Author: david bancroft

May 11. Gm# 20 Comiskey Park Chicago 6 Boston 1 “WIGHT” SOX 6 RED SOX 1; ZARILLA INJURED. WILL MISS TWO GAMES Chicago’s Bill Wight tossed a complete game, five hitter, as Chicago defeated Boston, 6-1. Only an error by the defensively challenged, Gus Zernial, kept Wight from a shutout. Boston’s lone run came as…

May 10. Gm# 19 Sportsman’s Park St. Louis 8 Boston 7 10 innings JACK GRAHAM LEADS BROWNS TO THRILLING, 10 INNING WIN OVER RED SOX St. Louis’ Jack Graham singled in the winning run in the bottom of the tenth inning, capping a 4-5 day, which included a homerun and two doubles. Neither starter was…

RED SOX IDLE TIGERS BEAT YANKS IN ONLY A.L. GAME TODAY Standing of the Clubs New York/20/15/5/.750 Cleveland/15/9/6/.600 Boston/18/10/8/.556 Detroit/19/10/9/.526 Washington/21/11/10/.524 Chicago/20/10/10/.500 Philadelphia/21/9/12/.450 St. Louis/20/3/17/.150

May 8. Gm#’s 17, 18 Sportsman’s Park Boston 7, 9 St. Louis 4,2 RED SOX BEAT UP ON LAST PLACE BROWNS IN TWINBILL SWEEP Boston won twice against the Browns in a doubleheader at St. Louis. They won the opener, 7-4. After starter Mel Parnell stumbled early, Jack Kramer(2-1) came on a pitched six innings…

May 7. Gm#16 Municipal Stadium Cleveland 8 Boston 2 INDIANS POUND RED SOX, 8-2 Ted Williams(6) hit a two run, homerun off Bob Lemon in the first inning, but after that, it was all downhill for Boston, who lost an 8-2 decision to Cleveland at Municipal Stadium. After the Splendid Splinter’s blast gave his team…

May 6. No game BOSTON AT CLEVELAND WAS CALLED OFF TODAY; PLAY RESUMES TOMORROW Other American League scores: Chicago 6 New York 2; Philadelphia 7 Detroit 4; Washington 8 St. Louis 7 Standing of the Clubs New York/17/13/4/.765 Cleveland/12/8/4/.667 Boston/15/8/7/.533 Chicago/17/9/8/.529 Detroit/16/8/8/.500 Philadelphia/18/8/10/.444 Washington/18/8/10/.444 St. Louis/17/3/14/.176

May 5. Gm# 15 Municipal Stadium Cleveland 2 Boston 1 11 innings FELLER; PAIGE PITCHING MARATHON AIDED BY VERNON’S GAME WINNING HR In one of the best pitching performances seen thus far this season, Cleveland’s Bob Feller worked 10 full innings, limiting the Boston Red Sox to just one run on two hits, before Satchel…

May 4. Gm# 14 Briggs Stadium Boston 6 Detroit 5 BOSTON WINS SEE-SAW THRILLER WITH TWO RUNS IN TOP OF NINTH Boston picked up a quick two runs in the top of the first of Virgil Trucks. With one out, Johnny Pesky walked, Bobby Doerr singled, then Ted Williams singled, scoring Pesky. Doerr, who had…

May 3. Gm# 13 Briggs Stadium Boston 7 Detroit 2 STEPHENS, WILLIAMS LEAD BOSTON PAST DETROIT, 7-2 Vern Stephens(4) hit a first inning grand slam, the second four run clout by Boston in as many games, and Ted Williams(4), who turned that trick two days ago, added a three run homerun in this game. Mel…

May 1. Gm# 12 Yankee Stadium Boston 11 New York 2 RED SOX DESTROY YANKS IN 11-2 ROUT; WILLIAMS BUSTS OUT WITH GRAND SLAM One day after Boston left ten men on base, the team came together to absolutely destroy the New York Yankees by a score of 11-2. An eight run, eighth inning was…