The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-08-19
ATTEND HITS, pASSES B. B. RECORDS
BY JOE REIcHLER fAr SPORTS WRITER)

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 Already three and half million past their previous record attend ance, the Majors should have no trouble reaching 19 million, and with good weather may yet approch their twenty million goal.
 Three teams-the Chicago Cubs, New York Giants and Red SoX- scared past the million mark over the week end to boost the million membership club to six-anothor record. The others are the New York Yankees, Detroit Tigers and Brooklyn Dodgers.
 The Red SoXs' second largest crowd of the season-33, ,437 paying fans-saw the League leaders come from behind in the second game to defeat the runner-up New York Yankees 4-3 and earn split in their doubleheader The Yankees, behind Floyd Bebens' six-hit pitch ing, won the opened 50.
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 The third place Tigers disap- pointed their largest cash crowd in Letroit's history-57, ,235 fans-by losing both ends of double head CT to the seventh place St. Louis Browns 4-3 and 6-5.
 Dick Sisler, son of the immortal George, former star first baseman of the Browns. sparksd the Card inals to two victories over the Gin cinnati Reds, 3-2 and 20.
 Sisler made a pinch hit single to score Stan Musial with the decid- ing run in the 18th inning of the first game He singled in Enos Slaughter in the second inning of tho afterpiece and scored himself few minutes later on Marty Mar ions one-baser.
 Pete Reiser was the whole show in the Dodgers victory. He rap ped out three hits, including a double and his tenth homer, drove in two runs. and scored the third Brooklyn tally.
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 Paul Erickson pitched a one- hitter as the Chicago Cubs de- feated the Pittsburgh Pirates 80 A single by Billy Cox in the sacenth innino spelled Erickson's bid for a no-hitter.
 Second baseman Buddy Blattner of tEe Giants tied modern Major league record when he made Il assists in the first game of a doubleheader with the Boston Braves. Blattner's fielding helped tte Giants win the opener 8-5 but the Braves, behind John Sain's B. hit pitching, won the second game 7-1.
 After losing the first game to Chicago, GA in II innings. the Cleveland Indians came back with two big innings to walk off with the nightcap, 13-3.
 Held to six hits and shut out by Philadelphia's Jesse Flores in the first game, 11-0, the Washington Senators bounced back to win the second game GA.
 Scores and batteries:
 National League
 Philadelphia 2; Brooklyn 3; Stan ecu, Hoerst (6); Schanz (8) and Seminick; Gregg, Branca (4 Behrman t6), Melton (8) and Ed wards.
 Pittsburgh 0; Chicago 8; Hallett . Gerheauser CD, Gables (3), Cor nicki CD and Salkeld; Erickson and Livingston.
 FIRST CAMP
 Boston 5; New York 8; Spahn Lee (3D, Barrett CD, and Padgett; Trinkle, Thompson (9 and Coop
 SECOND GAME Boston 2; New York |; Sain and Masi; Kennedy, Budnick (4) Voi- selle (3) and Lombardi. FIRST GAME Cincinnati 2; St. Louis 1; 13 in- rings; Vandermeer, Lambert (8) Beggs CID and Mueller; Beazley Brazle (8) and Kluttz.
 SECOND GAME
 Cincinnati 0; St. Louis 2; Heus- ser, Shoun (8) and Lamanno; Brecheen and Garagiola.
 American League
 FIRST GAME
 Chicago 6; Cleveland 4; II in- nings; Grove, Cladwall (9) and Hayes: Harder, Reynolds (8), Berry (8). Gromek GO, Lemon CID and Hogan, Johdan (10).
 SECOND GAME
 Chicago 3; Cleveland 13; Ham, ner, Papish (0, Rigney CD and Fresh; Embree and Hogan.
 FIRST CAM;
 Washington O; Philadelphia II; Leonard, Pieretti (5), Kennedy CD and Early; Flores and DeSautels.
 SECOND CAME
 Washington 6: Philadelphia 4 Wolff, Hudson (6) and Evans; Fow- Ter, Harris (3), Marchildon C9) and Rosar.
 FIRST GAME
 St. Louis 4; Detroit 8: Potter and Mancuso; Trout, Corsica (9) Toetor (Ql and Pichardc