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PART 4 SPOR VOL LXVII Read Times Green for latest Sports CC MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, .948 Indians Pennant if 4 1 Cleveland Loses, 7-1, to Detroit CLEVELAND, Oct. 3 (P) IS Bosockers Knock Off Yankees BY AL WOLF Times Staff Representative FENWAY PARK, BOS The American League pennant race wound up in an unprecedented deadlock today. TON, Oct 3 -A sildden swing The Cleveland Indians, need of fortune's teeter-totter today gave the "American League its first "extra inning'' ing a victory for themselves, Lose, Red Sox Race Play-off (y-p IV i. -A I i if or a defeat for Boston, missed out on both ends. pennant race.

Boston's Red Sox came from Hal Newhouser, handcuffing behind to trounce the New York rift 'l," 4rx-'r-i' "A 1 Yankees, 10-5, before 31,354 hysteria-wrung fans here as Cleve land's Indians were bowing to the Detroit Tigers, 7-1, on the faraway the Tribe with five hits, pitched the Detroit Tigers to a 7-1 victory over Cleveland here, while the Red Sox, who were two games off the pace three days ago, defeated the New York Yankees, 10-5, in Boston. That threw the pennant race into a -season-end tie for the first time in the league's history and forced a one-game playoff for the flag. shores of Lake Erie That left the Bostonlans and the Clevelanders tied for first place and the unknotting, will be done in this park tomorrow afternoon. The overtime winner qualifies to meet Boston's other entry, the The all-important game will be played in Boston tomorrow, start National League championship in the World Series start ing at 1:30 p.m. ing at neighboring Braves Field Feller Belted Bob Feller, Cleveland's ace like Kids Like kids on' the aforemen tioned playground device, the Sox pitcher, started today's game but didn't linger long as the Tigers belted him out with a four-run splurge with one out in the third simultaneously soared to the heights today as the Indians thudded to earth.

And when we say inning. In view of Newhouser's effec simultaneous" we mean split- tiveness, it was probably fortu second stuff. nate that the Tigers got to Feller CAN YOU TIE THAT? "Yes," answers Bob Waterfield, Rams' ace back, as he boots ball through the uprights in final seconds of game with Eagles in Coliseum yesterday. Just as Bobby Doerr-whacked so soon, for the fireballer rrob- -Woterfield's 29-yard pass to Jack Zilly had set up a score of 28 to 27. The extra point that knotted the tally thrilled the throng of 36,884 spectators.

Times photo br Phil Bath ZILLY DILLY AGAINST PHILLY ably will be Manager Lou a two-run double in the third inning to turn a 2-i deficit into, a 3-2 lead which the Sox never thereafter a big areaus mound choice tomor row's play-off when the final chips go down. flashed on the scoreboard for the SPORTSCRIPTS By PAUL ZIMMERMAN TIMES SPORTS EDITOR It simply was not Feller's day Tigers following two scoreless today. His Sunday pitch his postings for the game at Cleveland. WaterfielcTs Passes Give Rams 28-28 Tie fast ball wasn't so good today as the temperature hovered around 60. The Tigers teed off on his fast one right from the start, and when the Bengals got if they didn't pass 'em.

Since 1942 to him for a pair of doubles, a BY FRAXK FIXCH The Boston Red Sox weren't 'I WALK ALONE' Lou Boudreau, Cleveland manager, is all alone as he walks off the field after his Indians lost their chance to clinch the American League pennant by the Eagles had beaten them five times running and with a 28-0 lead yesterday the hoodoo was single and two bases on balls in the third, Boudreau waved him to the showers, and called in Sam the only team to come from a mile behind to gain a dead heat dropping a 7-1 decision to Detroit Tigers yesterday. still working, to all intents and Zoldak. with their hated rivals yesterday. PI Wirephoto purposes. So did the Los Angeles Rams.

Flingers Parade But the Eagles reckoned with Groggy, but game, they climbed That started the parade of five out Waterfield, without Zilly, off the canvas to erase the Philadelphia Eagles' four-touchdown Tom Fears, Red Hickey, Bill Cleveland flingers, including a couple who just came up from PARKER DEFAULTS; SCHROEDER VICTOR Smyth and those rugged Ram for the minor leagues. The Tigers lead and trudge off the Coliseum turf with a 28-28 tie on the wards who refused to surrender. rapped Steve Gromek, third In Aye, the linemen! So vicious strength of Bob Waterfield's 29- did they fight that the Eagles never made a first down after the dian hurler, for two more runs in the fourth on two more doubles and a single to provide Newhouser with a 6 to 0 edge. yard touchdown pass to End Jack Zilly in the last 30 seconds of play. "but it would have been onlv to go througn the motions." Rams' first score with two minutes to play in the third quar With 36,884 frenzied fans ready Parker pulled his right foot Meanwhile Newhouser rolled ter.

They stifled the great Steve for the bug house, Waterfield, Van Buren. They rushed the the money player, coolly con brilliant passer, Tommy Thomp out of his bath slipper and stuck the foot out of the. shower for inspection. On the big toe and on the sole of the foot there large, ugly blisters. verted the extra point to square the count.

son. They simply beat the Eagles to the ground. And the Rams made their in on to his 21st win of the season, and his second in nine starts against Feller. He was never in trouble and had a shutout until two were out in the ninth when Joe Gordon singled to send home Allie Clark from second. Until the ninth when Clark and Gordon singled, Newhouser had a brilliant three-hitter.

Pandemonium is a.2-cent:word when it comes to describing what went on in the stands at that moment, but ItH have to do. Big Boost Thus bolstered, the men of Joe McCarthy went on to make it 5-2 before being "ousted" In that wild round. But it -was anything but a peaches-and-cream afternoon "for Boston's players and fans thereafter. The score kept mounting for DetroiWbut a Detroit victory wasn't enough. Boston had to win.

And many agony-choked momenta followed before all the happy returns in. Yanks Come Back -The crippled Yanks, led by hobbling Joe Diilaggo, came back to score twice in the -fifth inning. That made it 5-4. They had two aboard with two away in the sixth, only to have. Phil Rizzuto smash a terrific liner- straight at Doerr.

And even after the exploded for four 'more runs their half of the sixth, thereby ballooning the score to 9-4, trou-. bles came. -v The abdicating world's champions, fighting as if it were the deciding game of: another series, scored once in the seventh and had bases full with only one away when Pinch Hitter Billy Johnson representing the potential tying run grounded into a double play. That was it. But the near-capacity throng had gone through the emotional wringer so repeatedly that there was nothing left.

The happy but spent fans simply lay back, like fish out of water, and stared-with unseeing eyes as the game "ran the rest of its course. Another Chance And then, to send the crowd "I've worn out four pairs of credible comeback without the shoes this week," he added. "I dragged my foot ton my serve. completely daffy, the Eagles were given a chance to win after the final gun sounded seconds BY BIOX ABBOTT Ted Schroeder won the men's singles title of the Pacific Southwest championships during an anticlimactic finish in which Frankie Parker, leading two sets to one, defaulted because of blistered feet in the finals yesterday at the Los Angeles Tennis Club. Whether or not Frankie might have won is purely a matter of conjecture.

It's something that will be argued pro and con for years by the 4500 spectators. Parker played magnificent tennis as he bagged the first two sets by scores of 6-4, 9-7. But Schroeder, likewise, turned in "a great game as he rallied to capture the third set, 7-5. "I might have gone out there," said Frankie with a wry smile, services of their two best ballcarriers, Kenny Washington and Fred Gehrke, who left the field with injuries during the second That's what caused the blister on the toe. It just hurt too much to run to continue." The Indians were so futile period and never returned to ac later.

After the ensuing kickoff a pass interference penalty was called against the Rams on the last play of the game. Big Joe Schroeder showed neither, joy tion. Here We Go Again against the left-handed slants of Newhouser that a large part of the huge crowd of 74,181 paid admissions began to file out in the seventh inning. Muha, the Philly fullback who'd It was the same old Philadel Ever present, with us these days i3 the discussion of what, If anything, is wrong with Pacific Coast football. After Saturday's defeats handed to SC and Oregon it is even more timely.

Our Braven Victor Dyer touched on this in timely fash-; ion the other day after deep meditation en route to Columbus where the Trojans of Southern California were walloped by Ohio State. He put considerable and logical emphasis on the spring training differential between the Pacific Coast Conference-and the Big Nine. ILL-TIMED What Braven" said makes a lot of sense. But for western football coaches to raise a din about -fcuch matters at this time seems 'to us to be ill-advised, if not Certainly, such a discussion by western mentors leaves a coaching gentleman like Bert LaBrucherie in a bad light, since his Bruins of UCLA -had Ijust received a 19-to-0 lacing from Northwestern. And Jeff Cravath and Jim Aiken of Southern California and Oregon found themselves inthe same boat today after their games with Ohio State and Michigan.

1GOOD MATERIAL Those who saw the Wildcat-l Bruin game a week ago went I away from the Coliseum feeling that the Uclans had been beaten by a team that accomplished only a little more than two sound, basic principles of the game good blocking and tackling. Coach Bob Vbigts of Northwestern was quoted as saying, when he got back home, that his players reported to him after the first five minutes that they had the game in the bag. Why? he said, because the boys told him they were outcharging the Bruins of UCLA. NEVER KXOCK It never has been our policy to knock our coaches. Gosh knows, their row is tough nor disappointment over the sudden and dramatic conclusion to the struggle.

Rather, he was surprisingly calm about the whole affair. phia Story in the first half as the Eagles piled up a 21-0 bulge on been kicking off SO yards at a crack all afternoon, tried a field goal from his own 48 but the ball was low and outside. Until then they kept watching the scoreboard, hoping that the the good right arm of Quarterback Thompson, who completed Takes Title "Sure, I'll take the title," Ted Turn to Page 2, Column 4 13 of 18 passes for 172 yards. shouted to a friend in the locker room. "I won, didn't Tossin' Tommy from Tulsa culminated an 80-yard scoring drive in seven plays midway through the opening period by pitching to This is the way Schroeder had the match figured: "Every time Parker has beaten Pistol Pete Pihos for 39 yards.

Cliff Patton added the first of me, it oeen in straignt sets. Every time I have won it's been in four or five sets. I don't-feel The story of the game was raw Ram courage and Waterfield's remarkable one-man exhibition, one of the greatest of his remarkable career. He completed 17 of 35 passes for 263 yards and three douchdowns! You just don't give Greasy Neale's mighty Eagles four touchdowns and then go out and get four of your own in only "17 minutes. But the Rams did to write one of the most stirring chapters of courage in Coliseum annals.

Jinx Works Overtime four extra points. enough to hoe as it is. The coaching mortality rate in all job analyses stands at the top. The grid mentor often loses his post for things he has absolutely no control over a lot of the time. If he isn't good enough, the original mistake was made by the people responsible for hiring him.

That seems basic. But the business of teaching athletes to block and tackle is something that can be accomplished here as well as in the Middle West, and in 30 days of spring training as well as in 33, or 40. TAKE A LOOK We can't believe that Pacific Coast lads lack the essential know-how of football, either. If so, how do you account for the fact that such players as Bob Mike, Jerry Shipkey, Tom Fears, Norm Paul, Bill Chambers and Moose Meyers, to name a half dozen from one Pacific Coast Conference team, can all make a go of it in big league professional football in their first year? You can name a lot of others from our western seaboard who are in there holding their own, or better, in the game where blocking and tackling count the most. TIMELY LETTER We have at hand a timely letter on this subject from Ade Schumaker, former graduate manager of Northwestern who now is vice-president of the national organization of Owl-Son-tag Rexall Drug stores.

We're sorry we can't print it in full. Here it is, in part. Dear Paul: "I read your wonderful green sheet each morning, as do other good Americans that live in Los Angeles The squib in Tuesday's Times, 'Verbal Jabs Hurled About Big Nine Given Vocal enlists itself and identifies itself as just some more West Coast alibi-ing. BLOCKIXG HELPS These folks out here should learn that solid blocking and vicious tackling will necessitate no alibi-ing When I was at Northwestern, we would have never more than eight weeks of spring practice Anyone who has ever lived In the Middle West knows that this actually gives us from 14 to 28 days of practice, as the rest of the weather is so inclement that it is impossible to be outside "Paul, the Big Ten happens to be on top at the present time. The day of reckoning will come when the West Coast football will knock their ears off.

I'll guarantee to you that when that day comes, you will not hear a lot of whining and alibis, but they will come back with tougher 'rock 'em and sock 'em' football and try to find an answer out on the field, rather than in the newspapers." P.S.: We can only agree with such logic, Pihos caught another Thomp I'm in the match until I've got son touchdown pass in the sec at least one set. ond quarter, good for 36 yards, to wind up an 82-yard march in "No, I didn't notice, that Frank slowed up particularly In Then they began a riotious all- eight plays. night vigil before the ticket windows. Ernie Steele intercepted Jim Tarn to Page 3, Column 4 that third set. I did, however, have the impression that if I could break Parker's serve, he'd Mel Parnell (15-8) apparently give up the set to save his Deadlocks in sport are disappointing at best, but in this par will pitch the decider for Boston, against Bob Lemon (20-14), but strength for ticular instance a standoff was "That was break I was nearly as sweet as victory to Turn to Page 2, Column 3 working for.

I tried as hard' as I College Football Nevada, 26; USF, 7. St. Bonaventure, Dayton, 6. St. Francis, Alliance, 0.

Canisius, 19; St. Vincent, 0. Clark Shaughnessy's wonderful warriors, because they finally caught up with the Eagles, even could to win his serve and I couldn't do it until the 12th game." BASEBALL STANDINGS 4 JUT M.f, wkj -A, it 1 I Schroeder said, that yesterday Turn to Page 4, Column 1 ANGELS DROP WILD TILTS TO ACORNS, 6-3, 23-15 Today in Sports' BASEBALL Los Angeles ti. Oakland (Wrigley Field. 8:15 p.m.

PRO BOXES' Ocean Park Arena. 8:30 by Ralph Pinelli, San Francisco, 1929, and Pete Snyder, Vernon, 1923. O.m. AMATEUR BOXING Southwest Arena. 8:30 p.m.; South Gate Arena.

8:30 p.m. WRESTLING Hollywood Leelon Stadium. 8:30 p.m.: Pasadena Arena, 8:30 p.m.: Pico Palace. 8:30 p.m. Bill Schuster and Eddie Lukon completed a triple play in the second game, and then Schuster's error in the eighth permitted the rally that enabled the Oaks to come from behind and go on to win.

PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE (Semifinal FUj-ff) Oakland. 6-23: LOS 3-11 (Oakland leads series, 3-2). Seattle. 8-7: San Francisco, 4-4 (Seattle wins aeries. 4-l.

Game Tanickt Oakland at Los Angeles (Wrifler Field. 8:15 p.m.). NATIONAL LEAGUE (Final EUndinst) Pet. Boston 91 62 .595 St. Louis 85 69 .552 6 '4 Brooklyn 8 70 .545 7S Pittsburgh 83 71 .539 81 New York 78 76 .506 134 Philadelphia 66 89 .429 25 Cincinnati- 64 89 .418 27 Chicago 64 90 .416 2714 Games behind leader.

Yesterday's Kcsalts Philadelphia. 4: Brooklyn. 2." Boston. 11; New York. 1.

Cincinnati. 1: Pittsburgh. 0. Chicago. 4: St.

Louis. 3. AMERICAN LEAGUE Fct. Cleveland 96 58 .621 Boston 66 58 .621 New York 94 60 .610 PhiladelphiA 84 70 .545 12 Uetrpit .78 .506 18 St. Louis 59 64 .386 364 Washington 56 97 .366 391 Chicago 101 J36 44 Games behind leaders.

(Cleveland and Boston tie for the lead, meet in play-off game in Boston today to determine championship.) Yesterday's Reaalta Detroit. 7: Cleveland. 1.. Boston. 10: New York.

S. Washington. Philadelphia, Chicago. 10-2: St. Louis.

S-2 lama eUe4 tod. 8Uk Eddie Malone hit a ball that went into the right-field bleachers and bounced back on the playing Sit back in a chair, feel your pulse and be sure it is normal. You can then digest the following facts much easier. First of all, the Oakland Oaks took a three-two lead in the semifinal round of the Governor's Cup series by beating the Angels twice yesterday, 6 to 3 and 23 to 15, before 9450 fans at Wrigley Field. The sixth game is scheduled tonight at 8:15.

Now then, here is what five and a half hours of baseball and three worn-to-the-nub pencils came up with: Nineteen pitchers were used during the two games, eight by Bill Kelly. Johnny Ostrowski hit two home runs with the bases full in the second game. Ostrowski'S' twin blasts tied a Coast League record held jointly LYONS QUITS AS CHISOX MANAGER CHICAGO, Oct. 3 (U.RTed Lyons resigned today as manager of the Chicago White Sox. Jack Onslow, who man-1 aged the Memphis farm team of the Sox in the Southern Association this yeau was immediately named manager by Charles Comiskey, secretary of the White Lyons' resignation came V' shortly after the White Sox had completed one of their most disastrous seasons.

PLAY-OFFTILT ON AIR TODAY NEW YORK, Oct. 3 (tf5) The Cleveland-Boston playoff game tomorrow in Boston for the American League pennant will be broadcast nationally by the Mutual Broad-. casting System. Mutual announced the broadcast would start at 1:15 p.m., EST (11:15 a.m. local daylight saving time.) The game starts at, 1:30 p.m.

field, but the umpire ruled it bounced off the top rail instead and it was called a triple. A total of 43 hits were made in the second game, bringing the day's total to 39 for the Oaks and 24 for the Angels for a grand total of 33. In the first game Brooks Holder Turn to Page 3, Column 6 SINGLES WINNER Ted Schroeder won Pacific Southwest singles title yesterday as Frank Parker defaulted. Timet photo R. L.

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