| Show Phi sf Yanks Blow to Clinch I I T J F 1 41 yi 1 1 T rt y c t F J r Y 4 J r y f T AP Flying Cut D Down own at the Plate Eddie Stank New eu York Giants' Giants hustling second cond baseman haseman loses his cap but reaches for lor home plate as And Andy Phils' Phils catcher ta tags s him out nut in the third Inning of the tho first game between the the- two teams The Giants went on to sweep a header double from front the tho Phils 0 I 1 Iwo wo Game tn Of Pe n Ry fly Ralph Roden A Associated Tress tresi Spurt Writer So near and yet so 50 far i Both the Philadelphia Phillies in inthe Inthe inthe the National and the New York Yankees in the American arc are within two victories of a world series meeting but the road is strewn with glass The Yanks and the Phils have havea a chance to end it all Thursday but the task is not as easy as It appears on paper New York can clinch with the help of the St. St Louis Browns The Yanks will have to beat the Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phil Phil- adelphia Athletics and the Browns must cooperate by downing the Detroit Tigers in order to assure New York of its pennant Lots Lists of Possibilities The Phils can nail noli down their first flag since 1915 by taking a header double-header from the tough New York Giants The Phillies can also win if they split with the Giants while the Brooklyn Dodgers divide with Boston or if the Dodgers Dodt- Dodt ers lose a header double-header to the Braves Heres Here's the picture In both leagues American League W V L Pct Pet GB GL New York 96 55 3 Detroit 93 57 2 4 National League lIe Philadelphia 90 DO 60 4 Brooklyn n r 85 63 4 6 Bot Both h the Yanks and Phils missed opportunities Wednesday to take lake charge The Yanks fumbled a chance to assure themselves of no worse than a tie by dropping an 8 7 decision to the Athletics while the Tigers nosed out St. St Louis 5 54 The Phils an opportunity opportunity opportunity to clinch the pennant by dropping a header double-header to the Giants 8 7 in 10 innings s and losing losing losing los los- ing 5 The Dodgers divided with the Braves winning the opener 9 6 but losing the nightcap 4 42 A Philly sweep and the flag would have been in the bag Two Run Homer Sam Chapman doomed the Yanks by banging a two-run two homer I off Whitey Ford in the ninth inning to win the game The loss was Fords Ford's first compared to nine victories The As A's rolled up a 5 1 lead during durin during dur dur- I in ing the first six innings s for sore- sore armed Joe Coleman The roof fellin fell fellin fellin in on Coleman in the seventh when the Yanks scored six runs to take a 7 5 lead Yogi Berra knocked in three runs with his homer and second of the game Johnny Mize completed the uprising with his homer The As A's got one back in their half to set the stage for Chapmans Chapman's winning game-winning clout The Tigers scored four runs in inthe inthe inthe the sixth inning three on a homer by Pat Mullin 1 to take a 4 1 lead against St. St Louis but Art Houtteman Houtte- Houtte man seeking his victory couldn't hold it Houtteman was knocked out in the ninth when the Browns squared matters The Tigers came back to win in the thelast thelast thelast last half when Hoot Evers flied Clied out with the bases loaded to score Johnny Groth Rally Hally Fails Fail The Giants piled up a 7 2 lead over the Phils but the Whiz Kids tied lied it up with five runs in the el eighth only to lose in the tenth when Al Dark singled home Monte 1 Irvin from second base Jim Hearn shut out the Phils on seven hits in the finale to win his game and ninth without a loss to Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia Phila Phila- delphia in n his career The Dodgers pulled the opener out over Boston with a run four-run inning eighth-inning rally that Gil Hodges featured with a three-run three homer The Braves won the nightcap when Bob Elliott cracked a grand slam homer In the sixth off Erv Palica Washington eliminated the third- third place Boston Red Sox by sweeping a header double-header at Fenway park 2 0 and 6 3 behind Con Marrero 1 and Gene Bearden In other games Bob Feller shut shutout shutout shutout out the Chicago White Sox 7 to 0 for Cleveland Pittsburgh trounced the Chicago Cubs 7 4 and the St. St Louis Cardinals blanked Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincinnati Cincin Cincin- nati 1 0 behind Harry Brecheen's three three-h three i t ter |
