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i ans scored THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1948 THE DAILY TIMES-CAZETTE PAGE SEVENTEEN Big League - Baseball | Yesterday By JOE REICHLER Associated Press Sports Writer The outlook appeared gloomy to- day for the rest of the American League as Joe McCarthy's batter- ing Boston Red Sox boasted -their largest lead of the season. Coming from behind in typical fashion, the murderous Sox over- came their arch-rivals, New York Yankees 10-6 Wednesday 'night to increase their margin over the run- ner-up New Yorkers to 2% games. Their previous best advantage was a game and a half, In drawing first blood in their all-important three-game series with the Yankees, the Red Sox kept two winning streaks alive. They ex- tended their latest to eight straight, and now own six consecutive tri- umphs against the Yankees. They have copped 22 of their last 26. The Sox gained their latest tri- umph the hard way. Hardly had the game got under way when they found themselves trailing 4-0. Five singles off starter Joe Dobson gave the Yankees four runs in the first inning. Undaunted, the Red Sox bounced back with: six hits off Frank Shea in their half of the same inning to take a 5-4 lead. Birdie Tebbetts' two-out triple drove in Wally Moses and Billy Goodmen with the tying runs. Billy Hitchcock followed with a single to score Tebbetts. After the Red Sox moved in front, 6-4 the Yankees tied it up with single runs in the sixth and seventh innings. Yogi Berra's 14th home: run furnished the fifth run and Hitchcock's fumble, Tommy Henrich's single and Hank Bauer's long fly produced the other. The Sox, quickly untied the score in their half of the seventh. With Lefty Joe Page, third Yankee hurl- er,-on the mound, they put together three hits and three walks to pour four runs across and put the game out of the Yankees' reach. Lefty Earl Johnson, who had replaced Dobson in the seventh, was credited with his. eighth victory against two defeats: The third-place Cleveland In- an unearned run in e last half of the 11th inning to hip Detroit Tigers 8-7 and remain 42 games behind Boston. Larry Doby, who rapped out four singles to extend his consecutive hitting streak through 19 games, scored th winning run. > Bob Lemon, trying for his 20th victory, was shelled in the seventh. Zoldak, fourth Cleveland pitcher, was credited with the victory. Philadelphia's fourth-place Ath- letics swept a twilight-night double- header from Washington Senators, 10-7 and 5-2, 'to reduce Boston's margin over them to nine games. The A's had to survive a ninth- inning rally to win the opener. A leaping stab of Mickey Vernon's liner which first-baseman Ferris Fain converted into a game-ending double play halted the Nats after they had tallied four times and loaded the bases. Carl Scheib gained his 12th victory with a seven-hitter in the nightcap. Exploding for four rung in the eighth inning, Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Reds 5-1 in Cincinnati and strengthened their second- place position in the National-Lea- gue pennant race. They now own a half-game advantage over Brook- lyn Dodgers and trail the leading Boston Braves by 3% games. The Braves and Dodgers were idle. Johnny Schmitz limited the Car- dinals to two hits in St. Louis, pitching Chicago Cubs to a 4-2 triumph. It was the fourth-place Cards' fourth consecutive loss and dropped them to 5% games off the pace. Andy Seminick walloped a two- run homer in the top of the ninth to enable Philadelphia Phillies to nip New York Giants 5-4, The win enabled the Phils to climb out of the cellar by half a game. International League Action By The Associated Press .Rochester, Syracuse and Toronto Maple Leafs, are waging a spirited battle for the two remaining play- off berths in the International Base- ball League. . Two spots already are clinched, with league-leading Montreal Roy- als and runner-up Newark certain to be half the entries in the Shua- ghnessy Oup playoffs which follow the regular season schedule. Rochester's Red Wings strength- ened their hold on third place, Wed- nesday night, winning a doublehead- er from the Royals, 2-1 and 5-3. Dick Burgett drove in what proved to be the winning runs in each game. His single brought in one of the two runs Rochester scored in the final frame of the seven-inning op- ener. He batted in two runs with a double and two singles in the night- cap. Stan Lopata's home run over the left field wall in the eighth innihg save Toronto a 5-4 victory over Buffalo and put the Leafs into a fourth-place tie with the idle Syra- cuse Chiefs. John MacKinson pitched thiee- Winnipeg Girl, Softball Star, Gets "Grandma" Winnipeg--(CP)--They call her "Grandma" and "The Old Grey Mare" Bea McKenzie has been playing ball for 19 years, and she's still in there catching. She .realizes that it's her long tenure in the game that causes the fans to rib her. "But it doesn't bother me," she says. And she's still one of the smartest players in the senior gals loop. Last year she was all-star catcher. Bea--who admits to 34 summers-- has been playing organized ball since she was 15 years old. That was back in 1930, when as Bea Hall she joined St, Vital Rovers in the inter- mediate league. That was her ini- tiation as a catcher. In school she'd played in the field, or at first base. After the Rovers, Bea played for two other teams, before breaking away with five other players to form the St. Boniface Athletics. She's been with them ever since. And so has her husband, Jimmy McKenzie, who was her coach for nine years before he married her. Bea has had many mishaps in baseball, probably more than any other player in the league. There have been broken fingers, split hands, sprained wrists, black eyes and even a broken arm, Still the ace backstop wouldn't have missed a 'minute of her 19 years in base- ball. All told, Bea has been on eight championship teams. Stahdi -- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE W. 'L. Pet. Montreal Newark .... Rochester Syracuse ... Toronto Buffalo .. Jersey City Baltimore We 2: Montreal me of doubleheader. Newark at Jersey City, night game. Syracuse at Baltimore, postponed, NATIONAL LEAGUE L. Pet w. GBL S71 -- Pittsburgh .. 543 Brooklyn . St. Louis ... New York Chicago Cincinnati Philadelphi. 424 Wednesday's Results Philadelphia at New York, night game, Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, night game. Chicago at St. Louis, night game. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE ¢ WwW. L. Cleveland Philadelphi Detroit ... St. Louls . Washington Chicago Wednesday's Results Boston ..., +.10 New York ... Philadelphi .10 Washington ' First game of doubleheader. Detroit at Cleveland, night game, St. Louis at Chicago, postponed. Sport Shorts From Britain - By ALAN HARVEY Canadian Press Staff Writer London, * Sept. 7--(CP)--The la- dies said no--and the first big deal of the 1948 soccer season went a- glimmering, ' For weeks, Newcastle United had been negotiating with Blackburn Rovers for Bobby Langton, light- footed outside left. The manage- ment offered to part with $76,000) and goalkeeper Jack Fairbrother to get Bobby. Newcastle all but had Langton's name on the dotted line. Then the distaff side went to the mat. Mrs. Fairbrother said she likes Newcas- tle, and wants to stay there, Mrs. Langton took a look at Newcastle, and decided she'll stay put in Blackburn, So Newcastle officials, bowing to the inevitable, called off the trans- fer. And Langton lost $48 weekly pay increase. : Gentlemen "Jockeys": Post-Olym- pic anecdotes crowd London's space-tight sport pages. Eric Wright of the Sunday newspaper Reynolds News, in an analysis of amateur- ism, says many of the foreign cy- clists competing in the games had the intriguing* notation in their passports: "Profession--amateur racing cy- clists." Blended Right: Still another story ccmes frem columnist Hannen Swaffer. He tells (with tongue in cheek, possibly) of the patriotic Turk who watched his countrymen clean up in Olympic wrestling, saw three of them mount the victory rostrum and heard the Turkish na- tional anthem played three times. Then he saw a tobacconist's sign: "Turkish Only." He didn't, says Swaffer, know it meant cigarets. Pocket Golf: Alan Stevenson, win- ner of a gold tournament at St. An- darews, Scotland, had an unusual ap- proach shot on tlie 30th green. The ball dropped into the breast pocket of a boy standing by the fairway. The boy, unhurt, replaced tire ball on the course and Stevenson played without penalty. Cricket Curiosities: Film star Tre- vor Howard, male lead in "Brief Encounter," doesn't need the tradi- ticna] schoolboy's excuse about his grandmother being ill if he wants time off for cricket. He has a clause in his contract which allows him two days. off the set "for the purpose of witnessing a Test match." . they say that every time Don Bradman goes in to bat, there's a boost in the electric-power load in Australia. The load drops as soon as Bradman js retired. ... A mobile canteen driver arrived 24 hours be- fore a Test match with tea and food for 1,000. Finding only two in the queue, he said: "I expected hun- dreds. What's England coming to?" YESTERDAY'S STARS By The Associated Press Batiung -- Birdie Tebbetts and Billy Hitchcock, Red Sox, drove in five runs between them to lead Boston to a 10-6 victory over the Yankees. te ing -- Johnny Schmitz, Cubs, limited the Cardinals to two hits in winning his 17th game of the sea- %* Only RITCHIE makes ' FOLLOWING FAMOUS FOOTSTEPS GE RUBE" WADDELL, ECCENTRIC SOUTHPA OF THE PHILADELPHIA ATHLETICS WHO WAS THE AMERICAN LEAGUE PITCHING CHAMP IN 1902 A005 AN EVEN THOUGH HE HAD ONLY A | Wi PATO SEASON IN47, WON A TOTAL. OF 80 GAMES IN THE PREVIOUS 3 YEARS, DMAY YET BE RANKED WITH THE BEST SOUTHPAWS IN DIAMOND HISTOR Br WADDELL FANNED MORE BATTERS THAN ANY OTHER LEFT- HANDED PITCHER ~ 2375. (16 INONE 9-INNING GAME, ERS oN YL saz, RUBE STRUCK OUT THE EO BATT OM INNINGS (HE RETIQED THE SIDE OV, ONLY 9 PITCHED BALLS INONE INVING) IN THE 382,6T AND Toronto Leafs Are Not Counting On Luke Hamlin, '49 Toronto, Sept. 9--(CP)--Presi- dent Peter 'G. Campbel] of the To- ronto Maple Leafs International League baseball team said today that Luke ("Hot Potato") Hamlin will be given his outright release at the end cf the current season. "Luke doesn't figure in our plans for next season," President Camp- bell said. "He's all basebal] and we won't stand in his way. Anything be wishes to do is okay with us." Hamlin, a veteran major and mi- nor league pitcher, has won six and lcst 10 games for the Leafs this year, Campbell also revealed that Leaf pitcher "Jock" ompson has been taken by Philadelphia Phillies, for $10,000 under the 1948 working ggreement with the National League club. : | Sports Roundup By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. New York, Sept. 9--(AP)--It pro- bably would be poetic juctice if Billy Meyer, who toiled to develop players in the Yankee farm system for so many years, sould lead his pirates against the Yanks in the world series. . . And if that should happen, Billy probably would put in severa] sleepless nights thinking about the power produced by his ex- pupils. . .Rookie Hank Bauer (not eligible for the serie$) gave Meyer a sample one day when Billys was managing Kansas City and Hank was playing for tie Blues. . .Meyer was coaching at third when Hank lined one right at him. Billy couldn't even move before the ball struck kim under the heart and he went down and out... The fans were a' out ready to buy flowers, but Mey- er recovered and resumed (is duties the next day. . .Thereafter Billy was exceedingly cautious when Hank ap- proached the plate and he always tabbed Bauer as a real Powder Ri- ver puncher. Stevens Point, Wisc., ofers a half- pint outboard botorboat racer who Is limited to a quart of gasoline. . . When Wayne Jagodzinske, whose fatiier, Len, had been racing out- kcards for 18 years, evinced a desire to follow his dad's prop wash, Len gave him scme instruction and turned him loose on the Wisconsin River at the ripe old age cf seven. . For safety's sake, Len limited the kid to a pint of gas for his first trip but the ration has been increased to a quari. Len also stands by in another boat while Wayne's craft roars up and down stream as far as a quart will go. Joe Louis is scheduled to address the National Boxing Association convention in Philadelphia Sept, 14 Chances are he won't tell (a) whe- ther or not he plans to fight again or (b) how to find another Joe Louis. . . Gorgeous Gus Lesnevich maintains his toughest and easiest fights both were against England's Freddie Mills. . "In the first fight I knocked tim out finally, but be- fore that it was murder," says Gus. "Last July, I won 11 of tie 15 rounds --and lost my title." Tony Zzle Says He'll K.0. Cerdan In Five Rounds Chicago, Sept. 9--(AP)--Middle- weight Champion Tony Zale left Wednesday for his Jersey City, N.J., battle with Marcel Cerdan Sept. 21 with the uncertain prediction that it will take him at least five rounds to flatten the fancy French chal- lenger. "I understand Cerdan is a come- on-in fighter," said the sturdy Gary, Ind, belter, as he wound up préliminary work for the 15-round title 'go. "If he is, I'll tag him for keeps around the fifth round." This was a distinct change from Teny"s pre-fight comment on his rubber bout with Rocky Graziano at Newark, last June. Then, the 34-year-old "man of steel" declared in his best phleg- matic manner that he would knock cut the then-chamrion Graziano in three rounds. No ifs, ands, or buts And that's exactly what Zale did in regaining the title from "The Rock" in the finale of their fierce three-bout series. . Major League Leaders AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting--Wililams. Boston, and Bou- dreau, Cleveland, .366. Runs batted in--DiMagglo, New York, 129. Runs--Henrich, New York, 109. Hits--Boudreau, Cleveland, 174 Doubles--Henrich, New York, 37. T riples--Stewart, Washington, 13. Home runs--DiMagzio, New York, 33. Stolen bases--Dillinger, St. Louis, 24. Strikecouts--Lemen, Cleveland, 129 Pitchin~--Kramer, Boston, 16-4, .800. NATIONAL LEAGUE ®i'ting-----Musial, St. Louis,' .3687. ns batted in--Musial, St. Louls, 111, ns--Musiel, St. Louls, 115. Hite--Musial, St. Louis, 184. Doubles--Musial, St, Louis, 38. Triples--Musial, St. Louis, 15, Home runs--Kiner, Pittsburzh, 38. Stolen bases--Ashburn, Philadelphia, 22 ""Strikeouts--Brecheen, St. Louis, 120. Pitching -- Sewell, Pittsburgh, 10-3, 769. Spicy Bits From Other Sports Cols. By ED ROMAINE Vancouver, Sept. 9--(CP)--Two top golf stars have created a teapote tempest on the coast, by their faile ure to enter the $10,000 Canadian Open Golf Tournament, which opens on Vancouver's Shaughnessy Heights course, Sept. 22. Defending champion Bobby Locke of South Africa is not entered. United States open champ' Ben Hogan hasn't said "Yes" or "No" but his silence is not being taken as consent, Pat (Vancouver Sun) Slattery writes that Locke's refusal to enter means "The British Empire doesn't stand a ghost of a chance of wine ring." "With Locke out of 'the way, the feld is cut and dried for an Amerie can victory. "This isn't meant to be a slam at . Stan Leonard or any other Cana- dian professional, but let's face it. Who have we got who .could stop the Yankee tide?" Slattery says everyting . possible een done to bring Hogan here 2 tourney. at this stage of the Canadian . I couldn't care less if Hogan ..+ «8 here or decides to stay home und play jacks. "If the guy has to be coaxed -for months and finally enticed with a $1,500 guarantee tien I'll settle. for characters like Jimmy ' Demaret, Lloyd Mangrum and "Skip" Alexe ander." 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