Evening star., 1949-09-19
|Yanks Hold 10 Stride
As Bauer, Subbing for
III Di Mag, Stars
BY the Asseeioisd Press

New York Yankee pennant drive,
aside from Joe Pages sterling re-
lief exploits, is the uncanny way
that Manager Casey Stengels
substitutes have come through for
the injured front-liners.
Although plagued with over so
injuries, the Yanks have paced the
American League since opening
day. Many times the outlook was
bleak. but the Yanks huffed and
pulled their way to calmer seas.
The Yankee man Of the hour is
Hank Bauer, speedy, strong armed
outfielder.
Joe DiMaggio, who missed the
first IS games of the season, re-
ported at game time yesterday
with a high fever. The Clipper,
only regular hitting over 300,
was scratched from the lineup
and Bauer installed.
I Bauer brought a hot bat into
action and powered the Yanks
to a 7-3 victory over the Cleve-
land Indians. The triumph pre-
served the Yanks' 2h-game lead
over the Boston Red Sox, who
mauled the Chicago White Sox,
lis.
Bauer Sends in 3 Runs.
Bauer, in sick bay the last two
weeks with q torn muscle. drove
home three runs. He doubled
Charley Keller home in the third
to snap a 3-3 tie and then clinched
the game with a two-run triple
In the seventh.
Two other of the Yanks' walk
ing wounded, Tommy Heinrich and
Johnny Mize. saw action for the
first time in three weeks.
Heinrich, who injured his back
and supposedly was out for the
rest of the year, and Mize, who
suffered a shoulder ailment in
Chicago on August 20, appeared
as pinch-hitters. Heinrich was
clipped on the foot by pitched
ball and Mize struck out.
Vic Raschi, who has folded like
the value of a German war bond,
started for the Yanks and was
the victim of one of the wierdest
first innings in the memory Of
Yankee Stadium. patrons.
With one out Lou Boudreau sin
gled and scored on a double by
Mickey Vernon. Vernon galloped
to third on a wild pitch and
scored when Raschi committed a
balk. Larry Dolby walked and
stole second. Yogi Berra's throw
sailed into center field. and the
umpires allowed Dolby to 60 to
third, ruling that Second Sacker
Gerry Coleman had obstructed
Dolby by sitting on him. Dolby
promptly stole home on Raschi's
first pitch to Bob Kennedy for
Cleveland's third run of the in
ming and last Of the game.
First A. L. Win for Casey.
The Yanks squared matters
with a three-run cluster against
AL Benton In the second. Bauer
broke the tie in the following
round.
Ralph Buxton, Hugh Casey and
Page followed 19-game winner
Raschi. Casey gained credit for
his first American League tri-
umph, but Page, Casey's 1947
World Series foe, was needed to
save the game for big Hughie.
The Red Sox met no resistance
from Chicago. The Boston
wrecking crew, led by Ted VIII
liams, rammed nine runs across
the plate in the first two innings.
Williams blasted two homers,
his 39th and 10th of she season,
and drove home six runs to boost
his pace-setting runs-batted-i in
total to 1853. Vern Stephens
chipped in with his 39th four
bagger. The heavy hitting al
lowed Ellis Kinder to coast to his
11th straight victory and 21st
of the season.
Solid hitting also carried the
National Leagues front-running
st. Louis Cardinals to a 1873 VIC
tory over the Philadelphia Phil
lies. Home runs by Ron Northey,
Stan Musial and Enos Slaughter
featured an 18-hit onslaught. The
three outfielders collected eight
Of the Card hits. drove home nine
runs and scored six.
II The massacre of the Phils pro-
tected the Cards s2h-game edge
over the Brooklyn Dodgers. The
Dodgers tanned the Chicago Cubs,
I'll, but It was a squeaker until
the eighth when the Dodgers tai
lied four runs.
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