TIGERFAN'S SPORTING DAILY : SUNDAY OCTOBER 5, 1947
THE WORLD SERIES
ANOTHER CUBS COMEBACK VICTORY!
For the third straight game the Chicago Cubs rallied from behind to beat the Cleveland Indians and as a result the Cubs are just one game away from a World Series sweep. Saturday's loss was especially demoralizing for the Indians who led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the 7th before the Cubs scored three times in both the 7th and 8th innings to win 6-5.
Just like games one and two the Indians struck first, scoring a run in the second inning thanks to an rbi triple from Don Gutteridge. The Indians increased their lead to 2-0 in the 4th when Lou Boudreau singled and scored on Ival Goodman's rbi double. Cleveland scratched out another run in the fifth inning in a mini-rally that was started by Indians hurler Warren Spahn reaching first on a passed ball following strike three. Meanwhile Spahn was just rolling along on the hill, working on a 2-hitter through 5 innings.
In the top of the 7th Jeff Heath appeared to put the game away for the Indians when he hit a 2-run homer to make the score 5-0 Cleveland. That is when the Cubs bats woke up. Phil Rizzuto led off the bottom of the 7th with a single, just the 4th hit allowed by Spahn up to that point. Andy Pafko hit what looked like a doubleplay ball right at Tribe thirdbaseman Oscar Grimes. Likely 99 times out of 100 Grimes would turn two on the play but this time the ball skipped off the heel of his glove and there were runners on first and second with none out. Harlond Clift hit into a fielder's choice retiring Pafko but leaving runners on the corners for Bill Nicholson who promptly ripped a single to score Rizzuto. Don Johnson popped out to Indians catcher Hal Wagner for out number two but after Ken O'Dea worked Spahn for a free pass to load the bases Rip Russell delivered a single to score two runs and cut the Indians lead to 5-3.
In the bottom of the 8th Spahn immediately dug himself a hole by walking leadoff man George Case. When he got both Rizzuto and Pafko to pop out it appeared the walk would not hurt the Indians, until Harlond Clift smacked a 2-run homer over the ivy in centerfield to tie the game. For whatever reason the Indians left Spahn on the mound and he gave up a single to Bill Nicholson and then a double to Don Johnson that broke the tie and put the Cubs in front for the first time in the game.
Johnny Schmitz took over for Chicago starter Ed Head in the ninth and he got three straight groundouts to end the game and leaving the Cubs just one win away from winning the Series.
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GAME 3 BOXSCORE
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Cleveland 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 5 9 1
Chicago (N) 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 X 6 9 2
Cleveland AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI
H. Wagner C 5 2 1 0 0 0 .143 0 1
T. Wright RF 4 0 2 0 0 0 .273 0 0
L. Klein 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J. Heath LF 4 1 1 3 0 0 .111 1 3
O. Grimes 3B 4 0 0 0 0 3 .364 0 0
L. Boudreau SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 .462 0 2
I. Goodman CF 4 0 2 1 0 0 .385 0 2
M. Rocco 1B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .167 0 0
D. Gutteridge 2B 3 0 1 1 0 1 .100 0 2
J. Gleeson RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 0 0
W. Spahn P 3 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0
K. Keltner PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .500 0 0
Totals 38 5 9 5 0 6
BATTING
Doubles: I. Goodman (1, 4th inning off Head, 1 on, 1 out.)
Triples: D. Gutteridge (1, 2nd inning off Head, 1 on, 2 out.)
Homeruns: J. Heath (1, 7th inning off Head, 1 on, 2 out.)
Runs Batted In: J. Heath 3 (3), I. Goodman (2), D. Gutteridge (2)
Stolen Bases: I. Goodman 2 (2)
FIELDING
Errors: O. Grimes
Chicago (N) AB R H RBI BB K AVG HR RBI
G. Case LF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0 0
P. Rizzuto SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 .417 0 0
A. Pafko CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 .250 0 5
H. Clift 3B 4 2 1 2 0 0 .083 1 2
B. Nicholson RF 4 2 3 1 0 0 .455 0 2
D. Johnson 2B 4 0 1 1 0 0 .182 0 2
K. O'dea C 3 0 0 0 1 1 .222 0 4
R. Russell 1B 3 0 1 2 0 0 .333 0 2
E. Head P 3 0 1 0 0 2 .333 0 0
J. Schmitz P 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Totals 32 6 9 6 2 3
BATTING
Doubles: B. Nicholson (1, 5th inning off Spahn, 0 on,
1 out.) D. Johnson (1, 8th inning off Spahn, 1 on, 2 out.)
Homeruns: H. Clift (1, 8th inning off Spahn, 1 on, 2 out.)
Runs Batted In: H. Clift 2 (2), B. Nicholson (2), D. Johnson
(2), R. Russell 2 (2)
FIELDING
Errors: P. Rizzuto, E. Head
Cleveland IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
W. Spahn L 8 9 6 4 2 3 1 124 76 4.50 0-1
PITCHING
Batters Faced: W. Spahn 34
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: W. Spahn 10-10
Chicago (N) IP H R ER BB K HR PI PS ERA RECORD
E. Head W 8 9 5 3 0 6 1 122 72 3.38 1-0
J. Schmitz S 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 0.00 1 SV
PITCHING
Batters Faced: E. Head 35, J. Schmitz 3
Ground Balls-Fly Balls: E. Head 10-9, J. Schmitz 3-0
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
TEXAS THUMPS CAROLINA, IRISH WIN OPENER
Joe *Baumgardner ran for 142 yards and scored a pair of touchdowns as #3 ranked Texas improved to 3-0 with a relatively easy 31-7 victory over fourth ranked North Carolina. The win likely won't move the Longhorns up in the polls as both teams had of them had convincing victories.
Number one Notre Dame had no trouble beating Pittsburgh 38-6 as Johnny *Lujack and receiver James xDavis combined for three touchdowns. Second ranked Michigan hammered Stanford 47-0. Elsewhere in the top 20 number 7 USC played to a 21-21 tie at home against 10th ranked Rice. 8th ranked Mississippi improved to 3-0 with a 26-0 win over South Carolina while number 9 Oklahoma topped Texas A&M 21-9.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS
Abilene Christian 21 Arizona State 17
Alabama 28 Vanderbilt 0
Harvard 48 Boston University 20
Wichita State 24 Bradley 3
Wyoming 24 Brigham Young 22
Penn State 20 Bucknell 0
William & Mary 48 Citadel 0
Colgate 6 Merchant Marine 0
Army 26 Colorado 0
Navy 24 Columbia 10
Yale 24 Cornell 3
Syracuse 14 Dartmouth 13
North Carolina State 14 Davidson 3
Tulsa 17 Drake 7
Tennessee 24 Duke 3
Georgetown 38 Fordham 0
Santa Clara 14 Fresno State 6
Virginia Military Institute 13 George Washington 3
Georgia Tech 23 Tulane 14
Utah 22 Hawaii All-Stars 0
Illinois 20 Iowa 10
Kansas 48 Iowa State 0
Kentucky 49 Xavier 0
Pennsylvania 35 Lafayette 3
Georgia 24 Louisiana State 14
Auburn 37 Louisiana Tech 7
Minnesota 24 Nebraska 3
Michigan State 13 Mississippi State 13
Southern Methodist 28 Missouri 3
Arizona 41 Montana 17
Montana State 28 Northern Colorado 14
Oregon 34 Nevada 31
Kansas State 17 New Mexico 7
Brooklyn 17 New York University 6
Texas 31 North Carolina 7
Florida 21 North Texas 0
Texas-El Paso 34 Northern Arizona 0
Notre Dame 38 Pittsburgh 6
Ohio State 17 Purdue 13
Denver 10 Oklahoma A&M 3
Oregon State 14 Washington 13
Southern California 21 Rice 21
Richmond 17 Rollins 13
Mississippi 26 South Carolina 0
California 30 St. Mary's 14
Michigan 47 Stanford 0
Holy Cross 14 Temple 6
Oklahoma 21 Texas A&M 9
Arkansas 28 Texas Christian 7
Northwestern 17 UCLA 17
Utah State 34 Colorado State 14
Virginia 30 Virginia Tech 14
Clemson 21 Wake Forest 14
West Virginia 40 Washington & Lee 3
Idaho 7 Washington State 7
Texas Tech 28 West Texas A&M 17
Rutgers 30 Western Reserve 0
Wisconsin 33 Indiana 17
CANADIAN FOOTBALL
The Ottawa Rough Riders capitalized on 6 Toronto turnovers to beat the Argos 29-4 in the nation's capital. Out west Winnipeg trimmed Regina 15-13 while in Edmonton the Eskimoes avenged last week's loss in Calgary by beating the Stampeders 19-12. In Ontario Rugby Football League action the Hamilton Wildcats beat the Ottawa Trojans 34-14 while Toronto Balmy Beach topped the Toronto Indians 24-16.
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STANDINGS
ORFU W L T PTS
Ham Wildcats 5 1 0 10
Windsor 3 1 0 6
Tor Balmy Beach 3 1 0 6
Ott Trojans 3 2 0 6
Sarnia 0 4 0 0
Tor Indians 0 5 0 0
IPRFU W L T PTS
Montreal 5 0 0 8
Ham Tigers 2 3 0 4
Argos 2 4 0 4
Ottawa RR 2 4 0 4
Western W L T PTS
Edmonton 6 1 0 12
Winnipeg 5 3 0 10
Calgary 2 5 0 4
Regina 2 6 0 4