Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-09-16
Chisox Add
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Winning 17-10
BY RALPH RODEN
Associated Press Sports Writer

AASoSS'oASA : 1SoS SfSAAs W
The Boston Red Sox inability
TO hold their own with the Gel
lar dwelling White Sox in Chi
cago this year could cost them
the American League pannant.
Murdered in Boston's Fenway
Park where they dropped 10 of
II games, the White S.ox haze
whipped the league leaders in
7 of II games at home.
Ted Lyons crew yesterday
added insult to injury, by hand
ing Joe McCarthy's outfit its
worst beating of the season.
ten runs in the seventh Inning
to blitz the Red Sox, l7-lo.
Lead Is Cut
The defeat melted Boston'S
margin over the runner-up New
York Yankees to a game and a
half. The third place Cleveland
Indians. who like the "a lks
were idle, also pic zci up a
half game and they now trail by
three and one-half 2am.s.
Scoring ten runs in one IN
ming is quite feat for the
White Sox. AS a matter of fat,
prior TO yesterdays contest,
Chicago had managed to score
ten or more runs in only five
of their 1877 games. The last time
they tailed 10 or more runs in
one game was on july 10 wien
Pat Secrecy hit four homers to
beat Philadelphia, - IL in II
innings.
Taft Wright was the big noise
in the White Sox rally. The
veteran outfielder wen! 10 bat
twice in the seventh inning and
drove in five runs, four Of them
on a grand slam homer which
climaXed the uprising. Thirteen
White SoX went to bat against
Dave Ferriss and Earl Caldwell.
Despite the savage attack
against Ferriss and Caldwell,
starting Pitcher Jack krar. ,er,
winner of Is games, was charG-
ed with the loss, his fifth. kra-
mer was shelled from the il II
in the third when the White SoX
tailed four times to take i |
lead
The only bright spot as far as
Boston was concerned was The
hitting of Ted Will~1ras. Viii
liams collected five singles in
six trips to boost his league
leading batting marx to .377.
Braves Beat Cubs
While the White SoX upset TIL
Red Sox, Chicago's other last
place entry in the ma ,o's, tbs
Cubs, continued to act as COZ
sins" for the National League,
pennant bound Boston Braves.
The Braves, aided by four 81,
rors, clipped the Cubs, So, r
their final meeting of the sea.
son. The triumph was their lStf
over the Cubs in % outings this
season.
Lefty Warren SPAIN scatterel
nine Chicago hits in winning
his l4th game of the year. The
Braves nicked losing pitcher
Doyle Lade for four runs If
the first six innings.
The triumph enabled the
Braves to stay five games ahcae
of the runner-up Pittsburgh P.r
ates, who whipped the Giants
SO, in New York. Dixie Walker
drove in three of The PHI ate.
runs with a single and double
Ernie Bonham checked Thu
Giants on seven hits, two o
them homers by Whitley Lock
man and Johnny Mize.
The St. Louis Cardinals mo-
ed into a tie with the Brock
lyn Dodgers for third place, ;
half game behind Pittsburgh, by
beating Philadelphia, -, while
the Dodgers split a twin bill
with the Cincinnati Reds.
After the Reds edged the bod
gers, So, in the opener heh'ne
the six hit pitching CT HOWE
Fox, Brooklyn grabbed The
nighlcap, 81 as Lefty Preacher
Roe spun a seven hitter FOR hi
tenth victory.
Big George Munger stopped
the Phils under the lights d
Philadelphia on three hits as tins
Cards blanked the Pitts fer The
second straight night. Harry
Brecheen shut out The Quaker!
on three blows Tues lay eve
ming.
Stan Musial, with two single!
and triple, led the Cards eieh
hit attack against rookie Roh.r
Roberts.
In the other American Leagu.
games, the Detroit ii GERS bea
the Washington Senator's, AZ
and the Philadelphia Athletic
nipped the Browns, 81. in /:
innings in a night game at st
Louis.
Rookie Lou Kre.low, signet
by the Tigers for $4,000 in 49lC
scattered nine Washington hi
in his first major league star
of the season. The loss extended
Washington's losing streak to j
games, its longest in mcotrl
American League history.
Ferris Fain doubled hom
Eddie Joost with the payoff rul
in Philadelphia's victory, Iiicl
Fowler went the distance for tn
AS to rack up his 18th triumph