PHIL MARCHILDON

THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ...
A POWERFUL RED SOX TEAM FAILS
IN THE WORLD SERIES ....
The A's pound Tex Hughson for
the third Sox straight loss

September 8, 1946 ... Suffering their third straight setback, 5 to 3, as Phil Marchildon held them to five hits at Shibe Park this afternoon, the Red Sox are beginning to back into the American League pennant. With the Yankees dropping two games to Washington, the Red Sox moved closer to winning the crown, as the best the Yankees could do now is tie. All the Red Sox need to do now is when one game or have the Yankees lose one.

Once again the Red Sox are playing like a tired ball club. Tex Hughson was belted hard by the A's as he had his personal four-game winning streak come to an end, and the 20 game victory goal appears almost beyond reach.

Only Ted Williams and Rudy York hit the ball well today against the steady pitching of the Canadian Army veteran who one his 13th game of the season against the same number of losses. It was Marchildon's second win over the Red Sox, and he became the only Philadelphia pitcher to do that this season. Williams clipped him for a pair of doubles and York slashed out two singles that drove in all three of the Boston runs. York moved in on Williams and Bobby Doerr in the American League RBI race. He now has 113 and is three back behind Williams and one behind Bobby.

Philadelphia was out front all the way. They made all their runs, and all but one of their nine hits, during Hughson's five inning stint. Tex didn't have it, as he suffered his 11th defeat. He gave up one run in the first inning, two in the third, one in the fourth and one in the fifth. Marchildon pitched one-hit, shut out ball for six innings. The only hit was a double off the fence in right-center by Johnny Pesky, who died at third base.

Down 5 to 0 in the seventh inning DiMaggio started with a walk. Williams stroked a long, high fly ball off the right-field fence for a double sending Dom to third. York singled to right, scoring DiMaggio and Williams, to make it 5 to 2. There were none out at the time and the rally died quickly, as Doerr forced York, and Glenn Russell hit into a double play.

It wasn't until two were out in the ninth that the Red Sox scored their final run. Ted lined a double on a 3-2 pitch down the right-field line that landed fair by inches. Rudy hit another single into right, scoring Williams, before Doerr rolled out to Oscar Grimes to end the game.

The Red Sox have only made 10 hits in two games against some good Philadelphia pitching. The A's have now won four of their last five from the Red Sox.

The Red Sox took a 7:30 train to Detroit this evening. World Series tickets go on sale at Fenway Park starting tonight.