Evening star., 1953-09-01
Neyer-Say-Die Fans
In Cleveland JoIted
Into Reality by Ted
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sy the Associated Press
just when 1t looked as if the
Cleveland Indians might really
be started on desperation dash
that would delay settlement of
the American League pennant
race, along came Ted Williams.
Almost everybody has been
conceding the flag to the Yankees
for quite a spell. But the Yanks
have shown a tendency to
stumble and, after the Indians
scalped them in three straight
last week. some folks, including
Manager Casey Stengel, foresaw
trouble.
It was generally conceded that
nothing short of a sensational
winning streak would bring the
Indians even close. Hopes were
still rising on the shores of Lake
Erie last night as the Tribe took
a six-game winning streak into
battle with the Red Sox.
Seventh in Four Weeks.
Boston pushed over single runs
in the second and third innings
and Cleveland got a run in the
sixth. Then the Red Sox put
two men on base in the seventh
and Williams promptly parked
one of Mike Garcia's pitches
high into the upper rightfield
deck of spacious Municipal Sta
dium It was his seventh home
run in the four weeks since he's
been out of the Marine Corps.
Boston went on to win, GA.
giving Maurice McDermott his
18th victory. The loss put
Cleveland 10l2 games back OF
the Yankees, who weren't Sched-
uled. The Tribe. with IS games
left to play. retains a mathe-
matical chance. But it will be
just that much harder, due to
Williams.
The idle White Sox still hold
down second place, 81a games
behind New York, but Cleveland
had been coming fast recently.
Bobo Wins No. 200.
In other action last night,
Bobo Newsom, who's been in Or
ganized baseball since 1928, won
his 200th American League
game, a 1914 decision for the
Athletics over Detroit. Detroit
won the first game of the twi-
nighter. CT. Washington edged
st. Louis, 4-3.
In the National League the
homer-happy Dodgers whipped
st. Louis. 6-3; Cincinnati won
a pair from Philadelphia. 1876
and 7-5. and New York smoth-
cred the Cubs, 1874. Milwaukee
and Pittsburgh had the day off.
Newsom is the only American
League pitcher ever to win 200
games and still have a losing
record. His overall totals for
the circuit. dating back to his
first appearance with st. Louis
in 1884, are 200 victories and
208 defeats. In his 90 major
league seasons he also has won
IL and lost 13 in the National
League.
Against Detroit his teammates
got him a 80 lead and he was
in trouble only in the fifth in
ming when he gave up three
runs-including a home run by
Freddie Hutchinson. the Detroit
manager who took over the
pitching chores from Ted Gray
in the third.
Snider Poles Two More.
The Dodgers hit three home
runs against the Cardinals-two
by Duke Snider who raised his
months total to Is. only one
short of the league record. and
one by Gil Hodges. Roy Campa-
nella set a league record for
runs batted in by a catcher
when he hammered across a pair,
giving him a total Of 124 for
the season. The old mark was
122.
In Philadelphia the Redlegs
exploded for nine runs in the
sixth inning to win the first
game and fought back from a
three-run deficit to capture the
nightcap despite three Philadel-
phia homers.
The Cubs and Giants, playing
in 81 degree heat, attracted only
1,702 paying customers to the
Polo Grounds in the only day
game.