STANKY'S DOUBLE LEAD NORTH DALLAS TO 3-1 WIN

Eddie Stanky's two-run double in the seventh inning broke a 1-1 tie as the North Dallas Forty defeated the Harlem Knights in the first game of the 1943 World Series, 3-1.

After opening ceremonies that were very subdued due to the War, the first six innings of the game belonged to Harlem's Cliff Melton and North Dallas' Jim Tobin. Tobin, a 19-game winner during the season, allowed the first run of the game as Swish Nicholson drove home Arky Vaughan with a single.

The Forty tied it up in the fourth when Elbie Fletcher scored from third on an infield ground-out off the bat of Lou Klein. The score remained tied at 1 until the bottom of the seventh when Lou Klein lead off the inning with a single. The next batter, Buddy Rosar, also singled, and both runners advanced on Ken Keltner's sacrifice. Eddie Stanky then doubled off the left field wall just over the glove of Charlie Keller, permitting both runners to score and giving the Forty a 3-1 lead, which they never relinquished.

Game two will be tomorrow afternoon.

10/2/1943, HAR43-NDA43, Polo Grounds
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1943 Knights           0  0  1  0  0  0  0  0  0     1  7  0     7  1
1943 Forty             0  0  0  1  0  0  2  0  x     3  7  1     4  0
 
Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG    Forty                AB  R  H BI   AVG
Spence            cf  4  0  0  0  .000    Galan             cf  4  0  0  0  .000       
Vaughan           ss  3  1  1  0  .333    Cullenbine        rf  4  0  1  0  .250       
Nicholson         rf  4  0  1  1  .250    Fletcher          1b  4  1  1  0  .250       
York              1b  4  0  2  0  .500    Estalella         lf  4  0  1  0  .250       
Keller            lf  4  0  2  0  .500    Klein             ss  2  1  1  1  .500       
Wood              2b  4  0  0  0  .000    Rosar             c   3  1  1  0  .333       
Hodgin            3b  4  0  1  0  .250    Keltner           3b  2  0  0  0  .000       
Livingston        c   4  0  0  0  .000    Stanky            2b  3  0  1  2  .333       
MeltonC           p   3  0  0  0  .000    Tobin             p   3  0  1  0  .333       
                     34  1  7  1                               29  3  7  3             
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
MeltonC          L 0-1           8.0  7  3  3  1  4 103  71  3.38
                                 8.0  7  3  3  1  4 103  71 
 
Forty                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Tobin            W 1-0           9.0  7  1  1  0  5 113  77  1.00
                                 9.0  7  1  1  0  5 113  77 
 
E-Cullenbine. 2B-Vaughan, Estalella, Stanky. K-York 2, Wood, Livingston, 
MeltonC, Galan, Cullenbine, Fletcher, Tobin. BB-Klein. SH-Vaughan, Keltner. 
GWRBI: Stanky
Temperature: 48, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 8 MPH.