BABE MARTIN, MATT BATTS
& BIRDIE TEBBETTS

BOSTON RED SOX ...
 THE CURSE OF THE BAMBINO, PART 3
A SUBWAY SERIES DISAPPEARS ...

September 23, 1948 ... No game scheduled ... The Chicago White Sox beat the Yankees, 4-2, leaving New York one game behind the Red Sox and Indians. Bobby Doerr is scheduled to play the next game against the Yankees, in spite of his bad thigh. Dom DiMaggio is also fighting a bad stiff neck.

 

 

1948 AMERICAN LEAGUE STANDINGS

 

 

 BOSTON RED SOX 91 55 -

 

 

 Cleveland Indians 91 55 -

 

 

 New York Yankees 90 56 1

 

 

 Philadelphia Athletics 83 66 9 1/2

 

 

 Detroit Tigers 73 72 17 1/2

 

 

 St. Louis Browns 56 88 34

 

 

 Washington Senators 53 95 39

 

 

 Chicago White Sox 47 97 43