Roanoke Rapids daily herald. (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1948-1949, 1948-10-01
Cleveland Indans Begin Finish Drive TO Pennanf With
Detroit Tigers Today Three Games May Decide Issue
Indians Will
Tie By Getting
Victory Today
BY RALPH RODEN
ASSOCIATED PRESS SPORTS
WRITER

The Detroit Tigers once again
stand in the way of Cleveland's
League pennant since 1920
The Indians can assure them
selves of at least tie by beat
ing the Bengals today. It's the
first game of Cleveland's three
game series with Detroit.
The front-running Tribe leads
Boston and New York by
a game and a half. Two Cleve-
land Triumps or one victory plus
one defeat for the Yankees and
Red Sox will enable the Indians
to clinch the pennant.
The only way the Yanks or
Red Sox can beat the Indians
out is for one of them to win
the two remaining games while
the Indians lose all of their three
Idle today, the two second place
clubs clash in Boston tomorrow
in the opener of a two game cut
throat series.
In order for the race to end
IN a three way tie Boston al
New York would have to divide
their two games while Cleveland
drops all of its three.
Eight years ago the Tigers
not only blocked Cleveland
flag drive, but went on to grab
the pennant themselves.
This time the Tribe expects
to reverse the tables. For the
opener today Bob Lemon COBB
will face the Tigers with Virgil
Trucks Q3-13) on the hill for
the Bengals. Tribe manager
Lou Boudreau plans to follow
up with Gene Bearden and Bob
Teller. Tiger Manager Steve
O'Neill will counter with Fred
Hutchinson and Hal Newhouser.
The Yanks beat the Philadel-
phia Athletics 81, and the Red
Sox knocked off the Washington
Senators, 7-3, yesterday to keep
their faint flag hopes alive. The
Indians had the day off.
Nifty relief pitching on
the part of Vic Raschi saved
the day for the Yanks. The
star Yankee Highlander enter
ed the game in the ninth inning
with Elmer Valo at bat with
81 count, the bases loaded and
one out.
Raschi threw a fourth ball to
Valo to force in the AS seventh
run but then he famed Slugger
Sam Chapman and got Buddy
Rosar to fly out to end the game.
The Yanks pounded across six
runs in the first two innings
in the game that was held up
for 80 minutes by rain. Lefty
Lou Brlssle was supposed
to start the AS but the young
war hero developed an infection
in his wounded left leg and was
taken to a hospital for treatment
Joe Coleman started instead
and was pounded out in the sec
ond when the Yanks scored four
runs. The Yanks continued their
assault against Charley Harris
and Alex kellner piling up an
9-3 lead for southpaw Ed Lopat
The AS scored three in the eight
The Red Sox, led by Dom
DiMaggio and Johnny Pesky
socked three Washington Pitch
ers for Is hits. Pesky and Di-
maggie collected three safeties
apiece and drove in five runs.
The Sox clipped Early Wynn,
who suffered his 10Th loss, for
two runs in the first and drove
the Washington Highlander to
cover with a five run lombard
ment in the fifth.
Lefty Mel Parnell started for
the Red SoX and gained his 18th
victory and fifth of the season
over the mats.
The Tigers turned back the
St. Louis Browns, TO, in the
other American League Game.
In the National League the St.
Louis Cardinals took a day-night
doubleheader from the Pitts
burgh Pirates, 81 and Al, to tie
the Brooklyn Dodgers for sec
ond place.