Author: david bancroft

August 31. Gm# 129 Briggs Stadium. Detroit 1 Boston 0 MEL PARNELL LOSES 1-0 HEARTBREAKER TO TIGERS’ HAL NEWHOUSER Prince Hal got the better of Mel Parnell, despite a fine effort from Boston’s best moundsman, as Detroit nipped the Red Sox, 1-0. Newhouser collected the shutout. Parnell(19-5), pitched the entire game, allowing only three hits…

August 30. Gm# 128 Briggs Stadium Detroit 12 Boston 4 TIGERS TAKE RED SOX TO THE WOODSHED IN 12-4 DRUBBING Detroit put up a dozen runs, the most any team has scored against Boston this year, while facing Joe Dobson(8-4) and three other Red Sox moundsman. Things started out well for the crimson hose, with…

August 29. Gm#’s 126, 127. Municipal Stadium Boston 2, 2 Cleveland 4, 1 ONE GAME FEATURES HR’S; THE SECOND IS A PITCHER’S DUEL, IN TWINBILL SPLIT Boston dropped the first of two against Cleveland, when the Indians’ Joe Gordon belted two home runs, a three run clout in the last of the third and a…

August 28. Gm# 125 Municipal Stadium Boston 3 Cleveland 0 ELLIS KINDER BLANKS CLEVELAND, 3-0 Ellis Kinder improves to (11-5), with a masterful, four hit shutout of the Cleveland Indians. The 3-0 win was the first time that Kinder has held the opponent scoreless in a complete game win. Al Zarilla’s second inning sacrifice fly,…

August 27. Gm# 124 Comiskey Park Boston 3 Chicago 1 TEBBETTS INJURY CASTS PALL OVER PARNELL’S 19TH VICTORY Mel Parnell(19-4) got the win in a 3-1 Boston victory over Chicago, but neither he or his teammates were too happy after the game. That’s because Boston’s # 1 catcher, Birdie Tebbetts, suffered a leg injury in…

August 26. Gm#’s 122, 123. Comiskey Park Boston 2, 0 Chicago 0, 1 RED SOX- WHITE SOX SWAP SHUTOUTS IN LATEST TWINBILL ACTION Scoring was at a premium as Boston and Chicago took turns white washing each other. The Red Sox took the opener, 2-0, behind Joe Dobson(8-3), Tex Hughson and Jack Kramer. Al Zarilla…

August 25. Gm# 121 Comiskey Park Boston 10 Chicago 2 MCDERMOTT FANS A DOZEN AS BOSTON STEAMROLLS CHICAGO Mickey McDermott(13-9) struck out a season high, 12 batters, and his teammates pounded out 10 runs, as the Red Sox demolished the White Sox, 10-2. McDermott’s only struggles came in the first inning, in which Chicago scored…

August 24. BOSTON-ST. LOUIS SIT THIS ONE OUT, WHILE DETROIT WALLOPS YANKS AGAIN The Red Sox did not play, but cheered on the Tigers, who routed the Yankees, 13-2. Philadelphia beat Chicago, 5-0 and Washington edged Cleveland, 3-2. Standing of the Clubs Boston/120/83/37/.692/— New York/118/70/47/1/.597/11.5 Detroit/124/69/55/.556/16 Cleveland/119/66/53/.555/16.5 Philadelphia/119/65/54/.546/17.5 Chicago/119/49/70/.412/33.5 Washington/117/41/76/.350 St. Louis/122/37/84/1/.307/46.5

August 22. NO GAMES IN AMERICAN LEAGUE August 23. Gm# 120 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 4 Boston 3 STAN SPENCE’S TWO RUN HR IN BOTTOM OF EIGHTH SINKS RED SOX St. Louis’s Stan Spence blasted a two run home run off Tex Hughson(3-3), as Boston lost a close one to the Browns. Hughson was on…

August 21. Gm# 119 Griffith Stadium Boston 4 Washington 2 PARNELL GOES 8 STRONG INNINGS TO WIN 18TH GAME Mel Parnell(18-4) bounced back after a loss last time out, pitching eight strong innings as the Red Sox defeated the Senators, 4-2. Dom DiMaggio(9) homered on the very first pitch of the game from Washington’s Sid…