VALO, BROOKLYN RALLY TO WIN FIRST TITLE, 3-2

Elmer Valo's 8th inning triple lead the way for a Brooklyn victory, 3-2, handing the franchise their first DBS championship over the heavily-favored North Dallas Forty in five games.

The Forty's Dutch Leonard dueled with Al Brazle, as both pitchers went six innings only allowing a single run. In the top of the eighth, North Dallas' Roy Cullenbine hit his second home run of the Series, to put North Dallas on top, 2-1. However, in the bottom of the frame, Valo's one-out triple scored Dixie Howell to tie the game, and he scored one batter later on Lou Boudreau's sacrifice fly to give Brooklyn the lead. North Dallas provided a little drama in the top of the ninth when Jeff Heath missed a game-tying homerun by 3 feet.

This was Brooklyn's first DBS title in the 20-year history of the league, failing to win the World Series in 1940 when they lost a 3-1 lead to Montgomery, and also lost the inaugural World Series in 1928 when the team was known as the Sahara Jihad. Prior to this season, Brooklyn had finished in second place six years in a row.

Brooklyn outfielder Dale Mitchell, who is the overwhelming favorite for the league's Rookie of the Year Award, wass named Series MVP. He batted .412 with a .765 slugging percentage and 6 RBI.

10/9/1947, NDA47-BRK47, Ebbets Field
 
                       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9     R  H  E   LOB DP
1947 Forty             0  1  0  0  0  0  0  1  0     2  8  0     8  1
1947 Belligerents      0  0  0  0  0  1  0  2  x     3  7  0     3  1
 
Forty                AB  R  H BI   AVG    Belligerents         AB  R  H BI   AVG
Galan             lf  5  0  0  0  .348    Valo              rf  4  1  1  1  .273
DiMaggioD         cf  4  0  0  0  .190    Boudreau          ss  3  0  2  2  .200
Cullenbine        1b  3  1  1  1  .333    Elliott           3b  4  0  0  0  .400
Henrich           rf  4  0  2  0  .238    Mize              1b  3  0  0  0  .222
Miller            ss  4  0  0  0  .227    McCosky           lf  3  0  0  0  .167
Stanky            2b  4  1  2  0  .313    Mitchell          cf  2  0  1  0  .412
Keltner           3b  3  0  1  0  .467     Clark            ph  1  0  1  0  .500
Rosar             c   3  0  1  1  .231     Lindell          lf  0  0  0  0  .000
Leonard           p   2  0  0  0  .000    Doerr             2b  3  0  0  0  .316
 Ryan             ph  1  0  0  0  .000    Howell            c   3  2  2  0  .412
 Schmitz          p   0  0  0  0  .000    Brazle            p   2  0  0  0  .400
 Heath            ph  1  0  1  0 1.000     Masterson        p   0  0  0  0  .000
                     34  2  8  2           Westlake         ph  1  0  0  0  .000
                                           Rigney           p   0  0  0  0  .000
                                                               29  3  7  3
 
Forty                            INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Leonard                          6.0  4  1  1  0  3  66  47  1.35
Schmitz          L 0-1           2.0  3  2  2  0  1  29  16  9.00
                                 8.0  7  3  3  0  4  95  63 
 
Belligerents                     INN  H  R ER BB  K PCH STR   ERA
Brazle                           6.0  5  1  1  3  2  90  58  1.38
Masterson        W 1-0           2.0  2  1  1  0  1  33  22  4.50
Rigney           S 2             1.0  1  0  0  0  1  20  13  3.38
                                 9.0  8  2  2  3  4 143  93 
 
NDA: Ryan batted for Leonard in the 7th
     Heath batted for Schmitz in the 9th
BRK: Clark batted for Mitchell in the 7th
     Lindell inserted at lf in the 8th
     McCosky moved to cf in the 8th
     Westlake batted for Masterson in the 8th
 
2B-Stanky, Keltner. 3B-Valo. HR-Cullenbine(2). K-Cullenbine, Stanky 2, 
Keltner, Elliott, Mize, Doerr, Westlake. BB-Cullenbine, Keltner, Rosar. 
SF-Boudreau. 
GWRBI: Boudreau
Temperature: 46, Sky: clear, Wind: none.