Show Win As Wilson Sparkles By y LA TON LAWTON CARVER INS Sports Editor i NEW YORK Aug 12 When 12 When you see sea a club like the Boston Red Sox trailing along 15 games behind the New York Yankees and two behind the second place I Cleveland Indians you get a clearer idea of how much preparation preparation preparation prepa prepa- ration work and finally luck goes into making a pennant win win- ner In hitting and fielding the Red Sox rank with the best They are backed by the millions of ot owner Tom Yawkey and they are well handled afield by Joe Cronin But too often their pitching is a stark dreary contrast to the kind they got yesterday when they stopped the Yankees 8 Shortcomings Apparent They have never been able to assemble the kind of a mound staff needed to complement their excellence in other departments and when they get a hit four-hit performance such as Jack Wilson turned in against the Yankees yesterday their shortcomings are made all the more apparent Give the Sox a couple of de dependable dependable dependable de- de hurlers and they would be up there making a fight for forthe forthe forthe the pennant and possibly winning winning winning win win- ning it They can make the runs with an array of hitters topped off by the redoubtable Ted Williams Williams Williams Wil Wil- liams and his average but butmore butmore butmore more often than otherwise find that their own scoring is nullified by the opposition teeing off against the Sox Wilson came back from a long to allow the Yankees only four singles with his knuckle ball A home run Fun by Cronin and an another another another an- an other by Dom Bom DiMaggio helped him to his his' victory The Indians were idle so they gained only a half game on the league leaders Scrap Marks 1 Game In the only other games in the circuit the Chicago White Sox beat the St St. Louis Browns 9 14 then lost to that club by 10 3 Highlight of the double bill was wasa a fracas among the players resulting re resulting resulting re- re in the banishment of Pitcher Elden Auker and Infielder Infielder Infielder In- In fielder Alan Strange of the Browns and First Baseman Joe Kuhel of the Sox The National league race re remained remained remained re- re all locked up with the Brooklyn Dodgers still three percentage percentage percentage per per- points ahead of the St. St Louis Cardinals Both clubs won the Dodgers trouncing the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Giants 7 15 and St. St Louis downing Chicago 7 The Philadelphia Phillies completed completed completed com com- the days day's program by downing L the Boston Braves 6 |