NORTH DALLAS OUTLASTS HARLEM IN TEN, 6-5

North Dallas battled back from a two-run deficit to defeat the Harlem Knights in 10 innings, 6-5. The victory gives the Forty a 2-1 lead in the World Series.

Early Wynn and Milo Candini started off with two shutout innings each, before North Dallas scored their first run on a Mickey Livingston passed ball. A Roy Cullenbine triple scored Elbie Fletcher, giving the Forty a 2-0 lead. Harlem got those two right back in the bottom of the frame, courtesy of a two-run triple by Rudy York.

The Knights took the lead on a two-run single by Charlie Keller in the fifth, scoring Swish Nicholson and Rudy York. However, the 4-2 lead was short lived. North Dallas battles back with three runs in the sixth, capped by the go-ahead single by Ken Keltner. The Knights tied it back up in the seventh innings on a Nicholson home run, his second in as many games.

The score remained tied at 5 through nine. North Dallas came to bat in the tenth, and got a lead-off double by Lou Klein. Lonnie Frey moved Klein over to third on a single, bringing up Buffy Rosar. With the infield in, Rosar dribbled one to third. Ralph Hodgin's throw got to Livingston a little late, and Klein scored what wound up being the winning run.

The two teams meet again tomorrow afternoon for game 4.

10/5/1943, NDA43-HAR43, Wrigley Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10     R  H  E   LOB DP
1943 Forty             0  0  2  0  0  3  0  0  0  1     6 13  0    10  1
1943 Knights           0  0  2  0  2  0  1  0  0  0     5 10  1     7  2
 
Forty                AB  R  H BI   AVG    Knights              AB  R  H BI   AVG
Galan             cf  6  1  1  0  .077    Spence            cf  5  0  0  0  .000       
Fletcher          1b  5  1  1  0  .308    Vaughan           ss  5  1  1  0  .300       
Cullenbine        rf  4  1  1  1  .154    Nicholson         rf  5  3  3  1  .462       
Heath             lf  4  0  2  0  .286    York              1b  4  1  3  2  .385       
Klein             ss  5  2  2  0  .455    Keller            lf  4  0  2  2  .417       
Frey              2b  5  1  3  1  .375    Wood              2b  3  0  0  0  .083       
Rosar             c   4  0  1  1  .222     Beggs            p   1  0  0  0  .000       
Keltner           3b  5  0  1  2  .273     Murphy           p   0  0  0  0  .000       
Wynn              p   3  0  0  0  .000     Etten            ph  1  0  0  0  .000       
 Cavarretta       ph  1  0  1  0  .500    Hodgin            3b  3  0  1  0  .273       
 Butcher          p   0  0  0  0  .000    Livingston        c   4  0  0  0  .091       
                     42  6 13  5          Candini           p   2  0  0  0  .000       
                                           Cuccinello       2b  2  0  0  0  .000       
                                                               39  5 10  5             
 
Forty                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Wynn                             8.0 10  5  5  3  4 117  68  5.63
Butcher          W 1-0           2.0  0  0  0  0  0  20  14  0.00
                                10.0 10  5  5  3  4 137  82 
 
Knights                          INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Candini                          5.1  8  5  5  3  0 101  60  8.44
Beggs            L 1-1           3.2  5  1  1  0  2  49  35  1.69
Murphy                           1.0  0  0  0  0  0   7   5  0.00
                                10.0 13  6  6  3  2 157 100 
 
NDA: Cavarretta batted for Wynn in the 9th
HAR: Cuccinello inserted at 2b in the 6th
     Etten batted for Murphy in the 10th
 
E-York. 2B-Heath, Klein, York, Keller. 3B-Cullenbine, York. HR-Nicholson(2). 
SB-Hodgin(1). K-Fletcher, Cullenbine, Livingston, Cuccinello 2, Beggs. 
BB-Cullenbine, Heath, Rosar, York, Keller, Hodgin. SH-Butcher. PB-Livingston. 
GWRBI: Rosar
Temperature: 68, Field: wet, Sky: clear, Wind: out to center at 18 MPH.