The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1941-09-08
TROUNCED GIANTS
TWICE AS ST. LOUIS
SPLIT WITH REDS
Kirby Higbe First Ma
tional League Pitcher
To Hang Up Twentieth
Victory
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NEW YORK. Sept. s.-fhe
baseball-mad citizenry Of Fiat
bush was counting its beloved
Dodgers already in today after
yesterdays double triumph over
the New York Giants, victories
which lifted the Brooklyn boys
three games ahead Of the fading
st. Louis Cardinals.
No games are scheduled in
either league today, giving every
one chance for breath of air
before diving back into one OF
the hottest of the hot National
loop finishes.
The Dodgers, who whipped
New York yesterday by scores
Of 1871 and As, have IS more
games to play, while the Cards,
who split with the Cincinnati
Reds, have 81 more.
Kirby Higbe won his twentieth
game of the season in a walk
yesterday in the Dodgers initial
victory over the Giants as Dolph
Camilli, Dueky Medwick and
Peter Reiser led a thunderous
l4-hit assault on three Giant
pitchers.
In the nightcap, however
the Dodgers had to send in Hugh
Casey to relieve Whiety Wyatt
in the seventh, barely ekeing Out
their victory with run in the
ninth inning.
For a moment yesterday the
Cards looked like their old
selves as they jumped the Reds
in the opener for an 11-to-7 win
forging ahead after Cincinnati
had kn0tted the score at six-all
in the seventh.
The Reds bounced back I'M the
nigil4eap before darkness blotted
out the game in the eighth and
out the game at the end of eight
innings. winning their 81 vic
tory with two runs in the frs
inning and three more in the
fifth.
Bucs Ahead For Season
The Chicago Cubs, swept 10 I
81 victory yesterday afternoon
by the hitting of Babe Dahlgrer
and the pitching Of rookie Vallis
Eaves, came out on the short ens
OF the seasons battles with tn,
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Yesterday was the last meet
ing of the year for the clubs
During the campaign they playeC
% games against each other
Pittsburgh claimed Is of the con
tests and the Cubs nine.
Pounding Philadelphia Phil,
pitching numerically, the Bos
ton Braves overwhelmed tn
Phfllies twice, 17-6 and 1911.
Braves collected a total o
90 safe blows in the first gam
of the twin bill and anassed i
in the second fray. Among IN,
hits we're homers off the bats 3
Ray Berres, carvell RoweIl ans
Max West.
Tommy Bridges Day
Fans Of Detroit celebratei
Tommy Bridges Day yestefda.
and in appreciation Tommy wen
out on the mound and twirle'
the Tigers to a Al triumph 9
the Cleveland Indians.
Sponsored by the Detroit Ere
Press. the occasion proved valu
able to Bridges. approximate,
$4,000 dimes were given him
collected over the past severa
weeks BY the Press.
Helping Bridges celebrate hi
Day Bruce Campbell knocke'
in All the Bengal runs with
double and single Only q hali
game in back of the fourth- plac
Indians, the Tigers claimed tire
of the battles in the four gam
series with the Tribe.
A IL ball game was broken y
in the ninth. inning when "a
lowly ST. Louis Browns punpe
two runs across the plate to VIII
the Chicago White Sox' 81
The loss held Chicago 2 hal
game behind Boston in the figt
for American League second
place
The veteran Ted Lyons wa
on the mound for the Chiso'
bowling to Dennis Galehouse {
the Brownies.
Yanks Blast Bosox
New York Yankees may hay
the A. L. flag in their pocket
but no one would realize i II
way they went after the Bosto
Red Sox yesterday With shak
Vernon Lefty Gomez doing u
pitching. the Yanks took 2
chances of losing the game The
opened up their heavy artilier
and pounded q trio Of Boso