The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-08
Braves Drop T'irO
With Seasons
End la Sight
~ 800 REscnLER
A. spsrss writer

80 a1sa.eams bulge q 81 years
agn.
Wllh lhs pennani IN sight, the
nodgers have been getting hotter
~ tie mInute. Since Aus. z. ex-l
aelly q meath ago, he power.
Sacked Brooks have son a 81 81
Games 10 bo0at their lemd over MI.
wankee from ~ 10 - games. Yes
terdnys two Brooklyn triumphs
ever Phlladeiphla while the Braves
we're knocked OF tWiee by Chicago
gave ne Dodgers their longest lead
81 the year.
The DodeeFs would have 10 win
I'll their remainlng i8 aainea while
TIE Braves meFe dropping their rs
% better ne 1907 pennanl.winnina
Pirates record. That. Of course.
h practically 81 lmposslbllliy.
However. tie Dodgers are almost
certain 10 Win their seventh flag,
neeond In succession By ore ~ Ire
largest margins IN modern times.
Only five National League cham
plnns won b q larger margin than
The Dodgers own today.
Brooklyn gained lis bsgh and oelh
victories yesterday BY knocking Off
Robin Roberts and Curt simmons
~ identical 90 scores The DodK.
ers need only nine more 10 better
The team record q 70 victories
b. he fDl1 Dodgers. Only 10 Na.
tional League clubs have won more
thar l0l games.
TIE Dodgers can eIineh the nag
thls week. They need only q CON.
blnalion Of four victories or faur
Milwaukee defeats % eliminate tie
Braves mathemaileally.
The phHlies joined the Giants
end Cardinals among the dead
yesterday O. Roberts absorbed his
18th defeat ard simmons has 18th.
-Four phlIly errors and Duke Snld.
er's s7ih home run helped Carl
Fsxnkina 10 hts 1ssh triumph In the
opener. Roberts n0w has lost four
of Ms last i've starts since win.
nlne BIS 1Qlh game.
Roy Campanella ruined Sim
mons IN the nlghieap With q three.
run homer In the sixth inning
that erased : "a deficit. His three
mis- on his sosh homer enabled
hin 10 break Bin Diekey's RBI
mark Tor 4 catcher. Campy nov
has f96 RIBS. three more than
Dlekey drove IN with the 1881
Yankees. The victory went 10 Billy
I.0es. who hurled a four hitter Tor
bis l2lh success.
Hank gauer was The chief MI.
wsukec tormenior, leading ne
osha 10 4 pair Of triumphs, a.
end ga. The BID uutfielder droves
In . run and scored twice with .
double and single IN The first came
and accounted for two runs with
a triple in the second game.
Clevalands indians shaved New
York's American League Iced %
tine games. winning = pair from
The So. Louis Browns while TIE
Yankees were held 90 . split In
d d0uhle.header In Boston. Home
rum BY Al Bosen. Larry Dolby and
Dale Mitchell gave The Indians a
fo.T victory after Bob Lemon had
hlanked the Browns 30 In shel
opener.
nosen's homer enabled him %
retain ne league lead over Phlla-
delphla's Gus zernlal. who also
helsed q f8ur -bagger. The Cleve.
land third hasemaB leads xernial
80 60 %. Lemon hurled = six-hliter
Cor bis 18Th vlelory.
Ted Williams IN hts ninth homer
with a man On base ard singled
n another run IN the Ned sox'
"a opening triumph over tlie rknk.
ees. Mel Parncii won hls 18th bat
needed help from Ellis Kinders
Joe Collins paced the Yankees 10
q 50 second.game vietory with
four hits. including . home ran.
Detrois's Tigers climbed Into
sixth place Tor the first time this
season. whipping the third.plaee
Chicago White Sox twice. e2 and
e. Ned Carver and Billy Hocft
handed the fading Sox their third
ard fuurth successive losses. Wal
ter Dropo hatted IN three Detroit
runs IN the opener and Ray Boone
did the same IN the nlghicap.
Washington trampled he Phlla
delphia Athletics twice. 49, and
e2. Is Jimmy Dykes crew plunged
into scventh place. Pete Runnels
paced an 'Ahsl attack IN ire opcner
with four safetles. Learue.leading
hitter Mickey Vernon raped tw0
douhles and = triple IN the NIGHT.
cap. Third baseman Eddie Nost
drove In three runs ard scored
seven-fige in the first game-wiih
three doubles. 3 homer ard single
Red Shoendiensl and Stan Mus.
iai led the Cardinals 10 a double
victory over the Cincinnati Red
legs IS ard 10. Sehoendiensi
singled In TIE winning run IN the'l
ninth inning og the opener. TIE had
homered with q man un base ear.