The time in 20 seconds, 1215. 15 minutes past 12. Stay tuned to WGN for the World Series broadcast from New York in just five seconds.

The cavalcade of sports is on the air.

Gillette presents the World Series for the fifth consecutive year.

This is Red Power, speaking from Yankee Stadium in New York, where the stage is set for the opening game of the 1943 baseball classic between the New York Yankees

and the St. Louis Cardinals. Your radio host is the Gillette Safety Razor Company, which broadcast

the Kentucky Derby, football ball games, major boxing shows, and other top sports events for your enjoyment the year round.

Today's presentation is carried over an international network, embracing the mutual broadcasting system,

the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and their affiliates, more than 340 stations in all.

Lieutenant Bob Elson of the United States Naval Reserve.

And Bill Coram, are here in the booth with me

to help give you an accurate picture of every play

when today's opener gets underway in 14 minutes.

Right now, at home plate,

closing for the photographers are the two starting pitches.

Left-hand a Max Lanier for the St. Louis Cardinals and right-hand a spud Chandler for the New York Yankees. The Yankees themselves are finishing their infield workout. Art Fletcher has the fungo stick. The infield is Etton at first base, Gordon at second, at shortstop is Frankie Cresetti, and at third

base is Bill Johnson. That'll be the starting infield for the Yankees. The outfield is also

are catching five balls and throwing in toward the plate. A very business-like performance at the

moment by a team which has, under McCarthy, been in eight World Series of recent years, and they have been in seven in the last eight.

So they should appear to be the most business life. And at the moment, Spud Channel begins warming up his right arm and Maxineer begins warming up his left one for the Yankees and the Cardinals respectively.

This may be the crowd. I'll be very interested in hearing what Bill Corman has to say in a couple of moments. This may be the crowd. I'll be very interested in hearing what Bill

Corum has to say in a couple of moments. This may be the biggest all-time crowd yet. In any

rate, Charlie McManus, the veteran here at Yankee Stadium, told me that this has been an odd

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