Evening star., 1949-10-01
Ai|ine Di Maggie Due
Back as Yanks Seek
To Slave Off Bosox
BY Burton Howkins
Stor Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. Joe Di
Maggie, New York's most noted
missing person during the sag OF
the Yankees, was slated for a re-
turn to the batting order today,
but American League followers
feel the talented outflelder's S
comeback has been delayed too
long.
The Yankees looked to virus
weakened Di Maggie to help stave
off a pennant for the Boston Red
Sox, one game ahead of New York
and needing one victory in a two
game series starting today to snare
the championship.
New York has its back to the
wall, in the familiar, setting OF
Yankee Stadium, and in those sur
roundings the Yankees are con-
fronted with the necessity OF
sweeping two games in order to
edge Boston.
Di Mag Out Since Sept. 1S.
Out Of action since September
18 with a virus infection. Di Mag
gio has been nat on his back most
of the time while the Yankees
were dissipating a lead by losing
six of nine games in his absence.
New York's Al defeat by Phila-
delphia, coupled with Boston's
11-9 conquest of the Mats yester-
day at Washington in wild
game. gave the Red Sox a one
game bulge entering today's con-
test.
Only duplication of his heroics
earlier in the season. when Di
Maggie recuperated from an all
ing heel sufficiently to return to
the Yankees lineup and rout Bos-
ton. seemingly could save the
staggering Yankees.
If the Yankees can squeeze by
Mel Parnell today they're con-
ceded an opportunity In what
would be a payoff game tomor-
row. Ellis Kinder. Boston's other
highly heralded hurler, gave in
dication yesterday against the
Mats that he's weary. Little Won
der, for he has been worked ex-
tensively in the Red Sox climb
to the top. Allie Reynolds and
Vic Raschi were available to pitch
for New York.
The edge was all with Boston.
though, against the crippled
Yankees, who nearly received
critically needed assistance from
the Mats yesterday. The Mats had
the tying run on second base
with one out in the ninth before
Sam Mele hit into a double-play.
Red Sox Take 1914 Lead.
Mickey Harris and Sid Hudson
injected eight walks in two in
nings and that wretched pitch
ing, sandwiched with three er-
rors, three hits. a wild pitch and
a passed ball, vaulted Boston into
a 1914 lead at the end Of three
innings.
Harris walked three to start the
second inning and out OF that in
efficiency the Red Sox produced
i've runs. The Mats surged back
to make a contest of it momentar-
lily In the second inning with a
4-run outburst to drive Jack
Kramer to cover, but again Boston
fashioned five runs in the third.
In q hitting mood, the Mats
picked up a run off Walter Mas
terson In the fifth and whacked
him from the premises in the
eighth with a two-run outburst.
In came Ellis Kinder with the
score lot and Eddie Yost on
third. Kinder struck out Sam
Mele, Ed Stewart and Bob Ortiz
successfully.
That mastery vanished after
Boston nicked Lloyd Hittle for a
run and an 11-7 lead in its ninth.
Eddie Robinson opened the Mats
ninth with double of the right
field fence and shifted to third as
Kinder took a nonchalant windup.
Eddie remained there when al
Kozar grounded out, but scored on
Sam Dente's double.
Dente also was permitted to i'd
vance to third unmolested, but the
Red Sox found themselves neck
deep In trouble when AL Evans
singled to center, scoring Dente.
(See HAWKINS, Page A-13o