The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-07-16
Philadelphia
Downs Chicago
Twice 81, so
Hooper's Homer
With Two On
Decides First
Come Of Twin-Bill

NEW YORK. July l6.-CP,-
Jimmy Dykes couldn't win a
pennant in the many years he
managed the Chicago White Sox
and now that he's head man at
Fh4adelphia he's apparently out
to See Paul Richards doesn't eth
er
Dykes Athletics, who earlier
IN the season snapped Chicago's
l4-eame winning streak and later
broke their long string Of road
Victories, landed double hay.
maker yesterday
With White Sox killer Bob
HOOPER blasting a three-run
norge in the ninth. the AS won
the Efirst game. 3 to /. In the
nigbtcap, southpaW Sad Sam Zol-
dat% spun one-hitter and the
White Sox went down quietly. 5
to d
The games were two Of 10 play
ed " the major leagues yesterday
aftanoOn. All were twin bills.
Roper's first home run Of the
season couldn't have come at a
betWr time. He and Chicagos
Randy Gumpert were locked in
scoHlcss duel through eight in
ninKs.
La the ninth, Gumpert allowed
twP men to reach base. There
weR two out when Hooper came
to bat. The count went to 3 and
2, Mst like the story books, and
theA Hooper connected. Chicago
fought back with an unearned
runHi in the last of the ninth but
Hooper shut the door on the raj
ly
Rldak was supreme in the
nightcap. He faced only 30 bat
ter@ and only two White Sox
reached base.
Chico Carrasquel banged the
only hit off the % ycar-old south
paM in the, third aiming. It'was
sizAing ground bail that went in
TO Eft field between shortstop
PetN Suder and third bascman
HaAk Majeski. Eddie Robinson
walked IN the ninth to become
the only other Chicago base run
ner.
Along with marring Zoldak's
bid for a no-hitter, CarraSquel set
a record for shortstops. He took
part in II plays in the second
game and now has handled 289
chances without an error in 81
games Phil Rizzuto of the Yank-
ees held the old mark. 288.
The double defeat dropped Chi
cage two games behind the league
leading Boston Red Sox who split
a twin bill with the ST. Louis
Browns.
ST. Louis won the first game 3.
to | with Ned Carver tossing a
five-hitter for his 2lst victory
against four losses Carver has
now allowed only three runs I'M
his last q innings.
Boston exploded for six runs
in tho second inning and went
on to win the windup of the
doubleheader. 8 to 5 Ray Scar
borough went the route for his
sixth win. Bill Kennedy was the
loser. Billy Goodman led Boston's
attack with a double and three
singles,
The New York Yankees de-
manned in third place, a half
game behind Chicago, by divid-
ing with Detroit.
The Tigers won the opener $ toI
behind Freddie Hutchinson Vic
Wertz's two-run triple was the
big blow. The loser was Bob Ku-
Java
New York stormed back to win
the second game to 7 although
no-hit Allie Reynolds had TO en-
ter the game in the ninth to quiet.
a Tiger rally, Trailing 10 4, the
Tigers sent Charley Keller into
the game as a pinch hitter and
he smacked a three~run homer to
rout starter Tom Morgan. Rey
nolds entered to put out the fire
Cleveland's third place Indians
also drew even losing the first
c,o,rn 10 WASHINGTON : TN j and
winning the afterpiece, z 10 ,.
Cuban Con Marrero gave up ~
hits but scrambled to his ninth
victory in the opener. The Sena-
tors came up with l4-hit attack
including four safetieS by Eddie
Yost and home run by Sam Me
le.
The Scores
AMERICAN LEAGUE
First Game
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