The Oh, Gillette's gravel gate of sports is on the air from Wrigley Field in Chicago

Gillette presents the World Series.

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Good afternoon baseball fans everywhere. This is Al Halter with Bill Slater and

Bill Corum reading you for the Gillette Safety Racing Company as the Chicago Cubs

and the Troy Tigers get ready for the crucial sixth game and this 1945 championship series.

The sun here in Chicago at Wrigley Field is shining beautifully.

In other words, we have a brilliant sign, But the temperature, well, it has considerably dropped during the night.

And the official reading at one o'clock here this afternoon was exactly 48 degrees.

First of all, I think we have the opportunity, perhaps, of running down the Tigers'

batting order before the National Anthem Sun.

At shortstop and leading off is Skeeter Webb for Detroit. Hitting second is Eddie Mayo, the second baseman.

Heading third is Roger Doc Kormer in center field.

Heading fourth is Hank Greenberg playing in left field.

hitting fifth is Roy Columbine, the right fielder.

Hitting sixth is Rudy York, the big first baseman.

Hitting seventh is Jimmy Outlaw of a little third baseman.

Hitting eighth is Paul Richards, a catcher catcher and the pitcher is Virgil Trucks.

And for the Chicago Cup, Stanley Hat will lead off and play at third.

Don Johnson will be the second baseman and hit second.

Peanuts Lowry will hit third and being left field.

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