Before a eapatity throng of wildly enthusiastic baseball fans the Phila Hdelphia Athletics, 1981. American' League champions, defeated the Louis Cardinals, National Leagu ant winners, by a score of 6 to to-day. The World's Series is {9n with all of its colour and thrills.
The Mackmen played true to form and justified their favoured position the betting. The twirling stais of both. clubs were nicked freely but the athletics, who are attempting annex their third consecutive World's Series, kept the bingles of the birds well scattered after the first inning.
Old Lefty Grove, who pitched all the way for the Athletics, kept the Cardinals well in control after the first frame, in, which they. bunched heir hits neatly to score two runs Grove held the senior loop cham scoreless after the first frame. Dewsinger pitched seven innings for the Cardinals, "He was relieved on the mound in the eighth frame by Sylvester Johnson, who, held the Athletics scoreless atter all the damage had been done.
"The Athletics made the third Inning their biggest frame, It netted them. four runs. In the seventh inning the Athletics scored two micro runs. on three hits, Including, home run by Al Simmons. Sim-Tons racked out the only four Dagger of the opening game of the 1981 baseball classic, There was no "goat" for the first game of this year's Series. Not an fewer was chalked up againat either team, Reottger, right fielder, Frankie Frisch, second baseman. Sim Bat-tolley, first baseman, and Martin, eonter fielder, accounted for the hits which gave the Cardinals their only allies. In the first inning Roettger, Frisch and Bottomley each singled while Martin socked a two bagger.
Jim Dykes, third baseman, Wile mins, shortstop, George Haas, eontey fielder, and Jim Foxx, first. baseman, did the hitting which gave London, Sept. 28. mile and 3 furlongs), which was run off at Hamilton Park this afternoon, resulted follows:—
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