Evening star., 1948-06-28
Williams PAGES Team
In Winning II Of q
TiIts in June Drive
" HE Asseeiatsd Prsss

The old familiar cry Of stop those
Boston Red Sox" Is being heard
once again around the American
League.
During the last month this has
been the most herculean trick In
Paced by Ted williams and
vern Stephens at the plate and Joe
Dobson and Dave (Boo) Ferriss
on the mound, the red hot Red sox
have Knocked of every kind Of op-
position to leap right back into the
pennant scramble. ....
Today, with II victories in ~
starts during the month Of June,
the Sox are entrenched firmly IN
the first division only 81 games,
behind the pace-setting Cleveland
Indians. This easily has been the
best June showing Of any club in
the circuit.
In four weeks the Red Sox have
gained five full games on the In
dams and six on the second-plac
Philadelphia Athletics. Joe Nc
Carthy's climbers also have gained
three games on the third place New
York Yankees despite the Bronx
Bombers' SIS pace this month.
The Red Sox moved another full
game nearer the top yesterday when
they swept a double-header from
the Browns, 20. and 6-3, in st.
Louis. The twin triumph gave the
Red Sox a record Of nine victories
in their last II games. Yesterdays
second game was limited to seven
innings by rain.
williams Does 1t Again.
It was Williams again who pro-
vided the winning blow In the
nightcap. Ted slammed his 18th
home run with two men on base
in the first inning to get the Sox of
on the right foot. Williams batting
average Is now AIS. He leads all
hitters with SO runs batted in. He
has a 15-game hitting streak going.
The Athletics swept a double
header from the White Sox, 6-5 and
6-2, in Chicago to pull within II
percentage points of first place.
The double victory, Philadelphia's
sixth and seventh in a row, marked
the first time this season the White
Sox have gone down to two defeats
in one day.
Young Carl Scheib allowed II hits
in the opener but managed to stag
ger through to victory. Dick Fow-
ler gained his nth triumph with
an eight-hitter In the nightcap.
The Indians kept first place by
coming back to defeat Washington,
Al, in the second game after the
Senators had won the opener Of
their twin bill. SO.
Larry Dolby, Cleveland's Negro
outfielder, sprained his right ankle
sliding into second base and will be
out of the lineup for about 10 days.
. Byrne Handouts Tigers.
Lefty Tommy Byrne. making his
first start Of the season, handcuffed
the Tigers with two hits in Detroit
as the Yankees won TO shutoltt
The Yankees, got nine hits Oh Paul
Trout and Stubby Oyermire.
The Boston Braves retained their
hall f-game lead over the, St. Louis
Cardinals in the tight National
League race by turning back the
Pittsburgh Pirates, 81. Boston teed
of against the Pirate starter, Vic
Lombardi, for two runs in the Sec
ond inning to take q lead they
never relinquished.
Home runs by Stan Musial and
Marty Marion, and q two-run triple
by Nippy Jones sparked the Card
inals to a 6-4 victory over the Dodg-
ers in Brooklyn. The game was
called at the end of eight innings
because of rain and darkness. The
round -tripper was No. II for Musial.
who is batting .405.
Scoring two runs after two were
out in the seventh inning, the Gin
cinnati Reds came from behind to
nip the New York Giants. 4-3. in
the first game of scheduled double
header. The second game was rained
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