The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-16
Giants Blow
Ito Lead In
Loss To Cards
Yanks Increase LIST
Place Lead To Came
And A Half As They
Take Two From indiana
BY JOE REIcHLER
Associated Press Spovfs VIZ

by JOE REIcHLER
Assoeisfed Press Sports Writer
Imagine a big league baseball
team dissipating an ITO leadl
Sounds incredible, doesn't it? :.
It happened, though. No later
than Sunday and by none other
than the National League Cham
pion New York Giants.
Sunday produced lots of excite
ment as the New York Yankees
increased their first place lead In
the American League with two VIC
tories over the Cleveland Indians,
the Boston Braves chilled the red
hot Chicago Cubs with double
defeat and the Cincinnati Reds
won their first game of the season
from the Brooklyn Dodgers. Moth
ing, however, matched St. Louis
Cardinals feat of overcoming the
Giants Ito lead to win 14-12.
The proud Polo Grounders prob
ably never win forget that double
header with the Redbirds although
they managed to gain a split by
winning the second game, 80. But
no, what first game.
Held runless for four innings,
the Redbirds routed Giant ace Sal
Maglie with seven-run fifth, eli
NAKED by Enos Slaughter's three
run homer. Three more runs off
Hoyt Wilhelm in the seventh cut
the Giants margin TO one run.
S0lly Hemus' leadoff homer off
George Spencer in the eighth tied
the score at IL and Slaughter's
single off loser Max Lanier in the
same inning finally put the Cards
in front, 1911. Another homer by
Hemus with one on In the ninth
offset Giant score in their half
of the last frame.
Dave Koslo. an old Card killer,
pitched a five-hitter in the seven
inning aftermath to give the Giants
the split.
The Yankees opened up game
and a half lead in the American,
thrashing the Indians twice, 81,
and 4-3. The largest turnout of
the year-6S, 468 fans--watched the
Yankees win their 18th and 18th
games in Is starts. Ed Lopat
coasted to the first game victory.
Bob Kuzava. making his first start,
won the second.
The second place Red Sox fought
back for a split with a second
game 81 triumph after Saul Rogo-
win had pitched the Chicago White
S0x to a IL win. Rookie Dick
Gernert's first major league homer
with a mate aboard, provided the
Red Sox winning margin.
The st. Louis Browns won their
first doubleheader of the season,
whipping the Athletics, 6-3 and rs
in ii innings. Outfielder George
Schmees drove in Jim Rivera with
the winning run in the nightcap.
Ned Carver notched his fourth vic
tory in the first contest.
Detroit and Washington split.
Home runs by Vic Wertz, Gerry
Priddy. Fred Hatfield and Pat
Mullin won the first game, SO.
for the Tigers. Walter Masserson.
pitching his first complete game
In two years. spaced eight hits for
AZ Washington win in the night.
cap.
A seven.run seventh inning by
Cincinnati, highlighted by Grady
Hatton's three-run homer, enabled
the Reds to beat the Brooks, IA.
Ewell Blackwell got the Cincy win.
Alright pitching by Jim Wilson
and Max Surkont paced the Braves
to their Al and 20 triumphs over
the Cubs.
HOWE Pollet hurled the last
place Pittsburgh Pirates to a five
hit Go triumph over the Philadel-
phia Phillies but HOWE Fox and
Jim konstanty came back 10
throttle fhe Pirates "a IN fo.fr