RED LUCAS LEADS PAWTUCKET TO 4-1 VICTORY

NORTH DALLAS - Red is quickly beoming the favorite color of Pawtucket residents.

Red Lucas scattered 10 hits and struck out 5 as Pawtucket defeated North Dallas, 4-1, to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of seven World Series. Yesterday, Red Ruffing threw five no-hit innings against the Forty. Pawtucket took a 1-0 lead in the second when Lucas himself drew a bases-loaded walk, scoring yesterday's hero, Billy Rogell. Joe Medwick lead off the third with a double, and he scored two batters later on Hal Trosky's sacrifice fly. North Dallas scored in the bottom of the frame on an RBI double by Charlie Gehringer, but that was all of the scoring for the Forty. From there, Lucas (1-0) and Forty starter Pete Appleton (0-1) smoothly rode through the middle innings unscathed.

In the top of the seventh, Dutchmen third baseman Buddy Lewis greated reliever Monty Stratton with a home run just fair down the right-field line. Pawtucket added one more run in the ninth to salt away the victory. Pawtucket only managed 5 hits, two from Lewis, but scrapped their way to victory.

Game three will be Wednesday afternoon, when the action moves to Pawtucket.

     PAWTUCKET      AB   R   H RBI       NORTH DALLAS   AB   R   H RBI	
     Herman, 2b      5   0   1   0       Appling, ss     5   0   1   0    
     Medwick, lf     4   1   1   0       Bonura, 1b      4   1   1   0                   
     Bell, rf        3   0   0   0       Gehringer, 2b   5   0   2   1             
     Trosky, 1b      3   0   1   1       Ott, rf         4   0   1   0                       
     Stone, cf       4   0   0   0       Berger, cf      4   0   0   0               
     Rogell, ss      3   1   0   0       Clift, 3b       3   0   0   0                 
     Lewis, 3b       4   2   2   1       Ferrell, c      4   0   1   0                
     Millies, c      2   0   0   0       Galan, lf       4   0   3   0                   
     Lucas, p        3   0   0   1       Appleton, p     3   0   1   0                   
                                          Stratton, p    0   0   0   0                  
                                          Butcher, p     0   0   0   0  
                                          Cavaretta, ph  1   0   0   0
     TOTAL          31   4   5   3       TOTAL          37   1  10   1                                


  PAWTUCKET    011  000  101 -  4  5  1
  NORTH DALLAS 001  000  000 -  1 10  2

 
E-Trosky, Berger, Clift. 2B-Medwick, Gehringer, Galan. HR-Lewis(1). K-Bell,
Lucas, Appling, Berger, Clift 2, Appleton. BB-Rogell, Millies 2, Lucas,
Bonura, Clift. SH-Bell. SF-Trosky.
GWRBI: Lucas


     PAWTUCKET                IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO
     Lucas (W 1-0)           9.0  10   1   1   2   5	

     NORTH DALLAS             IP   H   R  ER  BB  SO	
     Appleton (L 0-1)        6.0   3   2   2   3   0
     Stratton                1.0   1   1   1   1   1
     Butcher                 2.0   1   1   0   0   1	


Temperature: 51, Sky: cloudy, Wind: right to left at 1 MPH.