Ward McAlister had a hop on his
fast one last night that came in
very handy in the several tight
spots he encountered. Although he
gave out only five hits, two in the
first, one in the third and an
other in the fourth, the Islanders
were in scoring position in every |
inning but the last. But tight >
pitching and nice fielding in the
pinches pulled him through. Tough j
luck robbed Joe Snow of another j
homer, when his mighty drive in
the first period bounced off the top |
of the centerfield scoreboard on
the fly and bounded back toward •
the outfielders, enabling them to
hold him to three bases after Hag- j
erup and McAlister had scored.
I Claude Erskine was right in front j
! of Ev Nowell’s long liner in the'
I fourth and what was labeled for J
j a three-bagger at least, turned out;
I to be just another fly ball. Vinton
j Clark was top hitter of the day
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Brevity showed leas and less in
each subsequent start.
Put Yankees in Fourth
Check back a bit and you will
discover that the experts practically ,
conceded the American League pen- |
nant to the Detroit Tigers this j
year. At the present writing, the,
New York Yankees (picked to fin- j
ish behind Detroit and the Boston
Red Sox i are way out in front
threatening to make a runaway ]
race of it while Boston trails be-1
hind and the crippled Tigers fight:
gamely with but little hope of fin
ishing on top.
