DiMAGGIO, YANKS BLOCK SOX FROM TOP.
Boston, Sept 10 - With first place dangling in front of them, the Boston Red Sox could not vanquished their rival New York Yankees in a three game series at Fenway Park. The sold-out series with grandstand seats going for $40 a pair on Jersey Street, was critical as the Detroit Tigers tripped up the front-running Indians in their series at Muncipal Stadium. With Tribe losses Thursday and Friday, the Sox were thwarted by the bat of Joe DiMaggio who defeated the home team with game winning hits both nights.

Yesterday's wild affair will be mourned in the Hub should the Sox fall short of thier pennant aspirations. Boston erupted for a 11 run outburst in the middle frames, and coasted into the ninth with a 14-9 lead. Joe McCarthy sent veteran Earl Caldwell, the former Pale Hose, to finish out the game. Caldwell retired Berra but then surrendered consecutive singles to Brown and Rizzuto. Caldwell dug his own grave by issuing free passes to the next two batters before Marsh Joe could motion to his bullpen. Stirnweiss singled to right to shave the lead to three and chase Caldwell. Lefty Earl Johnson was rudely greeeted by Tommy Henrich's two run double to the right field gap sending Stirnweiss to third. Stirnweiss plated the tying run on Lindell's pinch-hit flyout to right. DiMaggio followed with a single to left center scoring Henrich from second base. The loss shadowed a stellar day at the plate for Ted Williams who went back over the .400 mark with five hits and five RBI.

On Thursday, DiMaggio homered in the tenth inning after Boston rallied to tie the game at four runs in the seventh. Bobby Doerr who has missed two weeks with a pulled hamstring led the rally with a RBI pinch-hit single. Boston threatened to rally as Ted Williams opened the bottom of the frame with a safety off Joe Page. Williams alertly took third base on a wild pitch from Page. Vern Stephens was retired, and Sam Mele lined to 2B Stirnweiss who stabbed at the drive, and fired the ball to third to nip Williams for a game-ending double play.

  
                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 -  R   H   E
New York             0  0  3  0  3  3  0  0  6 - 15  19   5 
Boston               0  0  0  0  9  2  0  3  0 - 14  21   0 


New York              AB  R  H BI  Avg  Boston                AB  R  H BI  Avg
S Stirnweiss 2B        5  2  3  1 .257  D DiMaggio CF          6  1  2  1 .258
T Henrich 1B           6  3  4  2 .380  J Pesky 3B             6  3  4  1 .277
H Bauer LF             3  2  1  1 .150  T Williams LF          6  2  5  5 .405
 J Lindell PH LF       1  0  0  1 .385  V Stephens SS          6  2  1  1 .319
J DiMaggio CF          5  1  3  3 .356  W Moses RF             4  2  2  0 .323
Y Berra RF             6  1  2  3 .333  B Goodman 1B           4  1  4  1 .383
B Brown 3B             5  2  3  0 .305  B Tebbetts C           5  1  1  4 .266
P Rizzuto SS           5  2  2  3 .223  B Hitchcock 2B         4  1  1  0 .257
G Niarhos C            4  1  1  0 .239  J Kramer P             1  0  0  0 .161
V Raschi P             2  0  0  0 .236   S Spence PH           2  1  1  0 .290
 A Reynolds P          1  0  0  0 .174   B Ferriss P           1  0  0  0 .216
 R Embree P            1  0  0  0 .217   J Jones PH            1  0  0  0 .250
 C Keller PH           0  1  0  1 .290   E Caldwell P          0  0  0  0 .000
 J Page P              0  0  0  0 .421   E Johnson P           0  0  0  0 .167
                      -- -- -- --                             -- -- -- --
Totals                44 15 19 15       Totals                46 14 21 13
 
 
New York                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
V Raschi                  4.1  11   8   6   2   2  25   0   4   1   0  3.33
A Reynolds                1.1   5   3   1   0   0   8   0   1   0   0  3.96
R Embree (W 3-3)          2.1   4   3   2   1   0  12   0   0   0   1  4.00
J Page (Sv 15)            1.0   1   0   0   0   0   4   0   0   0   0  4.11
Totals                    9.0  21  14   9   3   2  49   0   5   1   1 
 
Boston                     IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
J Kramer                  5.0   9   6   6   3   0  26   0   2   1   1  4.85
B Ferriss                 3.0   5   3   3   0   0  14   0   3   1   0  3.00
E Caldwell                0.1   3   5   5   2   0   6   0   0   0   0 12.37
E Johnson (L 7-8)         0.2   2   1   1   0   0   4   0   1   0   0  4.98
Totals                    9.0  19  15  15   5   0  50   0   6   2   1 
 
 
Left On Base: New York 8, Boston 8 
Double Plays: New York 2, Boston 0 
Doubles: D DiMaggio (31); T Henrich 3(49); H Bauer (1); T Williams (38); 
     V Stephens (28); Y Berra (24); B Goodman 2(32); B Brown (17) 
Triples: Y Berra (10); B Tebbetts (1); G Niarhos (1) 
Home Runs: T Williams (28); P Rizzuto (5) 
RBIs: S Stirnweiss (44); D DiMaggio (51); T Henrich 2(76); J Pesky (59); 
     H Bauer (1); T Williams 5(110); J Lindell (51); V Stephens (148); 
     J DiMaggio 3(124); Y Berra 3(70); B Goodman (67); B Tebbetts 4(52); 
     P Rizzuto 3(43); C Keller (29) 
Stolen Bases: none 
Caught Stealing: D DiMaggio (2) 
Hit by Pitch: none 
Ground into Double Play: B Tebbetts (16) 
 
Notes: 
D DiMaggio has hit in 11 straight games

DUROCHER'S GIANTS FLATTEN DODGERS AGAIN.
New York, Sept 10 - Leo Durocher and his Giants struck revenge yet again for the former Flatbush pilot with a double header sweep of the Dodgers. Durocher has won five of the the seven games against his former club including a three game sweep at Ebbets Field where the Bums were embarrassed by scores of 19-4 and 16-3 earlier this month. This time, the Polo Grounders rallied for a late inning stinging victory. Whitey Lockman, author of a 17 game hit streak thusfar, doubled home two runs with two outs for the win.

John Mize who moved past Stan Musial this week in home runs hit his major league leading 33rd circuit clout. Musial has lost his lead in the triple crown categories as Philadelphia's Del Ennis leads the National League with 105 RBI as Mize and Musial stand at 99 RBI. Musial still leads the National League with no competition in the batting crown with a .395 average.

Boston maintains its three and a half lead over the Cardinals despite not playing since the twin bill sweep against Brooklyn on Labor Day. Rain postponed yesterday's game at Philadelphia as the Braves are scheduled to play double headers on Saturday and Sunday to make up the lost games. With the extra rest thanks to the rain, aces Warren Spahn and Johnny Sain are slated to open the first twin bill at Shibe Park. In other games, Howie Pollet (12-7) dazzled the Cincinnati Reds with a five hit shutout. Enos Slaughter gave Pollet all the support he needed with a first inning grand slam, his 15th home run of the season.

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 -  R   H   E
Brooklyn             0  0  0  1  1  0  2  0  0 -  4   8   0 
New York             0  0  0  0  2  0  0  2  2 -  6  10   1 


Brooklyn              AB  R  H BI  Avg  New York              AB  R  H BI  Avg
M Rackley CF           5  1  1  0 .333  J Lohrke 2B            4  0  0  0 .268
J Robinson 2B          5  1  2  2 .243  W Lockman CF           5  1  2  4 .293
G Hermanski RF         4  1  1  0 .305  S Gordon 3B            3  1  2  1 .295
G Shuba LF             4  0  3  1 .305  J Mize 1B              4  1  1  1 .256
B Edwards C            3  0  0  0 .271  W Marshall RF          4  0  1  0 .314
P Reese SS             4  0  1  1 .270  D Mueller LF           4  0  1  0 .382
G Hodges 1B            3  0  0  0 .232  W Westrum C            1  1  0  0 .154
E Miksis 3B            4  0  0  0 .207   W Cooper C            2  0  0  0 .293
R Branca P             2  0  0  0 .243  R Rhawn SS             3  2  1  0 .167
 A Vaughan PH          0  1  0  0 .245  A Hansen P             2  0  1  0 .231
 P Minner P            1  0  0  0 .231   K Trinkle P           1  0  1  0 .308
                      -- -- -- --                             -- -- -- --
Totals                35  4  8  4       Totals                33  6 10  6
 
 
Brooklyn                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
R Branca                  6.0   5   2   2   3   4  24   0   1   0   0  3.34
P Minner (L 1-4)          2.2   5   4   4   2   0  14   0   0   0   3  3.07
Totals                    8.2  10   6   6   5   4  38   0   1   0   3 
 
New York                   IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
A Hansen                  6.2   8   4   3   3   1  31   0   2   0   0  2.52
K Trinkle (W 5-10)        2.1   0   0   0   0   0   7   0   0   0   0  5.14
Totals                    9.0   8   4   3   3   1  38   0   2   0   0 
 
 
Left On Base: Brooklyn 7, New York 6 
Double Plays: Brooklyn 2, New York 1 
Doubles: M Rackley (12); P Reese (27); R Rhawn (3) 
Triples: none 
Home Runs: W Lockman (13); S Gordon (26); J Mize (33) 
RBIs: J Robinson 2(61); W Lockman 4(55); S Gordon (95); G Shuba (23); 
     J Mize (99); P Reese (67) 
Stolen Bases: B Edwards (2) 
Caught Stealing: none 
Hit by Pitch: none 
Ground into Double Play: J Lohrke (3); G Hermanski (6); W Westrum (2) 
 
Notes: 
W Lockman has hit in 17 straight games, his longest of the season

• Hoot Evers' 8th home run of the season off Gene Bearden in the 10th inning gave the Tigers a 6-5 win and series victory at Cleveland. Pat Mullin's three-run clout, his 16th, tied the game in the 7th. Art Houtteman notched his sixth victory in relief of Dizzy Trout and Virgil Trucks.
• The Yankees strengthened for the stretch drive by calling up OF Hank Bauer from their Kansas City faarm. Bauer, a right-handed hitter, was expected to spell Yogi Berra against southpaw pitching. Bauer came up with a Kansas City record of .305 for the 1948 season. He hit 23 homers, drove in 100 runs and stole 26 bases. Bauer has only been in baseball for three years. He started with Quincy in 1946, and went to Kansas City in 1947.
• If the Indians fail to win the pennant this season, they can blame it on the failure to follow Lou Boudreau's slogan of early in the season to "beat the bums". The bums, including second-division Browns and White Sox failed to play "dead dog" for Boudreau's troops. Cleveland has winning records against all clubs except Boston, but only a 9-9 record vs. St. Louis and 11-9 vs. Chicago.

• Outfielder Jim Russell will probably not rejoin the Braves this season. Russell, suffering from a heart ailment, has been confined to a hospital in Charlerol, Pa. and officials at the hospital indicated he must remain there for another month.
• When Boston critics continued to criticize manager Billy Southworth for not keeping Jeff Heath in the lineup when the Braves faced southpaw pitching. The Tribe pilot put him in the game against Ken Heintzelman of the Phillies on September 5. Heath answered with a two-run triple in the 11-4 loss.