NEWSOM KEEPS KNIGHTS ALIVE, 4-3

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.