The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-09-17
Detroit And Chicago Tn |" For World Series?
TIGERS, CUBS HAVE SAFE
 MARION NOW
By CARL LUNDQUIsT

Limited Press Staff COrrespOndent),
 New York, Sept. 17-CUP)-Bar-. ring a baseball miracle, the Detroit Tigers and Chicago Cubs were "in", today as 1945 major league cllar1-. pions.
 Although baseball is sport where, anything can happen" it would. take simultaneous "once-in-a-life- time" comebacks by the Washington Senators and St. Louis Cardinals to overtake the current leaders
 The Tigers were in front in the American League by two and half, games and the Cubs held g. four game margin in the National, but Detroit, despite of the narrowarl margin, has the more secure posi- tion at the moment. a.pg.sss~.s
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 With three victories in four games, to date in their crisis series at Washington, the Tigers now can lose four of their remaining nine, games and still clinch a tie for the pennant even if the Senators win all of the six they have left topfays
 The Cubs have 12 more to play, five with the Cardinals, and can clinch at least tie by winning eight, even though St. Louis takes all 12 of its remaining games.
 The clock apparently struck mid night for Washington in the ninth inning of the second game yester- day when they had chance for a double win. The Mats had beaten Detroit's ace, Hal Newhouser, 3 to 2, on Roger Wolff's five-hit pitch ing, coming from behind after the Tigers made two unearned first inn ing runs. But Detroit took the sec ond, 5 to 4, when Paul (Dizzy) Trout came in to quench two-run rally in to quench a two-run rally in that fatal ninth. Washington had made it 5-2 in the eighth to deprive Al Benton of shutout and in the ninth got two more on singles by Buddy Lewis and Joey Kuhel, an infield out and an error. When Gil Torres singled to put men On first and third, Trout came in and ended the game by disposing of dangerous Mike Krccvich on an infield out. Benton was the victor although Tommy Bridges and George Caster both worked before Trout stopped the fire
 The Cubs won two from the tough Dodgers at Chicago, 3 to 2 and to 2. It was their 18th double -header victory of the season for a new major league mark. ...,..
 Harry Lowrey won the opener for Ray Prim with single to break a two-all deadlock, while Don John son drove in two runs with a timely hit in the seventh to clinch Hank Wyse's 20th win in the second. Johnson made four hits for the day.
 The lowly Phils. who have won nine games from the Cards, gained a split at St. Louis. They won, 4 to 3, when Manager Ben Chapman pinch-hit two runs in the ninth with a single, lost, 10 to 3, as the Red Birds made 15 hits, four each bu Augie Bergamo and Emil Yer ban.
 The Giants and Pirates, battling for fourth, split at Pittsburgh. Elwin Roe pitched 3 to 3 win for the Bucs after which Jack Brewer got 13-hit support to win for the Giants, 9 to 2.
 Cincinnati missed a chance to take sixth from Boston by splitting with the Braves. Boston won the opener, 4 to 3, when Whitey Wittel- mann singled with the bases full to climax a three-run ninth inning. Frank McCormicks double and Al Lakeman's single gave the Reds 5 to 4, Thinning victory.
 Spud Chandler won his own game with two-run single to give the Tanks a 5 to edge over the Browns at New York after St. Louis won the first, 6 to 2. Vern Stephens batted in four Brownie runs with homer and force out, to give Pitcher Bob Muncrief his 18th win for the Browns.
 Ferris Defeated
 The White Sox won two at Bos- ton, 5 to 3 and to l, by taking advantage of inept Red Sox fielding HUI lAUOLl ACC dLlO SLNdI SAOFN were the winners. Rookie Dave Fer riss lost his ninth game against 2l victories in the nightcap.
 Cleveland blanked the As at Philadelphia, to 0, Steve Gromek pitching a fve-hitter for his l7th victory, the Athletics took the sec ond game, 2 to 5, sewing it up'wt.h a five-hit, flve-run rally in the fifth. E-G. I. Sam Chapman, back with the As fo the first time since l94l, hit single his first tmie up in the first game.
 YESTERDAYS STAR - Paul (Dizzy) Trout, whose pinch-pitch- ing to one batter in the ninth saved a 5 to victory for Detroit and all but mathematically knocked Wssas- ington out of the American League race. -~-