TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SATURDAY AUGUST 30, 1947
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
ROE BLANKS DODGERS ON 6-HIT SHUTOUT
Things may be looking up again for the Pittsburgh Pirates after Preacher Roe earned his second straight victory by pitching a complete game 6-hit shutout in a 1-0 win over Brooklyn. Roe started the season 17-2 before dropping 4 straight decisions and going winless in 9 starts. The win over Brooklyn improved his record to 19-6 and allowed the Pirates to remain within 4 games of first place Chicago in the National League. A little over a month ago when Roe and practically the entire Pirates roster was on a tear, it looked like Pittsburgh could run away with the pennant.
The Cubs continued their hot play with a 6-4 win over St Louis. Outfielder Bill Nicholson was the hero for Chicago, homering twice and having 4 hits in total. Philadelphia fell 3 games off the pace after the Phillies fell 5-2 in New York. The last place Giants prevented Phillies ace Charley Schanz (19-11) from earning his 20th win of the season. In the other game Chuck Workman hit a 2-run homer in the 8th to help Boston past Cincinnati 6-4.
In the American League veteran outfielder Terry Moore drove in 3 runs to lead Cleveland past Boston for the second straight game. Yesterday's score was 5-1 as Warren spahn tossed a complete game 6-hitter to improve his record to 16-11. Earl Johnson (17-9) took the loss for the Red Sox, who now trail Cleveland by 7 games.
Elsewhere, Ellis Clary delivered an rbi single in the bottom of the ninth to lift Washington past St Louis 5-4; Jack Boiling had 3 hits including a homer in New York's 10-6 win at Detroit while Philadelphia topped Chicago 3-1.
Code:
AMERICAN W L PCT GB
CLEVELAND 74 52 .587 x
BOSTON 67 59 .532 7.0
ST LOUIS 66 61 .520 8.5
WASHINGTON 66 63 .512 9.5
PHILADELPHIA 62 64 .492 12.0
DETROIT 60 66 .476 14.0
NEW YORK 59 68 .465 15.5
CHICAGO 53 74 .417 21.5
NATIONAL W L PCT GB
CHICAGO 75 52 .591 x
PHILADELPHIA 71 54 .568 3.0
PITTSBURGH 72 57 .558 4.0
ST LOUIS 65 60 .520 9.0
CINCINNATI 66 61 .520 9.0
BOSTON 59 66 .472 15.0
BROOKLYN 50 78 .391 25.5
NEW YORK 48 78 .381 26.5
YESTERDAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington 5 St Louis 4
Cleveland 5 Boston 1
New York 10 Detroit 6
Philadelphia 3 Chicago 1
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston 6 Cincinnati 4
Pittsburgh 1 Brooklyn 0
Chicago 6 St Louis 4
New York 5 Philadelphia 2
TODAY'S GAMES
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St Louis (T Baker 11-13, 3.22) at Washington (F Hutchinson 16-14, 3.32)
New York (B Bevens 4-3, 5.34) at Detroit (D Trout 0-0, 7.72)
Cleveland (R Poat 10-11, 3.35) at Boston (A Karl 16-7, 3.87)
Chicago (B Poffenberger 1-3, 4.78) at Philadelphia (M Cooper 6-12, 4.72)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati (S Ferens 13-7, 3.28) at Boston (S Gromek 16-8, 3.62)
Brooklyn (D Black 4-16, 4.68) at Pittsburgh (D Adkins 10-12, 3.79)
Chicago (P Erickson 10-16, 4.91) at St Louis (B Voiselle 14-13, 3.87)
Philadelphia (V Lombardi 14-12, 3.40) at New York (S Emmerich 1-5, 4.21)
Code:
AMERICAN LEAGUE LEADERS NATIONAL LEAGUE LEADERS
BATTING BATTING
B McCosky Det .331 B Elliott Pit .351
W Judnich SLB .326 J Medwick Cin .344
M Almada Bos .325 G Rosen Bkn .328
HOME RUNS HOME RUNS
T Williams Bos 29 S Chapman Bsn 24
W Judnich SLB 20 H Clift Chn 22
T Henrich Det 17 J Gordon Phi 21
RBI'S RBI'S
W Judnich SLB 90 B Elliott Pit 84
T Williams Bos 85 S Chapman Bsn 80
D Litwhiler Cha 84 H Clift Chn 78
WINS WINS
A Jurisch Det 20-9 V Olsen Chn 21-6
E Johnson Bos 17-9 P Roe Pit 19-6
A Karl Bos 16-7 C Schanz Phi 19-11
ERA ERA
B Lohrman Cle 1.52 K Raffensberger Bsn 1.99
J Haynes Wsh 2.56 C Melton Pit 2.11
B Feller Cle 2.63 H Wyse Chn 2.47
STRIKEOUTS STRIKEOUTS
B Feller Cle 173 E White StL 171
A Jurisch Det 167 R Barney Bkn 163
V Trucks Det 162 P Roe Pit 145
BOXING
LIGHTWEIGHT MONTGOMERY IN TOP FORM AGAINST DEMARCO
Bob Montgomery delighted the hometown crowd in Philadelphia with a second round TKO over Paddy DeMarco in a bout between top 10 ranked lightweights. Montgomery was all over DeMarco from the get-go, as he was looking to prove his first career loss in his previous bout meant nothing. Montgomery improves to 11-1, with that lone defeat coming at the hands of world champion Ike Williams in June. For DeMarco it is his second straight defeat and drops his career record to 11-6.
Tonight World Lightheavyweight champion Lloyd Marshall faces number one contender Archie Moore in one of two title fights on calendar. Marshall is 23-4-1 in his postwar career while Moore is 32-2. The other title fight is for the European Middleweight belt as Marcel Cerdan (25-5) defends his crown against Cyrille Delanoit (27-10-1) of Belgium.
GOLF
FURGOL LEADS WESTERN OPEN
Ed Furgol is the leader midway through the Western Open being played in Salt Lake City. However, the big story was that tour money leader Ben Hogan failed to make the cut for just the second time this season. Here are the scores of those that did make the cut:
Code:
NAME RD 1 RD 2 TOTAL
Furgol 69 68 -7
Harbert 71 68 -5
Shute 68 71 -5
Nelson 71 69 -4
Daly 67 74 -3
King 70 71 -3
Locke 71 70 -3
McSpadden 67 75 -2
Metz 74 68 -2
Middlecoff 71 71 -2
Demaret 73 70 -1
Hebert 71 72 -1
Sarazen 73 70 -1
Burton 69 75 E
Ferrier 76 68 E
Hamilton 70 74 E
Rees 72 72 E
Smith 73 71 E
Van Donck 71 73 E
xTibbetts-a 71 73 E
Harper 71 74 1
Runyon 73 72 1
Snead 71 74 1
Wood 72 73 1
xWhistler-a 72 73 1
Byrd 71 75 2
Fleck 74 72 2
Horne 76 70 2
Keiser 71 75 2
Oliver 77 69 2
SOCCER
ENGLISH FIRST DIVISION
TODAY'S MATCHES
Manchester City at Aston Villa
Bolton at Burnley
Derby County at Chelsea
Blackpool at Everton
Portsmouth at Huddersfield
Charlton Athletic at Manchester United
Middlesbrough at Preston NE
Arsenal at Sheffield United
Liverpool at Stoke City
Grimsby Town at Sunderland
Blackburn at Wolverhampton