Evening star., 1948-07-23
AN-Time Attendance
Mark for IntercIub
Play Seen Assured
By Jack Hond
Assoctoted Press Scoyts Wfitsr


American League pennant but two
tealns-Cleveland and New York
are making all the money.
The Indians and Yankees are
headed for new all-time attendance
mark Of $4,000 and over 1000 600
for their 22-game inter-club series.
Baseball never has seen anything
like it because it never had two parks
like the Yankee Stadium and Cleve-
lands Municipal Stadium involved
in Season-long nag battle.
Last nights turnout Of 68,25a New
Workers, who watched Joe Di Mag
gio,s grand slam homer give the
Yanks a 6-5 edge over the Indians,
was the third largest to watch the
teams struggle.
They packed in 78, ,431 for q Sunday
double header at Cleveland May %
and drew 1885 for a June IL Satur-
day double-hea in the Bronx. All
in all they have played eight games
in New York. drawing 351 ,265 and
six in Cleveland for 224,166. That
gives them a total of 575,431 for IA
games with eight to 60. Not in
cluded was crowd of 63,832 paid
which jammed the Yankee Stadium
May IL for night game that finally
was rained out.
Sell6ut Series Upcoming.
On the future book they have a
sure sellout series in Cleveland
August 8, 7, that includes a Fri
day night game, Saturday afternoon
and Sunday doubleheader. Con-
servative estimates for the eight
remaining games are 275,OO0 for an
overall total of over 850,0O0.
Di Maggio's home run, backed up
by splendid relief performance on
the part of Tommy Byrne, sent
Bobby Feller down to his 18th loss.
Once again, as in every start since
the Ali-Star fuss, Feller was soundly
booed by the customers.
Feller gave up all the Yankee runs.
Tommy Heinrich touched him for a
two-run homer in the third and
Di Maggie belted his with the bases
jammed in the fifth. 1t was Di
Mag's 21st Of the year and his ninth
off Cleveland pitching.
The Philadelphia AS took ad-
vantage Of Cleveland's misfortune
to advance to within half game of
the lead by nosing out st. Louis in
IL innings, 81. Hank Majeski's
single with the bases loaded and two
out turned the trick against Al
Widmar long after midnight. Lou
Brissie hurled hitless ball for 522s
innings to earn credit for his 10th
victory.
The big noise OF the American
League again was provided by the
onrushing Boston Red Sox, who won
another double e-header, stretching
their string to eight straight.
Vern Stephens, the high-priced
shortstop purchased from st. Louis
during the winter, hammered homers
in each game to humble the Chicago
White Sox. Denny Galehouse shut
out Chicago with five hits, 80, in
the first game, his second complete
game Of the year. Stephens two
run clout iced IT. 3.
Ellis Kinder gave the Chisox eight
hits in taking the second, So, with
Stephens knocking in three runs.
The double win boosted the Red Sox
past the Yankees into third place,
their highest position of the year and
only two games out OF the lead.
Boston's National League lead
was boosted to 6l2 games when the
Braves were rained out at Cincinnati
and Brooklyn lost to Chicago.
Johnny Schmitz did his usual job
on the Dodgers. beating them for the
fourth time this year, 6-3, although
nicked for 10 hits. Bill Nicholson's
18th homer and big hits by Andy
Pafko and Peanuts Lowrey cost
Hank Behrman his second setback.
Giants, Cardinals Divide.
st. Louis and New York split a
pair that didn't help either club.
Sheldon Jones outpitched Murry
Dickson for a Giant 6-3 edge in the
opener, but the Cards came from
behind to take the final in II innings,
7-6.
Homers by Johnny Mize and
Whitley Lockman helped lock up the
opener for New York. The Giants
held SO lead going into the sew
enth inning Of the second game
but the Cards scored six in the sew
enth. After Mize's 22d homer tied
the score in the eighth they went
to the 18th before Nippy Jones
singled home Whitley Kurowsky to
break up the game. Ted Wilks was
the card victor and Ken Trinkle the
loser.
Pittsburgh trimmed the Phillies.
5-3, in the opener but wound up in a
IL tie in a second game that was
stopped by rain after five innings.
Eddie Bockmans two-run homer
provided the winning margin for Rip
Sewell over Charley Bicknell, who
failed to finish the first inning.
Ralph Kiner's 27th homer was the
only Pirate run in the tie game,
u three-hit duel between Blick DON
nelly and Kirby Higbe.