Evening star., 1947-09-23
Brooklyn First Team
In Majors TO Sew Up
Title al Midnight
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

AuC oIOOhlyu OOQSeTS, only Team
ever to win pennant at midnight,
awoke this morning as official Ma
tional League champions of l947,
and in the words of President
Branch hickey they'll be champions
for many years to come"
Not many of the Dodgers were
aware of the good news until today.
Only those who had stayed over at
Brooklyn Pitcher Hugh Casey's res
taurant learned last night that the
long grind finally was over and that
the Dodgers had backed into the
pennant.
The time was precisely 1879 pm.
1t came about when the Chicago
Cubs, who had dropped the opener
OF a day-night double-header, AZ,
to fan the Cardinals Pickering
hopes for a few more hours, de-
feated the Red Birds, 6-3, in the
second game, thus eliminating them
from the race.
Triumph Taken in Stride.
Instead of the tumult and Shout
ing that usually accompanies the
winning of a pennant, the players
as well as the Flatbush faithful took
the triumph N stride.
After ALL one Brooklyn player
said, 1T was in the bag the minute
we grabbed the rubber game in St.
Louis last week"
hickey expressed pleasure over
the work of Manager Burt Shotton,
his coaches and all the players and
was especially proud of the fact
that he had kept promise he had
made to the Dodger fans five years
ago.
when joined Brooklyn in 1s43,
I promised our followers that T
would give them a winner within
five years. Well, next March 1 will
celebrate my r1fth year with the
Dodger organization"
Regulars to Get Rest.
Shotton said he would rest most
of his regulars for the World Series
against the New York Yankees
which opens next Tuesday at YAM
kee Stadium. He refused even to
guess as to who would pitch the
opener. 1t will be the second World
Series clash between the Yanks and
Dodgers, the Yankees having won
the first time in 1941, four games
to one. The Dodgers, in fact, have
yet to win a world championship
In three attempts since 1900.
In st. Louis, Manager Eddie Dyer
had little to say about the Cards
failure to retain their world cham
pionship. Naturally, I'll wire Shot
ton my congratulations" the dis
appointed Redbird pilot said. I'D
rather not say any more. 1t might
seem like an alibi."
Oddly enough, it was Johnny
Schmitz, the southpaw pitcher who
had turned back the Cards in the
last game of the 1916 season neces-
stating an unprecedented playoff
with Brooklyn, who snuffed out ST.
Louis final hopes. Schmitz re-
lieved Starter Paul Erickson in the
third lining after the Cards had
scored two runs to move within one
run OF the Cubs. and stopped the
Redblrds with six-hit ball in the
next six and one-third innings.
Tigers in Second place Tie.
The Detroit Tigers fell into a Sec
ond-place tie with the Boston Red
Sox in the American League when
they were held to a split in their
double-header with Cleveland.
Young Art Houtteman scored his
sixth victory against two defeats
when he pitched the Tigers to a 6-4
victory in the opener. The Indians
won the second game, 7-6, on Hank
Edwards three-run homer in the
ninth inning off Virgil Trucks.
The Chicago White Sox and st. |
Louis Browns divided double
header in Chicago, the Sox win
ming the second game, 40. after
Sam zoldak pitched the Browns
to AZ win in the opener. Joe
Haynes hurled the shutout for the
White Sox.