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...surprised, but Yankee rooters were unhappy. Their team last week:1) topped the Detroit Tigers 2-to-1 in 14 innings to win the American League pennant, their seventh since 1935; 2) convinced even die-hards that they will have to pick up speed by next week to take the World Series from the National League's young, speed-merchant St. Louis Cardinals...
...Yanks were tense and tired. Their hitting, never brilliant, was seriously off. The American League race had been a misnomer from August on, but this team had taken longer to nail down the pennant than any Yankee club since 1922. The only really bright spot was the pitching...
Great Day. A black pennant, the designated symbol of surrender, flew from the highest mast of each ship when the Italia, Vittorio Veneto, five of the cruisers and four of the destroyers passed the British destroyer Hambledon off Malta. Aboard the Hambledon were two interested observers: General Eisenhower and Admiral Sir Andrew Browne Cunningham, naval victor of the Mediterranean. A.P. Correspondent Clark Lee, who was also aboard the Hambledon, got the impression that Admiral Cunningham would have admired the Italians more if they had been at battle stations, fighting it out. But, said the Admiral...
Great Victory. By this week, at Malta and other ports, five of Italy's six remaining battleships, at least seven cruisers and 26 other warships had put in under the black pennant. One of them was Italy's only seaplane carrier. (The Italians have no regular carriers.) Italian submarines were popping up every...
...Branch Rickey calls a team "dangerous" when it is good enough to win games, not good enough to win the pennant. The condition is dangerous because it is comfortable, lulling...