Evening star., 1949-08-16
Red Sox Flag Hopes High After Mop-Up Of Mats
1874 Home-Stay Mark
Leaves Hub Club Only
; Games From Top
By RoIph Roden
Associoted Press Sports Writer

Asseeioisd Press Sports Writer
The Boston Red Sox. rolling like
a Sherman tank through a corn
field, are beginning to sniff that
World Series dough.
Joe McCarthys crew. staging
one of the best comebacks in re-
cent years. today was only three
games away from a sputtering
New York Yankee machine for
first place in the American
League.
The Sox, presumed dead on
July when they occupied fifth
place. II games off the pace.
charged closer to the Yanks last
night by beating Washington, 80.
in II innings. as Casey Stengels
outfit dropped 9-5 decision to
Philadelphia.
The six-game romp over the
Mats enabled the Red Sox to end
their 23-game home stay with a
1874 record and seven straight
VICTORIES. The Sox meet the AS
in a two-game series beginning
in Philadelphia tonight, and then
take on the Mats in a four-game
weekend set in Washington be-
fore heading west for the last
time.
AS Rally to Beat Yanks.
The Athletics came from be-
hind to nip the Yanks, scoring
five runs in the sixth inning to
overcome a 5-4 deficit. Rookie
righthander Duane Pillette was
the victim of the uprising. Eddie
Joost singled home the tying run,
Ferris Fain singled across two
more and Sam Chapman doubled
in another pair to clinch matters.
Carl Scheib started and finished
for the AS and the triumph
evened his record at 8-8.
Cleveland's third place team
also kept its hat in the ring.
shading the Detroit Tigers, 4-3.
in 10 innings at Cleveland. The
Indians are four games away
from the promised land.
Bobby Feller beat Lefty Hal
Newhouser in the tight encounter
that ended when Pinch-hitter
Hal Peck singled with the bases
loaded and one out in the 10th.
The victory was Feller's sixth
straight and 18th of the year.
Feller held a 81 lead going into
the ninth when Vic Wertz belted
his 18th homer with Dick Wake
field aboard to put the Tigers
ahead, 80. Bob Kennedy sent the
game into overtime with his NTH
homer in the bottom half.
ChisOx's Wight Is Slab Star.
The best-pitched game Of the
evening was turned in by Lefty
Billy Wight of the Chicago White
Sox, who turned back the Browns,
SO, on two hits in st. Louis.
Chicago snapped scoreless tie
in the sixth. scoring five times
against Cliff Fannin and Red EN-
bree on four walks and three sim
giles.
Harry (The CaD Brecheen
hurled the st. Louis Cardinals to
within a half-game of the Ma
tional Leagues front-running
Brooklyn Dodgers as he pitched
the Cards to So triumph over
the Chicago Cubs in the majors
lone day game.
Brecheen limited the Cubs to
six hits and collected three of
the Cards II blows. Stan MuSial
poled his Goth homer and a single
and climbed into baseball's Big
Six for the first time this season.
Musial ranks third in the league
with .317 mark.
The Pittsburgh Pirates out
slugged the Reds in Cincinnati.
9-7.- The Pirates took a Us lead
with four runs in the sixth and
insured the triumph with two
more in the ninth. Ralph Kiner.
whacked his 32d homer with a
man on to get the Pirates started
in the first inning.
Brooklyn. the New York Giants,
Philadelphia Phillies and Boston
Braves enjoyed an off day.
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