The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-20
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| Ed Lopat and Vic Raschi.
couple Of seasoned veterans witt
count World Series pay as regulal
income, have Strengthened out tn
New York Yankees.
For the first time in weeks, there
lis no frantic patter OF pursuit. Chi
Icago, whipped twice yesterday, i
six games back. Cleveland's disas
ltrous collapse has dumped th.
Indians into fourth place, II games
behind. Boston, working on q six
game winning streak. is third bu'
StiIl distance 10la games to the
rear.
There is no change in the Ma.
tional League pattern after three
split double headers with Brooklyn
still holding q three-game lead over
Milwaukee. Philadelphia remains
third, six games behind the bod
gers and the New York Giants,
who took over fourth place Satur'
day, hold q one percentage point
edge on st. Louis.
Big news Of the day In the Ma.
tional was that somebody finally
scored q run on Allan WOrthington,
the Giants rookie hotshot. Milwau-
kee broke the right-hander's score
less string after 10 30 innings and
beat him "a In the second game Of
a double-header, called after five
innings because Of darkness. New
York had won the first game rs
|On Hank ThompsOn's tWo-run HON
Ter in the ninth.
The story in the American
League was the twin job the Yanks
did on the White Sox 6-2 and 50
before SAILS, an all.time Comiskey
Park record crowd. Lopat COPIED
the first to boost his season record
to IO-1 on an eight-hitter. Mickey
Nantes second double keyed 4
four.run rally in the ninth. Raschi
held the Sox to two hits, ending
Sam Mele's 22-game hitting streak
in the second. Hank Bauer's sec
Iond.inning homer off Billy Pierce
gave Vic all the lead he needed
The upstart Boston Red SOS
rolled over Cleveland 20 and rs
Maury McDermott gave the Tribe
only one hit In eight innings d
THE first game, Al Smiths single
When he threw two balls TO thu
first hitter in the ninth, Manager
Lou Boudreau called for Ellis Kin
der to finish the job in LIS order
George Kell's three-run homer Il
the eighth wrapped up the second
game.
Ralph Branca, whose famous
Brooklyn home run ball never vii
be forgotten, won his first Ameri
can League game for Detroit ID:
over Philadelphia. The Tigers and
AS settled for an IS tie In thu
second, called after IL innings be
cause Of darkness. Ray Boone BIZ
two big homers--a grand slam n
the opener and a three-run clou'
with two out in the ninth to tie VI
the second.
Washington turned five walks and
seven hits into II runs In the third
and fourth innings to grab the sec
ond game from st. Louis ia aftel
dropping the first 50. Roy Sievers
and Les Moss hit homers for thu
Brownies victory, Keith Thomas
and Clyde Vollmer for the Mats
Brooklyn had 70 come from be
hind with five runs in the eight
and then stave off Cincinnati rally
to get an even break with thu
troublesome Reds. Cincy won thu
first game Al with Ted Kluszew
skis 9th and 18th homers for
new Cincinnati team home run
high Of liz. Fred Baczewsh. ex
Chicago Cub, tanned the DOdgeri
with five hits.
The Dodgers were helped BY two
costly throwing errors by Roy Nc
MILAN and Bobby Adams as they
scored five In the eighth inning u
take the second game rs. Car
Erskine, fifth Brooklyn pitcher,
snuffed out . Cincy rally by re
firing two men with the bases load
led In the ninth.
st. Louis won one game at Pitts.
|burgh 81 and traiIed e. with one
out In the Cardinal half ofthe
sixth when the eurfew law inter
|vaned. That goes rs . suspended
game" TO be completed from the
point of interruption before t0day'i
single game. Stan Musial knocked
in three runs with q double and
his 18th homer.
Philadelphia came up with three
In the ninth TO top the Chicago
Cubs IS after losing the opener
So on home runs by Dee Fondy
and Hal Jeffeoat. Willie Jones'
single drove home the winning run
In The minimizing squirt.