MLB 1943 World Series Highligths

[Music] for [Music] la [Music] on land at Sea and in the air 170 American League players are serving the country from the Nation League 155 men have entered the Armed Forces these men have DOL baseball uniforms for those of the army for the fighting uniform of the Navy they're serving in the Marine Corps some are in the Coast Guard others are flying the planes of the Navy and of the Army Air Force and to them and their fellow Fighters overseas bab Ru the Great Bambino who blasted 714 home runs in his major league career broadcasts a pregame message this broadcast brought to the courtesy of the British Broadcasting cooperation affords the old babe the opportunity of sending GS to all the gang overseas at World Series time just to make sure you fellas don't miss baseball's Classics this year the American League is fing are highlights of all the games and we Shi them all over and wrapped up to the PIP for this picture baseball SS his most sincere and goral greetings to every member in the armed forces I want to say from the bottom of my heart and from the hearts of every American and I want to say God bless you great men and women over there and God bless the ones that are going over and if we fight as half as hard as you're fighting over there that American flag will fly forever come on everybody sing let's all sing take me out the take me out the me some peanuts and crack Jack I don't care if I never get back Ro for the home te if they don't win it's a shame for it's one 2 three Str out at the old game here we are at the Yankee Stadium in New York for the first game of the 1943 Baseball Classic the world series between the St Louis Cardinals and the New York Yankees for the second consecutive year the Cardinals fac the Yankee bombers in baseball's blue ribbon event thousands of fans are crowding into the stadium our armed forces are really on hand all wondering whether or not the Cardinals can retain the world championship they won from the Yankees last year and there's Bill dicki the Yankees leading hitter this season picki the Bronx bombers great catching star hit 351 this season is 16th in a Yankee uniform during his career with the Yankees bill has caught 100 or more games in 13 consecutive Seasons an alltime Major League record and among those here to see Bill and the Yankees is the grand old man of baseball The Lovable Connie Matt Connie himself was a great catcher back in the good old days but today's fans know him better as manager of the Philadelphia Athletics his is the longest service record in organized baseball and right over here is Clark Griffith president of the Washington Senators with his base stealing Outfield star George case and down behind home plate the Rival managers Billy Southworth of the Cardinals and Joe McCarthy of the Yankees have a friendly pregame chat for the benefit of the cameraman Joe mcfey is one of the game's greatest managers this year he led the New York Yankees to the American League pennant for the eighth time Mara Joe has already won six world's championships pitching for the Yankees will be Spud Chandler leading Major League hurler of the Year Spud won 20 games and lost only four opposing Chandler will be Max lanir a southpaw who won 15 and lost seven but now the 40th World Series is about to begin coach art Butcher of the Yankees and Captain Walker Cooper the Cardinals are talking over the ground rules down at home plate and then it's play ball Chandler on the mound getting his sign and here's the pitch to L Klein Klein hits it but Lindell takes the fly in right center for the first out of a scoreless first inning but in the second inning catcher Cooper of the Cardinal slashes a grounder toward third baseman Johnson it bounces off his glove and Cooper is safe at first with a base hit Chandler stretches and pitches to Koski the cardinal third baseman dumps the sacrifice bump and is thrown out Chandler to second baseman Gordon who covers first Cooper going to Second after Sanders fann and liwater walked Marion slices an outside pitch off first baseman eton's glove for a double down the foul line Walker Cooper scores from second but stainback Peg to Dicky nips liwater at the plate and the Cardinals Take the Lead one to nothing in the Yankee fourth cretti hits a grounder and is safe at first when lanir drops the the ball cretti stole second then Johnson beats out a bunp down the first Baseline and cretti advances to third Keller hits into a double play Klein to Maran to Sanders but cretti dashes home to tie the score one to one with two out in the score tied Gordon picks up his favorite Louisville sluggy Joe works the count to three balls one strike lenir winds up and throws a high fast one Gordon smashes the pitch for a tremendous Drive deep into the Left Field seats next to the Yankee bullpan 420 ft from the plate for a screaming home run that puts the Yankees out in front 2 to one there's that Yankee dynamite in the Yankee six with the score tied to all cretti was safe on an infield hit Johnson drills a single past Marion at Short cretti stopping at second lanir got Keller on a fly to musal in short right field but now Gordon is at bat again L's pitch is wild he fits the plate and bounces High into the air to catch your Cooper's right where is that ball anyway there it is grab it Peretti scores from second Johnson moves around to Third and the Yankees jump back into the lead 3 to2 Gordon fann and then Dicky drops a Texas League single into right just out of second basem Klein's reach Johnson scores and the Yankees lead 4 to2 pitching brilliantly Chandler held the Cardinal scoreless in the next two inning and then set down Koski and Sanders in the ninth litweiler Taps a roller to Chandler and Spud tosses him out at first and so it's victory number one in the 1943 World Series for Spud Chandler and the Yankees by a score of 4-2 here's the penet winning Yankee infield first baseman Nick Edon second baseman Joe Gordon shortstop Frank cretti and rookie third baseman Bill Johnson carrying the Yankee hopes into the second game is the big right-hander Ernie tiny bonam who will match pitching prowess with Mort cooper cooper match bonom pitch for pitch during the first two innings and the first score came in the Cardinal half of the third inning Maran took a toe hold on one of Bonham's curves and lined a home run into the stands just behind the 301 ft sign at the left field F line the Cardinals jumped into a one to nothing lead in the fourth with muil on second and one out Koski drills a single past Bonham's head into center field and muil scores the second Cardinal run bonam is in trouble two balls and no strikes on first baseman Sanders here's the pitch Sanders drives it into the right field seats 344 ft from home plate scoring kosi ahead of him and making the score Cardinals four Yankees nothing that's Yankee bombing in reverse but in the fourth cretti pops a bunp over first baseman Sanders head for a base hit after maeni fed out to Walker in Center rookie Bill Johnson lines a single into center field and cretti goes to third Mort Cooper is now in trouble with Keller at the plate and only one out with a three and two count Keller drives a long fly to Walker in Center cretti tags up at third and scores the first Yankee run after the catch Dicky connects and it's a long fly down the left field foul line that litweiler gathers in for the third out and the Cardinal still lead 4 to one after the fourth inning flurry the Yankees were held in checked by Mort Cooper's brilliant hurling it was not until the ninth inning that the big Cardinal right-hander had trouble with the Yankees Johnson connects for a double deep into left center field and there's none out in the ninth with a two and two count Keller drives the ball over lip wier's head and left field Johnson scores and Keller pulls up at third with a triple the Yankees are really on a rally manager Southworth trots out of the Cardinal Dugout to talk things over with Mort Cooper there may be a new pitcher no Mart is going to stay in the game and Dicky is the next Yankee hitter with none out and a Man On Third Dicky smashes one but he drives it right into second baseman kin's hands for the first out with one away Mort Cooper faces Yankee first baseman Eton who specializes in driving in runs Nick drills a grounder at second baseman Klein who tosses to Sanders at first for the out but Keller scores and the Cardinals are only one run in front four to three Mort Cooper is bearing down a fast one slides off at Joe Gordon's back it's a foul and brother Walker Cooper gathered it in for the third out and the ball game is over the Cardinals win 4 to3 Cooper wins his first game against an American League team and even the series for the Cardinals at a game a piece the third game in the series finds an alltime world series record crowd on hand to see the Yankees battle a defending Champion cardinal 69,99 90 fans have paid their way into Yankee stadium for this game and among the record thousand is the high commissioner of baseball judge Landis hereby is an Ardent American League rouer William herriage president of the American League he and the other thousands are watching Hank Bari warming up for the Yankees Alpha Brazzle is opposing Bari and the rookie Cardinal Southpaw holds the Yankees to three hits in seven Innings keeping the Cardinals ahead by a score of 2 to1 but in the Yankee eighth inning Lindell singles into center field Walker fumbles the ball and Lindell is safe at second on the a manager McCarthy sends George Stern Weiss in to bat for pitcher Bary here's the pitch Stern wise buns first baseman Sanders Scoops up the ball and fires it to kosi at third Lindell is out at third no he's safe Koski drops the ball as Lindell slides into third and umpire Reen of the nation leag quickly changes his decision it's an error for kosi and the Cardinal third baseman is shaken up on the play manager Billy Southworth rubs White's neck and the third sacker stays in the game stainback flies out to litweiler in short left field and it's one out with two Yankees on base manager Southworth flashes a sign from The Dugout and cretti is purposely pass Bill Johnson is the next fatter what a spot for the rookie his first World Series the Yankees behind by a run one out and the bases full Johnson smashes the ball into left Center between litweiler and Walker the ball bounces off the wall 450 ft from home plate Lindell is scoring Stern Weiss is scoring cretti is scoring and Johnson pulls up at third with a triple driving in three runs to put the Yankees ahead 4 to2 Keller was passed and that was all for for brazzil Southworth removes brazzil for Howard Chris the right-handed with the count three and one Gordon goes after a and lines a single in left field Johnson scores and Keller stops at second with the Yankees on top 5-2 Southworth sends in Harry Bren rookie Southpaw the pitch to dicki Bill smashes the ball between first and second it hits Gordon it's an automatic out and Dicky is credited with a single etton hits a single in right field and Keller scores from second Dicky tries to make third but is out muil to Cooper to kosi the Yankees lead 6-2 fireman Johnny Murphy pitching the ninth gets the first two Cardinal hitters Danny litweiler swings and misses a third strike for the third out and the ball game is over the Yankees win 6-2 and take the lead in the series two games to one the alltime record crowd sweeps down onto the field talking of how the Yankees combine batting power and heads up baseball to win baseball at Yankee Stadium is over until next year and the team's in trained for the fourth game which will take the Cardinals back [Music] home here we are at Sportsman's Park in St Louis the home of the Cardinal thousands of St Louis fans are turning out the here Billy southworth's team on to a repetition of their 1942 Victory they sit on curbs until they can get inside to watch their Cardinals take their practice swing with the Yankees leading two games to One the red birds have their work cut out for them but the Cardinals are now on their home grounds and are intent on giving a sellout crowd a victory Billy Southworth the fighting manager of the Cardinals is the first national league manager in 20 years to bring a world championship team back to a second consecutive pennant back again to start this fourth game for the Cardinals his Lefty Max lamir opposing him will be Marius Russo another Southpaw and the fourth game of the 1943 classic is on lanir holds the Yankees in check for three Innings and there are no scores he gets Keller on a called third strike for the second out of the fourth inning but Gordon drives the ball into left Center Walker Dives with the ball but he can't hold it and Joe pulls up at second with a double even with two outs lenir faces a dangerous hitter it's Bill Dicky appearing in his 37th World Series game with the same Club a new record Bill lines the pitch into center field for a single and Gordon scores the first run of the ball game the Yankees lead one to nothing with two out in the Cardinal seventh Sanders was safe at first when shortstop crusti dropped his easy pop fly for an error Russo takes the sign and pitches to litweiler he drives it down the first Baseline the ball hits the bag and bounces into right field it's a two base hit and Sanders stops at third McCarthy is playing percentage baseball he gives the order to walk Maran filling the bases and giving the Yankees a play at every bag Frank demory comes in bat for lir demory chops a bounding ball at third baseman Johnson he fumbles it and Sanders scores to tie up the ball game one and one with the bases loaded kle hits the grounder to Gordon at second forcing the runner and ending the Cardinal rally Harry Bren comes in to pitch for the Cardinals in the Yankee eight Russo greets bin with a drive to the left field Corner a long hit his second double of the game stainback lays down a perfect sacrifice bunp and he's out B to Second basem kle who covered first cretti hits a long fly to Walker in center field and Russo scores easily after the catch to put the Yankees in front two to one in the Cardinal 8 with musil on first Cooper drives a hot one over second Peretti knocks the ball down Cooper gets a hit but musil is held at second after Koski fed out Saunders hit a grounder to Gordon who tosses it to cretti to force Cooper Frank is pulled off the bag but Cooper overruns the base and cretti tags him for the out ending the Cardinal threat with two out and one on in the Cardinal ninth Klein lifts one into center field stainback Parks under it for the third out and the game is over in another tight pitching duel the the Yankees win the fourth game 2 to one and move out to a commanding 3 to1 lead in the series and now it's the fifth game with the Cardinals at a big disadvantage McCarthy sends his number one Yankee battery of Spud Chandler and Bill Dicky in to clench the series The Cardinals Billy Southworth counters with his Aces the famous Cooper brothers and here we are are ready for the crucial game of the series Cooper is pitching sensationally striking out the first five Yankee batters in the Yankee fifth inning a foul tip from cetti's bat splits catcher Cooper's right index finger and Ken o day will catch for the Cardinal a scoreless tie going into the n6 Keller singled with one out Dicky is the batter he hits the first pitch and drives the ball over the right field Pavilion roof for a home run it's bad news for the Cardinals Keller scores ahead of Dicky and the Yankees lead two to nothing with one out in the last of the ninth Mariam singles litweiler also singles and the tying run is on base Chandler fans climb garms hits a rounder to Gordon and Joe throws him out at first the Yankees win two to nothing to capture their 10th World Championship coach art Fletcher leads the Yankees singing in their Clubhouse Victory celebration judge Landis offers his congratulations and is promptly hoisted upon Yankee shoulders manager Joe McCarthy beaming over his seventh Yankee World Series Victory praises the work of his bombers especially that of Bill Dicky and Spud Chandler whose batting and pitching returned the world title to New York another year of baseball is over the game that typifies a fifth fighting athletic America lives on new stars like Bill Johnson have appeared old stars like Joe Gordon have gained new lusters they and all baseball salute the men in the fighting uniforms of America oh

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Length: 23min 1sec (1381 seconds)

Published: Thu Apr 21 2016