Evening star., 1946-08-05
FeIer, Rowe, Cutler
Hurt; Williams Idle
First Time in Year
BY the Associoied Press

AhiS ihoJoi iSoSdCo dttSuudIlCc
figures scared to 12,78s,o today
nearly two million more than last
years record total-following a
splendid Sunday turnout featured
by Cleveland's 1888 crowd of
which 1882 paid.
The throng which filed Cleve-
lands Municipal Stadium for a
glimpse of Bobby Feller almost wit
messed tragedy when the speed
ball king was forced to leave the
field in the seventh inning of the
first game of a scheduled double
header with the Yankees because
of a pulled back muscle Feller's
injury later was described as not
serious and the Tribe expected him
to take his regular turn next Thurs
day
Cleveland's previous record crowd
was the 1882 which attended the
stadium's inaugural July 81, 1882.
Yesterdays turnout was about g.
600 shy of the major league record
of 81,841 set by the Yankees May
80, 1888.
Five other clubs, the Tigers, Red
Sox, Phils and the two Chicago
clubs, have set new single-game
record attendances this season and
the Yanks established a new night
game mark of more than $4,000
two months ago.
Yanks Go on to Victory.
Fellers abrupt retirement spoiled
"a scoreless duel with the Yankees
Floyd (BilD Bevens, the Cleveland
ace having famed seven to raise
his strikeout total to 246 in 239
innings. With Feller out, the
Yankees went on to win, 20, getting
the winning markers in the ninth
inning off Bob Lemon, who had
taken over for Feller. The second
game was halted by rain in the
top half of the second inning.
A crowd of 49,425 saw the Amer
lean League Red Sox knock De-
troit's Hal Newhouser from the hill
for the third time this season and
plaster him with his fourth defeat
against 20 victories as the Sox
trimmed the Tigers, ga.
Bobby Doerr, who spoiled Feller's
bid for no-nitter last week. was
Newhouser's chief tormentor. bang
ing the Tigers ace for two homers,
one with the bases full. In all
Doerr drove in seven runs. The
victory left the Red Sox IL games
in front of the Yankees.
Ted Williams, Bostons great slug
ging outf1elder, was out of uniform
for the first time this season. He
remained in his hotel room with
slight temperature.
Dodgers Boost Lead.
Brooklyn increased it's National
League lead over the Cardinals to
two full games by winning a close
Sd game from the Cincinnati Reds
in IA innings. A squeeze bunt by
Pee Wee Reese with the bases
full and one out brought in Howie
Schultz with the winning run.
Schultz had opened the inning
with double and moved to third
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on an out.
Joe Medwick sent the game into
overtime when he smashed his
2O0th homer of his career with two
aboard in the sixth to climax a
four-run frame. 4 - T.
The Cards lost a half game to
the Dodgers when they could do
no better than gain an even split
with the Phillies. The Redbirds
won the opener, TO, behind the
two-hit shutout pitching of Murry
Dickson, but HOWE Pollet went
down to his sixth defeat in the
nightcap when Jim Tabor found him
for 12th-inning homer which won
for the Phils, 3-2.
Schoolboy Rowe, Phils second
game starter, suffered a groin injury
chasing a ground ball in the ninth
and was forced to leave the game
Braves Take Twin Bill.
Coming from behind In each game
the Braves twice defeated the Cubs,
6-5 and "a, to move past the
Reds into fourth place. The twin
victory was marred by the accident
to Shortstop Dick Cutler, who was
hit In the face by pitched ball
in the seventh inning of the second
game and was carried of the field.
With Mike Budnick and Monte
Kennedy allowing the Pirates only
one run, a homer by Frank Cuisine
the Giants swept both ends of a
double-header from Pittsburgh, 40
and 10-1.
Relief Pitcher Tom Ferrick re-
ceived credit for both victories as
the st. Louis Browns beat the Ath-
letics twice, 6-5 and IA.