The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-14
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Boston Red Sox
  IFnday the 18th
By DICK DUGAN Limited Press Sports Writer)

Cleveland, Sept. IA (UP) The Boston Red Sox, proud representa- tives of city which never has lost a World Series, settled down to watchful waiting today to see whether they will defend that dis tinction in St. Louis or Brooklyn come Oct. 2
 The Red Sox clinched the Amer ican league flag here yesterday, de-. feating the Cleveland Indians, 1 to 0 to bring Boston it's seventh World Series representative, but the first in 28 years.
 Coincidentally, the 1946 Red Sox opposition may be the same as in 1916, exactly 30 years ago when Boston topped Brooklyn in the Fall classic. The Red Sox laso were winners En 1903, defeating Pitts burgh. In 1904, they won from the New York Giants, in 1912, they topped the Giants again, in 1915 they defeated the Philadelphia Phillies and in 1918 trounced the Chicago Cubs.
 Boston, which has waited longer for a pennant than any other major league city, also had Na- tional league world champion in 1914 when the miracle man" Braves defeated the Philadelphia Athletics.
 Yesterdays climax came when Ted Williams, their par-excellent slugger thwarted a special defense that Cleveland had rigged against his rgiht field hitting, and smashed an inside-the-park home run, deep into left field. The entire outf1eld had moved over to right and center to handle his smashing hits in that direction. So he crossed them up with a blow to left that spelled pennant. The Red Sox got only one other hit off Charley CRed) Embree, still showing definite need for improvement in the batting depart ment after six straight defeats which delayed their pennant clinch- ing nearly a week.
 Tex Hughson, one of the teams rightA.handed aces, gave up only three hits to win his 18th game.
 After the payoffs battle there was victory party in a Cleveland Hotel with Owner Ton Yawkey the host. Face to face with his grinning Irish manager, Joe Cronin, he said:
 Having a perfect manager did the trick. I always said Cronin was the best manager around and now I'm convinced of it."
 Said Cronin in reply:
 q had the players and had the man who could get me those play ers."
 Of his players he said that they were great as unit, but that there were few who made the pennan1 certain"
 Tt was only right today that ws won the pennant with Williams hit ting a home run and Hughson pitch ing a shutout," he said. Those twt were great all season, but we cant forget Dave Ferriss. He lived dowr the name of wartime pitcher anc showed he had real stuff. Dom DiMaggio had his greates year. Johnny Pesky has been ou sparkplug all the way Bobby Doer and Hal Wagner were wonderful
 and our relief pitchers came througf when we needed wins"
 Cronin said that yesterday wa!
 one of the two best days in his life
 On July 13, 1928 was sold iron Kansas City to Washington for m!
 chance in the big leagues. Now ol
 Friday the 18th we won pennant.
 New York, Sept. 14-UP)-The St
 Louis Cardinals thought they hat the pennant all wrapped up nicely but the string came loose on thu , package so the Brooklyn Dodger were back in the melee today tryint to grab the prize parcel for them
 selves.
 And it looked once again as if the. might get the job done. What happens today at Ebbet Field, of course, will tell the story because this the payoff game as tn
 teams square off for their fina ) meeting of the 1496 season. The Cardinals, still 8 game and , half in front, missed their big op portunity yesterday when the bod l style. Eugene Scranton in the in 9 termediate class, third in diving.