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MICKEY VERNON & TED WILLIAMS |
THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 2 ...
A POWERFUL RED SOX TEAM FAILS
IN THE WORLD SERIES ...
Tex Hughson wins his 20th game
September 27, 1946 ... Tex Hughson joined the select group of 20 game winners, when he staved off a late inning rally to defeat the Washington Nationals, 5 to 4 before 9000 fans at Fenway Park. He had a seemingly
comfortable 5 to 0 lead amassed at the expense of Bobo Newsom and Sid Hudson over the first five innings, but it dissipated as the Senators started to hit him from the sixth inning on. They scored four runs on 11 hits, falling one run short.
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MIKE HIGGINS |
Mike Higgins practically assured himself of the starting job at third base, when he blasted Washington pitching for four hits including a home run into the left-field that in the second inning. Johnny Pesky's two singles gave him a total of 206 hits for the season and keeping him one ahead
of Mickey Vernon. Vernon reached Hughson for a double and a single and most assuredly will when the batting crown.
Wally Moses, Bill Zuber and Don Gutteridge, who joined the Red Sox after the season started were given a generous share of the World Series pie in a meeting of the team prior to the game. Manager Joe Cronin, who failed to take part in the meeting, refused to divulge how the team had voted on
the latecomers, but it was learned that Moses and Zuber were given three quarters of a share while Gutteridge was given one half share. Bob Klinger and Mike Higgins who also did not start the season with the Red Sox, were given full shares, as both attended the meeting.
66,005 lucky fans will receive Red Sox World Series tickets and sit in at least in one of the games at Fenway Park. About 258,000 letters were handled by the post office, 33,000 of which were registered. |
