Pirates Halt Giants Late Rally For 8-7 Victory
The Pittsburgh Pirates end the New York Giants four game win streak with an 8-7 win. Giants staged a late push scoring twice in the seventh to cut the margin, but Pittsburgh held on for the win.
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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1947
Page
8
The Pittsburgh Pirates end the New York Giants four game win streak with an 8-7 win. Giants staged a late push scoring twice in the seventh to cut the margin, but Pittsburgh held on for the win.
Ray Mueller delivered a bases loaded pinch double in the sixth inning as Cincinnati edged Brooklyn 5-4. Joe Hatten took the loss for Brooklyn after four pitchers combined for 13 hits allowed to Elmer Riddle and a reliever. Jackie Robinson starred with three hits including a triple.
HAFEY GRAYSON notes Houston leads Texas league with 13 shutouts by six pitchers including Clarence Beers and Jack Creel. Beers, 28, rebounded after Army Air Forces service and dental issues, posting strong fastball and curve with a knuckler this season. Creel, 30, famed for a sharp curve and exceptional control, once starred as a third baseman and has a notable 1942 Houston record.
In St Louis 166 professionals faced U S G A rules changes at the National Open preview. Lloyd Mangrum complied as Bobby Locke Ben Hogan emerged as 4 to 1 co favorites to win the 2000 prize with Demaret and Mangrum among early picks.
Washington June 11 The Appalachian Broadcasting Corp Bristol Va asked the communications commission for permission to build an FM broadcast station. Southern Association results list Chattanooga Nashville 1 Birmingham 4 Atlanta 0 Mobile 6 New Orleans 3 only games scheduled.
George May plans an all‑American tournament at Tom O’Shanter in Chicago July 3–6 with a $36,400 purse and public $1 admission. He aims to reward amateurs more, enforces numbered player entries, and bills a world championship tourney for eight stars on Sept 27–28, with U S Open champions earning a spot.
A year old boy identified as Owen Kelly Jr. rolled and tumbled in a perambulator that plunged 100 feet down a ravine with a 60 degree incline in upper Manhattan. He escaped with minor cuts and bruises as the carriage went over the edge near his mother.
Results yesterday show Chicago 4 5, Boston 0 2 and Pittsburgh 8 New York 7. National League tonight features Chicago at Pittsburgh with Erickson 1 2 facing Bahr 3 3 and St Louis at Cincinnati with Hearn 2 2 against Peterson 1 4.
Babe Didrikson Zaharias of Denver dominated the Gullane course to reach the 36 hole final, defeating Frances Stephens 3 and 2 and Jean Donald 7 and 5. She will face Jacqueline Gordon of London, who ousted Jessie Valentine 3 and 2, in tomorrow’s title match.
Inseparable the 17.80 favorite wins the 5 1 2 furlongs in 1 05 at Aqueduct, beating Saggy by a length and a half. Royal Blood takes third as Phar Mon fades to fourth, keeping the spring two year olds feud hot.
Chicago White Sox rally to break rookie Frank Shea's chances, Skeets Dickey delivering a deciding single in the 11th after Don Kolloway's earlier run. Shea loses his debut as Boston’s schedule spins into a doubleheader.
Cleveland, June 11 Joe Cronin relied on two starter hurlers and his ace reliever to blank the Indians in a six-hit shutout fundraising a strong pitching effort.
Chicago June 11 Stanley Hack of the Cubs rose from fourth to second in the National League third base election for the July 8 All Star Game at Wrigley Field. He held 5 078 votes behind Frankie Gustine 6 183 as Bob Elliott and others trailed, with AL duel between George Kell and Billy Johnson ongoing.
Los Angeles seeks a west coast major league baseball club with hearings set after owners meeting in Chicago in July. Leonard J Roach says President Clark Griffith invited him to present the case for a west coast franchise. Separately a Columbus dispatch notes a syndicate led by Postmaster General Hannegan eyeing a Cardinals sale to Sam Breadon, fueling moves toward possible westward relocation.
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