Roanoke Rapids daily herald., 1948-10-07
Decision Of
imp In First
Tilt Discussed

Tilt Discussed
Boston, Oct. 7-(AP)-T h e
Boston Braves 60 after their Sc
cond straight World Series vic
tory today with Lefty Warren
SPAIN opposing Cleveland's Bob
Lemon while the baseball world
still debates the disputed play
that led to win No. /.
Arguments spouted up all over
town last night after publication
of associated press pictures of
the vital play of the opener
An attempt by Bobby Teller to
pick pinch runner Phil Mast
off second base in the eighth in
ming of a 90 game. Eventually
Mast came home on Tommy Hol-
mes single with the run that
gave the braves a 10 triumph.
Many neutral observers in
sisted the pictures showed that
Manager Lou Boudreau of h e
Indians had tagged Mast a foot
off the bag. Others were I'm
convinced.
Teller and Boudreau have been
working the same play all sea-
on. They probably have nipped
at least 10 runners off base en-.
route to Cleveland's first pen
nant since 1920. This time I'm.
pire Bill Stewart of the Ma.
tional League ruled they didn't
get their man.
Of course there will be no of.
fetal protest by anybody con
nected with the Cleveland Club
It's purely a matter of the judg'
ment of an umpire whose
word is final in baseball.
Interesting" was the com
ment of President Bill Veeck O.
the tribe after seeing the photo
Hank Greenberg, a part-owner
said the pictures would start E
lot of controversy. All agreed
it was just one of those thing:
that nothing could be done about
Mast had entered the score
less ball game as a runner fol
Bill Salkeld who had WORKED
Teller for a walk to open tn,
last Of the eighth. Mike Nc
Cormick did the expected b,
bunting Mast to second with
sacrifice.
| With first base open, Boudrea,
decided to Intentionally pas
Eddie Stanky, still handicapped
by the ankle he broke in July
Some of the grandstand man
ayers second guessed Lou on ii
But he was passing a .315 hitte
to set up a possible double pla,
with the pitcher coming up next
Sibby Sisti was sent in by Man
ager Billy Southworth to run TO
the still limping Stanky.
Sain flied out. Then the
tried the Boudreau feint an
quick Teller twist, trying t
catch Mast mapping. Some thin
they succeeded. Others agre
with Stewart.
Tommy Holmes, a lefthande,
batter sliced an outside fast bal
past third base to left field, scor
ing Mast.
That tells the story of the scor
ing but it's only a small part O
the great pitching duel betweel
two of baseball's greatest me
dern righthanders, Teller and tn
Braves Johnny Sain.
Teller, beaten in two-hitter
was superb. Working off tina
high mound at Braves Field
he had the 4O,135 chilled fan
thinking about a no-hitter as h
moved down the Braves for fou
hitless innings. Mary Rickert
Jeff Heath's sub, broke tina
string with a single to right lead
ing off the fifth. There were n
more until Holmes came aloni
in the eighth.
Teller passed only three bu
was one fatal.
Sain had perfect control
issuing no walks. His fourth
performance was a masterpiece
Cleveland could do nothing wit
his roundhouse curve, except lit
easy pops into the air. AS
result the Brave outfielder
tied a series record with Is put
outs and the team had only thre
assists, equalling another mark
Twice Bob Elliott put him il
jams with errors, his two-bas
wild peg in the ninth with tw
out putting the possible tying ru
on base. The tobacco-chawir
kid from Arkansas breezed
third strike past Wally Judnich
to end the game.
On what Sain showed the pow
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