Evening star., 1938-09-19
BOSOX'S CHANCES
SWAMPEDBYRA|N
Browns Upset Champions.
BUGS Win, Cubs Lose Before
Drawing in Game s.
BY SID FEEDER.
Associated Press Sports Write,

And in the confusion the Yankees
found themselves in the world series.
The crack belonged to Dazzy Vance
originally. But you can borrow 1t for
the occasion. For the Yankees
clinched their third straight American
League pennant yesterday by losing
two games to the st. Louis Browns.
OF course, there's nothing to get
excited about. Every one knew Col.
Jake Ruppert's hired hands were going
to 90 1t over the week end, give or take
day. But they might just as well
have stood in bed" while it was going
on. For the rain was the deciding
factor. Boston's second-placed Red
Sox had two games rained of their
schedule in Chicago, and that made it
mathematically impossible for any club
to catch the Yankees.
Yanks Didn't Sneak In.
Even if Gehrig and company should
lose every one of its remaining 13
games, and the Red Sox should take
all their IA, the Yanks would finish
on top this way:
w. L.. Pct.
YANKEES ---------- "a SO .6l4
Red Sox 90 SO .612
You can't say the Yanks sneaked in
through the back door. though. Not
with a 14-game lead right now, and
with every one from the rock-bound
coasts to the sunny shores admitting
they're among the all-time great teams.
Connie Mack says it's the best bal
anced club his old eyes have ever set
upon. Jimmy Dykes agrees with him.
So do lots Of others.
They have power, these Yanks, with
f1ve regulars hitting more than 20
homers each so far this season, and
the whole bunch, as a team, threaten
ing the all-time high Of 1872 homers
for a season, set by the '36 Yankees.
With Rookie Joe Gordon, the second
base find" Of the past 10 years, speed
ing up the inner defense, they have
an infield second to none. And thev
have the pitching, topped by big Rufus
the Red Rufdng and his 2l victories
and Lefty Gomez. No. among base
DaA uoney pltcnerS.
Browns Not Awed.
But that made no difference to the
Brownies yesterday. There were the
Yanks, Just having clinched the tenth
pennant OF their history for a new
league record; they'd qualified-and
are 1avorites- accomplish what no
other club has ever done: Win three
world championships in a row. They
were tne unbeatables''-so the
Brownies just beat 'em twice.
Buck Newsom famed 10 and al.
loWed hits for 4-3 opener win and
aarlond Cliff was large ball Of
nre IN the 81 afterpiece with two
homers, triple and six runs batted in
Ins boosted the Brownies ont ~
Inc league cellar, since the Athlet;cs
only oroke even in a twin bill in
cleveland. The Indians took tho
opener, 7-3. and the AS climbed
ABOARD Master Bobby Feller for a
1873 nightcap edge.
Bucs Bolster Lead.
Over in the National 1eaoue p;t+s
ourgh's Pirates boosted their lead
70 three and one-half games by win
nlng and tying against the Phillies
russ Bauers' four-hit hurting and
Paul Waner's ninth-inninp single
meant 10 opener victory for the
6ucs; then the Phils held on for a
- stalemate before darkness halted
the afterpiece in five innings
LEFTY Vito Tamulis and the DODGERS
topped the second-place Chicago CHS
~, IN the Brooklyn opener, and the
Ooogers came from behind for a g.
all deadlock in the flve-frame night
cap. Third-place Cincinnati and
1ourtn-plaee New York were rained
out. "''ieu
The Detroit Tigers trampled WASH
lhston' 81, IN the only other game
tnat escaped the days downpour.