The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 7, 1948, Page 6

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1948 PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA LEADERS IN B. B. Leaders in the Major Leagues,| JUNEAU, SITKA SPLIT | but only four on the losing side of | the ledger. Climaxing a great day for Boston, | the American League leading Red = — OAKS DRIVING ON | PENNANT RACES SEALS [N PENNANT | CONTINUE CLOSE, i tmencovieiace' e | LABOR DAY SERIES, gin over the New York Yankees to | 4 1 i through games of yesterday follow: | The first practice of the Juneau RA(E IN p( lEAGUE MAJOR I.EAGUES‘ game and a half, sweeping both| Tne Juneau All Stars split with| - AmeMean League. |City band for the fall season will B o e ”‘Y‘Vf“‘ the Sitka baseball stars in the| Batting—Williams, Boston .370; be tonight at 8 o'clock in the Grade By BILL BECKER I;Efi["“ '41-1“ ‘ff;,’ff‘.’}:i.c..lflmfnwsfiz Labor Day series played at Sitka.|Boudreau, Cleveland .367. * |School auditorium. The band is a Oakland’s veteran first \h:](i '] 1““ \)]»" Aln Thw ;'lnlnilelphial-rhe locals !ost‘lhe Sunday game| Runs batted in—DiMaggio, New | City organization and all musicians Nick Etten s slugged 1A,me;",f T‘i“, Yanks won the open- but won the first game Monday|York 128; Stephens, Boston 121, men or women, boys or girls, who into ’contention in the Coast|in front lar, -4, for thelr nihth ‘consscutive aiternoon, by a wallop. The third| Home Runs—DiMaggio, New York can read at sight are eligible to League's home run derby. Those words BilY triumpt ' A's ended an eight. | 32me was called in the second inn-|33; Stephens, Boston 21. membership. : g ] Simph, but the A's ended 80t~ ing on account of rain i g 16-4| Joseph Shofner, who again as- The wartime New York Yankee|Southworth eailier this season, were game losing string by winning the{ g .o i H puc]“ng._TKergl. oston i ; sitloc g Ry o pounded a homer in each game—|ringing in the ears of Burt Shotton ere is the short score of Sun-:.800; Raschi, New York 18-6 .750. | sumes Direc p of and, de- his 37th and 38th—to lead the |today as he brought his groggy gang nightcap, 6-2 day’s . 's hat all old membe) d th A y's game: R H E; sires that all old members and those The third place Cleveland Indians \ Nati eague g Oaks to a double Labor Day win back to Brooklyn. Juneau 1y National Leag desirious of joining the 1948-1949 | over San Diego, 11-1 and 5-1. In| The silver-huired Dodger pilot, continued to lose ground to thel g 5 9 3| Batting—Musial, St. Louis .369; | organization show up at 8 o'elock | 1z spree, Etten smashed home from an jll-fated one-day trip S IPox) a5 ey Wete held even i payiories: Juneau—Cantillon and | Slaughter, St. Louis .335 | tonight. their double-header in Chicago, to Holloway: Sitka—Harold Do; | Runs batted in—Musial, St. Louis T ners in nine games against |to Boston knows now what South-|skid to four and a half games offf ' chii b » mnelly | 1. Mize, New York 107 more than one|worth meant. He received a first|the pace. After losing the opener, 3 4 . | Home runs—Kiner, Pittshurgh 38; } hand illustration yesterday as Billy's |3-1, the Tribe came back-to defeaf] ShOrt seore of “Monday's:game: led to within a game |league leading Braves drubbed | the White Sox in the second game, i is a ize, New " wrps R e I Ray Gilge and Millard Gilge of | leading San |Brooklyn in a Labor Day double- 1-0. 283 Pitching—Sewell, Pittsburgh 10-3 Seattle are guests at the Gastineau | Franciscoans, who divided with |header, 2-1 and 4-0, In the OShag Pertland, 9-6 and 9-10. twin bill, ? o8 769: Chesnes, Pittsburgh 12-4 .750. Hotel. The Oaks got tasty left-handed with the Browns in St. Louls, win- pitching irom Lou Tost and Char- ning the opener, 8-1, but losing the ley Gassaway Loyd Chrisopher, second game, 11-10. The Chicago with two homers in the opener, Cubs and Cincinnati Reds divided a and George Metkocich, with one ] Iy t & hiH Ao National League double-header, the in the nightcap, helped Elu-n""]"‘f' only 4 (’:‘"_-l‘)‘;‘m\?‘v‘"‘v‘ ml:h Reds winning the opener, 3-1, and pbwer the attack. Etten drove in'he Pace before yesieucays EAWES|the Cubs taking the second game, were handed a staggering double de- g 5 six runs during the way 2 % feat by the Pittsburg rates, 2-1 B0 B s natnits 15 o |,y U3 ‘e Fluaburgh et the f bl rve the Beav and 4-1, to fall into fourth place,, tie first game, to give the Beav-|g . i o yair games behind. The| WESTERN INTERNATIONAL | er staff a’'few more pumps. Duane Pirates advanced a notch to third LEAGUE staggered through in relief| ;06 o percentage points in front - < the Beavers the finale. John [,¢ g and three behind Final scores of games played La- knacked In three runs. | Brooklyn Lor Day in the Western Interna- Los Angeles woke| The fifth place New York Giants tionol League are as follows: up to two-time Seattle, 3-2 and|retained an outside chance by| Victoria 8-16; Bremerton 3-3 4-3. Dewey Adkins won the open-|sweeping a double-header from the Spokane 6-7; Wenatchee 4-2, er with a five-hitter. Clff Aber-|Phillies in Philadelphia, 4-3 and 3-0 | Tacoma Vancouver 3-7. son's *homer and single accounted | They trail by six and a half games Qalem 17-5; Yakima 4-4. for three Angel runs in the after- |- e - piece. The double loss dropped Se- | attle back to fifth, a game behind | Portland H With good pitching “from’ Pinky | Woods and Joe Krakauskas, Holly- | wood beat Sacramento twice, 4~ and 2-1. Gus Zernal's 35th home run decided the second game. 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