European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse Page is the stars and stripes saturday october 17, 1964 St. Louis wins world series behind Iron Man Gibson Cardinal hurler cuffs yanks 7-5 sets strikeout record St. Louis hero Bob Gibran. Chosen most outstanding player card skipper praises fast Baller pitched heart out says soaked Keane St. Louis a in a of the tumultuous St. Louis Cardinal dressing room stood Pitcher Bob Gibson sipping rom a bottle of Champagne grinning and perspiring. It s Nice to know i set world series strikeout record he said in response to reporters questions but i d rather have the had fanned nine new York Yankee and pitched the cardinals to baseball s world championship thursday 7-9.his strikeout record for the series was 31,"i la Tell you the tall fireball or Taid i thought my stuff was faster at the end than it was at the Start. The pitches the yanks hit for homers in the ninth inning were Good fastballs right Over the with the card leading 7-3 Andone out in the ninth Clete Boyer hammered a Gibson fast Ballint the left Field stands. The right hander struck out Pinch hitter Johnny Blanchard. But another Light hitting Yankee Phil Linz smashed another of final world series facts and figures a tub Abbi Btty or Tab win lbt . Loll i it 4 3 Ati Vuyk at 3 4 a financial figures stat shh Obj 30.34. Nil s1m.410.m blurt 39,t314ntw Strk club to blurt i42.im 4s so club b blurt i43.m4.43 Amer Lcuio Lemut a blurt �43.1ft4 u a Lloil a tub b blurt 842.1m.44 attn Munct ttt.m1 Nib rect line sm43.1s7.m b blurt 1334,471.31puysrt blurt Hob York club to blurt o011i7.40 by Houlb club b blurt i3d9.m7.40 Amr Rizui a bub b blurt s30i.m7.4 no Trontl Ltd talk b blurt s3tr.-1l7.40 Ball to left for the inning s Sec Ond Homer. We had a big Lead then Gibson explained. At times like that you go with your Busl which in my Case is the fast Ball. You throw it hard and Over the plate daring them to swing on All he asked How Many times Are these Guy going to lean Back and hit the Ball into the stands like they Didin the ninth manager Johnny Kean whose head like most of the players dripped with Champagne praised Gibson As a Man who threw his heart out Gibson got a real goo Start Keane said and that s Why i left him in when i saw How Strong he was going and How courageously he was throwing. When the Yankees were hitting him they were Hillin Ghis Good Gibson said Mickey Mantle three run Homer an opposite Field blast to left in the Sixl bothered him. He hit a fast Ball away fro the plate and Rode it to left Gibson said of the switch hitting Yankee outfielder. That Man has Power. But we still had a i3 Lead and it did t worry me too much although i was a you know said Gibson the one thing i be got on my mind now is getting Home to Omaha to see my two Little girls. My wife is Here but i Vepr Bably been pretty Tough on Here lately. I think All this tension has made me a bit outside the clubhouse Jam lug the hallways and corridors of Busch stadium were the joyous Cardinal fans. We want Gibson the chanted. We want Johnny they yelled. By Jack hand St. Louis api Iron Man Bob Gibson working with Only two Days rest pitched the scrappy St. Louis cardinals to their first world championship since 1m with a 7-s Victory Over the favored new York Yankees in thursday s crucial seventh series game. The Rangy right hander who once played basketball with the Harle globetrotters broke All series strikeout records with a total of 31, including nine in the finale with big Money on the crowd of 30,341 boisterous fans roared trumpets blared and horns looted As the cardinals completed their rags to riches Rise from seventh place july 24 to the championship of All baseball at the expense of the proud tumultuous crowd poured out of the bleachers and surrounded the Happy knot of White Una formed cardinals after dal maxvill snared Bobby Rich Ardson s pop for the final was warmly embraced by Dick Groat and then the whole club converged on the Mound pounding the exhausted Yankees talk of mistakes Breaks Gibson St. Louis a the Newyork Yankees losers in the world series met the press like winners thursday and talked of mistakes Breaks and Bob Gib on. Gibson surprised us with his stamina said manager Yogi Berra in the clubhouse after the Yankees lost 7-9 in the seventh game. He had that Good but Berra thought his slug Gers were beginning to catch up with the Floc Balling right Han Dor who beat them 5-2 in 10 innings monday. Big Lead helped that big Lead helped him Berra told reporters As he sat on a Stool half dressed smiling through his disappointment. I Don t think he would have finished the game without it. If Richardson gets on in the marlins fid Mantle coming up. I think he would have Bee taken Gibson struck out nine Yan Kees running his series record total to 31. He gave up nine hits including Home runs by Mantle in the sixth and Cleta Boyer an Phil in the ninth. But other things contribute to the Yankees defeat. Cites wild throw Berra pointed to a wild throw by shortstop Linz that let in the first Cardinal run in a three run fourth inning As the key play. He just made a bad throw to first base Berra said. It could happen to , the runner coming from first base did t bother me," said. It was just a bad fouled up double play attempt also Hurt the Yankee sin another manner. It May have Cost them the services of Rookie pitching sensation Mel Stolle Myre Tor the remainder of the game in which the Yankees bullpen failed , covered first. Throw from Linz and had to dive for the bad Hurt his left shoulder diving for the Berra , trailing Only 1-0 after the error said the shoulder began getting stiff and Ham pored his probably would have been continued on Pun St a right hander on the return colonel s Cornn Itanion Given to Mccarver St. Louis a St. Loui Cardinal Catcher Tim Mccarver received a Ball Field commissions a colonel thursday from Tennessee gov. Frank governor was at the concluding game of the world series and he remarked in the eighth inning if the cardinals win i m going to make Mccar ver a colonel on my Mccarver is from Memphis. Gibson on the needed help from a Burly cop and two special Park attendants to escape from the Well wishers finally scooting under the rail in front of the of Youthful fans stood in front of the card dugout for several minutes chanting we want the Birds. We wan the Only a posse of police kept them from charging Down the Steps toward the club tiring under the House. Obviously heavy Burden of pitching a id inning game in new York monday afternoon and another com plete nine inning Job in this on for All the dough Gibson Stag gered a bit in the ninth. Sol Home runs by Clete Boyar and Phil narrowed his Lead Toto runs but manager Johnny Keane a Corr mud a move Infine tribute to his big Pitcher. Gibson s strikeout feat erase Sandy Koufax s total of 23 piled up in last year s los Angele dodgers four game sweep Over the yanks. It even surpassed the Musty old record of 28 set by ancient Bill Dinneen of the Boston red sox in 1903 in an eight game Victory was a Sweet per Sonal Triumph for Keane. Who had been reportedly on the Brink of being fired in Lute on Pater Sil maxvill Mccarver we be won City explodes into bedlam St Louis a the Stlouis cardinals won the world series and it was like newyear s eve in the St. Louis area As St. Loul sans burst out int Celebration. We re won we be won came the shouts As employees and customers charged int streets when the cardinals Defeated the new York Yankees 7-9 in the seventh game thurs , streamers and Jubi Lant shouts rained on the Down town and county business districts. Horns blared and Cardi nals decorations streamed from automobile radio Bridges crossing the Mil Sis suppl River were jammed a East St. Louis 111., resident rushed lost. Ixia is to join the Celebration. Prisoners cheer even prisoners in the jail in the county courthouse in suburban Clayton broke out in cheers. Ben Kopman who had Bee Selling pennants proclaiming the cardinals As world Cham pions 64, rushed downtown from Busch stadium just before the game ended. His sales were brisk. A Supply of similar Yan Kee pennants remained untouched in their Busch stadium bedlam broke Loose. Fans screamed an kissed and embraced strangers. The crowd gathered outside the cardinals locker room and chanted for their in the evening a Victory dinner was scheduled at Stan Musil s and Biggie s restau rant for the Cardinal players. The Toast of St. Louis urn b. Re son 2b 9marls of Mantle of Howard c Pep Lane i Tresh if c. Bayer 3bstol Myre p Al Logau new Yorka r ii by s Downing p Sheldon p i Lapez 1 Hamilton p milk Kelso p clan hard 1totals 33 flood of Brock if 4 while in 4 k. Boyer 3b 4 croat m 3 Mccarver c 2 Shannon of 4masvlll 2b 3 Gibson p 4 St. Louisa r h by 71h a struck out for Mikkelsen in 9lh. 5 14 13 total 31 7 ii i it i ?.?= it for Sheldon la a right Field. To 4�. Is. Sun
