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Show Boston Proves Happy Surprise By SID FKDER Associated Press Sports Writer Riding high on the atrength of their batting might, the New York Yankee' murderers' row had little irouoiv iinisning 13 games In front in their pennant chase during the season, largely because be-cause the rest of the American league fell apart at their approach. Their neighbors across the Harlem, Har-lem, the Giants, found the going tougher, but once they climbed into the saddle, there was no stopping t tarn -I, them. This br-ame br-ame particularly Collins apparent when the la.it of a long series of injuries deprived the Chicago Chi-cago Cubs of their first baseman. Rip Collins, In early August, definitely def-initely confining the Cubs to second place. The Giants wound up with a 4-1 win over their best-hated pals, the Brooklyn Dodgers, yesterday. An injury also took whatever fight there was In the Detroit Tigers. When an accidental bean-ball bean-ball fractured Mickey Cochrane s skull and removed him permanently from the playing scene, a large part of th Tiger strength was gone. Otherwise, the fine showing of Jimmy Dykes' Chicago White Sox In upartting the dope hy winding up third In the American league, finishing with a 2-0, 7-3 double-header double-header win over the laat-place Hrowna Sunday, atood out in the American league. But th major Job of rooling the expert was turned in by the Boston Bees and Manager Bill McKechnie. rated a seventh or eighth place outfit, out-fit, they finished Just a game out of fourth place on th strength of two 30-gams pitching rookies, Lou Fette, who hit the 20-mark yesterday yester-day with a 6-0 shutout over th Phillies, Phil-lies, and Jim Turner. The National league cellar was "won" by the year's biggest bust, the Cincinnsti Reds, who absorbed a 4-3, 4-0 .twin defeat at the hands of the Pirates yesterday, winding up the nightmare their preseason dream had become. Th edouble win marked the twenty-first victory the Buc scored over the Reds during the year, equaling a major league dream had become. The double win record. The Cardinals, minus Diisy Dean, who waa or no use after having a hand In the National - league'a loaa to the American leaguers In the all-atar game, Juat made fourth plac, dropping their finale to the Cuba, 4-4. Boston's Red Sox sgaln were the "gold flops" for Tom Yawkey, and finished fifth. Their finsle was a 6-1 beating at the hands of the Ysnks yesterday) featuring Joe Di-Maggio's Di-Maggio's homer with til bases loaded. Cleveland's Indians again were a disappointment, and rode in with fourth place. Johnny Allen, who had won 15 straight sines recovering from illness, dropped the season's windup, 1-0, yesterday to the one-hit pitching of Jake Wade for the Tigers. Washington's Senators snd the Athletics, neither of whi?h was ever in the race, split their last double-header, double-header, the A's taking the first game, 5-4, and losing the second, 4-3.. |