Evening star., 1949-07-21
Yanks Tighten
Lead With Aid Of
.Joe's Bing|es
Lorry's Abortive Try
For Theft Ruins Rally,
Ineurs Fine by Pilot
By Jack Hond
Associated Press Sports Writer

BY Jack Hond
Assoeiotsd Press Sports Writer
Larry Doby's Skull. and Joe
Di Maggio's hitting have put the
cooler on Cleveland's pennant
drive-at least temporarily.
Dolby drew a fine of an undis-
closed amount last night after he
was thrown out trying to steal
home with the bases loaded and
nobody out in the eighth inning
Doby's Cleveland mates trailed the
league leading New York Yankees,
7-3. at the time. That turned out
to be the final score.
Lefty Joe Page, who had just
replaced STEADY Eddie, Lopat,
was having his troubles. He
walked Manager Lou Boudreau on
four straight pitches to force in
run. He hadn't found the plate
in two tosses to Bob Kennedy.
Then it happened.
Dolby broke for the plate as
Page walked back toward the resin
bag. The pitcher whirled and
threw to Catcher Yogi Berra, who
tagged Dolby as he dove head first
across the plate. Page proceeded
to walk Kennedy. The he found
his stuff to fan Jim Hogan and
make Pinch-Hitter Ken Keltner
ground to Bobby Brown.
Daring Is Uncalled For.
There seemed to be no excuse
for Dolby. Third Base Coach Steve
O'Neill didn't send him in, al
though the crowd of 75,340 booed
him. Doby's club trailed by four
runs. 1t definitely was. not any
situation for a steal.
Di Maggie, who lifted the Yanks
I past Boston when they threat
ened in late June, drove in three
runs with a triple and homer and
scored twice as the Yanks again
stretched their lead to four and
one-half games.
The biggest night crowd of the
major league season saw the
Yanks blast Bobby Feller from
I the hill in the third inning of
the important series. Yogi Berra
homered in the second. Singles
by Lopat, Hank Bauer and
Tommy Heinrich produced an
other run in the third. Then Di
Maggie tripled. When Berra's
single scored Joe, Feller was re-
placed by Sam Zoldak.
L Dt% Maggio's homer. No. 7, of
iZoidak in the fifth inning. and
Lopat's third hit. a double that
scored George Stirnweiss In the
sixth, ended the Yank scoring.
The Indians got to Lopat for
one in the second and another
lin the seventh. He had to be
Iyanked in the eighth. when sin
giles by Mickey Vernon and Dolby
and walk loaded the bases.
That brought in Page and set
the stage for Doby's skull"
The Boston Red Sox dropped
18h games behind the leaders by
bowing to the Chicago White Sox,
81. The White Sox won in the
ninth on a triple by George Met
kovich, two intentional passes and
Eddie Malone's outf1eld fly, scor-
ing Metkovich.
Detroit pushed over three runs
in the eighth to shade Washing
ton. 6-5.
Brooklyn lost full game of its
advantage in the National. The
st. Louis Cardinals clipped Brook
lyn's margin to az games by
10-inning night game decision
over the Boston Braves, Ga. after
the Dodgers lost an afternoon 8-6
verdict to the onrushing Pitts
burgh Pirates.
,Kiner Beats Dodgers.
Ralph Kiner lowered the boom
on the Brooks, driving in five runs
with home runs Nos. Is and 26.
His second homer came in the top
of the ninth with two men on and
Brooklyn leading, SIS.
Lou Klein, one Of the three
Cards who returned to organized
ball from the Mexican League,
belted a two-run double of the
left field wall that broke up the
Boston game in the 10th inning.
The Braves routed HOWE Pollet
with four runs in the second in
ming.
Hank Sauer drove in all the
Chicago Cubs runs with two
homers and a triple in their IL
inning, 4-3 victory over the Phil
lies. Sauer. who hit only four
homers for Cincinnati. now has IA
as a Cub and Is for the year. His
triple off Reliefer Curt Simmons
scored Andy Pafko, who singled
in the 11th.
The New York Giants set new
major league consecutive inning
scoring record while whipping
Cincinnati, 5-1. BY scoring in
each of the first three innings,
they extended their streak to IA
(see BASEBALL, Page C-3.) )