The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1947-07-05
Indians Lead With Six In,
l3 10 6 and 4 to 4 Tits
With Detroit; AS Split
With Bosox

NEW YORK, July 5.-The old
tradition that the major league
leaders on the Fourth of July
will be the World Series teams
OF October appeared pretty ac-
curate today so far as the Ameri-
can League was concerned.
Bucky Harris New York Yam
KEGS were seven-and-one-half
games out in front of their near
est rivals after sweeping the
holiday doubleheader with the
Washington Senators, 7-3 and AZ.
The Brooklyn Dodgers, how
ever. had q shaky lead of one
game, even after whipping the
New York Giants, 16 to z and
TO 3, IN one of the most impress
sive performances of the day. The
majors provided plenty of their
own fireworks as % home runs
exploded, Ia in the American
League and IL i'm the senior loop.
A morning crowd of 20,565 sat
In on the first Giant-Dodger game
at Ebbetts Field as ten pitchers
marched TO the mound, five for
each team. The afternoon
crowd Of 1882 saw the Dodgers
win the second game in the ninth
on PinchIhitter Gene Herman
skis single after Rookie Jack
Jorgenson had doubled.
The Yankees subdued the Sen
ators before 56,7l7 at Yankee
Stadium. Spud Chandler held
the visitors to seven hits and hit
homer in the opener. Walter
Masterson had the Yanks shut out
going into the seventh inning but
the Harrismen rallied for two in
that frame and two more in the
eighth.
Eight of the IA home runs hit
in the American League occurred
in the Detroit-Cleveland twin
bill at Cleveland as the Indians
took the opener. l3 to 6, and play
ed TO a A tie in the nightcap.
Joe Gordon and Eddie Robinson
each hit two homers in the OPEN
er, with Ken Keltner adding an
other for the Indians. Eddie
Lake contributed two for the
Tigers. The Indians deadlocked
the nightcap in the ninth inning.
Pat Seerey's homer saved the
Tribe from a loss.
The Philadelphia Athletics re-
NAMED in a tie for second place
by taking the first game from the
Boston Red Sox at the Hub. 8 to
8, in ~ innings. The Bosox came
back to capture the nightcap. 4
10 0. on Tex Hughson's three-hit
pitching.
AT St. Louis the Chicago White
Sox and the Browns split as the
Sox took the opener, 6 to 3, with
the help of Ray Michaels' homer,
and Jack Sanford pitched a six
hitter for the Browns in the Sec
ond game, winning, 1912. Stan
Heath homered in each game for
the Browns.
The Boston Braves remained
within one game of the leading
Dodgers by walloping the Phila-
delphia Phils 1913 and I'll at
Philadelphia. collecting 81 hits.
Johnny Sain won his 10th game
in the opener and Walt Lanfran-
conf pitched a four-hitter in the
second game.
Ewell Blackwell, towering ace
Of the Cincinnati Reds, won his
18th straight as he whitewashed
the Pittsburgh Pirates, 8 to 0, in
the opener of the twin bill at Gin
cinnatl The Reds had collected
only one hit off Preacher Roe un-
I'll the sixth inning when they
exploded with six runs aided by
homers off the bats of Babe
Young and Eddie Miller, leading
the attack. The Reds took the
second game. 6 to 4, as Young and
Ray Hatton homered. Ralph Kin
er hit for the circuit for the Pi.
rates.
The ST. Louis Cards split two
with the Chicago Cubs at Chicago
as Red Munger BANKED the
Bruins with three hits to win the
opener. TO, and Johnny Schmiti
and Claude Passeau pitched the
Cubs TO a 5-4 win in the night.
cap.
Results:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
First Game
AT Cleveland X. II. +
Detroit .-..-...,-----.---.------------ 9 8
Cleveland 10 II
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