Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-08-22 | Page 20 | Clutch Hitting Cripples

J CLUTCH HITTING CRIPPLES CRIPP ES Third Str Straight Victory Puts Puts' Seals Near Top PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE EAGUE W. W L L. Pct Pet GB Los Angeles Angelez 81 81 64 San Francisco Francis o 76 68 4 4 Oakland 72 72 69 7 Portland 72 69 7 S Seattle attle 71 74 10 San Diego 68 76 12 Hollywood 67 77 13 Sacramento 67 61 77 71 13 By United Press San Francisco hobbled d back into the Pacific a Coast league flag race Friday Manager Lefty O-DOul's O maimed S Seals als still struggling to Ito retain their championship despite a a lineup lineup lineup line line- up l loaded with cripples and substitutes substitutes sub sub- once again were blossomIng blossoming blossoming blossom blossom- ing out with the clutch hitting and extra base stick work that made them an nn odds odds- odds on n favorite Jn Iri the early stages of the 1947 campaign n. n And Arid as they won their third straight vIctor victory from tram Hollywood Thursday y night 7 10 they soared back within four and a 8 hal half games of or setting pace Los Angeles the Angeles the closest they have been in five weeks b But the swashbuckling Oakland Acorns corns another battered and bruised club grabbed a n large as assist assist assist as- as on the Seals' Seals advance They dusted off of Los Angeles 8 2 for two in a row row over the Angels AngelL The line scores R. R n. n E B m I Angles Angelis oOl- oOl 2 lA 13 0 Oakland 8 8 11 1 PleasIng Baker 8 5 and Malone Malon Semi Saml 8 Bearden and San Ban Francisco 10 10 10 11 ii 0 Hollywood T 7 70 30 10 i iLien 2 Lien Rosso 8 and Gladd Hufford C 5 Seward C 5 Paynter 8 and r. r San flan Ditto S Oo- Oo 9 14 11 2 Seattle In We 2 2 2 7 1 1 Slats it anI and anal Kerr rr Rlee VT 1 7 Mann tann olanD B fleas u. ns- ns I ly Icy C 8 8 8 and Su Sueme m s cr m nto nOI onn ona 1 i 10 in i l' l Portland 3 3 6 6 0 Holcomb lc Smith h 7 and Fitzgerald d lri ka and enS I I 1