Evening star., 1952-09-27
'4th Straight Pennanf
Clinched by Yanks
with Defeat Of As
BY The Associa,ed Press

In Brooklyn next Wednesday.
The Yankees made that certain
last night when they defeated thu
athletics, So. in II innings te
|clinch their fourth straight Amer.
|ican League pennant and theil
18th in the last 80. years. The
dodgers have been taking thing.
easy since Tuesday. when they
mailed down the National League
|pennant.
Not since 1947, when the Yanks
and Dodgers breezed home, have
pennant races In both league.
been decided before the final game
Last year the Dodgers and
Giants wound up the regular sea.
son tied for top honors and the
miracle Giants went on to cop 9
best-out-of-three playon series te
win the pennant. In 1850, Phila-
|delphia clinched the Nationa.
League pennant on the last day
OF the season.
Yanks Tie Record.
In 1949 both the Yanks ant
Dodgers won their pennants or
the final day Of the season. Ir
1948 Cleveland captured the
American League pennant by
beating Boston in q one-game
playoff.
The Yanks tied a record II
bagging their fourth straight
championship. Only other teams
to win four consecutive titles were
John McGraw's Giants ct 1921-24
and Joe McCarthy's Yanks o1
1868.
Billy Martin was the man OF
the hour for the Yanks. The
scrappy inflelder singled with
the bases loaded and two out ir
the 11th to break q % tie. A
third run scored on an error.
The triumph gave the Yanks q
lthree-game lead over the runner
up Indians and made it impos-
sible for the Tribe to overhaul
the Bombers as both teams have
only two games left to play.
Noren, Mantle Hit Homers.
Home runs accounted for the
games other runs. Irv Noren and
Mickey Mantle connected for the
Yanks of Harry Byrd, the AS
Istrong-armed rookie right handler
Gus Zernial drove in both Phila-
Idelphia runs with a four-bagge1
OF Ed Lopat in the sixth inning
Lopat was in hot water through
out the game. yielding II hits. He
was relieved by Johnny Sain with
two out in the ninth. Brilliant
fielding, especially by Phil Rizzutc
and Noren, saved Lopat.
Sain. who helped pitch the Bos-
ton Braves to the National League
pennant in 1948, spelled Lopat
with two on and two out and lin
tied the AS to one hit the rest
OF the way to attain his 11th VIC
tory. &
v In the only other American
League games. Rookie Hershel
Freeman pitched the Boston Red
Sox to 3-1 victory over Wash
ington and Saul Rogovin hurled
the Chicago White Sox to a 6-2
two-hit triumph over st. Louis.
Dodgers Beat Braves.
The Dodgers tuned up for the
series by beating the Boston
Braves, 8-4. Brooklyn used most
of its scrubs, but the lone regular
who played the entire game. Billy
Cox. had a big hand in the VIC
tory. Cox knocked in three runs
on a homer and single.
In other National League games,
the Giants trounced Philadelphia,
80; Cincinnati downed Pitts
burgh, SO, and st. Louis swamped
Chicago, 1913.
Sal Maglie gained his 18th vic
tory for the Giants, although he
was relieved by Hoyt Wilhelm in
the eighth. Home runs by AL
Dark, Don Mueller and Whitley
Lockman featured the Giant at
tack.
Gerry Staley breezed to his 18th
victory as the Cards clinched
third place. Stan Musial belted
"a homer and single and increased
his batting lead to seven points
over the Cubs Frank Baumholtz.
Baumholtz collected one hit in
four trips.
Bud Podbielan blanked the Pi-
rates on four singles. Ted Klus-
Izewski led the Cincinnati attack,
driving in two runs on a homer
and single. .-
Rogovin's victory assured the
White Sox Of finishing in at least
IA tie for third place.