Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-09-15
BeantOWnerS
Have Five Game
Lead, 10 Left
BY RALPH RODEN
Associated Press Sports Writ

pl dNeS dl III.
With a five game leal End
only l6 games left TO play, the
Braves appear unstoppabie III
the National League today. 1T
the moment it seems that Only a
major nosedive would deprive
the Braves of their first pennant
since the miracle team Of
1914.
AS for hitting serious slump,
Manager Billy Southworth isn't
worried. He has the best rene
dy possible in his double "S''
stoppers-Johnny Sain and Wal-
rem SPAIN.
Sain and SPAIN, the Nj. Right
and Mr.. Left respectively 1T The
Braves mound staff, are rolling
in high gear The Braves have
won eight out of their last nIne
starts and Sain and SPAIN have
won five Of these games.
Number Twenty
Sain, a big tobacco chewing
highlander with one of the best
curve balls in the business, be-
came the first pitcher IN the
loop to win 20 gamees when he
pitched the Braves to 1913
victory over the Chicago Cubs
yesterday
The triumph enabled the
Braves to pull five games ahead
of the runner-up Pittsturs Oh
Pirates who suffered a severe
Jolt by dropping doublehead-
er to the third place Brooklyn
Dodgers, 8-5 and 7-3.
Sain, who now has won at
least 20 games for the third con-
secutive season, coasted home,
thanks to. an eight run second
inning rally against Hank For
owy and Ralph Hammer.
The Boston ace, one of the
best hitting pitchers in the game,
ignited the Braves big rally
with tWo-run triple. After
the Braves piled up a 100 lead,
Sain let up and the Cubs scored
three runs over the final tour
innings.
The Dodgers blasted " hits IN
Sinking the Pirates at Fbbets
field. Mary Rackley' with six
blows and Pee Wee Reese and
Jackie Robinson with five apiece
paced the Dodger bompardlrent.
Reese drove home five runs in
the first game.
Brilliant relief pitching by
Hank Behrman played prom
lnent part in the Dodgers open
ing triumph, Behrman resrued
young Carl Erskine in the fourth
inning and held the Pirates 10
three hits the rest of the way.
Harry Taylor, recently recalled
from st. Paul, went the distance
in the finale to post his fist
success since April %. Fritz Os-
termueller and Elmer Riddle
were the losing pitchers. The
victories moved the Dodgers 10
within one percentage point Of
the Pirates.
The st. Louis Cardinals, ue-
hind the three-hit pitching Of
Harry (The CaD Brecheen,
blanked the Phillies, 80 in d
night game at Philadelphia. The
triumph enabled the Giants 10
break their fourth place tic with
the idle New York Giants
Brecheen famed eight in post
ing his 18th victory and seventh
via the shutout route. The Cards
snapped a tight hurting duel no
tween Brecheen and lefty Ken
Heintzelman with a three ,un
rally in the sixth inning.
The Boston Red Sox retained
their two game lead over the
New York Yankees in The
American Leagues pannant
chase. The Sox downed the
White Sox, Al, in night game
at Chicago while the Yarks
brushed off the third place
Cleveland Indians, U.s..
Ellis Kinder checked the
White Sox on five blows and
wasn't scored on until the ninth.
Ted Williams led the Red Sox
attack, driving home three runs
with pair of doubles.
The Yanks came from behind
to nip the Indians, scoring four
runs in the seventh inning to
overcome. AZ deficit. A two
run pinch-hit homer by Char
ley Keller highlighted the up-
rising. Bob Lemon, Gle yeland's
20 game winner, was tie User
and Ed Lopat got one decision.
Joe Gordon clouted his 9th
homer off Lopat in the sixth
with one on to spark three
run Cleveland rally.
Connie Mack's fourth place
Philadelphia Athletics druhbed
the Browns, 1873, in d night
game in st. Louis. Eddie Jnost
banged out five hits and Ferns
Fain knocked in four runs to
spearhead the, AS 19-hit attack. |
Lefty Lou Brissie scattered nine
hits in coasting to his 18th tn
umph. \
The Detroit Tigers tool: dot
bleheader from the hapless
Senators, 81 n II
innings, and 12-1. Paul Camp
BELLS basese loaded single en-
abled Hal Newhouser to pick up
his 18th victory in the first
game.