The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-03
Tigers, Athletics
Battle To Tie In
thinning Came
by BEN PHLEGAR
APP SporfsWriter

at least in the standings of the
National League.
Starting right from the top where
The Milwaukee Braves brought an
abrupt end to Brooklyn's 48-hour
reign Of glory, six of the eight
senior circuit clubs found their po-
sitionS changed today.
The Braves were back in first
place by half a game. Brooklyn
had slipped to second. Third place
belonged to Philadelphia instead of
st.. Louis. And at the other end
Pittsburgh was out of the cellar
and Chicago was in it while Gin
cinnati was all alone in the sixth
spot.
Milwaukee moved in front the
hard way-by whipping the Dod-
gers. They went into the ninth in
ming at Ebbets Field trailing by
one run and pulled 4-3 victory
on two-run homer by Andy PAT
ko.
The drive by Pafko, all the more
humiliating &c the Dodgers since
he was on their payroll until early
this year, snapped a 10-game
Brooklyn winning streak, the long
est in either league.
The Phillies traded places with
the Cardinals as Robin Roberts
BANKED the Redbirds on seven hits
for his eighth victory, so. The New
York Giants and Cincinnati played
the longest National League game
of the season--13 innings-with the
RedlegS scoring twice in the 18th
for a 5-3 decision. Pittsburgh
nipped Chicago, as, in IL innings
at Forbes Field.
The National League had no
monopoly on the marathon con-
tests. In Detroit the Tigers and
Philadelphia Athletics battled four
hours and % minutes through ID
innings to a II tie. The game,
which will have to be replayed,
from the start, was called because
of the league curfew which pro-
hibits the start Of any inning af-
ter 1880 am, local time.
Joe Collins ninth inning homer,
his second of the night, gave the
New York Yankees a 4-3 margin
over the Chicago White Sox. Cleve-
land kept pace with the Yanks by
defeating Boston, 7-S, and st Louis
outlasted Washington, SD.
Jim Wilson and Lew Burdette
combined to limit Brooklyn to five
hits with Burdette, who came on
in the eighth, picking up the vic
tory, his third without a loss. Russ
Meyer went all the way in defeat
for Brooklyn.
For the Braves, VINO bowed IS
times in q appearances with the
Dodgers last season, this was the
second victory over Brooklyn. The
Dodgers have won three. Both of
the Milwaukee triumphs have come
at Ebbets Field, where the Dod-
gers have lost only two other
games while winniny l6.
Roberts eighth victory, over the
Cardinals, was one of his easiest
since his teammates got him four
runs to work on in the first in
ming. Cliff Chambers, the st Louis
starter, retired with an injured
muscle while pitching to the sec
ond batter. Gerry Staley came in
after barely warming up and inn
mediately got into trouble. He
threw a home-run ball to Del En-
mis- with two on base and another
one to Granny Hammer with the
bases empty before he could fin
ish the inning.
AT New York the Redlegs ruined
. fine relief job by Dave Koslo
as they punched two singles and
triple by Jim Greengrass for two
runs In the top Of the 18th. Koslo
had pitched excellent bali before
Gus Bell opened the 18th with
hloop single. Bud Podhielan went
all the way for Cincinnati.
Frank Thomas broke up the
Pittsburgh Chicago game with a
baSes.empty blast In the nth.
The Chicago White Sox are the
only team in the American League
with seasons edge over the
Yankees and the Yanks are trying
10 scrape this flaw from their
record Immediately. Until last
nights game the White Sex had
won four and lost only one TO the
world champions with the four
victories coming in succession.
Collins two homers changed all
this and also extended the Yankees
Winning streak to five games.
The Boston Red Sox burned M
The West in their first swing a
month ago and they began their
successful campaign in Cleveland,
This time apparently is going IN
be different since the Indians led
all the gay last night aud elinched
matters in the eighth when Al
Rosen homered with two on, Mike
Garcia picked up the decision.
Satehel Paige, the ancient won.