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...famous infielder started his professional baseball career with Haverhill of the old Eastern League immediately upon graduating from high school Connie Mack picked up the youngster, then a shortstop, and put him at first base, where he played with four Philadelphia pennant-winning team...
Manager Y. Boss. The Indians fought their way into their first World Series since 1920 with a team that the experts had not regarded as the pennant-winning kind. The outfield is weak and the infield revolves around one splendid star-Shortstop Boudreau. One of the handful of college players in the majors, he still has the old college...
Hustling Heath. Billy Southworth's Braves didn't seem quite the pennant type, either. Said one rival National League manager: "They wait around until you boot a ball or make a wild throw, and then you're cooked. Not an exciting team to watch . . . looks deadpan. But it hustles." Southworth had kept them hustling, even after they had cinched the pennant, so as not to lose their fighting edge. Last week, hustling in a game with Brooklyn that didn't matter, hard-hitting Outfielder Jeff Heath broke his ankle sliding into home plate, and was lost...
INDIANS WIN PENNANT...
Cloveland's batting Indians loosed a searing home run barrage behind fivehit pitching by Lefty Gene Bearden to crush the Boston Red Sex, 8 to 3, yesterday in a "sudden death" play off for the American League pennant...