Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-09-22
Game and Half Lead
For Yankees Their
Biggest Since Aug. |
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The New York Yankees, gun
ming for their third straight
League pennant, sported
1a-game lead today over the
Cleveland Indians-their largest
since August /.
With the schedule rapidly run
ming out, Casey Stengel's Bronx
Bombers belted the Red Sox, ST.,
in Boston yesterday, while the
Indians were fumbling a game to
the Tigers in Detroit. 7-6.
The same four clubs hook up
this afternoon and tomorrow when
the final week of the hectic sea-
son begins.
For the Yankees, the magic
now is six. New York
has eight games remaining-seven
Of them with the Red Sox. If the
Yankees can win six, Cleveland
could cop all five of it's remain
ing contests, but still wind up
in second place. The Red Sox are
five games back, hanging on the
mathematical edge of elimination.
Roberts Stops Dodgers.
Meanwhile, in the National
League the Brooklyn Dodgers were
by the Phillies at Ebbets
Field, 9 to 6, as Robin Roberts
hung up his 21st victory. The de-
feat left the front-running
Dodgers four games ahead of the
idle New York Giants.
Brooklyn has nine more games
to play, the Giants seven. The
Dodgers can clinch the flag with
five victories, even if the Giants
win all seven.
Apparently the Yankee and
Dodger front Offices are fully ex-
pecting 10-cent subway series,
for both have put World Series
tickets on sale.
Returning to cold, hard facts
in the American League, if any
one is to stop the Yankees it must
be Boston. Stengel put it bluntly
yesterday, after Allie Reynolds
pitched the champions to their
first victory over the Red Sox in
nine games at Fenway Park this
season.
That's only one game" Casey
said. 1--WE got eight to CO."
After tomorrow's finale, the
Yanks return home to play one
game with Philadelphia Tuesday
and wind up with double headers
against Boston Friday and Sat-
urday. and a single game with
the Red SoX on Sunday, the final
day.
LOpat VS.. Parnell.
The Indians go to Chicago from
| Detroit for a single game with
the White Sox Tuesday, then re-
turn home to play single games
with Detroit Saturday and Sun
day.
Stengel called on Ed Lopat to
face Boston's Mel Parnell in a
battle of lefthanders today. Lopat
hit the 20-win mark for the first
time in his career Monday when
he beat Cleveland with three hits.
He is 20-8 for the year, and 81
against Boston. Parnell, stylish
Boston ace with 1910 mark, is
81 against New York. Boston
still holds a commanding 1915
edge over the Yanks in season
play.
AL Lopez, the Cleveland man
ager, sent Bob Lemon Glib
against Detroit's Bob Cain 11-12).
Joe DiMaggio, back in the clean
up spot for the Yankees, lined a
single to center in the first inning
yesterday to score Yogi Berra and
New York was out in front to stay.
Four singles gave New York its
second tally in the next inning.
Boston put on its major threat
in the last of the fourth. Johnny
Pesky and Ted Williams singled
and Clyde Vollmer doubled off the
wall in left. Pesky scored, but.
Williams was out at the plate on
Ia throw by Hank Bauer. Then
Reynolds, who gave up just six
hits, bore down and got out of
trouble. He subdued Boston
threats again in the sixth and
eighth innings.
Feller Blows Big Lead.
Bob Teller, seeking his 23d
victory for Cleveland, blew a SO
lead to Detroit. Catcher Frank
House hit his first major league
homer to yin the game in the
sixth.
Ike Boone's three-run homer
capped the big Cleveland second
inning. But Feller dished up
tWo-run homer to Dick Kryhoski
in the last half of the inning. The
Tigers routed Teller in the third
inning as walk, two hits and an
error permitted Detroit to tie the
score.
I Freddie Hutchinson, who re-
lieved Ted Gray for Detroit in the
second inning, was in complete
control in the 725 innings he
pitched, giving up only two hits
for his 10th victory.
I With Willie Jones banging a
grand-slam homer in the first
inning at Brooklyn, the Phillies
ended the four game winning
streak of Rookie Glenn Labine,
who was knocked from the box
for the first time in five major
League starts.
I Another rookie. young Jackie
Collum-just up from Rochester
tossed brilliant two-hitter for
the Cardinals against the Chi
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