Pacific Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 6, 1948, Tokyo, Japan                              By sgt. 1/c Dick Harn sports editor we re going Way out on the limb and predict that the Cleveland indians will take the Boston braves albeit we d when those big Blue chips were Down in a sudden death one game series the indians really strutted their stuff. Led by their likeable leader1, Lou Boudreau who collected two singles two Home runs and a walk in five trips to the old dish they showed plenty of Power against the vaunted powerhouse lineup of the red sox. Add to Boudreau s two circuit smashes the three run Homer hit by Ken Keltner and his double and the two doubles cracked out by Lyn Doby plus a total of 13 hits and you have the Story. On the other hand the most potent or we should say the Only potent hit off the offerings of purple heart Gene Bearden was the two run Homer clout off the Bat of Bobby Doerr. The greatest hero on the Field monday was this kid Pitcher up for his first full season of play in the big show. Castoffs by the Yankees As surplus baggage the indians signed him to a contract. His Pennant clinching Victory was his 19th of the 1948 Campaign. Having faced the fire of enemy shells during world War a the Calm youngster seemed oblivious to the heralded bats of Williams Stephens Doerr Dom Dimaggio Pesky it Al. He mowed them Down with precision whenever they threatened. The Batter to face him after Doerr hit that Homer was Stan Spence. Bearden calmly forced him to look at a called third strike proving that the Homer failed to unnerve him. The Way it looks to unit la be Feller facing Sain in the opener Lemon against Spahn then Bearden against another Rookie Bickford. \ Lapan s Angels meet Korea in tourney opener by pfc de Mack Guam oct. 6the far East command baseball tournament got underway to Day at the Marbo Parade grounds with Japan meeting Korea at 230. Okinawa and the philippine Lave not arrived on Guam As yet but Are expected in later his afternoon. Brigadier general Rosswell e. Hardy newly arrived com manding general of the Marbo area is expected to throw out a. = no report of this game had arrived at press time time. Goes liter ally berserk Over Victory v Boston oct. 6 up the Cleveland indians whooped through one of the noisiest celebrations in baseball monday night giving Pitcher Gene Bearden and la Ruping. Lou Boudreau a joyous mauling after winning the american league Pennant in what the modest manager called a team Victory All the  the handsome Bearden we set the Boston red sox Down with five hits in their playoff and the grinning Boudreau who had four for four including two homers were mobbed in their dressing room by near delirious  were. Hoisted to ready shoulders pulled Down  w be hugged and even  then Tio isted up again everybody in the jammed room a reaching for them trying to touche Guys who brought them Home once Bearden was knocked to to floor trampled on dragged up a his hair and his arms and then flattened again the crush. It was so a ugh for a while tha Boudreau scrambled up on a too arid shouted. Hey Don t anybody get  then As the Roar continued unabated the shortstop manager climbed Down and insisted the Indian Triumph was due to no on Man., Twenty five Guys were in on it he said. Every Man provided tremendous  but the dark haired Man with to Strain still showing around his Eye admitted that he had to pick a battered indians up off the Floo the night before after they lost to Detroit to go into the playoff wit the hed sox i saw that a couple of them had their dampers Down he said i made up my mind right then that Bearden was our Man an told them so. And i gave them Pep talk told them they were better   Cleveland oct. 6 up Cleveland went completely mid immediately following the announcement that their indians had won. It was be a new years and Niaj Iween All rolled into one  the minute Kenney Keltner threw out Birdie teb Betoff for the final out of the Ball game hundreds of thousands of Clev Elanders spilled from bars restaurants factories and office buildings. Every Siren every Bell every one of the thousands of Auto horns on the downtown streets poured out an instant. Uproar that could be. Meanol half Way across Lake Erie. The streets deserted As mid night minutes before crawled Withow Granity screaming the _ that Indian faring had. So Tettl out for 28 Long years we re  girls were stopped and kissed in the streets confetti ing 3 plice Carpi and am Btu Lamees Ipp ene Dup their sirens and even the Church Bells tolled their loudest. Army piled up 4164 Yards while on " the offensive in1946. To facial eries los Angeles oct. 6 up Seattle will open thursday night at the Home  Brit Leyier office Buskie Zirm cof Hsi Ilsel m ,"3 plice cars Ambuj series forr the governors serie cup Pacific coast league president Clarence Rowland announced yesterday. The winning team will re chives Isioro. Runner up $10, other two teams $5,000 each. Final statistics of m ajor league leaders american league games Al Bat ferns hits. A cited Williams Boston. A 137 589 "124 188 .367 ecu Boudreau Cleveland �. 3jb 56b Dale Mitchell Cleveland .j-.v. 141 668 Al Virilla St. Louis. 1. J44$29".barney Mccosky Philadelphia. 135 514 National league Stin Musial St. Louis. In ii fill Richie Ashburn Philadelphia. 117461 Tommy Holmes Boston. Is a " 585airin dark Boston. 137 543 Enos. Slaughter St. Louis. 146 548 84" 77 95.-, -435 78 v4,85 t�2 ids204 174168 230154 19� 175 176 \355.335 .329.327 .376.333 -32s.322 .321. ,. Heine runs Johnny Maze new York ijianis40, Ralph Kiner Pittsburgh pirates 40, Joe Dimaggio new York Yankees 39, Stan Muslim St. Louis cardinals 39, Hank Sauer Cincinnati reds 35. The first Ball initiating what is expected to be one of the hot est fights for a Fec Cham Aioli ship witnessed in some Ime. Korea represented by the Korea base command tossers aiming its big guns a Japan s pistol Pete Faverio Lith airborne Mound Ace who is expected to go to the Hil this afternoon.  teams have sury Ivec season Long unit compete ibid and  could explode for a big score at any time. The delay of the Okinawa and Philippines arrival a Given league officials mor than their fair share of head aches already and the in predictable Guam weather added to their toll of woes. However the weather a been fair recently and the temperature could t be Bette suited for Tough baseball com petition. Man Rumhold Money honors Chicago.  6 up Lloyd Mangrum the most persistent competitor in pro Gol was still reaping a Rewan yesterday with a $1,657.99 de Over runner up Ben Hogan in the annual Chase for the professional golfers association title of leading Money Winner Mangrum has missed Only one of the pea sponsored o co sponsored tournaments. H has played 115 competitive rounds to collect $33,004.99. Hogan Winner. Of the National open pea and Wester open has won $31,347, but h passed up numerous events t rest for the. Big ones. Hogan has commanding Leac in the race for the Vardar trophy awarded to the playe with the lowest average scor per found 3tor- the season ail 2or the Ryder cup team. Point Are awarded for the Ryde cup team on the basis tournament performance. .hoganv",a33 rage score Feen ,69.44 while he had 79 Ryder cup Points. Wheaten Harvie Kobe Golf ruler Acme photo facing each other on the Mound in the opening game of the world series today in Boston will be rapid Robert Eller Cleveland and Johnny Sain braves fire Baller. Feller who made a Brilliant come Back after a near disastrous mid season slump won 19 and Ost 15 during the season. Sain holds the top record of any major league hurler in James won with 24. He lost 15. Both Are right Banders. New York oct. 6 ins the rival packs of redskins will line up this Way for the first game of the 1948 world series. Indians Mitchell left Field .335 Doby Center .301 Boudreau Short .355 Gordon second .279 Koltner third .299 Judnich right Field .257 Robinson first,-.256 Hegan Catcher .248.bravesholmes, right Field .325 dark Short .322 Torgeson first .251 Elliot third .283 Rickert left Field .211 Salkeld Catcher .224 m. Mccormick Center .299 Stanky second 315. Kobe oct. 6the Kob base round Robin Golf tournament Carrie to a sizzling Clima recently when sets. 1/c i Liam wheat Ori and James har vie,-5th special service co edged sgt is Bastich and Mori Moto has. Co., by four stroke to Taj Jse the Kobe base Honor the a twinning duo playe  Hes without a los throughput . X sgt j wheaten posted the single Spyr of. The meet74 and the Low average of 76. Opposing hurlers overdue indians braves in world series today been licked before  Boston oct. 6 up nervous As a cat manager Joe Mccarthy slammed shut the door of his private dressing room monday while his red sox stomped morosely in from the Field where Cleveland had snatched the american league Pennant from their Frozen fingers touring cagers arrive in . Musial big Ted batting champs new York oct. 6 up Stan Musial outfielder of the St. Louis cardinals won the batting championship in the National league with a .376 Mark according to unofficial figures compiled at the end of the season. The hard hitting cards Star banged out 230 hits out of 611 times at Bat in 155 games. He scored 135 runs \ in the Amer ican league.3 Ted Williams of \ the Boston red sox was on top with a .367 Mark followed by. Lou Boud r e a u of the Cleveland indians Musial with .355. Williams made 188 hits out of 509 times at Bat and scored 124 runs. Boudreau lashed out 199 hits out of 560 times at Bat and scored 116 runs. In second place in the National. League batting honors was Rookie Richie Ashburn of the Philadelphia Phillies with a .333 Mark. He was out of a greater part of the last stages of the season because of a leg injury Manila oct. 6 a ten sky scraping basketball players from California paid a Cour Tesy Call on president Quirino yesterday before lumbering up for a 12 game series with philippine hoop sters. They were the Oakland Bitt ners averaging 6 meet four. The squad is led by playing coach Bob Alameida. It includes three former olympic team members and six All americans. The tallest of the lot was 6 foot 6% Inch Don Barksdale a Forward from Oakland California and Mem Ber of the title winning olym Pic  bitters open tonight in Rizal stadium against the Letran knights. The bitters five May be surprised by the filipinos who make up in Speed for Whai they Lack in size. Honolulu Oft. 6 a the Oakland Bittnerr will play 12 basketball games in Manila this  Bittner who leaves Hawaii wednesday for the Philippines re leased this schedule for his Tea october 6letran october 9terminaloctober 11army Brown bomber october 13lasalle College october 20manila independen collegiate athletic Assn. October 27phillippines olympic the bitters will play College teams october 15. 16 and 25. And an Industrial team on october 18. Highlights  a of football league Nagoya oct. 6the second week of Competition in fifth air Force football league was highlighted by the underdog Nagoya comets up set of the highly touted John son chiggers 7-0. The powerful Yokota attack ers continued to steamroll their opponents defeating Misawa 27-0. Framcom step Ped Back into the running by taking Haneda 13-6. Jama slipped by Shiroi 20-13. In the South Ita Zuke Defeated fear base 14-0, As Ashiya and Tachikawa battled to a 6-6 tie arid Itami Drew a Bye. This weekend finds Ita Zuke at. Johnson Framcom matched against Misawa Tachikawa at Itami Shiroi at Nagoya Haneda at Jama and Ashiya at fear base a Bye. They were a beaten lot Hose sox. And As their spikes licked across the Cement Loor of the hot dressing room hey seemed to beat out Mccarthy s words of a week ago there s no other place but  there was virtually no talk each Man seeming intent on hastening rom the dreadful place Antiseptic 3 a surgery solemn As a morgue. Piled on the floor in the Center of the room were a score of neatly wrapped florists boxes90 orchids Erit in by a wealthy fan to be Orn by players wives and Redfox employees As Emblem of Vic Ory. The boxes went unnoticed. It was Dom Dimaggio flashy lit be Cente fielder who had gone hit Ess throughout this showdown Fame who spoke first. His face seemed White and drawn As he shrugged his shoulders and said of winning Pitcher Gene Bearden he pitched a helluva game and wit Only a Day s rest. He had it we did  then Mccarthy s door swung slightly ajar and he waved in the waiting newspapermen. He half twisted in his chair be fore a desk where he had Bee sitting still in uniform. A half smoked Cigar that had burned out rolled nervously Between his fing a. What , these things Hap pen he said biting his lower lip Hen attempting a smile. It froze before it was half started. I have Deen licked before it s just one of those things. Guess they just had the Odd game. Hit a Little Bette than we did. Fellow pitched a Aretty Good game. Sorry for Theodys Ratterman Bills score Mac win Buffalo. N.y., oct. 6 up George two touchdown Ratterman s passes Back boned an Ever pressing attack yesterday to give the Buffalo Bills a hard earned 31-21 vie tory Over the Brooklyn Dod Gers in All America Confer ence football game. A crowd of 17,694 shivering fans watched the Bills Roll to their second conference vie tory. Ratterman. Tossed to speedy Chet Mutryn for touch Downs and sent Lou Tom sett and Julie Rykovich crashing through the line for additional scores while running up a to Tal of 222 Yards. Through the Brooklyn line. Yokota attacker defeat Misawa Yokota fab oct. 6 the Yokota attackers won their second consecutive fifth air Force league too Tea game fab  at Misa Wathe fort liners 27-0. The attackers scored in the first period on a Short pass from quarterback Mcconnel to right end Rolby. They counted twice in the third and again in the fourth. Yokota has now rolled up Yokota Drew 52 Points and have yet to be i scored on. Sain Feller Choice for first game tribe favored by Leo h. Peterson Boston oct. 6 up one of the strangest world series Ever conceived the Cleveland indians against the Boston braves was at last a reality today and the baseball world was enthralled Over the possible outcome. It was a strange alignment because the indians the team most unanimously conceded o be the Winner almost did t it into it at All. And the1 braves the poor and supp Oss Day mediocre club rated Little letter than a be sea Sori Sec ind division outfit won their Ace by a comfortable margin. When the teams get Down o business today at 1 30 . Est 3 30 . Thursday Harris resigns As Yankee Pilot York indians red sox Box score playoff game Boston oct. 6 up Box score of monday s Cleveland indians Boston red sox american league playoff game � Cleveland new York oct. 6 up Bucky Harris has resigned As manager of the new Yankees. The  made after a conference among Dan Topping Yankee president George Weiss general Mana Ger and Harris. The Yankee announcement said after a conference among the three men it was decided by Mutual agreement tha Harris contract would not be  the Yankees said announce ment of a new manager would be made at a future Date. They said several candidate no however including any pres ent Yankee player Are being considered. Announcement that Harris contract would not be renewed followed by Only 24 hour the resignation of Ted Lyon As manager of the Chicago White sox. It also followed the Resigna Tion of Ray Flaherty As coach of the football Yankees. Fla hefty resigned his Post Las month and was succeeded by Norman red Slader one his assistants. A e t o Mitchell of 50110 Clark in. 2 0 0 5 0robinson in 21190 Boudreau is. 4 3 4 3 5gordon 2b4 1 1 2 3 Keltner 3b 5 1 3 06doby of. 5 1 2 1 0 Kennedy of. 20000hegan c31061 Bearden p3 0 1 0 2totals35 8 13 27 17 1 Boston a e t o a e results of cavalry tournament first round results of the 1st cavalry Intra division Box ing tourney Are uu., lightweight. Joe Tapit 5th Cav. Decision Ned Joe Andra Shick 8th Cav Eddie Olivera Camp Drake Koed Collel div arty Tsueno Yagi 5t Cav toed Ralph Jacobs div arty Jesse Bates Cam Drake decision Ned Al Terburg Dimaggio of 4pesky 3b4 Williams of. Stephens is. Doerr 2b Spence of a Hitchcock. Goodman in tebbets c 520 00 Galehouse p000 Kinder p200z-wright0 0 0 totals. 30 3 5 27 15 1a-walked for Spence in 9th. A ran for Hitchcock in 9th. Line score Cleveland. 100 410 Oil 8 Boston. 100002000 3runs batted in Boudreau 2, Stephens. Keltner 4. Hegan Doerr 2 Hegan scored on Williams error in 8th. Two base hits Pesky Doby 2,  runs Boudreau 2, Keltner  Kennedy 2, Robinson. Bases on balls off Galehouse 1,Bearden 5. Kinder 3. Struck out by Galehouse 1,Bearden 6, Kinder 2. Hits off Galehouse 5 in 3 non out in Fourt Bearden 5, Kinder 8 in 6. Wild pitch Kinder. Double plays Hegan Boudreau Stephens Doerr Goodman 2, Gor Don Boudreau Robinson. Bearden Gordon Robinson. Winning Pitcher  Pitcher Galehouse. Gen 5th Cav. Welterweight c h a r 1 e Crawford 5th Cav Koed mar Vin Borders 8th Cav Noa Baily 8th Cav toed Jame Bowen div arty. Middleweight Harry be Lamy Camp Drake decision Walt Taylor 5th Cav. Green Bay tops stubborn Lions Green Bay wis., oct. Up the heavily Favores Green Bay packers capitalized on a Fumble a pass interception and a penalty yester Day to Batter Down the surprisingly stubborn Octroi Lions 33-21, in the National pro football Loop. The packers who took the worst she lacking in histor from the Chicago bears Las week looked like anything but a championship threat a they shuffled their Way t three touchdowns and to Field goals. Tokyo time at braves fled Leveland will be a 13-5 favor the to win the series and a 9-5 Choice to win the opening game. The o dds makers made no provision for the kind of Pennant races the two teams lad gone through All they were interested in was How the teams stacked up Man for Man. " and on that basis it had to be conceded that the indians deserved " heir role As favourites. For their. Crew which had to Battle into an. Unprecedented american league Layoff game with the Boston red sox  it. 8r3, to gain the Pennant generally stacked up As a Superior outfit to the amaze Tegl braves. Manager l. Boudreau As my sch of., a cold and calculating Gambler As if lie presided Over a Dice table instead1 of at shortstop. Had,.,tall the Blue chips. For the opening. A game he was sex i petted to Start base Ball s greatest Pitcher of modern times fireball Bobby Fel Ler the Plains coun try Lowboy who dreamed of pitch Baudreau ing a world series even when Jie was i lacing the family cows tract in Van meter Iowa. It was True that Feller had his poorest season since becoming on of the top hurlers of All time. But it also was True that he Wasa Man seeking the one goal in baseball always previously denied to him pitching in a world series Holder of strikeout records of two. No lilt and nine one hit games during his career. Fireball Bobby was a Man to be counted of for such an occasion. At the same time manager Billy Southworth always at his Best when his team played in an under dog role announced flatly that he would Start his great right hand or. Tobacco chewing Johnny Sain from the Ozark Hills of Arkansas. There were Noyi a about Sain. Southworth Southworth said1 simply that. " tit is my and he made no Bones about to fact that next thought Sain co4ia\. Handle any Job he might under take. Sain won 24 games tops foray hurler in the majors this sea son and As an every other Day operator if necessary. Southwort probably was. Figuring on him for As Many As three starting "jobs-1 during.the.series_.,Man for Man around the rest of the Diamond the indians had it. Their infield spearheaded by Boudreau at Short and the nimble Joe Gordon at secondhand with Ken Keltner at third and you Geddie Robinson Ai first probably was the Best in the majors Ati season. In the Outfield it was the same1 Story. The Cleveland front picket line of Dale Mitchell in left Larry Doby in Center and. Allie Clark. In right got the nod everywhere Over Boston s Patch work Crew of substitute minor leaguer Marvin Rickert or Mike Mccormick in left. Clint Conatser in Center  " Tommy Holmes in right. Of course the big Man in Boston s offensive pattern was Jeff Heath a the slugging american league castoffs. Who batted .319 and hit 20" homers before being felled by broken ankle last week in Brook Lyn. Even with Heath the braves would have been underdogs and without him their position becomes close to hopeless on paper that  Back behind the Bat the indians still have a healthy Edge with smart and timely hitting Jim Hegan As against the braves first Stringer Phil Masi an Able hanr., Ler of pitchers but not much shucks As a hitter ". ,.,. Associated press Midwest football schedule.---. Ote games played at Home grounds of teams in first column except those marked played at grounds of teams in Date columns. N night games. First 1947 score is Home team s. Illinois Indiana Iowa Iowa state Kansas x Kansas state Marquette 3hchigan Michigan state i Minnesota Missouri Nebraska Northwestern notre Dame x Ohio state 9klahoma Oklahoma a Muo Purdue Tulsa. Wisconsin army 0-0 thu Ohio state 13-13 Kansas 7-27 Iowa state 27-7 Arkansas state n St. Louis a 27-33 Purdue notre Dame Northwestern 371 sum 19-35 Colorado Minnesota 21-37 Michigan state Iowa. 13-13. Texas 14-34 Michigan Texas tech 7-14 California 748 Minnesota 40-13 Ohio state 7-0 Purdue 0-21 Colorado 0-7. Geo. Wash. 15th, n Oklahoma 13-27 Pittsburgh Northwestern 49-21 Arizona Illinois 13-40 Navy notre Dame. 0-31 Michigan 21-49 Nebraska 31-0 Indiana 0-7 Kansas state 27-13 us Iowa 21-0 Georgetown 0-12 Yale 9-0purdue clrl4 Pittsburgh 41-6 notre Dame 0-21 Missouri 7-26 Nebraska 13-7 Colorado Kentucky Minnesota 13-6 Penn state Michigan 6-13 Iowa state 2.6-7 Kansas 7-13 Syracuse Iowa 21-0 Wisconsin Tun 7-20 Temple 26-0 Illinois 14-7 nevada13-21. Ohio state Michigan 7-14 Minnesota Wisconsin 14-441 Oklahoma 9-27 Oklahoma am dl3-7 Missouri 7-47 Purdue Illinois 14-7 Oregon state Indiana Kansas state47-7 Urcla Ohio state 6-7 Navy balt 27-0 Northwestern 7-6 Iowa state 27-9 Kansas 7-13 " Marquette Wichita 7-0 Iowa 46-14. Iowa 35-12 notre Dame Illinois 12-35" Drake 36-6 Nebraska 714 Michigan state 7-13 a by Marquette 13-7 Purdue 26-21 Oklahoma 12-21 Kansas state 14-7 Wisconsin 0-29 Indiana Pittsburgh 0-12 Missouri 21-12. Tulsa 0-13 Minnesota 21-26 Oklahoma am fi-0 Northwestern 29-0 Ohio state 428-7 Michigan 0-35 Minnesota 13-7 Michigan state 0-20 Kansas Stavft 55-0 Kansas 40-55 Wisconsin 12-35 indiana35-0 Iowa state 20-0 Iowa 7-13 Colorado 21-0 Oklahoma 13-1 notre Dame 19-26 Northwestern 26-19 Illinois 7-28 Nebraska 14-13 Pittsburgh 28-0 South Carolina Marquette 35-12 Northwestern 13-23 Purdue. 16-14 Boston u. Arizona n Oklahoma 13-13 Oklahoma am 0-12 South Dakota 33-6. Ohio state 21-0 Washington St. 21-7 Wisconsin 21-0 Nebraska 47-6 Missouri 6-47 Illinois 28-13 Michigan 0-21 Kansas 13-13 Kansas state u2-0 Indiana 14-16 Arkansas 13-27 Minnesota 0-21. R Missouri 25th, 20-14 St. Louis 25th arizonan 39-21 \ aswfflwwr�gij6j�a. Santa Clara 28-0- pc a mtg  25th, 14-20 Oregon state 6-27 Washington Oklahoma a 21-13 Oklahoma 13-21 in. Detroit 30-20