World Series 1944

Second game: Ken O'Dea of Cardinals grips bat as he comes to plate in 11th inning, O'Dea singles to score Ray Sanders and win game for Cards. 3-2. Third game: Crowd, McQuinn of Browns singles scoring Gene Moore, crowd cheering, CU Ted Wilks pitching for Cards. Mark Christman of Browns singles to score McQuinn as Browns go on to win 6-2 and take 2-1 series lead. Sixth game: view of interior of Sportsman's Park, Cards. Run out of dugout, Chet Laabs triples for Browns. Max Lanier pitches for Cardinals, George McQuinn singles Laabs home for 1-0 Brown lead in second inning, crowd, Fourth inning. Whitey Kuroski of Cardinals hits to Vern Stephens of Browns who throws wide to Don Gutteridge pulling him off second base as Kuroski and Sanders who was going from first to second are both safe and Cooper scoring from third on play to tie score at 1-1. Nelson Potter pitching for Browns, Emil Verban of Cards. Singles knocking in Kuroski to make score 3-1. Potter goes to showers, crowd, Chartak of Browns strikes out to end series. Cardinals mob pitcher Wilks, crowd, Cards. In dressing room, CU Max Lanier, Manager Southworth and Ted Wilks, Cardinal players hoist Southworth to their shoulders.

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[phillip4644]

The war was coming to a climax with our casualty rates high. Operation Market-Garden had failed one month prior to the world series.

[sdhscrosscountry]

Max Lanier .. that's our boy from North Carolina.