000
and we now return you to our Cincinnati Studios.