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September 18. Gm# 145 Fenway Park Chicago 4 Boston 1 RANDY GUMPERT HOLDS BOSTON TO ONE HIT IN 4-1 WHITE SOX WIN Ted Williams broke up Randy Gumpert’s bid for a no hitter, with his (45th) home run in the seventh inning, but despite losing the no-no and a shutout on one pitch, Gumpert led…

September 17. Gm# 144 Fenway Park Boston 14 St. Louis 13 RED SOX PULL OUT PERHAPS THE WILDEST GAME SO FAR THIS SEASON You wouldn’t expect a last place team to give a first place team such a battle, but the cellar dwelling, St. Louis Browns did exactly that, making Boston use everything in their…

September 16. Gm# 143 Fenway Park Boston 8 St. Louis 1 ONCE AGAIN, MEL PARNELL LEADS RED SOX TO A WIN Like he has done many times this season, Mel Parnell(21-6) put the team on his back and led Boston to an 8-1 win over the St. Louis Browns. Parnell allowed just one run on…

September 15. BOSTON IDLE; TIGERS TAKE OVER SECOND PLACE AS YANKS LOSE TO INDIANS The Boston Red Sox were off today. The Cleveland Indians defeated New York, 10-6, allowing the Detroit Tigers to take over sole possession of second place, though that situation is sure to move back and forth between Detroit and the New…

September 14. Gm# 142 Fenway Park Detroit 8 Boston 0 HAL NEWHOUSER FLIPS SCRIPT, TOSSES ONE HITTER AGAINST RED SOX One day after Boston’s Mitch McDermott shutout the Detroit Tigers, Hal Newhouser turned the tables in a big way, pitching a one hitter, while his teammates pounded out an 8-0 win. Things didn’t go perfectly…

September 13. Gm# 141 Fenway Park Boston 2 Detroit 0 MICKEY MCDERMOTT SHUTS OUT TIGERS, 2-0 Mickey McDermott(14-11) was up to the task, scattering six hits as he white washed Detroit, 2-0. Boston themselves could only manage two runs off Art Houtteman, both of those coming in the bottom of the sixth. In that inning,…

September 11 Gm#’s 139, 140. Shibe Park Boston 3, 5 Philadelphia 4, 3 RED SOX PLAY TWO EXTRA INNING GAMES WITH ATHLETICS, WIN ONE, LOSE ONE Boston split a double header with Philadelphia, losing the first game when Pete Suder hit a two run walkoff home run against Frank Quinn(11-6), in the bottom of the…

September 10. Gm# 138 Shibe Park Boston 7 Philadelphia 1 WILLIAMS HOMERS TWICE, LEADING MEL PARNELL TO 20TH VICTORY Boston ace, Mel Parnell(20-6) joined the twenty win club and Ted Williams was a big reason why. The Red Sox slugger slammed a pair of home runs(42), (43), to lead Boston over Philadelphia, 7-1. Al Zarilla…

September 9. Gm# 137 Yankee Stadium Boston 5 New York 3 RED SOX BEAT YANKEES AGAIN; TIGERS TAKE OVER SECOND PLACE Bobby Doerr(20) and Vern Stephens(27) both homered, as Boston defeated New York yet again, this time by a 5-3 margin. Joe Dobson started the game and went six innings to a no decision. Tex…

September 8. Yankee Stadium RED SOX – YANKEES RAINED OUT TODAY. SERIES RESUMES SEPT 9. Mother Nature had other plans today for Boston and New York. Here’s how the other clubs did in the American League today: Chicago 3 St. Louis 1; Detroit 10, 4 Cleveland 0, 1; Philadelphia 9, 8 Washington 1, 4. Standing…