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THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN II i i i I i li i i i i I I Here How Reds, Yankees Co to Bat Today in Opening Came of Baseball's Climactic Attraction-the Worfd Sen I i.an iJiuj- saaaaaaaaaBaaaaaaaaaa pwMV nannnHMnv HnanMiMpiMM pi muni aa, mhhnmv -ii i I a i 1 imw. paw-" I f'S-ia. i.mm fk -y- fe ii.ii. i vAtw.A i II a 1.. j-J JH nn 1 L.w- Werber Reds 3b-91) re Reds) Goodman Rede M'Cormlck Rsds Lombard) Rede Craft Rods Isrger Reds Myara Rada Cresotti Yanks Rolfe Ysnks Keller Yanks D'Msggle Yanks Oickay Yanka Selkirk Yanka Gordon Yanka Dshlgren Yanka (2b .295) (rf J24) (1b-332) (e 3M) ef 57) (If 64) (so 276) .235) (3b (rf 434) (cf M1) (e J03) (If J07 (2b 280) (1b Fort Worth Whips Vols, 6-0' to Cop Dixie Series Title 50,000 TO SEE REDS, YANKS IN SERIES OPENER TODAY Wagering Heavy Despite Odds, Which Favor McCarthy Team, 3-1 STARR PERMITS BUT TWO BLOWS VANDY TRY FOR KICKERS CORNER Dell Discard Almost Matches Mound Piece Etched Monday Night by Marberry; Eighth Title for.

'Cats (Continuad from Pago Ona) Hugging and Plunkett Adjust Pedal Sights For Out-of-Bounds; Anderson and Glide Bid For Varsity Recognition By WILL GRIMSLEY Ray Morrison didn't have much reason to complain about Van-derbilt'a 13 to 12 victory over Rice Saturday night but, being a football coach, he naturally detected some important weaknesses In tho Commodore armor. For instance, the enemy was picking up plenty of yardage on tha runback of punts. Also it was repeatedly hauling back kickoffs Close to midfield. Such ground is too precious to yield under any circumstances and so the generalissimo set out yesterday to eliminate these THE END tomers were expected to turn out in the big Bronx ballyard, home of the three-year world champions, for the first round of the, usual four-out-of-oeven set. The-second game follows on Thursday, then the scene shifts to Cincinnati, with the third, fourth and, if necessary, fifth games to be held In the Rhineland, starting Saturday.

RAIN HALTS DRILLS Dreary skies and occasional raindrops had the stadium grounds-keepers horrified at suggestions that the tarpaulin be removed from the infield today, so neither club held anything even remotely resembling a brisk workout. Both teams, however, fooled around with games of "catch" and some running in the outfield. With Ruffing's sore arm all "cured," and Lefty Gomez reporting his pulled side muscle back in place, the Yankee casualty list was about cleaned up, but the Reds came up with an ailing member. This was Wally Berger, leading candidate for the Rhinelanders' leftfield berth. Someone stepped on his foot a few days ago and the injury necessitated his having one of the toes vulnerable points in the Commo-4- dores technique.

He sent Roy Huggins and Junius (Doc) Flunkett, the team's stellar triple-threat tailbacks, through a lengthy punting drill in which they affixed their sights on the "coffin-corner." Olie Cordill's return of kicks for KIRWAN WORKS KENTUCKIANS FOR YANDY ACT Cats Cheered by Gain Over V. M. I. Appear Stronger Club LEXINGTON, Oct. S-(Spl) Getting off to an encouraging start by their 21 to 0 victory over a heavy Virginia Military Institute eleven in the season's opener, the University of Kentucky Wildcats, apparently much stronger than last year, are bearing down on their work this week and aiming their artillery at Vanderbilt Last season a fighting but out-manned Kentucky eleven held the powerful Commodores to a 14 to 7 victory on Stoll Field here.

This time, with adequate reserves and with the loss of only two of last season's starters, the Wildcats figure to give Vanderbilt even more of a battle. WIRWAN PLEASED Ab Kirwan, the 1935 Wildcat captain, who is beginning his second season as head coach at Kentucky, was pleased at the showing made by his boys in so completely smothering the V. M. offense, holding the Cadets to two first downs and a net gain of only 33 yards. These two first downs came in the last three minutes of play while third and fourth stringers were in the Kentucky lineup.

Kirwan also felt good about the way the Wildcats, once they got coordinated, ran through, around and over tha Cadet defense aided by the best blocking seen here in years. His big worry now Is that his athletes might get the idea that Vanderbilt is another team like V. M. which, he admits, would be fatal. A tribute to the fine manner in which Kirwan and his assistants have conditioned the Wildcats is the fact that, although 32 boys saw service in the V.

M. I. game, not a one received an appreciable injury. As a result, Kentucky should be at full strength when (Continued on Next Pago) Box Foes One Man's Opinion History Repeats Itself For Third Time In Dixie Series Cats Are (pouters Against Vols By RAYMOND JOHNSON- FORT WORTH, Oct. 3 This Is the third time in 20 years that the Dixie Champion has been crowned via a four-three game margin The series has gone seven nr nro crn no cmrAt i UnnA.Aa.

1 mam USa' I .11 oo. IL 1 C4 U1X CU eight contests to settle the issue That was in 1924 when the Fort Worth Cats beat Memphis four to three with one engagement ending in a deadlock. Tie games also were in 1920, the first time the Texas and Southern Leaguers had the Dixie Series; 1922, 1923 and 1926 But each of these years the winner was decided on a four-two basis Birmingham conquered Houston, four to three, in 1931. A total of 121 games, including the final one between the 'Vols and Cats, have been played over the 20-year span but there has never been a no-hit performance Fred Marberry came closer than anyone to achieving that feat when he held the Vols without a safety until one was out in the ninth inning Monday night George Payne, a one- May Not Open Leftfield For Cincy Club lanced today. In the event he is not ready to go tomorrow, the possibility is Lee Gamble, young member of the fly-chasing set, will get the call, although old Al Simmons, famed slugger of the 1930 Athletics, may be used instead.

No other change in either lineup was contemplated. However, it be-' came apparent that Manager Will McKechnie's pitching choice for the third game after Derringer and Bucky Walters have completed their chores would be Junior Thompson, rookie right-hander who won 13 games and lost five during the regular season. For the Yankees, Marse Joe Mc Carthy figures on following Ruf fing with Monte Pearson, the styl ish curve-ball right-hander, and Bump Hadley, portly veteran. Gomez, taking as much time as possible to regain his condition, probably will be held out until the fourth game before putting his southpaw smoke ball and his all-time 'scries record of six victories and no defeats on the line. If he is unable to make it, Oral Hildebrand.

a graduate from the Browns, will go. ODDS ARE LONG Despite the recent ailments of the Bronx Bombers, top pair of elbow-ers, the series odds held steady today, still favoring the Yankees at 1 to 3 to win the series and 4 to 1 to turn the trick in four straight. These Juicy odds, together with the fighting spirit of the Rhine-landers in their stretch drive to the National League pennant, produced a considerable showing of National League money for the first time since "Me 'n' Paul" Dean and the rest of the St. Louis Cardinals, battled the Detroit Tigers to a standstill in 1934. Several betting commissioners reported the heaviest wagering since that time.

This development was largely due to tha threat the Reds carried in their "good old college" spirit Featuring an infield which, at best, is a makeshift affair, although a smooth-working unit during the recently ended season, and an outfield in which only one member Ival Goodman hit better than 300 during the campaign, the Reda ordinarily, would hardly figure to give the Yankees any more of a fight than did the Chicago Cubs in dropping four straight to the Bronx boys a year ago. Yet, their ability to fight in the clutch," plus the leader ship of the senior circuit's outstanding pair of pitchers Walters and Derringer, who won 52 games between them during the season has established the rough-and-ready Rhinelanders as a definite threat. Standings Dixie Series (lab Wan Lt rrt. 4 SHI a 4 Fori Wor'h NASHVILLE Yesterday's Results Fori Worth Naahlllc 0. Little World Series Clak Wan Lout Prl.

3 'Ml .2 3 .400 l.ouumiip. Rochester Yesterday's Results Louisville 5: Rochester 2 () ART ERR AC TO SEE RICE MOVIES Meeting at Noon Today Fhie To Attract largest Turnout In History Whipped Rice, a new delicacy ooncoctrd by Coach Ray Morrison, will be served members of the Vsn-derbilt Monday Morning Quarterback Club at their weekly luncheon today at the Chamber of Commerce building. The confab will be held on the sixth floor and will start at 12:15 o'clock. E. F.

(Mike) Rooney will sub for President Sydney Keeble in the chair. The largest turnout In history Is anticipated. Fan Dies at Game FORT WORTH, Oct. 3 HV-Cheater A. Weaver, 45, a fan at tonight'a Dixie Series baseball game between Fort Worth and Nashville, dropped dead In tl second Inning as the Cats scored their first run.

Mis death was attributed heart failure. Berger In Weather Man States Rain Will Move, Sun Return By SID FEDER NEW YORK. Oct. S-vTr-Old Man Weather tonight promised Gus Q. Fan and family a let-up tomorrow to get the "hottest" world series in five years between the mighty Yankees and the do-or-die Cincinnati Reds off to a running start in Yankee Stadium at 1:30 p.

m. (E. S. All battle lines were drawn with the final announcement that a clash of two of the greatest right arms in the business today, between big Red Ruffing for the American Leaguers and Paul Derringer for the Nationals, would feature the opening contest. Provided the rain of the last several days goes away and lets the Series alone (the weather man predicted officially cloudy and warmer), more than 50,000 cash cus RUFFING (W.21 L.7) beat them thia year, and I think I have a lot better team than moat of them In that league." "That's correct," aaid Third Baao-man Bill Werber, who came to tha Reds from the Athletics laat apring.

"Wo beat them three straight ona series." "So figure It out from that," McKechnie went on. 'There are waya of beating them, jvist tike any other club." Did Bill think, for Instance, that ho had a better pitching staff than the three-time Champa? "No-a-o," hi Mid aauUoualy. "But Ruffing, Derringer 1 if '4fc. iy tkia tima the author waa a man tha Naahvilla club had discarded laet May as unfit for Its team. Ray Starr, a Vol for three eeasons, didn't quite equal Marberry's one-hit performance but his former mates could do nothing with his curves.

Only two of them were able to connect for safeties and both were rather fuzzy blows. Starr's exhibition waa almost a carbon copy of Marberry's. The only difference was that Woody 'Williams, who wrecked Fred's no-hitter with a ninth-inning single after one was out, dropped a Texas Leaguer into left field in the first inning. Nary another Nashville batsman was able to solve him for a. safety until one was defunct in the last frame.

Then Charley Gilbert beat out a slow roller to Clyde McDowell. I OTHERS REACH FIRST Only three other Vols were able to reach first safely during the night. Two of them got on in the sixth when Ray momentarily lost control and walked Wally Rospond and Gus Dugas. Nothing came of It however, for Al Baker was caught napping on a fly back of aecond and was doubled off. Barney Lutz was the only other Nashville player to get on and Starr signed a free ticket for him in the fifth.

He went out stealing a moment later. Only SO men, the same number that faced Marberry on Monday night, went to the plate while Starr was on the firing front. SECOND FOR 8TARR Tonight's triumph was Starr's aecond in three appearances against his former mates in the series. He beat them in the opener, 10-2, allowing nina hits. At Nashville last Thursday night he permitted only three safeties in six innings but his wildnees caused him to be removed and the Vols went on to win.

Nashville pitching, which has been very shoddy except in one game, was nothing to write home about thia time. Ace Adams was given the starting assignment but he waa removed after five rounds and Silent Sam Nahcm, victor last Sunday when the Vols took a three-two lead in the series, took over. MARTYNIK FINISHES Nahem waa blasted to cover in the eighth and Mike Martynik finished. Adams, who had allowed only six hits and ona run in nine Innings of relief work against the Cats, pitched fine ball for four A break in tha second stan-a enabled the Cats to push across a run on him. Then he grew wild In the fifth and another was registered.

He struck out seven men but allowed the same number of hits. GLITTERING FIELDING Some glittering fielding helped both Starr and the Vol throwers. Johnny Stoneham robbed Wally Rospond with a shoestring catch. Walter Casen roamed far and wide in center field to take in what appeared to be labeled base hits when they left Vol bats. Buster Chapman made a great play in the ighth to taka a hit away from Barney Lutz.

Charley Gilbert saved at least three runs by sensational catches at the expense of Carl Kott and Johnny Stoneham. Barney Lutz made a diving catch of Chatham's looper In the first inning. Johnny Mihalic sparkled at aecond. Tonight's attendance brought the total for the aeven games to approximately 34,700 which was the largest for the Dixie Series since 1931 when more than 81,000 saw Birmingham beat Houston in a similar number of battles. Tha downhearted Vols prepared to head for Nashville at 7:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, taking a bus from bar to Dallas in order to make connections.

They will reach tha Tenneaseo capital at 4:30 'clock Thursday morning. WILLIAMS GETS HIT Tha Gilbert gang din't wait long in spoiling any chances Starr might have had of a no-hit game, for Woody Williams dropped a single in left In the opening Inning. He tola but Chapman was out on strikes and Haas filed to Kott Carl Kott lined Adams' first pitch to cantor for a single In the Cat half but a rolling catch by Barney Luti on Buster Chatham kept Fort Worth from scoring in tha opening frame. After ths NasbviUiana went out re order in the second, the Pan there pushed across a run but It took a break In order for them tn do It Adams fanned Casen but Frank Metha followed with a terrific blast through Wally Roxpond's legs and Metha pulled up at second with doubla. Oa hit-and-run.

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a i 4 a a McDowell, tk 4 I a Chatham. i 1 4 a Stoneham. rf 4 0 110 0 Caxea. rf 4 I 0 a 0 Metha. Sk 4 a a Stebbina, lb 4 13 0 0 0 Linton, 4 0 1 0 Starr, a 0 0 0 I 0 Total SS IS J7 It 0 NANHVILLE 00 OD0 OOO 0 FORT WORTH 010 Oil Sill 4 Summary Rum battel In, Llntaa.

Stoneham, Kott. Metha Z. Slebbina. Twa-baie hits. Metha, Union.

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Lee Stebbins sent a slow roller to Williams that he beat out. That was after George had dropped a foul third strike that would have retired Stebbins. Bob Linton fired a two-bagger to right-center that provided transportation for Metha. Adams struck out Starr and Mi halic took Kott's easy pop. Johnny Stoneham's great running shoestring catch of Wally Rospond's looDer rohheri tha Vnl.

of a chance in the third. Although Adams walked Chatham with one out, he didnt have any trouble with the Cats in the home half. Tha terrific wind it blows always out here kept the Vols from knotting the count in the fourth, for Bert Haas smacked a terrific drive over the left field fence. The wind took it foul a few feet before It left the park, to prevent a home run. Adams' wildness gave ho Cats another tally in the fifth.

He walked Rabbit McDowell and then uncorked a wild pitch when ChaK ley George called for a pitch-out In an effort to nip McDowell off first. That put McDowell on second and Stoneham slammed a hit just out of Rospond's reach and McDowell trotted him. Adams fanned Cazen and Metha to save additional scoring. A grand opportunity to tie It up in the aixth failed chiefly because of some dizzy base running. Rospond walked and so did Gua Dugas, batting for Adama.

Charley Gilbert rolled out with both Rospond and Al Baker running for Dugas, advancing. Woody Williams hit a looper back of second and McDowell made a fine catch of IL Baker, thinking 'it would be a hit, raced for third and was an easy double death. The CaU picked up another in the sixth without tha aid of a base hit. Nahem, who took the mcund at start of tha inning, walked Stebbins. Linton grounded to Haas for an apparently easy double play but Bert threw the ball Into left field, both runners going safe.

Starr also walked to fill tha basea. Knott rolled out but Stebbins acored on the play. Linton and Kott tried a double ateal but the Cat manager, who came In with apikes flying high, was tagged out by George anil Mihalic made a fine play of McDowell's grounder to end the Inning Three more Cats registered In the seventh when tha Texans pulled far out In front Chatham started It by outfoottng a slow roller down the third base lino and ho continued to second when Rospond threw low to first. Gilbert wont almost to the center field fence to get Stoneham's drive and Chatham went to third after the catch, Casen walked and atola second and Metha a bingla to left ahovod both across the plattor. Metha stole sec ond and went to third on George's wild throw, Stebblna dropped looper back of third base almost on the line, and Metha raced home with run No.

MMM South Scrimmage All players of tha South Park football team arc urged to report at South tonight around 7 p. m. The griddors will bold a practice drill. 20 and 30 -yards every time wss due. Coach Morrison said, to failure of the Vanderbilt booter to put tho oval out of reach.

After diligent practice both Hug-gins and Plunkett got to a point (Continued on Next Pago) It's Impossible to beat that kind of pitching, especially when your big guns go into a tail spin as Messrs. Haas, Chapman and' George did. Even if the Vols did fail to bring home the Dixie championship, they accomplished mora than any other Nashville team has ever done They are tho first representative of the Tennessee capital to ever get into the Dixie Series That's a fine tribute to the magnificent handling of the club by Larry Gilbert The Vols had a good team the last two months of the campaign but they never had any dependable pitchers How they managed to get aa far aa they did is a mystery to many, but when you boil it down, you will find that the guiding hand of Larry Gilbert was directly responsible. Walter Caxen, whoae mark for the season was .303, will go down as one of tho outstanding performers in the 1939 Dixie series. has had aa much to do with tha Cats' success as Marberry, a two-time winner, or Ray Starr.

Casen slapped out 12 bits in his first 24 trials for a J00 aversge and he drove in It mates. By Skin of Teeth The old saw that they got in by the skin of thrtr teeth certainly applies to the Fort Worth club The Cats lost the first two games in the opening round of the Texas League Shaugh-neosy playoff with Houston, the pennant-winner, and wore beaten in the ninth inning of the third tilt Then with one out Shortstop Eddie Lake of Houston muffed a double play ball that would have ended the game The CaU' good luck didn't ond there, tor on tho next ball hit Johnny Antonelli, a Vol for a short time a few years ago, booted roller and then threw it That gava tho Cats the game and they continued on to get In the Dixie series. Marberry's Last Game Fred Marberry was tolling the boys today that he had, pitched his last game. That was a good one to quit on," said the 40-ysar old hurler, who la well fixed financially, aa bo referred' te Monday night's contest. Incidentally, that waa Fred' second one-hitler In 1929 Dick Porte, lead off man for Cleveland, st gled In the, first Inning, and Mar.

berry didnt allow a safety fear (Continual aa Nom iatl VTii tV DERRINGER (W.2S L.7 I don't think the Yankee pitchera are any better than mine. In other worda, I wouldn't trade Walters and Derringer for Ruffing and Gomes. At tha same time, maybe Joe McCarthy wouldn't trade with me, either." It may bo judged from thia con versation that McKechnie to not going to bo much help In picking the winner of the aeries. "Don't worry about Waltara being tired," laughed McKechnie. "Ho been tired like that a for soma time, but the Yankees won't bo able ta noUeo It iime vol ana wno pucnea lor -f Houston in 1928, held Birming ham to one hit but it came in the early part of the game They are the only two who have turned in one-hit performances in Dixie series history.

Tough Series Forecast When the Cats and Vols bcan their aquabbles here nine days ago, most everyone agreed that it waa going to be a dog-fight Larry Gilbert had the heaviest hitting team in the Southern He boasted a team average of .307 and seven of the eight rrgtilars pointed with pride to marks of better than .300 Rob I.lnton hnd the pitching Ray Starr, Fred Marberry and Ed i Boai tracks! Greer were the leading curvcra in the Texas circuit even if they are old men The Cats couldn't hit and the Vols had only Sam Nahem to pitch and Silent Sam waa worn to a frazzle after the Atlanta aeries It looked very even before the first gun was fired. The Fort Worth club, with only one man who could proudly point to an average of better than .28.1, became hitting sensations against the erratic Nashville pitching through tonight's game the Cats hanged out 2 hits in 250 thumping trails for the bloated mark of the Vols were able to collect only 57 hits in 235 chances and their average was a miserable .243. Williams Leads Woody Williams topped the Nashville club In total hits for the series the old no-hit spoiler put ths wood to 12 drives for safeties next was Charley Gilbert with nine Calvin Chapman, Johnny Mihalic and Charley George led In driving in mates they provided a mount for six apiece. Failure of Larry Gilbert to square accounts with ths Texas League can bo traced directly to an erratic mound staff He had only 8am Nabem he could depend on and Silent Sam pitched himself out In beating Atlanta Ha did turn In a beautiful game Sunday In Nashville Not another Vol was able to go the route and most of them failed to survive six Innings. Veterans Shine Ray Stair and Fred' Marberry registered two wins apiece for the Cats The former granted only 14 hita In 28 Innings against hs former mates and the latter permitted Just 10 In 11 frames ior rw ii Yanks, No Super-Team, Others Beat 'Em Why Not The Reds, Says Bill McKechnie CINCINNATI, Oct.

SCPV-Twenty pounds underweight, but recovering fast, Managar Bill McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reda la choosing hie worda very carefully when ho talka about the World Seriea starting Wednoaday agalnat the New York Yankees. "Now don' expect me to make any fire-eating said tha deacon today. "But I will aay this much: Tha Yankees are a long way from being a aupcr-team. Every eluh In their league aat i 'I.