Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-05
Boudredu,
Bedrden Lead
Tribe To floo

Tribe To Flag
Boston, Oct. 5-(AP)- Cleve-
lands newly-crowned American
League champs, still walking on
thin air after their playoff sue
cess, have named Bobby Teller
to face Johnny Sain of the Bos-
ton Braves in tomorrow's World
Series opener at Braves Field.
Rapid Robert will have to 70
hard to top the perfor nance Of
young Gene Bearden iii yester-
days 8-3 victory over the Bos-
ton Red Sox in an unprecedent-
ed sudden death playoff Of a
tie.
Today the Indians and Braves
settle down to plans for q series
that must come as an anti-climax
to the Indians. 1t won't corae as
any anti-climax to their pocket
books.
The big Cleveland Ball Park
with its $4,000 capacity is certain
to set a new series record.
II it goes seven games de-
spite the size of Braves field
which holds only 10000 bulging
at the seams, a new record cut
for the winning players may re-
suit. It's certain to be many
thousands of dollars more than
an all-Boston series would have
provided.
Manager Billy Southworth of
the Braves is expected to make
his decision on his second base
starter after a morning drill. Ed
die Stanky, still slightly handi-
capped by the broken ankle he
suffered in July, and Sibby ST.
sti, who filled in capably, are
the candidates.
Working with only one full
day of rest after shutting out De-
troit Saturday, Bearden silenced
the guns of the fence-denting
Red Sox in their own ball yard
to gain Cleveland's first Ameri-
can League flag since 1920.
He did it with a little Of this
and little of that-but mostly
his knuckle ball. He threw the
dipsy -doodler four out of every
five pitches. The knuckler got
home. Parlayed with the raw
courage that brought him back
to baseball from Pacific war &C.
ton with aluminium plates in his
head and left knee.
1.-THE knuckler did it." said
Manager Lou Boudreau, they
just couldn't hit it. I know one
of their coaches was tipping the
hitters every time he threw it
which was four out of every
five-and they still couldn't con-
meet"
Boudreau, the hitting star Of
his own teams sensational tri-
umph with two homers and two
singles, preferred to pass on the
glory to the younger members
of his team.
Jim Hogan and Larry Dolby
made our ball club" he said,
they were the most improved
ball players in the league along
with Boston's young Billy Good
man."
The manager was boosting the
stock of a couple Of his young
er players. He knew he didn't
have to talk up Ken Keltner,
whose three-run homer, knocked
out Denny Galehouse, Manager
Joe McCarthy's surprise starter,
in the fourth inning.
Most Of all he knew he didn't
need to talk about fellow nam
ed Boudreau. If any man ever
deserved a most valuable play
el tiopliy ~ LOU.
Forget all the figures that
show him scrambling around on
tapped ankles to become the best
shortstop in the game. Even for
get the batting averages for the
season during which he chased
Ted Williams right down to the
wire. Just look at yesterdays
ball game.
After a first inning homer he
came up in the fourth inning
with the score tied at IL, and
slashed a single to left. Joe Cor
don followed with a single and
Keltner banged his homer. Be-
fore it was over, four runs were
in and Galehouse had been re-
placed by Ellis Kinder.
Not content with 81 lead,
Boudreau slammed another hon.
er into the screen atop the left
field wall with two gone and
nobody on in the fifth.
In the seventh he was walked
Intentionally in a rally that fin
ally sputtered out with the
bases full. Again in the ninth,
Boudreau's single helped push
around Eddie Robinson with the
final score Of game that was
fast becoming a rout.
Boudreau also took part in
two of the three Tribal double
plays.