Evening star., 1948-09-30

Sox bow, the Indians can clinch
their first flag since 1920 by beating
the Detroit Tigers tomorrow. All
three of the contenders have three
games left to play.
Boston was to clash with the
seventh-place Washington Mats in
Fenway Park while the Yanks were
TO tackle the tough Athletics in
Philadelphia today.
The Indians maintained their
commanding two-game bulge by de-
feating the Chicago White Sox, So,
yesterday. The Yanks downed the
Athletics, AZ, and the Red Sox
turned back Washington, ST..
Gordon, Keltner Help Tribe.
The booming bats of Joe Gordon
and Ken Keltner brought Cleveland
its 18th victory in its last 81 games.
Gordon drove in three runs with
his 32d homer and double and Kelt-
ner punched in the other two with
his 30th circuit blow and a two
bagger.
Bob Feller, showing the effects of
working with only two days of rest,
went the route for Cleveland to post
his 18th victory and 7th straight.
Rapid Robert said "I didn't have
a thing out there, but the boys sure
helped me out" He allowed 10 hits,
walked three and famed three.
The White Sox jumped on Feller
for two runs in the second inning
on walk and singles by Aaron Rob-
inson, Cass Michaels and Floyd
Baker.
For time 1t appeared that was
all the runs the SoX needed as
Lefty Frank Papish held the In
dians in almost complete submis-
sion for five innings, blanking them
on four singles.
But in the sixth the Indians
struck. With one out, Lou Bou-
dreau walked. Gordon and Keltner
followed with homers and the In
dianS were in front to stay. Gordon
and Keltner went to work again in
the seventh, rif1ing successive dou-
bles behind walk to Dale Mitchell
to bring in Cleveland's final runs.
Yankee Rally Tells.
The Yanks also staged a three
run sixth-inning rally to overcome
a 20 Philadelphia lead. With two
out and Tommy Heinrich and Joe
Di Maggie on base, Rookie Out
fielder Hank Bauer blasted his first
major league homer to get the
Yanks off the hook. The blow, off
Dick Fowler, landed atop the roof
in left field.
The Yanks added an insurance
run in the ninth, but almost blew
the game in the bottom half. Di
Maggie dropped Pinch-hitter Carl
Scheib's fly ball to start the ninth.
Rookie Bob Porterfield disposed of
Eddie Joost, but Barney McCosky
followed with a double and Joe
Page relieved Porterfield. Page
walked Ferris Fain to load the
bases, and Allie Reynolds took over.
Reynolds got the AS cleanup hit
ter, Hank Majeski, to ground into
a game-ending double play.
In the only other American
League game, Lefty Hal Newhouser
turned in his Goth victory in pitch
ing the Detroit Tigers to a 40 six
hit conquest over the st. Louis
Browns. 1t marked the fourth
time in the past five years that
Newhouser has won 20 or more
games.
The Cincinnati Reds snapped
their seventh-place tie with Chicago
by beating the Cubs, 5-3. The Reds
routed Rookie Warren Hacker in
the first inning with a four-run
rally.
A scheduled first game of a day.
night double-header between the
Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cardinals
in st. Louis was postponed because
of rain, but the night game was
played with the Pirates winning, 81
Dixie Walker drove in both Pirate
runs as Vic lombard shaded st
Louis Murry Dickson in a mound
duel.
The decision enabled the Pirate.
to move past the Cards into thirt
pIore hv bo1f Capne