ROGELL, DUTCHMEN DRAW FIRST BLOOD, CRUSH FORTY

NORTH DALLAS - Billy Rogell had three hits and 4 RBI, and Red Ruffing threw 5 no-hit innings as Pawtucket ransacked the Forty, 8-3.

The Dutchmen, making their first post-season appearence since 1929, struck first en route to an 8-0 lead after 8.5 innings. North Dallas is looking for their 4th straight DBS chanmpionship.

Sloppy play lead to Pawtucket's first run in the first, when Luke Appling threw a ball into the dirt allowing Billy Herman to reach third, where he later scored on Beau Bell's ground out. They increased the lead to 3-0 when Rogell hit a two-run home run in the second inning off of starter Claude Passeau (0-1). Red Ruffing (1-0), who was sent to Pawtucket from North Dallas in an August trade, was absolutely masterful, only allowing a walk to, of all people, Passeau.

In the top of the sixth, Hal Trosky doubled off the wall in deep left-center, and Rogell knocked him in to give the Dutchmen a 4-0 lead. Then, the Texas autumn shy opened up, delaying the game between innings for over 70 minutes. Ruffing, despite not allowing a hit, was removed for Bump Hadley. The game was again delayed for about an hour an innings later when the rains came back.

In the top of the 8th, Joe Medwick greeted Ken Chase with a 380 foot home run after fouling off 6 pitches, giving Pawtucket a 5-0 lead. Pawtucket added another 3 runs, giving them a very comfortable 8-run lead. North Dallas tried to make it interesting in the bottom of the ninth, when Mel Ott had a no-out two-run homer. North Dallas managed to push another run across the plate, but that was all for the Forty.

Game two will be in North Dallas on Tuesday afternoon.

     PAWTUCKET      AB   R   H RBI       NORTH DALLAS   AB   R   H RBI	
     Herman, 2b      4   1   1   0       Appling, ss     4   0   0   1    
     Medwick, lf     4   1   1   1       Bonura, 1b      4   0   0   0                   
     Bell, rf        3   0   1   1       Gehringer, 2b   4   1   1   0             
     Trosky, 1b      5   2   1   0       Ott, rf         4   1   2   2                       
     Stone, cf       4   2   2   0       Berger, cf      4   0   0   0               
     Rogell, ss      5   2   3   4       Clift, 3b       4   1   0   0                 
     Lewis, 3b       3   0   1   0       Lombardi, c     3   0   0   0                
      Hadley, p      0   0   0   0        Chase, p       0   0   0   0               
      Clark, p       0   0   0   0        Cavaretta, ph  0   0   0   0                
      Hoyt, p        0   0   0   0       Galan, lf       4   0   0   0                   
      Weaver, p      0   0   0   0       Passeau, p      0   0   0   0                   
      Brown, p       0   0   0   0        Campbell, ph   1   0   0   0                  
     Millies, c      4   0   1   2        Stratton, p    0   0   0   0  
     Ruffing, p      2   0   0   0        Ferrell, c     2   0   2   0
      Gutteridge, 3b 1   0   0   0
     TOTAL          35   8  11   8       TOTAL          34   3   5   3                                


  PAWTUCKET    120  001  040 -  8 11  2
  NORTH DALLAS 000  000  003 -  3  5  1

 
E-Stone, Gutteridge, Appling. 2B-Herman, Trosky, Lewis, Ferrell.
HR-Medwick(1), Rogell(1), Ott(1). CS-Medwick. K-Millies, Bonura, Berger,
Clift, Galan. BB-Herman, Medwick, Bell, Stone, Gutteridge, Appling, Bonura,
Passeau. SH-Hoyt. HBP-Bell, Cavarretta. PB-Lombardi. HB-Hoyt, Passeau.


     PAWTUCKET                IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
     Ruffing (W 1-0)         5.0   0   0   0   1   1	
     Hadley                  0.2   0   0   0   1   0
     Clark                   0.1   1   0   0   0   0
     Hoyt                    2.2   4   3   2   0   3
     Weaver                  0.0   0   0   0   1   0
     Brown (S 1)             0.1   0   0   0   0   0

     NORTH DALLAS             IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO	
     Passeay (L 0-1)         6.0   6   4   3   1   1
     Stratton                1.0   0   0   0   0   0
     Chase                   2.0   5   4   4   4   0	


Temperature: 55, Field: wet, Sky: threatening, Wind: out to right at 15 MPH,
Rain Delays: 73 and 51 minutes.