The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-27
Yankees And Dodgers To Be Well Rested
BY RALPH RoDEN
Associated Press Sports Writer


The N. Y. Yanks and D e :,
World Series foes, for the first
time in five years, will be well
rested when the 1852 classic
opens in Brooklyn next Wednes-
day.
The New York Yankees made
that certain last night when they
defeated the Philadelphia Athletics
So in IL innings to clinch their
fourth straight American League
flag and their 10Th in the last 80
years. The Dodgers have been TAX
ing things easy since Tuesday
when they nailed down the Ma
tional League pennant.
Not since 1947 when the Yanks
and Dodgers breezed home have
pennant races in both leagues been
decided before the final bell.
Last year the Dodgers and New
York Giants wound up the regular
season tied for top honors and the
miracle Giants went on to cop a
best out of three playoff series
to win the pennant. In 1850 Phila-
delphia clinched the National
League pennant on the final day
of the season.
In 1949 both the YankS and bod
gers won their pennantS on the
final day of the season. In 194S
Cleveland captured the American
League pennant by beating Boston
in a one game Sudden death"
playoff for the title.
The Yanks tied rare record in
bagging their fourth straight
championship. Only other teams to
win four consecutive champion
ships we're John McGraw's Giants
of 1924 and Joe McCarthy'S
Yanks of 1936-1939.
Billy Martin was the man of the
hour for the Yanks. The scrappy
infielder singled with the bases
loaded and two out in the 18th to
break a % tie that enabled the
YankS to take the marbles. A third
run scored on an error.
The triumph gave the Yanks a
three-game lead over the runner
up Indians and made it impossible
for the Tribe to overhaul the
BomberS as both teams have only
two games left to play.
Home runs accounted for the
games other runs. Irv Noren and
Mickey Mantle connected for the
Yanks off Harry Byrd, the AS
strong-armed rookie Highlander.
Gus Zernial drove in both Phila-
delphia runs with a four-bagger off
Ed Lopat in the sixth inning.
Lopat was in hot water through
out the game, yielding II hits I'M
til he was relieved by Johnny Sain
with two out in the ninth. Bril-
liant fielding, especially by Phil
Rizzuto and Noren, saved Lopat'S
hide.
In the only other American
League games rookie HerShel
Freeman pitched the Boston Red
Sox to a 81 victory over Washing
ton and Saul Rogovin hurled the
Chicago White Sox to 6-2, two-hit
triumph over St. Louis.
The Dodgers tuned up for the
series by beating the Boston
Braves, "a. The Brooks used most
of their scrubs but the lone regular
who played the entire game, Billy
Cox, had a big hand in the victory,
Cox knocked in three runs on a
homer and single.
In other National League games,
the Giants trounced Philadelphia.
80, Cincinnati downed Pittsburgh
so, and st. Louis swamped Chica-
go. 1913.
Sal Maglie gained his 18th vic
tory for the Giants, although he
was relieved by Hoyt Wilhelm in
the eighth. Home runs by AL Dark,
Don Mueller and Whitley Lockman
featured the Giant attack.
Gerry Staley breezed TO his nth
victory as the Cards cIinched third
place Stan Musial beIted a homer
and single and increased his bat
ting lead TO seven points over the
Cubs Frank Baumholtz. Baum
hsultE collected one hit ia four
trips.