Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-09-23
American League
Pennunt Race
BY the Associated Press
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Remaining Schedules.
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october 2, 8.
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20, %. 80; at Boston. Oct. 2, 3.
The Tigers, going nowhere, are
responsible for Cleveland sharing
the lead with the Red Sox.
The Tigers split successive four
game series with the Yanks and
Red Sox beginning week ago while
the Indians won six straight games
This help from the Tigers allowed
the Indians to move from third place
into a position to tie the Sox for the
top rung.
Teller Hurls Three Hitter.
Bob Teller, who has had his ups
and downs during the season, was
selected by Manager Lou Boudreau
to pitch the must" game against
the Red Sox last night and the big
boy came through in brilliant style.
Teller stopped the Red Sox on
three hits and famed six in WIN
ming his fifth straight game and
18th of the season. He held the
Sox hitless until the sixth inning
when Birdie Tebbetts doubled and
rode home with Boston's first run
on losing pitcher Joe Dobson's
single.
The Indians raked Dobson for
three runs in the first inning to
clinch the decision. The big blow
was Ken Keltners 28th home run
of the season with one on. 1t
was Clevelands seventh straight
| triumph and its 14th out Of the
last is games.
A standing room only" crowd of
76,772 paid fans observed Don
Black night with the seriously in
jured Cleveland pitcher receiving
approximately $40,3S0 of the net
gate receipts. The huge turnout
was the 10th of more than 10000 at
Cleveland this season and it raised
the Indians home attendance to
2,4221O7.
Yanks Get Strong Pitching.
The Yanks also got some great
pitching as Lefty Tommy Byrne
checked the tail-end White Sox on
six safeties and famed II in the
process. Byrne BANKED the White
Sox until the ninth inning, when
two singles, a walk and double
spoiled his bid for shutout.
Byrne also starred at bat for the
Yanks He doubled home two runs
to high light four-run seventh
inning uprising that enabled the
Yanks to take a commanding SO
advantage.
The Tigers downed the Philadel-
phia Athletics, 81, as Lefty Hal
Newhouser scattered seven hits in
gaining his 10Th victory and 150th
of his career.
The st. Louis Cardinals and Stan
Musial hogged the National League
| spotlight. The Cards prevented the
Boston Braves from clinching their
first pennant in "a years by trounc-
ing them, 80.
The Braves, If they had beaten
the Cards, would have won the
flag. as a triumph would have elm
mated both the Cards and Brook
lyr Dodgers. The Dodgers. beaten
81 by Rip Sewell and the Pittsburgh
Pirates, dropped to third place as
the Cards took over second
MuSial Is Gard Star.
Boston needs to win two games
TO nail down the pennant. They
also can clinch if they win game
and the Dodgers and Cards each
! lose one. Boston and Brooklyn
have eight to go and the Cards
nine.
Musial led ST. Louis 17-hit attack
against Warren SPAIN and four re-
lief pitchers with five hits-a homer,
double and three singles 1t was the
fourth time this season that Musial
has collected five hits in single
game. tying the major league record
established by Ty Cobb of Detroit
in 1922.
The victory was costly one for the
Redbirds. They lost speedy outfleld-
err Enos Country Slaughter. who
was hit on the bridge of the nose
by line drive single off the bat of
Nippy Jones in the fourth inning
Slaughter was taken to hospital
where he was found to have a
| fractured nose.