TRIBE ROLLS PAST SOX FOR AL LEAD, 11-4.
Cleveland, July 31 - Bob Feller won his tenth game of the seaaon as the Cleveland Indians secured first place in the American League with an 11-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox before 26,165 at Muncipal Stadium. Cleveland took an early 4-1 lead on Eddie Robinson's two-run double and extended their lead in the fourth on Allie Clark's fourth horme run of the season. Manager Lou Boudreau continued his excellent hitting with a circuit clout of his own, raising his average to .414 with two months remaning in the campaign. Feller was not particularly sharp this afternoon as the Beantowners solved Rapid Robert with nine hits, including three doubles, but left eleven men stranded without the benefit of that key run scoring hit. Boston will have to rebound as they start this three week western road trip which began with a series loss in Detroit. The Sox did win the series opener here 9-5 on Mel Parnell's ninth victory. Another team on a western trip, the defending champion Yankees, have silently made their way back into the pennant struggle with a four game win streak which was snapped yesterday in Chicago. Nevertheless, the Bombers remain only two games out while the Tigers and Mackmen have dropped back.

                     1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 -  R   H   E
Boston               0  1  1  1  0  0  0  1  0 -  4  11   0
Cleveland            0  4  0  2  0  0  5  0  x - 11  14   2


Boston                AB  R  H BI  Avg  Cleveland             AB  R  H BI  Avg
D DiMaggio CF          4  0  2  0 .244  L Doby CF              4  2  3  2 .303
J Pesky 3B             4  1  1  1 .266  A Clark RF             4  1  2  3 .302
T Williams LF          5  0  2  1 .379   E Klieman P           1  0  0  0 .000
V Stephens SS          5  0  0  0 .294  D Mitchell LF          5  1  2  0 .291
B Doerr 2B             4  1  2  0 .309  K Keltner 3B           3  1  0  0 .229
S Spence RF            4  0  0  0 .259  J Gordon 2B            5  1  2  1 .251
B Goodman 1B           4  2  3  1 .391  L Boudreau SS          3  2  2  1 .414
B Tebbetts C           4  0  1  0 .278  E Robinson 1B          4  2  2  3 .256
J Dobson P             3  0  0  0 .113  J Hegan C              3  1  1  1 .250
 E Johnson P           0  0  0  0 .118  B Feller P             2  0  0  0 .100
                                         H Edwards PH RF       2  0  0  0 .281
                      -- -- -- --                             -- -- -- --
Totals                37  4 11  3       Totals                36 11 14 11


Boston                     IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
J Dobson (L 12-8)         6.0  10   7   7   3   6  30   0   1   1   2  4.36
E Johnson                 2.0   4   4   4   2   1  11   0   1   0   0  5.43
Totals                    8.0  14  11  11   5   7  41   0   2   1   2

Cleveland                  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
B Feller (W 10-8)         6.0   9   3   2   3   4  30   0   3   0   0  3.68
E Klieman (Sv 3)          3.0   2   1   1   1   1  12   0   0   0   0  2.91
Totals                    9.0  11   4   3   4   5  42   0   3   0   0


Left On Base: Boston 11, Cleveland 6
Double Plays: Boston 1, Cleveland 0
Doubles: L Doby (13); T Williams (18); B Goodman (19); B Tebbetts (18);
     E Robinson (7)
Triples: D Mitchell (4)
Home Runs: A Clark (4); L Boudreau (15)
RBIs: L Doby 2(33); J Pesky (39); A Clark 3(23); T Williams (62);
     J Gordon (65); B Goodman (35); L Boudreau (68); E Robinson 3(55);
     J Hegan (28)
Stolen Bases: none
Caught Stealing: none
Hit by Pitch: none
Ground into Double Play: none 

BOSTON SHOCKS REDBIRDS WITH FINAL FRAME UPRISING.
Boston, July 31 - Jeff Heath's opposite field single to left scored Alvin Dark to complete one of the most stunning rallies of the 1948 campaign as Boston overcame a 9-4 deficit wiht a six run outburst in the ninth inning. Dark tied the game with a one out double scoring Salkeld and McCormick. Fireman Ted Wilks appeared to escape trouble as he induced Torgenson into a grounder to Dusak at second with the infield in. Dusak threw promptly to Rice who caught Holmes in a rundown. As Holmes was eventually tagged out, Dark advanced to third. Bob Elliott, perfect on the afternoon, drew a walk which set the stage for Heath. Elliott raised his average to .257 which is a full 51 points higher than that at the beginning of July. The Warriors have stayed in the pennant chase with their sluggers hitting woes, and if he can get back in stride, they may leave the rest of the league behind. The setback could be a death knell for the Dyermen as they have dropped four in a row and two games back of Boston on this eastern road trip. The Redbirds will not return home until August 18 so this trip is critical. For the 31,811 Bostonians in attendance, this was a game their team had to win. The Braves slapped out twenty hits yet stranded fourteen on the bases. Perhaps it should not have come to a dramatic rally, but perhaps this rally will be remembered as the turning point of a pennant season.

                    1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 -  R   H   E
St. Louis            0  1  2  1  4  1  0  0  0 -  9  14   0
Boston               1  0  0  1  1  0  1  0  6 - 10  20   0


St. Louis             AB  R  H BI  Avg  Boston                AB  R  H BI  Avg
E Dusak 2B             5  1  1  1 .177  T Holmes RF            6  0  2  1 .333
M Marion SS            4  2  2  0 .250  A Dark SS              6  3  3  2 .340
S Musial RF            5  2  3  2 .396  E Torgeson 1B          6  0  1  0 .279
W Kurowski 3B          4  0  0  1 .227  B Elliott 3B           5  3  5  1 .257
E Slaughter LF         4  1  1  0 .306  J Heath LF             6  1  3  3 .320
N Jones 1B             5  2  3  1 .304  C Conatser CF          4  1  2  1 .243
T Moore CF             4  1  1  2 .209  P Masi C               4  0  0  0 .270
D Rice C               3  0  3  2 .212  C Ryan 2B              2  0  1  1 .224
A Brazle P             4  0  0  0 .154   B Salkeld PH          1  1  1  1 .290
 G Staley P            0  0  0  0 .214  W Spahn P              1  0  0  0 .217
 T Wilks P             0  0  0  0 .077   F McCormick PH        1  0  0  0 .280
                                         R Barrett P           0  0  0  0 .111
                                         S Sisti PH            1  0  1  0 .228
                                         C Shoun P             1  0  0  0 .167
                                         M McCormick PH        1  1  1  0 .336
                      -- -- -- --                             -- -- -- --
Totals                38  9 14  9       Totals                45 10 20 10


St. Louis                  IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
A Brazle                  7.1  12   4   4   4   3  37   0   1   0   0  3.96
G Staley                  1.0   4   4   4   0   0   7   0   2   0   0  5.31
T Wilks (L 7-5)           0.1   4   2   2   1   0   6   0   0   0   0  3.64
Totals                    8.2  20  10  10   5   3  50   0   3   0   0

Boston                     IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO BFP  HB   D   T  HR   ERA
W Spahn                   4.0   5   4   4   2   1  19   0   4   0   1  3.72
R Barrett                 2.0   6   5   5   1   0  12   0   1   1   1  3.53
C Shoun (W 4-2)           3.0   3   0   0   1   0  11   0   0   0   0  4.58
Totals                    9.0  14   9   9   4   1  42   0   5   1   2


Left On Base: St. Louis 6, Boston 14
Double Plays: St. Louis 0, Boston 3
Doubles: M Marion (11); B Elliott (16); J Heath (15); N Jones 2(18);
     C Conatser (5); T Moore (6); D Rice (5)
Triples: N Jones (3)
Home Runs: E Dusak (2); S Musial (27)
RBIs: E Dusak (14); T Holmes (48); A Dark 2(15); S Musial 2(65);
     W Kurowski (25); B Elliott (68); J Heath 3(53); N Jones (68);
     C Conatser (17); T Moore 2(14); D Rice 2(26); C Ryan (9);
     B Salkeld (24)
Stolen Bases: none
Caught Stealing: none
Hit by Pitch: none
Ground into Double Play: S Musial (13); W Kurowski (4); A Brazle (1)

Notes:
B Elliott has hit in 11 straight games, his longest of the season

• "The Babe Ruth Story", a motion picture with William Bendix as the Babe got a sneak peek preview at the Fifty-Eighth RKO Theatre in New York on July 21, and the cheers indicated the film will be a big success. National League President Ford Frick attended the premier.
• The strange case of Phil Marchildon, the Jekyll-Hyde pitcher for the Athletics, who looks like a million dollars one day and a bum the next, has been solved. According to his teammates, the pitcher is suffering from germs he absorbed in a German prison camp during the war. These germs, now becoming active in his system again, have affected his intestinal tract, disturbed his digestion and weakened his resistance. "He's a pretty sick boy," said one of the players. "Why Doc (team physician Dr. Gopadze) can't even treat him with pencillin. It has no effect on him." Marchildon, as a member of the Canadian Air Force, was a prisoner of war for 11 months in a German camp. His emotional, not physical, trauma from the experience affected his pitching after the war. His problems are well chronicled in Daniel Peavy's "We Played the Game" and Marchildon's biography, "Ace".

• Brooklyn recalled pitcher Carl Erskine from Fort Worth, and optioned pitcher Harry Taylor to St. Paul. Taylor was 4-3 in 14 appearances but he will look to regain his control as he had walked 45 while striking out only 17 in over 70 innings of work. Erskine has 15 games this season in the Texas League, but made a lackluster debut on July 27 with three runs surrendered in one inning in Brooklyn's 7-1 loss to the Cardinals. The twenty year old may have suffered a case of nerves as he issued three free passes as was not helped by his defense as Pee Wee Reese commited one of three Flatbush errors on the day.
• Pitcher Larry Jansen of the New York Giants really put a hot hitter out of commission when he struck Frankie Baumholtz of the Reds above the right elbow with a pitched ball on July 19. The injury was so painful Baumholtz was taken to Christ Hospital in Cincinnati for X-rays. The results were negative, and Baumholtz was out for a week before returning to right field in the Reds' double header split vs. Philadelphia on July 25.