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This is station WMAQ, Chicago. In 10 seconds, it will be 1245, central standard time, and now for the World Series baseball game.

We take you now to the Polo Grounds.

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

This is George Hicks of the NBC.

Speaking now from the Polo Grounds in New York City.

We're about to witness the beginning of the fifth game of the World Series

between the New York Yankees and the New York Giants, where the series is now standing

three games to one in the Yankees' favor and a victory today for the Yankees, a clinching

of the pennant and the championship by winning the first four out of seven.

The biggest news this morning that we have is that the weather is wet and chilly, but it's not going to rain this afternoon, and the game is going on.

The latter you just heard a moment ago was for Shaq, who's down on third base now with his baseball uniform on today.

No swimming suit today.

It's too cold, but still with his tailcoat with the red lapels and he's still cat and he's warming up

with the the remnant of the Yankee infield the regular infield has come in now and uh

coach fletcher is driving balls down at shagged at third and glen the catcher and jack

engaged in a little hot hand as they get closer and closer to each other on the third base line.

But to get back to the game, the weather, well, last night, New York, it started raining and it rained most of the night.

It was raining this morning and that steady light, but consistent way it has in late fall.

And up till noon, we were still having rain and a heavy overcast sky and the wind coming in from the north,

and it looked like a pretty bad day for football, let alone for a World Series game.

But Judge Landis came up to the park, and it wasn't until 12 1230 that he made his decision and decided to have

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