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...seventh and final game of the World Series, Hal Newhouser's left-handed pitching finally paid off: Detroit 9, Chicago 3. Now Manager Steve O'Neill of the Champion Tigers could turn his mind to duck-shooting. The Cubs' Charlie Grimm, saying, "Well, I ain't gonna hang myself," headed for his Robertsville, Mo. farm to chop wood and raise horses. Their managerial hangover from the World Series orgy would soon be over, but the 21 assorted records their clubs had set would last a while. Some of the records...
After the second game Mary O'Neill heard her man hum a few snatches: "All I can promise is a cozy little cottage. . . ." As usual, win or lose, Steve had bran flakes with peaches for dinner. But Grimm had a trump to play. For ten days he had rested Claude Passeau's ancient and ailing arm. After the third game, Lillian Grimm's floor-pacer passed a restful night...
...time the ball clubs reached Chicago for the fourth game, a bumper crop of 400 flip-flopping newsmen had made the Cubs 11-to-5 favorites again. Grimm's frisky Cubs seemed to have more life than the lifeless Tigers-even on the bench. Jolly Cholly got kissed by Actress June Haver, and was told by Mrs. Grimm not to come home without a victory. But Steve O'Neill had been busy brewing a batch of pitching TNT-Trout, Newhouser, Trucks...
...Tigers now led for the first time, three games to two. In two previous series, 1934's and 1940's, they had got that far and foozled. With Fireballer Trucks on tap, Steve (& Mary) O'Neill were sitting pretty. Charlie (& Lillian) Grimm had no choice but to come back with his trump after only two days' rest...
...Said Grimm: "Let me take my store teeth out so I can talk louder. . . . It's wonderful . . . just wonderful...