The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1951-08-17
Yanks Only
Game And Ealf
Behind Indians
Cleveland Winning
Stre0k At Thirteen
Ended BY Pitcher
Tommy Bvrne

NEW YORK. Aug lI--t4'l--
The American League pennant
race frightened up again as the
last place ST Louis Brownies
handcuffed the front-running
Cleveland Indians while the
second place New York Yankees
beat the Washington Senators.
The tribe now leads New York
by only d game ami one-half.
Southpaw Tommy Byrne, for
mer Yankee who was traded 10
ST. Louis because New York be
lieVed he was possessed with in
durable wildness, pitched and
batted the Browns 10 a 10 0
victory over the Indians. Byrne
gave up only two hits in the sew
EN- innings he toiled and he only
walked four while striking out
three.
And il was ByrHe who battled
In all four Brownie runs as the
tribe winning streak ended at 10
straight games. When Byrne
went out in the eighth inning
ii was because Of q sore back and
not because the Cleveland batters
were hitting him. And then still
another former Yankee, Duane
Pillette, came ON and limited
Cleveland to u,1e hi thu. las; TWO
innings.
Byrne dished up a double 10
Larry Dolby in the first inning
and the Cleveland speedster pull
ed a leg muscle in the process. A
single by Bob Kennedy was the
only other hit off Byrne while
Barney McCosky tagged PillettA
for a pinch-hit double
Dale Mitchell went hitless after
batting safely in % games.
ByIne also supplied his own
working margin In the second
INNING, Hank ART and Ken Wood
singled off tribe starter Mike Gar
cia who then loaded the bases by
walking Bill Jennings,
Up strobe Byrne and slashed
a tWo-run single
In the fourth, Byrne's infield
out scored Fred Marsh from third
and in the sixth. Jennings doa4a-
led and rode home on Byrne's
single
It was Byrpe's fourth victory
and Garcia's eighth loss
The Yankees beat Washington,
5 TO 3, as rookie southpaw Art
Schallock won ms first major
league victory. The little Lefty
wilted in the heat and quit in the
eighth with New York ahead,
5 to J..
Gene Woodlng's homer in the
second gave him a @ lead and
a triple by Jerry Coleman Plus
Gil MeDougald's freak single
made il 20 in the second.
Bobby Browns two-run single
highlighted a three-run fifth inn
ing for New York.
The Philadelphia Athletics
blasted the Boston Red Sox, 10
to 2. as big Gus Zefnial dashed
his 25th home run and drove in
four runs, Every member Of the
Athletics made al least one hit
off 3 trio of Red Sox hurlers with
starter Ray Scarborough the los
er.
Tiny Bob Shantz went all the
way for Philadelphia, pitching a
six-hitter. Clyde VollmeEs two
run homer brought in both Red
Sox runs
The Detroit Tigers edged the
Chicago White Sox, 2 10 /. as
Dizzy Trout broke up IL tie
with a fifth inning homer Trout
also pitched . six-hitter and fan
ned seven Chicago batters. Joe
Dobson went all the way for the
loss, his second straight 2-l de-
feat.
The second place New York
Giants beat the Brooklyn Dodgers,
2 10 /, for the third straight time
as curve balling Sal Maglie out
pitched big Don NeWcombe
Aaglie allowed only four hits
in winning his 18th game against
only five losses. Billy Cox scored
Brooklyn's only run with an
eighth-inning homer
A single by Eddie Stanky and
Monte Irvin's triple gave New