THi ICflGAN D AILY PAGE T Boston Drops Tigers Back to Fourth Place lit IIakih~g the 1#U an Bowmcn Stops Detroit On Three S fetis, 9-1 Three Bengal Hurlers Pounded for 12 Hits; Yankees Move into Third by Beating Indians BOSTON, Aug. 19-(/P)-The Detroit Tigers made a painful exit from Fenway Park today, dropping their last game here this season by a 9 to 1 score after parading three pitchers before a 12-hit Boston Red Sox batting 'assault. The Boston victory, behind three-hit pitching of Joe Bowman, levelled the series at two games apiece and left the Red Sox alone in second place. The defeatdropped Detroit to fourth, a half game back of New York, which walloped Cleveland, 9 to 3. Ruffus Gentry, starting for the Tigers after only two day's rest, was waved to the dugout for more after giving four hits and five runs in 1 2/3 innings. The defeat, charged to Gentry, was his 12th of the season against seven wins. Walter (Boom-Boom) Beck, second Detroit hurler, was nicked for a run in each of four straight innings before giving over to Zeb Eaton, who stopped the rout and allowed but a single hit in the seventh and eighth frames. Bowman was in charge from the start, although the Tigers shoved across a run in the first inning on only one hit. Roger Cramer doubled to open the game, went to third and then home on successive infield outs. Gentry Aids '";° By HANK MANTII Duly Sports Editor T NLESS some baseball squad in the American League can muster up enough punch to maintain a consistent winning streak soon, it looks like the St. Louis Browns will coast to their first pennant in many years, and make the World Series an all city affair. So far in the season, on American LeaguL* team has been able to piece'together enough wins to dislodge the Browns, and even when the St. Louis club has faltered, there hasn't been another squad powerful enough to cash in on the opportunities. The critics were as much amazed as were the fans, by the Browns: showing this year. They wondered how a club which floundered around the second division year after year, could suddenly come from the depths of obscurity to the pinnacle of success. IN THESE PAST dark years, the Browns had several players who rose above the other members of the team, and it was through these play- ers that the St. Louis team was known. However, now when you think of the Browns and you try to recall their present personnel, you find that it is an almost hopeless task, for Coach Luke Sewell's team is almost entirely devoid of personalities. Then the fans might ask the inside secret which has kept the "mystery team of the majors" atop in the race for the flag since the season began, and has put them seven games ahead of their nearest rival in the stretch drive. In other years, St. Louis has been overpowered by other team's might, because they couldn't match their batting, pitching, or speed. Since the war began, they've got an even break along those lines, and with their hustle and some fine coaching by Luke Sewell, they are mak- ing the best of it. George McQuinn and Vernon Stephens are the most likely members of the Brown's roster who could be singled out as individual stars. Mark Christman, a comparative unknown, who has been plugging in at third base, is the most improved played of the club, according to Sewell, and much of the Brownie success is attributed to this third-sacker's efforts. WHEN ASKED about this mysterious surge of his outfit, Sewell replied, "I guess we operate as a unit, With everybody plugging for every- - body else." 3 And if the Browns should manage to cop this year's pennant; it 01 will just serve as another proof of the faet that in any sport where & there is more than one player involved, team spirit and cooperation, er. are the essential factors in producing a winning combination. Boston got that one back in its 'final turn at bat when Leon Cul- bertson opened with a double off the wall in left center, took third on George Metkovich's fly and scored on a wild pitch by Gentry. Dick Wakefield doubled to start the Tiger second but died on third as two mates grounded out and Joe Orengo hoisted a fly to deep left. The only other Detroit hit off Bowman after that was Cramer's single leading off the sixth. Pound Gentry Meanwhile the Red Sox really jumped on Gentry in the second, aid- ed by a pair of Detroit errors, to count rfour times. Oreng6' dropped Bobby Doerr's pop fly in a high wind. Jim Tabor doubled to right on the hit- and-run, scoring Doerr. Roy Tabor doubled to right on the hit-and-run, scoring Doerr. Roy Partee bunted but was safe at first when Gentry's throw to third was too late to nip Tabor. Paul Richards hauled in Skeeter Newsome's pop foul and Gen- try threw out Bowman, Tabor scor- ing from third. Culbertson singled to right, scoring Partee, and went to second when Jim Outlaw threw wide to the plate. Metkovich singled to center, scoring Culbertson and bring- ing in Beck to pitch for Detroit. Pete Fox flied to Outlaw to end the in- ning after three unearned runs had crossed the plate. Bob Johnson's 14th home run, a wallopnto right field, put the Sox out in front 6-1, in the third and Bow- man's double, followed by Metkov- ich's single, produced another run in the fourth. Beck Wild Doerr beat out a tap to the pitch- er's mound in the fifth and took sec- ond when Beck threw into the Bos- ton dugout. Tabor sacrificed him to third, from where he scored on New- some's single to left. Metkovich's single and Johnson's double accounted for the last Boston marker in the sixth, the last inning for Beck and the sixth in a row in which the Sox had at least one hit and at least one run. Eaton put run- ners on the bases in both the seventh and eighth but none scored. Detroit .............100 000 000- 1 Boston.............141 111 00x- 9 Gentry, Beck, Eaton & Richards; Bowman & Partee. s Sehedule Football A WAR-TIME DREAM-All batting witl an average of .300 or better, these five slugging Cardinals are shown in their dugout at Sportsman's Park, St. L ouis, Mo. From left to right they are: Ray Sand- ers, who has an average of .301; Walker Cooper, .301; Stan Musial, .358; Johnny Hopp, .334; and Augie Bergamo, .314. ON THE SKIDS AT LAST? Browns' Lead Cut to Five and a Half Game As PhiladelphiaTKes lose Game, 4.3 K- - PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 19-(IP)- The St. Louis Browns' lead in the American League pennant race was cut to five and a half games today when they bowed to the Philadelphia Athletics, 4-3 in 12 innings, for their third loss in the four game series. Russ Cristopher, who defeated the Brownies in the series opener, was credited with his sixth successive pitching victory. Relieving Lurn Har- ris after seven innings, he let only two St. Louis players hit the ball past the infield. George Caster, relieving Bob Mun- crief on the mound, was the victim. Bobby Estalella opened the home half of the 12th by flogging one of Caster's serves for a triple. Frank Hayes and Dick Siebert were pur- posely walked and Bill McGhee pop- ped up, but George Kell smacked a long wallop to left center which the fielders didn't bother to chase as Estalella trotted home. 't. Louis ........100 001 100 000- 3 Philadelphia ... .000 000 300 001- 4 Muncrief, Caster & Hayworth; Harris, Christopher & Hayes. Cubs Beaten, 4-2 ...I CHICAGO, Aug. 19-P)-Picking up a run an inning for four straight frames, the Boston Braves backed Nate Andrews' eight-hit pitching for a 4 to 2 victory over the Chicago Cubs today, gaining an even split in the four-gamle set. Boston .......011 110 000- 4 11 0 Chicago ......200 000 000- 2 8 2 Andrews & Klutz; Wyse, Derrenger & Holm. Cards Down Giants . . . ST. LOUIS, Aug. 19-(IP)-The St. Louis Cardinals swept the four-game series from the New York Giants, winning today, 8-4. Mort Cooper registered his 17th victory of the season against five de- feats, holding the Giants to nine hits. Walker Cooper, Mort's brother and battery mate, paced the Cardinal at- tack with four for four including a home run and two doubles. He bat- ted in two mates. New York.....001 002 100- St. Louis.....021 022 10x- Hansen, Adams' Brewer,. Lombardy; M. Cooper & W. 4 9 8 10 Pyle Coope _. _ _ . -- Seven State College DETROIT, Aug. 19-()-Seven collegiate football teams in Michi- gan already have scheduled six more games for 1944 than the state's six-competing elevens played last season, with indications promising at least a 30-garm e schedule before negotiations are combleted. Last year, with Michigan State College notably absent, a half dozen Michigan clubs played 20 games, 15 of them before home state fans. A, al'l Cli'L LJ ej ,j Major League Standings ... AMERICAN LEAGJE NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pct. GB W L Pct. GB St. Louis .......68 48 .586 - St. Louis .......83 28 .748 - Boston .........62 53 .539 52 Pittsburgh......64 46 .582 181 New York .......60 53 .531 6 Cincinnati ......63 47 .573 19% DETROIT ......60 54 .526 7 Chicago. ........50 57 .467 31 *Chicago .......55 59 .482 12 New York .......50 64 .439 341.2 Cleveland .......5.5. 63 .466 14 Boston .........45 67 .402 38 Philadelphia .... 54 64 .458 15 Philadelphia . .. .43 65 .398 38 y? 'Washington .. . .47 67 .412 20 Brooklyn .......45 69 .395 39% *Denotes night games. SATURDAY'S RESULTS- SATURDAY'S RESULTS St. touis 8, New York 4. Boston 9, DETROIT 1.St P is $, Pewadorka4. New York 9, Cleveland 3. Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 3. St. Louis 3, Philadelphia 4. Brooklyn 3, Cincinnati 2. Chicago at Washington, night. Boston 4, Chicago 2. SUNDAY'S GAMES SUNDAY'S GAMES DETROIT at New York (2). New York at Chicago (2). St. Louis at Washington (2). Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (2). 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