The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-09-26
Today Is Flag
Day For Yanks
By oRLo ROBERTSON

This is flag day for the New
York Yankees.
A victory over the Athletics at
Philadelphia tonight will give Ca
sey Stengeps men their fourth
straight American League pennant
feat in major league history
accomplished only by Joe McCar-
thy's 1868 Yanks and John Nc
Graw's National League Giants of
the roaring 20s.
To try to wrap up the pennant
and earn the right to meet the
Brooklyn Dodgers in the World
Series opening next Wednesday at
Ebbets Field, Stengel will send the
junkman of his pitching staff,
S0uthpaw Eddie Lopat, against
young Harry Byrd of the AS.
Lopat, back in the groove after
suffering back miseries during the
summer, has won his last five
starts for 4 1915 record. Byrd,
beaten 10 by the Yanks last Sun.
day, carried q 1914 mark into the
game.
There is nothing the runner-up
Cleveland Indians can do about
the situation today. They are idle
until tomorrow, when they open
a two-game final series in Detroit.
Trailing by 2Ia games the Tribe
can only hope for n complete
collapse by the champions and two
triumphs by themselves over the
Tigers. Such an outcome would
throw the race in a tie and force
a one-game play-oh in Cleveland
Monday.
Allie Reynolds, the strong
armed right handler, assured the
Yankees Of q tie yesterday as he
joined Hal Newhouser, another vet
eran moundsman, in producing the
outstanding performances of the
day.
Reynolds 80 onqueS of the
Boston Red Sox was not only ar
artistic but a financial success
since it went 4 long way toward
making each of the Yankee play
ers some five or six thousand dol
lars richer.
Newhouser, in the twilight of his
14-year career with the Detroit
Tigers, can look for no such fl
nancial gain, however. but his 3;
triumph over the st. Louis zbwon'
| was the 2Ooth of his major league
career and placed him in selec
group with 81 other pitchers.
II was a great day for Reynolds
who 4 year ago this week pitched
a no-hitter against the same Rec
Sox TO clinch the Yanks' 1875.
championship. The pitching of th'
quarter -blooded Creek Indian wa
not Of that variety yesterday, Blu
he drove in the winning run wit
q ninth-inning single to rack 81
his 20th win OF the season.
Only 500 fans smallest GROVE
in Briggs Stadium's history - saw
the 3l-year old Newhouser strik,
out eight. walk only one and pitcl
out Of two bad spots in joining tn
comparatively small group of PIT
cheers who have won 200 games
Only two other active pitchers =
Bob Teller and Bob Newsom =
are in the group.
The only day game h ne Ma
tional League saw the New Yorl
Giants clinch second place with |
tvo-run ninth inning rally tina
brought . 81 victory over the Boz
ton Braves.
Relief ace Hoyt wilhelm, takint
over in the ninth from Jim Hearu
was credited with his 18th PITCHING
triumph Of the year and his Secon'
in as many days. Rookie eatche
Ray Katt singled home the deeiSv,
run.
4 Tia only night game. like thos'
played in the sunlight, was decides
in the ninth inning when the 81
Louis Cardinals defeated the Gin
cinnati Reds. -. Billy johnson
double and Solly Hemus' singh
accounted tOT the winning tally .
the Cards scored their 33rd 0ns-rgl
1870 - e. a@mann