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1948 Baseball Game Broadcasts - Cleveland Vs Boston
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1948 Baseball Game Broadcasts - Cleveland Vs Boston
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Mel Allen
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Jim Britt
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Mel Allen
the makers of Alka Seltzer and one a Day vitamins, the makers of Robin Hood flour and the makers of Philip Collard cigarettes will be delayed until immediately after the game. We take you now to Braves Field in Boston. Look sharp, heel sharp feet sharp. Use Gillette blue blades with the sharpest edges ever honed. Gillette's Cavalcade of Sports is on the air from Braves field in Boston, Massachusetts. Gillette presents the World Series for the 10th consecutive year. Good afternoon baseball fans everywhere. This is Mel Allen with Jim Britt greeting you for the gillette Safety Racer Co. As the Cleveland Indians and Boston Braves get set for the opening game of the 1948 Championship Classic. Fans for the tops in sports, tune in Gillette's Campbellcade of Sports the year round. Every Friday night, Gillette broadcasts the major boxing bout of the week for the fistic fancy coast to coast. Also as they occur, Gillette airs leading events of turf, diamond and gridiron. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, it's been said many times in jest that the country could or should be given back to the Indians. Well today that quip has taken on an aura of reality for America truly has been taken by the Redskins, the Cleveland Indians and the Boston Braves. Many times have these warriors been to the well through the years, but it's been quite a long time between thirst punching pennant drafts. It was 1914 when the Boston Braves last headed the National League contingent. The dramatic surge from last place in mid summer to the top at curtain falling time. And then a spectacular sweep of a star studded Philadelphia Athletics team in the World Series. That's a story that has been repeated time, time after time after time. One of the greatest in baseball history, the warriors from the Lake Area reservation, the Cleveland Indians had gone hunting but wanting for an American league flag since 1920 when they knocked over the Brooklyn Dodgers in the Fall Classic. That was the series you remember, in which Wombie made that unassisted triple play. And so it's been 34 and 28 years respectively for these two clubs since they were last represented in this greatest of sports spectacles, the World Series. And today our wigwam is pitched on
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Jim Britt
the bank of the Charles river in
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Mel Allen
what has often been referred to as quaint or staid Old Boston. But you can take it from us friends that baseball fans in these parts are just as rabid and sportsmanlike as any you'll find anywhere at any time. I know you're interested in the weather. Perhaps many of you from coast to coast might have received reports from the many members of the various press, associations and newspapers who are here in attendance that there was prediction of rain. There was. Everyone expected that the rain would be coming down today and that there would be a postponement of the opening game of the World Series. But somehow or other the weatherman has cooperated to a great extent, at least thus far, since early this morning the sun was shining. However, at the moment the sun is not shining, but there are patches of blue around and about. There's a bit of a breeze blowing. It's somewhat cool, but not too cold. It's not quite cool enough for football weather almost and the ball players will be comfortable. The wind is blowing in from right field toward home plate at the present time, so that left handed full hitters will not be aided exactly by the wind. And we're going to give you the distances from home plate down the foul lines in a moment as we go about the ballpark and describe that for you. But let us say as we return to the weather that it looks as if we'll be able to get in nine innings without any trouble.
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Jim Britt
There.
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Mel Allen
There are a few clouds beginning to move into the blue, but it appears that we'll be able to play baseball all the way. As we look around Braves field, we look off to the left and when we look to the left from our broadcasting booth, that's down the left field line, out over the left field fence, over the New York Central railroad tracks, and we see Benner Harvard, the campus of Harvard University in the distance. And as we move around looking out across the center field fence where the Charles river floats by, we see Cambridge and Somerville, and off back of right field we see the skyline of downtown Boston. Getting back to Braves Field, the fans are being entertained at the moment by some antics on the playing field itself, as the Cleveland Indians at the moment are taking infield practice and warming up are the starting pitchers for today. Johnny Sane of the Boston Braves, sensational right hander. And for the Cleveland Indians, realizing a dream of a lifetime, one of the greatest names in the history of baseball, Bobby Feller. Just a moment ago we saw something that sent our mind spinning back through the years. Tris speaker was talking to Lou Boudreau Lou Boudreau, the wonderful, peppery, smart, great manager of the Cleveland Indians, was talking with Chris Baker, who managed the Cleveland ball Club in 1920, when Cleveland last won its pennant. We couldn't tell exactly what they were talking about, but you can imagine just about as well as we can. Chris is probably saying to Lou, just do the same thing, Lou, that you've been doing all year and you'll bring a World Series to Cleveland. A World Series championship, just as I had the good fortune to do back in 1920. On the other side, there's Billy Southworth, a veteran of many World Series campaigns. I remember broadcasting one World Series when Billy Southport entered as the underdog, just as he has entered the underdog in this series. Cleveland, the favored against the New York Yankees. It was in 1942, but with Johnny Beasley pitching sensational ball and the masterminding of another outstanding manager and a great handler of men and the keen strategist, Billy Southworth. The St. Louis Cardinals that year beat the Yankees in the World Series for an upset triumph. You never know what's going to happen in seven games, so why try to predict? All we can tell you is that around the hotels, wherever baseball men gather, there are those who predict anywhere from four to seven games. And that just about covers it all. Pitching is the big thing in any short series. Billy Southworth has Warren Spahn to back up Johnny Sane. Lou Budreau perhaps has a little more depth to back up Bob Feller. He has Gene Bearden and Bob Lemon. But you never know who might come out of the ranks to star in a short series. Somebody that you never expected, at least didn't anticipate to star. But on the other hand, these managers might have been grooming him over the past few weeks and they are tight lipped about it. So we'll just sit tight and watch what happens as the World Series unfolds between the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indians. There's another striking parallel here. Jeff Heath, who gained stardom in the major leagues with the Cleveland Indians, had the misfortune to break an ankle and leg in Brooklyn just a few days before the 1948 season ended. Jeff Heath, now with the Boston Braves, who was looking forward to playing in his first World Series and particularly against his old teammates. Dame Fortune did not see fit to smile on Jeff. However, he had a big smile himself. When Cleveland beat the Boston Red Sox in the playoff game at Fenway park, he went into the clubhouse, crutches and all, and congratulated the men with whom he had played. There have been others who have come along since with whom he did not play. And then he stuck up his leg that had the cast on it and said, boys, go ahead and autograph this for me. And the parallel goes back to a guy named Red smith from the 1914 team of the Boston Braves. That was that great team, you know, who came from last place around 4th of July to win the pennant. Red Smith broke his leg in similar fashion to Jeff Heath and against the same team against the Brooklyn Dodgers toward the end of the year and was unable to play in the series. And both of those men are out here today to watch the action. Jeff Heath, his heart, of course, pounding, his heartbroken to a degree because he can't play. And Redsmith there to comfort him, to tell him about his own experience. And then we saw Hank Gowdy a little while ago. Hank Gowdy is now with the New York Giants. And the fasty of coach was with that great braves team of 1914. And it's been wonderful just to watch all these men who have been invited by Mr. Lou Perini, owner of the Boston Braves. And a wonderful gesture. All the living members of the 1914 Braves team, the last to win the National League ballot at his invitation, have come to watch the World Series. But here are the lineups, ladies and gentlemen, for the Cleveland Indians, as we get ready for the more important business at hand. The start of the World Series. For the Cleveland Indians, it'll be Dale Mitchell leading off, playing left field, he hit.336 on the season. Larry Doby will hit second, play center field with a batting average of.301. Batting third, playing shortstop, will be the manager, lou Budrow, hitting at.355. In the cleanup spot will be Joe Gordon, no stranger to World Series play, but the first time that he has appeared in the fall classics since becoming a member of the Cleveland Indians. Batting at.279, playing second base, hitting fifth, is Kenny Kelper, hitting at.298, third base,
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Jim Britt
following him in the batting order, playing
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Mel Allen
right field, is Walter Judnick, who hit.257 on the season. Then comes Ed Robinson, first base, hit.252 on the year, batting eighth. And catching, Jim Hegan, who lives in Lynn, Massachusetts. Nearby here with a batting average of.248. And in the ninth spot in the batting order and pitching is Bronnie Feller for the host Boston Braves. Leading off, playing right field, Tommy Holmes, hitting at.325, hitting second, playing shortstop. One of the sensations of the year Alvin Dark, hitting at.322, batting third, playing first base. Torguson, hitting at.251 in the cleanup spot and playing third base last year, voted the Most Valuable Player in the national league. Elliott, hitting at.283.
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Jim Britt
Bob Elliott.
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Mel Allen
Marv Rickard will follow Elliott in the batting order. He received special permission to participate in the series after the injury to Jeff Heath, which reduced the outfielding strength of the Braves and was recalled in a hurry by manager Billy Southworth from Milwaukee. Marv Rickert, who at one time played in the major leagues with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Marv Rickert, hitting at.211. And then will come Bill Salkel, hitting at.244. During catching, Mike McCormick will play center field, hitting at.299. He once played in the World Series for the Cincinnati Reds. And the guy that played in the World Series last year, but with a different club. And he's going to start today. And it's going to be interesting to see that little pepper pot in action again. Eddie Stankey, second base, hitting at.315. And on the ninth spot in the batting order in pitching is Johnny Sain from Pine Bluff.
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Jim Britt
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Jim Britt
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Mel Allen
Now, ladies and gentlemen, a national anthem. And with Johnny Sane, that completes the lineup.
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Jim Britt
Then go the Boston Braves plotting out onto the field.
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Mel Allen
Ladies and gentlemen, the umpires back to the plate will be BAR of the National League. Summers of the American League at first base. Stewart of the National League at second base. Greave of the American League at third base. The alternates, Caparella of the American League will be stationed down the left field.
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Jim Britt
Line.
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Mel Allen
Left field, foul line. And Pinelli of the National League. Will be stationed down the right field foul line. And now it's with a great deal of pleasure that I introduce to you your play by play announcer for the first four and a half innings of today's game. A man who knows these Boston Braves real well. He broadcast their home games as well as those of the Boston Red Sox. Introduce you now, ladies and gentlemen, to Jim Britt.
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Jim Britt
Thank you, Mel. Good afternoon, everyone. John Sane is out on the mound, limbering up before throwing the initial pitch to left fielder Dale Mitchell. And Mel harder and Bill McKechnie are taking their posts in the coaches boxes at first base and third. But before the first game of this historic 1948 World Series gets underway, we pause 10 seconds for station identification. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. Back at Braves field, umpire George Barr is dusting off home plate. And he also is erasing the parallel lines of the batter's box so that they will in no way interfere with the whiteness of the outside corners on which many a pitch may hang. Dale Mitchell batted.336 for Cleveland during the regular season. He comes from normal, Oklahoma. He's the left fielder. There's a strong wind blowing in from the river, Charles. An east wind, we call him in Boston. And it will take a mighty wall up by a left hander to hit home run territory. Johnny Sane winds up. He takes his stride. The first pitch.
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Mel Allen
Ball outside.
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Jim Britt
Third baseman Bob Elliott broke for the plate, thinking Mitchell might try to drop down a bunch. The outfield's disposition is slightly to the left. The right side of the infield is in a bit. Sane winds up again. Here's the second pitch. And there's a drive to center field with Mike McCormick drifting to his own left waiting for it. One out. Mitchell lined out to Mike McCormack in left center field. In left field for the Braves, Marv Rickards, playing his first World Series for the Bostonians. As a matter of fact, very few of the Braves have had World Series experience. Eddie Sankey is the only one in the batting order who has seated in an active role. The great Cleveland center fielder, Larry Dobee of Norwalk, Ohio, has a batting average of.301 and he's a left hander. He stands just a little open in the left handed batter's box. He has great power, the outfielder straight away. Here's the pitch. High curveball, ball one. No strikes. Every seat, of course, is filled. The park has been sold out long since. Sane gets his sign from Sawkeld. He delivers. Ball two. Two and nothing. The two foul line umpires are standing just about 30ft from the right and left field fences. That was a move instituted by Commissioner Chandler. China's being called and one of the ushers is being told by Bill Summers to get off the playing field and get back in the confined area of the field boxes along the right field side. Two balls, no strikes. Elliott in fairly close. Here's the pitch and the curveball is high. Three and nothing. And the Braves partisans grow somewhat apprehensive. Down in the on deck area is the great Cleveland manager, Lou Boudreau. Doby sets himself with a pitch. It comes in for a strike called 3 and 1.
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Mel Allen
Sane, slowed up just a little through
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Jim Britt
a moderate speed pitch that was letter high. And Doby plants himself again. Now he takes a wide open stance, feet wide apart. Sets himself for the three. One pitch with one out.
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Mel Allen
Same pitches and there's a high pop foul.
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Jim Britt
Elliott is chasing it, but the wind blows it into the third base. Stands for a three and two count. Three balls, two strikes before the game. The great comedian, acrobat, contortionist of the Cleveland Indians, Jackie Price, gave a very interesting demonstration. Suspended by his legs from the bleacher wall, he caught fly balls and returned them. Three and two.
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Mel Allen
The count.
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Jim Britt
Confronting SE and Doby.
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Mel Allen
Here it is.
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Jim Britt
There's a high fly ball to right center field. Mike McCormick has scarcely to move for it. He waits and he takes it. Tony was 2/3 of the way to second base when the ball dropped into McCormack's glove. So the first two Cleveland batters, left fielder Dale Mitchell, center fielder Larry Dolby, have flied out to center fielder Mike McCormick. And the great Cleveland manager is up. Lou Boudreau, runner up to Ted Williams in the American League batting championship. He single handedly sparked his Indians to two rallies last Sunday. He teamed with Bearden, Keltner and company to beat the Red Sox in the playoff. His batting average was.355. He's a right hander. He's in his crouch. Here's the pitch. Strike called curveball. Letter high. Lou comes from Harvey, Illinois, and he was one of the greatest athletes the aligni ever produced.
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Mel Allen
Sane delivers outside.
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Jim Britt
One and one. One ball, one strike. The experts were just about even in their choice of whether or not Sane or Feller would be the winning pitcher in this battle of aces. Johnny winds up, strides, and there's a fly ball down the left field line. It's being chased by Rickert. And he takes it in foul territory. Just crossing the line. The foul ball hit the record. So Cleveland goes down in 1, 2, 3, first inning order. The score is nothing. Nothing. Fans. For a double header and shaving value, get heft to Gillette Blue Blades. They're double edged. For double economy, you get two shaving edges, not just one. What's more, they're the sharpest edges ever honed. The easiest shaving and longest lasting on earth. Bear in mind Gillette Blue Blades fit your Gillette razor exactly. The edges line up absolutely parallel and extend just the correct distance for smooth, easy shaving. Yes, for the slickest shaves in the book. Good looking refreshing shaves that really rake. Buy gillette blue blades 5 for a quarter, 10 for 49 or for extra convenience at no extra cost. Get them in the handy 20 blade Gillette dispenser for 98 cents. Remember, look sharp, feel sharp, be sharp. Use Gillette Blue Blades with the sharpest edges ever honed. So it was no runs, no hits, no errors. No one left for Cleveland in the first half of the first inning as Johnny Sam induced Mitchell Dobie and manager Lou Boudreau to fly out. Two of them to centerfield, the other just outside the foul line and left tomorrow. Rickard. Rickard, you know, was declared eligible because of the injury at Cathedral. Tommy Holmes. Thomas Kelly Holmes, Brooklyn born Boston Brave, will be the First Battery. He finished the regular playing season with a batting average of.325 and has long been regarded as one of the most difficult men to strike out in baseball. He's a left handed batter, he hits to all fields. Third baseman Ken Keltner is playing in fairly close. Mitchell is in left field, Goby in center and Judnick in right. The infield for the Indians. Robinson, Gordon, Boudreaux, Keltner. Bob Thor gets set to pitch to Jim Hegan. Here's the pitch, low and inside. He threw a fast curveball. It broke down near the ankles and the count is one ball. Billy Southworth is the coach at third base and Johnny Cooney, an old time pitcher with a famous hesitation delivery. A pitcher outfielder is coaching at first. One ball, no strikes, no score. As the Braves lead off batter. Holmes waits for the pitch. Ball two. Fastball outside two and nothing
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Mel Allen
commissioned.
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Jim Britt
Chandler's box is immediately to the right of the screen and misses. Boudreau is seated back of the Braves dugout. Misses. Southworth is seated back of the Braves dugout, naturally enough, and the Braves 1914 stars are here and so are some of the great old Clevelanders. Two balls, no strikes. Here's the pitch. Fastball caught the inside corner called strike two. And one. The umpires are positioned at first, second and third, back of the plate and on the two foul lines in the interest of accuracy. And the wind continues to blow in strongly from right center field. Holmes waggles his bat. Feller takes a big wind up. He fires one, and there's a drive at center field. Doby goes over to his own right, and he takes it. The ball was crisply hit, but it was an easy chance. Holmes flies to center, just as Mitchell did to lead off for the Indians. One man out. And the great young rookie shortstop of the Braves comes up. He is Alvin Dart, the former Louisiana State University star from Lake Charles, L.A. with a batting average of.322. He was largely responsible for the success of the Braves in the National League. And he drew high praise from rival managers and players alike. He stands almost straight away, feet wide apart. They play him fairly short in the outfield. Swing and a miss. Teller fired a fastball. This is his first look at Bob Feller, by the way, outside of the game he watched at Fenway park to decide the American League Championship on Monday. One strike to count. Feller takes that big wind up. He strides, pitches. And there's a butted foul down the third baseline, fielded by Billy Southworth. He decided to catch Ken Keltner napping, but the ball was fouled by about 10ft. The count is two strikes.
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Jim Britt
Called the attention of George Barr to the fact that Dark's right foot was not in the batter's box. But the umpire looked it over very carefully and indicated that it was one of the Cleveland coaches. Two strikes to count. No score. In the last half of the first inning of the 1948 World Series, Teller gets set. He pitches. And there's a foul ball into the right field pavilion. Two strikes, the count. Dark swung late on a fastball that was outside. Two strikes to count. One man out. Seller is studying the Sign given him by Jim Hegan. The infield is straight away. Here's the pitch. And there's a curveball that missed the outside corner. Teller stepped to his right and fired a crossfire. One ball, two strikes. The first four batters in this game have failed to hit for the Indians. Mitchell Doby and Boudreaux went out and Tommy Holmes lined to Doby to start the inning for the Braves. Now it is one and two on Dark. The pitch.
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Mel Allen
There's a ground ball that goes to Eddie Robinson.
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Jim Britt
Robinson decides to beat him in the race with the bag. And he does. Robinson had to slide into the bag at first base for the decision. Dark drowns out unassisted to Eddie Robinson on an extremely close play with Robinson sliding into the bag to beat Dark, who really got up speed as he neared first.
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Mel Allen
Two men out and Earl Ferguson up.
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Jim Britt
Snohomish Washington. Earl Averills first place had a batting average of.251 this year. He wears eyeglasses, as do some of the other players in the contest.
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Mel Allen
Two men out.
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Jim Britt
Mel Harder of Cleveland does. Joe Tucker of Cleveland also. Jorgeson wants the rosin bag and Bob Elliott, who was in the on deck area, throws it up to him. And then he steps back into the left handed batter's box again. Darks out was the first infield chance of the game. The first ground ball that was handled in fair territory. The first four men to face the pitchers went out on fly balls. Two men out.
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Mel Allen
Jorgerson sets himself.
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Jim Britt
And the first pitch is a curved strike called one strike to count. Feller is one of the all time greats of the game. He missed 19 victories this year. His record was 19 and 15. He takes a big wind up, delivers. And there's a foul ball grounded to the right of the plate and first base coach Johnny Cooney is fielding it. The count is two strikes. As Mel told you, the consensus varied all the way from a four game victory for the Cleveland Indians to a six game victory for the Boston Braves. A seven game contest. Even up. But in a short World Series, it's almost impossible to speculate accurately. In 1914, the Braves were underdogs, but they won four in a row. The first team ever to do it. Feller gets set. He throws. Strike three calls. He broke a curveball over the plates to strike out Torgerson. No runs, no hits, no errors and none left. Neither team has put a runner on in the first inning of play. George Farr comes back of the plate to get some fresh baseball. Phil Salkeld trots Out to his catching position. Billy Sopworth is a believer in the two platoon system. Consistently all season long he has thrown left handers and I guess right handers. An announcement is just being made calling the attention to the fact that 31 of the players in this World Series classic, 31 of the Indians and the Braves started under the American Legion Junior Baseball program. And here as guests of the Boston Braves and the Cleveland Indians today, are the 1948American League American Legion Junior National Champions. The Trenton, New Jersey team, they were all out on the field getting their fill of autographs. And who knows, many of them may someday be playing on this and on other major league fields. Because all told, about 200 major leaguers
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Mel Allen
got their start in the program.
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Jim Britt
Joe Gordon, the ex Yankee and the great Cleveland second baseman will come up. He's a Portland Oregonian with a batting average of.279. Regarded by many as one of the great second basemen of all time. He stands deep in the box. Johnny Sane throws the first pitch and it's a strike called. That caught the outside corner. Deltai here's the wind up the pitch.
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Mel Allen
Foul ball that's drifting into the first base.
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Jim Britt
Stands out of play in the counter strike two. Bill McKechnie is the coach at third base. Mel Harder is doing the coaching at first base. And Harder, by the way, was the batting practice pitcher for the Indians prior to game. The outfield is deep to the left with Gordon up. No score in the game and so far both pitchers have pitched. One, two, three. Baseball Saint is all set. He delivers. Strike called Strike three. A curveball that caught the outside corner. Gordon took it. So both Feller and Sain have a strikeout. Ken Keltner comes up.
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Mel Allen
Keltner put the skits under the Red
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Jim Britt
Sox last Monday with a three run home run that broke an existing one run tie and gave the Indians a 41 lead, which they never relinquished. He's from Milwaukee and has an average of.299. He's a hard hitting right hander. He lets the ball go by inside. One ball, a fastball. The outfield is still to the left with Keltner up. Here's the wind up by Sain. He pitches overhand and high. He threw a fastball. The count is two and nothing. One man out on the second inning. Third baseman Bob Elliott plays in as he should, about 10ft inside the line. Keltner sets himself for the pitch. And he takes a strike. A curveball. Two balls, one strike to count. Sane won 24 ball games. He's the top winner in all of Major League Baseball this year. Johnny delivers. There's a foul ball that goes right back into the press box. The first souvenir to go to the boys in typewriter row during the ball game. Nothing. Nothing to score. So far, neither team has forced a break. The pitching is holding up, but the game is in its very early stages. The second inning with one out and none on. Here's the pitch. There's a drive that goes over Elliot's head for the first hit of the ball game. Rickard throws it into second base and holds Keltner to a single. Only because the outfield was stationed to the left was that blow kept from going for extra bases. So there is the first hit of the 1948 World Series by third baseman Ken Keltner of Cleveland. And Walt Judnick, a left handed batting right fielder, comes up. Judnick is from San Francisco. He also has played first base for the Indians this year. The outfield moves to the right a bit. The pitch outside. One ball, no strikes. Bill McKechnie hollered. There he goes. Just as soon as the pitch came over. But there was no attempt made by Keltner to run. The Braves infield has moved into the halfway position. Hopefully. Double play. The stretch by Sane. The pitch. Ball two. A curveball that was a little on the inside, so it's two or nothing. First blood in the hit department by Keltner. He takes the lead off first base. Sane delivers. Strike call. Curveball. That curved over after Judnik had stepped away from it. Eddie Spanky cups his mouth with his glove and shouts some instructions to Al Dark to shortstop. Zane is taking a stretch and he throws quickly to first base. But there's no tag. Keltner got back and now Sane concentrates on the batter again. The pitch to Judnik. There's a drive down the right field line. Foul ball. That was ruled foul by the right field foul line umpire, Babe Finelli. It was a wicked line drive. The Indians were trying to try to hit and run. And that ball was very nearly in there. For extra bases, the field boxes out in right field will keep some balls perhaps from going all the way into the right field cross corner where the rolled up tarpaulin rests. And similarly, the field boxes out in left field will serve as a protected two and two. Judnick the batter. Keltner on. One out for the Indians in the second. The pitch from Seine inside. And there is the first full count of the ball game. Three and two. A great many World Series firsts of 1948 are bound to be registered in the early innings of play. The weatherman was wrong. Fortunately, he predicted rain. There's a 3:2 pitch, the runner goes, there's a drive to right field. Tommy Holmes makes the play and he throws to first base to chase Keltner back. So there are two men out with Keltner returning to first base as Judnik came with a hard line drive that was taken by Tommy Holmes. With Judnik having flied out to right field. Eddie Robinson, the first baseman, he batted 252 this year. He's a left hander and comes from Paris, Texas. He's a tall, likable, husky batter who is not unmindful of Hal Trotsky, who once played first base for the Indians.
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Mel Allen
Sane delivers.
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Jim Britt
Strike called. He threw a fast one. He has a good fast curveball and an excellent sidearm curveball which he delivers on rare occasions. Usually good Control the stretch.
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Mel Allen
There's a ground ball to Fergerson, he
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Jim Britt
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Bob Elliot will be the first batter for the Boston Braves in the second inning. In two innings, the Cleveland Indians have no run, one hit, no error, one runner left. The only hit was that of Ken Keltner with one man out. A single to left in the second, but he was left stranded. Bob Elliott was last year's Most Valuable Player in the National League. He batted.283 this season for the Braves. He's a right hander from San Diego, California. He stands with a very closed stance from the outfield, plays in to pull the ball. Bob Feller gets ready, he pitches. Foul tip. Robert went right after that first one. In five of the last six years, Elliott has driven in 100 runs or more. He just didn't make it this season, driving in his hundredth run in the final game against Leo Durocher's Giants. By the way, one strike to count. Feller is, as always, a deliberate workman. Baseball is his profession and he treats it like a business. He pays meticulous attention to detail. He goes into that big wind up, he strides, pitches a curveball low outside and the count is one and one. Rabid Robert, the Van Meter, Iowa farm boy, now from Waukegan, Illinois. Johnny Cooney and Billy Southworth are coaching at first and third. The outfield swung to the left. Keltner fairly deep at third base with Elliott up. Gordon over to the right of second. The pitch. There's a drive that goes toward right field. Coming in fast is Judick, and he takes it. It looked for the moment as though he misjudged it, and it also sounded like a broken bat. Elliott flying out to right field. Marv Rickert, R I, C, K E, R T, who was recalled from Milwaukee after the injury to Jeff Heath down at Brooklyn, was declared eligible as a result of a special ruling by the Commissioner of Baseball with the full approval of the generous Cleveland Indians. He lives in the Tacoma, Washington area and has batted.211 during his short time with the Tribe. He's A left hander bats from a crouch and he hits a high fly ball toward right center field. Judnick is under it, but Doby calls for it. And Doby takes. Was easier for him because of the position of the wind. Two men out as Elliott and Rickert have flied to right and to center and left handed. Hitting catcher Bill Sawkel comes up like Lou Boudreau. He's wearing a turtleneck sweater. Several of the players are. Because of the chill air here at Brace Field today, there's no score in the game. Ken Keltner so far has accounted for the Cleveland hit. Saul Kelt is from Los Angeles. He batted.244 during the regular season of play. He stands with an open stance deep in the box, left handed. The pitch. Strike called. Keller threw a fast one to open up. Mike McCormick is the on deck battery. The outfield is just a shade to the right and the infield isn't deep on the left side. But Gordon and Robinson are back near the edge of the outfield grass between first and second. The wind up by Feller. The pitch. Foul tip. He got that with the very end of the bat. Two strikes the count. All the boxes are covered with red, white and blue bunting. And a few Cleveland Indian and Boston Braves pennants are in abundance. As Mel Allen told you, the country has literally been given back to the Indians, baseball wise, because both the Indians and the Braves wear a tribal insignia. Two strikes. Feller pitches. Strike three. Swinging a fast ball. And that is the second strikeout for Bob Feller. No runs, no hits, no errors, none left. This has been an even ball game so far, except that Ken Keltner has dented the hit column for the Cleveland Indians. In the first half of the third inning of a scoreless World Series opener. Jim Hegan of Lynn, Bob Feller of Waukegan and Dale Mitchell of Normal, Oklahoma will be the batters. In two innings, the Indians have sent seven men up to the plate and the Boston Braves have sent six. Practically every name well known to baseball is here today. And probably the most interesting concession to sentiment. A tribute to the 1914 Boston Braves, of whom Hank Gowdy, the popular coach of the New York Giants, is one. George Stallings Jr. Is here representing his late father and such grand old timers as Rabbit Moranville, Red Smith and the rest of them. Jim Higgin is extremely popular in New England because he lives in metropolitan Boston. He has a batting average of.248 and he. He is one of the most durable receivers in the business. He did the catching for Cleveland with very, very little relief. He worked 144 games for the Indians this year. He's a right hander. Sane pitches to him and it is ball one. Curveball adjustments, the inside same. Shook his head. Eddie Stankey is positioned out on the grass about 15ft to the right of second base for Hegan, figuring that he's likely to pull one back through the middle. Same pitches. Foul tip, right into Bill Sawkell's glove. That was a fastball. And the count is one and one. The outfield is deep to the left with left fielder Marv Rickard playing right down under the big scoreboard. Here's the pitch. There's a ground ball. It goes to Elliott. He fumbles the ball, can't find it. Keegan is safe at first. No throw. It is an error for third baseman Bob Elliott. Ed Burns, one of the official scorers, just gave us the decision. Bob not only fumbled the ball, it bounded up over his head as it hit his glove. But he couldn't find the ball. He looked around in rather bewildered fashion. Bob Feller is up. He had a season's batting average of.095. His earned run average is.333. He's a big right hander. They're looking for the bunch and it's a foul ball. He tried to butt it, fouled it back. Torgerson was just 15ft in front of the plate when the ball was fouled. So the first error of the ball game is charged to Bob Elliot. It was a routine grounder, but it was a hard one. It took a high hop about letter high and bounded out of Elliott's glove. Sane takes his stretch. There's no one out. Here's the pitch, and it's a high one as they're trying to keep Feller from bunning the ball. 1. And both sane and Feller have excellent fastballs. And when they throw a good fast one close to the batter, it's difficult to punt the ball. Here's the pitch, and there's a foul ball. As he tried to punt it, it just turned the bat in his hands and went to the right of the plate. One ball, two strikes the count. Bob Feller looks down the third baseline to get his sign from coach Bill McKechnie, who doubtless has already given it to him. Teddy Stankey came in to have a brief conference with Johnny Sane. The infield is in a bit on the grass. Third baseman Bob Elliott in close the count. One ball, two strikes. Here's the pitch. Strike three. Swinging curveball after he got Feller into a one and two hole, Sane curved him and the two pitchers have two strikeouts each. One man out. Left fielder Dale Mitchell up. His season's average was.336 and his first time up, he lined out to center fielder Mike McCormick of the Braves. Dale is a left hander and he was one of the most potent factors in Cleveland's tenant drive. Same pitches to him outside. Ball one. George Barr is working back of the plate and Bill Stewart at second because Barr is the senior of the two and the other base umpires are Bill Summers and Bill Greaves. The pitch. There's a high infield pop up. Elliott calling for it in foul territory
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Mel Allen
to the left of third base.
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Jim Britt
And he takes it. A foul ball taken by Elliott just outside the third base coaching box. For the second out with perfect support, the side would have now been retired. But because of the error that opened the inning, permitting Eegan to reach first base, Larry Dolby now must be retired by Johnny Sane. Dolby fired out the center field his first time up. He hit a monumental home run this season at Washington and Griffith Stadium, about which they're still talking in the nation's capital. He has tremendous straightaway power. He's a left handed batter. The first pitch. Curveball High. Ball 1. Two men out. No score in the game. Four goose eggs already adorned the scoreboard. Keltner has the game's only hit. The stretch. There goes the runner. The pitch is outside and the throw is not in time. And Hegan steals. He got a good lead on Johnny Sane. He stole that base on the pitcher, not the catcher. By the time Saul Keld had drilled his throw to Al Dark, there was no time for the tag. Egan had already slid in with the first stolen base of the 1948 World Series. Two balls, no strikes. The count on Doby. Keegan takes the lead off second. There's a ground ball that goes to Al Dark. He's in fast.
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Mel Allen
The throw to first.
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Jim Britt
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