European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 20, 1948, Darmstadt, Hesse                                May 494s the stars and stripes sport when the new York Yankees sent Pitcher Bill sevens to Newark to try to work out a sore Arm it meant the passing from major league f scenes of the three top heroes of last years world who Sel a series record in the fourth game by pitching eight and two thirds innings without allowing a came up with a sore Arm in this Spring and never regained his the hurler also set another record in the 1 came when he walked 10 men to erase the old Mark set by Jack Coombs the athletics in the 1910 i x the other two heroes were Brooklyn players and they were both released to minor league clubs earlier cookie who got the sole hit off has signed with Oakland in the coast while Little Al Gionfriddo was shipped to a dodger v i sets two Fie cords All in All in that historic fourth game oblast years series six Geff records were broken and three elevens besides the first to Toht and Tio thirds innings without allowing a the first hurler in series Competition to lose a one hit Ball pame and the first to walk 10 the other records were set bythe by portly Hugh their Ace Relief Casey became the first Pitcher to win two Ball games on consecutive Days and he won one of those games with but one pitch for another the dodgers also became the first team Ever to win a series contest by one hit in the records tied cookie Lavagetto tied Rudy now of the athletics and Jiggs Donohue of the 1907 Chison with being the Only player to make the sole hit for their team and sevens tied de Reibach of the 1906 cubs and Claude Passeau of Hie 1945 cubs for giving up Only the other tied record was in the wild pitch de with sevens again figuring in the record he tossed a wild pitch to bring the Mark up to six and tied the series of 1906 the White sox and Owen drops the last strike it seems that every series Between the dodgers and Yankees sends scurrying through the in their last meeting in 1941 was Hugh Casey although he didst set a figured in a Freak with two strikes on Tommy Henrich and two Casey struck the great Jeankee outfielder out on a Sharp breaking but the Ball even fooled Mickey then catching for the and Henrich r reached first after striking that unnerved the big right from Brooklyn so much that he gave up hits to Joe Charley Keller and Joe Gordon and lost the Ball striking the last Man Casey evened the score with Henrich in the 1947 series in the now famous fourth in the first of the ninth with the bases Casey forced Henrich to hit into an inning retiring double play and set the stage for Lavagetto record shattering Pinch hit there will be Many More world series and Many series but we doubt if Ever three who figured so prominently in the will be banished to the minors the very tie season As were Lavagetto and Reynolds loses 1st game Browns whip 65 indians Slaughters May 19 Allie Reynolds tasted defeat for the first time this season As the Louis Browns hacked out a 65 Triumph the new York who began the game too Asling five gave up All Louis runs before bowing out i for a Pinch hitter in the sixth in the Yankees gave Reynolds a 30 Ead by scoring three times in the but the Browns tied Llhee count in the after the of thanks went ahead with two More 1 fifth on homers by Charley and Johnny the Rossano fight May May 10 20th Century club has announced boxing program featuring two i 10round bouts for its May 28 card Madison Square Icid Gavilan of Havana will meet i Bocco Rossano of and i Harold Green of Brooklyn will be 1 pitted against Rocky Castellan of s in welterweight again came with three in their half of the fifth to win the Bob Dillinger walked to Start the brownies he scored on Chuck Stevens Stevens came Home with the tying run on Gerry Priddy triple and Priddy scored the payoff counter on Whitey Platts nips Ock j j j Munger cops 43 contest May 19 Slaughters two run Homer Over the right Field Wall backed up steady pitching by George Munger to give the Jlouis cards a 43 Edge Over the opening Gam of their Eastern the dodgers nicked Munge for nine big right Bander Able to take charge Home club spider Jorgensenn Home Yocun Over the right Field Waff after Ralph Brancasi single in the fifth tied up the game at but the cards bounced right Back to regain the Lead on Slaughters clout Fol lowing Stan musicals single in the it was mongers second Victory of the year to one loss and Brancasi fourth the 21game Winner of 1947 has copped Only two this Louis a r h 3 1 in 2b 11 of c p p new York a r h is 411 ii 523 of 4 1 2 cd 511 c 502 3b 4 0 0 in 3 0 2 2b 400 p 2 0 0 000 p 000 100 p 000 totals 37 5 11 totals Tor Reynolds 6 for Page and hit into double play new York 003 020 u 1 Louis 000 330 9 1 Maggio Kel two base three base Home winning Pitcher losing Box score on Page 11 senators nip 54 May 19 say Scarborough single in the 12th inning scored de Stewart from second base and gave the washing ton senators a 54 Victory Over the White the blow ended a fou game senator losing Streak and handed the sox their Lith defeat in the last 12 they have yet to win at with one out in the Stewart Drew a walk from Ike who had blanked the nats after relieving Jim Goodwin on the Mound in the Jake Early singled but Mark Christman struck third Washington then won Ais own game with a line drive Over two of Washington three runs in the sixth were forced across the plate when Goodwin lost control and walked two men with the bases the sox announced the release of outfielder Gerry Scala to Mem Phis on thu cutting their roster to the limit of Washington Chicago a h h a r h is 600 2b 300 11 600 in 6 0 1 in 5 0 2 3b 5 1 1 2 2 6 1 re 2 2 0 c 401 c 4 1 2 c 000 1 c 101 re 5 0 1 2b 200 is 5 1 2 10 p 2 0 80 p 2 0 p 100 000 Mcbride a 1 0 0 p2 02 totals 43 5 10 totals 44 4 12 out Lor Thompson 8 out Lor Kozar 10 Lor Evans 10 Washington 010 003 000 10 1 Chicago 000 102 100 tkio4 12 0 Phil Kennedy two base Phil lev winning losing buc belter hues Ralph liner 43 liners Homer beats braves May 19 Kiner rifled a two Tui Homer Over the left Field Fence in the eighth inning to give the Pittsburgh pirates an Uphill 43 Victory Over the Boston liners his seventh of the also pushed the pirates past the braves into third it Blittle of one time Brave Max West hit his third in the fourth inning to give Pitts Burgh its second Earl Torge son evened the score when he hit his third of the year with a Man aboard in the and Tommy Holmes second the braves temporarily ahead in the pin sized Pitcher Vic Lombardi got credit for the Victory by limit ing the braves to one hit after Holmes shelled starter Elmer single ton from the liners Homer knocked out hurler Bill who was tagged with his first loss after four straight Pittsburgh Boston a r h 502 3b 3 00 of 310 if 411 of 4 0 1 in 423 2b 4 0 1 c 4 0 1 p 3 0 0 1 0 0 tribe scores w 61 Triumph Cleveland May 19 Cleveland indians moved past tie Philadelphia athletics r a Lew percentage Points into first place in the american trouncing the Cleveland sent two men Home in the first inning when Allie Clarks triple Tucker and Clark plate on Joe Gordons four More Cleveland rims Fol Lowed the second win Ning Pitcher Beardens single drove in Pat Seerey and a one Bagger by Tucker pushed Over Jim a triple by Eddie Robinson brought in Bearden and Philadelphia made its the when buddy Rosar singled and later score Don Eddie boosts Box score on Page in a r h re 412 re 1 0 is 5j cd 4 0 3b 4 if 1 1 in 4 c 2b 1 3 p 0 1 p 0 total 35 4 9 totals 33 3 1 out for 8 Pittsburgh 010 100 9 1 Boston too 002 7 o e r r o Kiner Torgeson two base Home winning losing phils edged by 32 19 the Philadelphia Chicago unearned runs and the cubs took the first game of the behind the six bit hurl ing of Southpaw Johnny Curt the Rookie was charged with the the cubs picked up two runs in the third on two Schmitz Drew a walk to Start the framed Henry Schen beat out a hit to who threw wild to de Waitkus scoring and when Del Tennis threw the Ball Over Gran hampers Schenz also crossed the Chicago picked up its other unearned counter in the Emil Verban was responsible when he dropped the Ball that Al Lowed Harold Jeffcoat to arrive safely at from he scored on Bob scheffing the phils picked up one run in the sixth on a two singles and a Long and another in the ninth when Johnny Blatnik tripled run his hitting Streak to 10 straight Box score phils buy cub hurler May 19 Chicago cubs announced the Sale of Pitcher Paul Erickson to the Philadelphia phils for an Undis closed two Down and one to go tigers hand releases to Gentry May 19 Detroit tigers released outright to farm clubs outfielder Edward Mier Kowitz of and Pitcher Rufus Gentry of Winston was signed by the Seattle club of 4jie Pacific coast Gentry was released on Bis 30th birthday to Winner the Kentucky stands lit the at punt co with jockey Eddie Arcaro up and Trainer Ben holding the Calumet chargers