Evening star., 1947-07-14
NY. Only One Short
|0f Red Sox's Best
Streak Of 1916
By Jock Hand
Asseeiofed Pres. Sports Writer

py JOCK mana
Asseeiofed Press Sports Writer
Fourteen straight New York
Yankee wins have turned the Amer
lean League race" into q shambles.
Just as in 1916 when the Boston
Red Sox ran away from the pack,
the other "contenders" are SO busy
eliminating one another that the
leaders are pulling out of sight.
Manager Bucky Harris doesn't
like that sort of talk for he Is fully
aware of the misfortunes into which
his Yanks can run. Other, and
perhaps better, teams have blown
longer leads at much later dates.
But this Yankee club, a we'll
balanced organization with con-
sistently steady pitching, keeps on
winning while second place changes
hands day after day. Pitcher Frank
Shea's sore arm is their only serious
worry of the moment.
Tigers in Second Place.
Detroit, the early season leader,
now tenants the runnerup spot
because the Tigers whipped Phil
adelphia twice yesterday while Bos-
ton dropped pair to Cleveland.
Ten games and half Is not an i'm
possible handicap to overcome in
mid-July, but none of the other
first division teams appears capable
of making a sustained drive.
One more Yank win will match
the Red Sox' best effort OF last
season and two more will equal the
Yankees high OF 16 set by the old
murderers' row in 1926. Chicago
holds the American League record
of 19 in 1906 and the all-time mark
is 26, hung up by John McGraws
fourth-place Giants in 1916.
In the history of the league there
have been only seven clubs that
have copped more than IA straight.
Harris found himself fresh out of
regular pitchers yesterday so he
gambled and won with old Bobo
Newsom, who was claimed on waiv-
ers from Washington, and Rookie
Vic Raschi, who was brought back
to the parent club as a reward for
his fine record while on option to
Portland of the Pacific Coast League.
Bobo Is 1913 Winner.
Newsom, hungry for a slice of
World Series dough, showed his poor
Washington record (4-6) was Just
a mistake as he turned back Chicago
with five hits in a 1913 romp.
Bobo Clipped in with some al
leeedly humorous base running. He
dribbled to the pitcher and then
retired to the dugout without run
ming to first. Pitcher Joe Haynes
held the ball and when he made
ready to pitch to the next hitter
Newsom charged out of the dugout
and ran for the bag. Haynes threw
to Rudy York, who just beat two
ton Bobo to the sack.
Inspired by Newsoms perform
ence, Raschi threw shutout ball for
six innings, but weakened in the
seventh and gave way to Joe Page.
Allie Reynolds finally had to rush
to the hill in the last of the ninth
to preserve ga edge and the 14th
straight win.
Detroit belted Connie Mack's
sinking AS, AZ and 7-6. After Vir-
gil Trucks tanned the Athletics with
a five-hitter in the opener, Freddy
Hutchison pulled the second out of
the fire. He had to come through
with three hitless relief innings and
required Roy Cullenbine's eighth
inning homer to earn his seventh
victory.
Harder Blanks Red Sox.
Mel Harder shut out the Red Sox
with nine hits, 80, the 222d triumph
of his long career. And his Cleve-
land staff mate, Steve Gromek, out
pitched Joe Dobson. 60, to make it
clean sweep for the Cleveland
Indians.
Boosters Of a subway World Series
drew added support from Brooklyn's
81 success against Cincinnati,
stretching their win string to seven.
Despite the victory. the Dodgers
lost ground for the Boston Braves
swept tWo from Cn1cagO'S stumbling
Cubs, 81, 6-5, and now trail by only
three games.
Ben Chapman threw his left
handed pitchers against the st.
Louis Cardinals and got away with
an even break Ken Heintzelman
hurled Philadelphia to AZ nod
over Ken Burkhart in the first
game, but Howie Pollet later bested
Oscar Judd, 80, in 10-innirg duel
decided by Stan Musials triple.
Pittsburgh and the New York
Giants split two in the Polo
Grounds, the Giants thus holding
third place by one percentage point
over the Cards. The Pirates took
the first, 6-3, but lost the second
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