Evening star., 1950-05-08
Williams Bats Red Sox
Close 10 Lead; Six
n. |. Clubs Shifted
(Bor Scores on Page A-17J
By Joe ReichIer
Asseeiofed Press Sports Writer

Park nave boosted the Red Sox tc
within hair breadth Of first place
Joe McCarthy's men today were
AZ percentage points behind the
American League leading Detroit
club. In games won and lost
however. they topped the Tigers
by half a length.
The Red Sox's double triumph
over st. Louis yesterday. 8-6 and
60, gave them a 1877 record as
compared with Detroit's 9-4 mark
The Tigers bowed to the Yankees
in New York, 6-3.
Williams, whose bat has been
a destructive weapon since his re-
turn after a siege of the flu, won
the opener for Boston. He ham
mered his seventh home run of
the season and scored twice to
lprovide the margin of victory. He
drove in a run and scored ONCE
in the second game. His fifth
inning single snapped a % tie.
In the nine games since his
return, Ted has walloped six home
runs, and hit safely in every game
and has scored in all but one. The
Red Sox have won eight of the
nine.
Red Sox Torrid at Home.
st. Louis was Boston's fourth
straight victim at Fenway Park.
where the Red Sox are practi-
cally unbeatable. Previously they
had won the series from Phila-
delphia, Cleveland and Chicago.
Boston now has won 10 of 13
games at home, compared with
three victories and four defeats
on the road. Last year, the Sox
won 81 of n games at home. They
lost the pennant because they
couldn't play 500 ball away from
Fenway.
Charlie Schanz, in relief of
Starter Maurice McDermott, was
credited with his first victory in
the opener. He allowed three hits
in four and a fraction innings
after McDermott had walked
himself out of the game with 10
bases on balls in less than four
innings. AL Papai was victorious
over his former Brownie mates
in the second game. He went the
distance, allowing seven hits.
Dom Di Maggie shared batting
honors with Williams. Dom COL
lected seven hits in the double
header and scored three times.
Tommy Byrne, an old Tiger
killer. found the going rough in
the early innings, but settled
down for his ninth triumph over
the Tigers in four seasons. They
have beaten him only twice.
Byrne Sparks Yank Rally.
Not only did Byrne tame the
Tigers with nine hits, but he
spanked a.. three-run winning
rally in the eighth. His single off
Relief Pitcher Paul Calvert drove
in two mates. Three throwing
errors on the same play enabled
the left-hander to circle the
bases.
Chicago and Philadelphia div
ided a double-header. The White
Sox pounded Lou Brissie for 10
hits, half for extra bases, to win
the first game, 7-3. Johnny Os-
trowski and Dave Philley homered.
Mike Guerra'S three-run homer
and Bob Hooper's seven-hit pitch
ing won the second game for
Philadelphia, Az.
Every club but Brooklyn and
Boston switched positions in the
National League following yester-
days results. The Dodgers re-
tanned their hold on first place,
edging out the Pirates in Pitts
burgh. 80. Jackie Robinson drove
in all Brooklyn runs with a single,
double and home run off Murry
Dickson. Rex Barney, with a
brilliant one-hit, 525 innings relief
effort, gained credit for his first
victory. The defeat dropped the
Pirates into fourth-place tie
with st. Louis.
Cards Climb Two NOtches.
The Cardinals jumped two
notches by humiliating the Braves,
$50. The Braves, who had scored
IS runs in their previous four
games, were held to four singles by
Howie Pollet. Enos Slaughter led
a 21-hit attack against Johnny
Sain and three relievers with four
hits in five times at bat. He drove
In four runs and scored four
times.
The Phillies moved into second
place by dumping the Reds twice
in Cincinnati, 60 and ga. Ken
Heintzelman hurled three-hitter
in the first game. Dick Sisler and
Ed Waitkus homered for the
Phils. Del Ennis four-bagger in
the eighth inning of the second
game broke a A tie. Ewell
Blackwell was charged with the
second game loss, Cincinnati's
sixth in succession.
The Giants moved out of last
place as Cincinnati moved in by
sweeping both ends of a double
header from the Cubs in Chicago,
4-3 and So. Three runs in the
first inning of each game did the
trick. They shelled Bob Rush off
the mound in the first inning of
the opener and did the same to
John Klippstein in the first in
ming of the nightcap. The double
loss dropped the Cubs from second
to sixth.
Three Players Hurt.
Two White Sox players and one
Giant were injured yesterday.
Chicago's Gus Zernial suffered
a bad bruiSe below his left knee
cap in the seventh inning of the
opener and had to be helped of
the field. Earlier Zernial had col
lided with teammate Jim Busby
and the latter had to leave with
a badly wrenched knee.
| Sheldon Jones, Giant pitcher
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