Harlem's Bobo Newsom gave nine strong innings and worked his way out of multiple jams as the Knights clipped the North Dallas Forty, 4-3, to stave off elimination in the 1945 World Series.
Newsom gave up a run to North Dallas in the first inning on a Phil Cavarretta RBI double, but settled down and got through the third without much more concern. Harlem struck Forty starter Ken Burkhart for three runs in the third, sending the rookie hurler to the showers. The Knights added an insurance run in the fifth, and North Dallas cut the deficit to 4-3 with a run in the sixth, but never added another run.
Game five will be here in Harlem tomorrow, as North Dallas has a 3-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
10/9/1945, NDA45-HAR45, Wrigley Field
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB DP
1945 Forty 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 1 9 1
1945 Knights 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 x 4 8 1 8 2
Forty AB R H BI AVG Knights AB R H BI AVG
Galan 3b 4 1 2 0 .563 Walker cf 3 1 1 0 .333
Lake ss 5 0 0 0 .158 Mayo 2b 4 2 2 1 .389
Cavarretta 1b 4 1 2 1 .556 Etten 1b 3 0 1 0 .200
Heath lf 3 0 0 0 .353 Kurowski 3b 4 0 3 3 .278
Robinson c 3 0 1 0 .250 Keller rf 4 0 0 0 .059
Cullenbine rf 4 1 2 2 .353 Greenberg lf 4 0 1 0 .286
DiMaggio cf 4 0 1 0 .250 Sandlock c 4 0 0 0 .167
Stanky 2b 3 0 1 0 .231 Newsome ss 2 1 0 0 .308
Tobin p 0 0 0 0 .000 Newsom p 4 0 0 0 .000
Byrnes ph 1 0 0 0 .000 32 4 8 4
Logan p 0 0 0 0 .000
Burkhart p 1 0 0 0 .000
Jakucki p 1 0 0 0 .000
Meyer 2b 2 0 0 0 .333
35 3 9 3
Forty INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Burkhart L 0-1 2.1 3 3 3 3 1 54 28 11.57
Jakucki 2.2 3 1 1 0 2 42 26 10.80
Tobin 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 18 15 0.00
Logan 1.0 1 0 0 1 2 16 9 0.00
8.0 8 4 4 4 6 130 78
Knights INN H R ER BB K PCH STR ERA
Newsom W 1-0 9.0 9 3 3 4 5 131 82 2.89
9.0 9 3 3 4 5 131 82
NDA: Meyer inserted at 2b in the 6th
Byrnes batted for Tobin in the 8th
E-Cavarretta, Newsome. 2B-Cavarretta, Greenberg. HR-Cullenbine(2).
SB-Sandlock(1). K-Galan, Lake, DiMaggio 2, Meyer, Keller, Greenberg 2,
Newsom 3. BB-Galan, Cavarretta, Heath, Robinson, Walker, Etten, Newsome 2.
GWRBI: Kurowski
Temperature: 51, Sky: clear, Wind: in from right at 15 MPH.