The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-25
milwaukee, Keeps
Lead In National
Despite Losses
BY BEN PHLEGAR
APP SportsWrifer

AN~A "ob~AAAAS bAC 4NCW vi n
Yankees blow two in a row to the
hustling Chicago White Sox about
the only conclusion. you can come
to is that somehow the players put
on the wrong uniforms.
Certainly the outfit that wore the
big "NY" on their suits the past
two days bears no resemblance
to world championship club. And
the White Sox look every inch pen
nant contenderS instead of third
place talent.
The Sox not only have gained a
81 seasons edge over the Wanted
Yankees. They've succeeded in
making the New Workers beat
themselves. In Tuesday nights 11-3
rout the Yanks committed four err
rors, three of them in single in
ming. Both were high marks for
the year.
Yesterday it was faulty pitch
ing. Starter Jim Mcdonald found
the plate only once in ID pitches
and was sent to the showers in the
first inning with the bases loaded
and nobody out.
Chicago cashed all three of those
runners, plus two more in the in
ming, and coasted to an "a vic
tory.
So the Sox have proved that
even the mighty Yankees are only
human and that despite their ire
mendous 10-game bulge over Sec
ond-place Cleve land, the New
Workers aren't quite home safe
yet.
Since the st. Louis Browns
snapped their 1S-game winning
streak, the Yankees have played
only 500 ball, winning five and
losing five on the present home
stand.
The New Workers might be more
worried If somebody besides their
Indian cousins from Cleveland
were coming to visit this week
end. Cleveland has lost seven
straight to New York and is the
only team in the league that hasn't
beaten the Yankees at least once.
The Indians came out on top in
a 31-hit Suggest at Boston yester-
day, whipping the Red SOx, 1879,
st. Louis scored five runs in the
last two innings to edge Washing
ton, 7.6 and Detroit won its third
straight, 6-3, over Philadelphia.
The suddenly doeile Milwaukee
Braves lost their third in row,
i0.l, to Pittsburgh, but maintained
their three.game league lead over
the Brooklyn Dodgers. The
Dodgers we're beaten, IA, by Gin
cinnati when Gus Bell homered
with two on in the last of the
ninth.
New York whipped ST. Louis, 80,
as Sal Maglie scattered eight hits
and Philadelphia won its 10th
game of the season from Chicago,
SO.
Jim Hogan, Dale Mitchell and
Bob Avila each contributed three
safeties to the 17.hit Cleveland at
tack. Mitchell drove In four runs
as did Del Wilbur and Tom Umph-
lett Of the Red Sox. Wilbur
homered with two on in the sew
enth for Boston.
Home runs by Roy Sievers and
Dick Kokos enabled the Brownies
to make 1t two straight over Wash
ington.
The Tigers jumped on Charlie
Bishop for four runs in the first
inning, including a home run by
Steve Souchock. Shortstop. Harvey
Kuenn contributed three straight
hits, one home run, for Detroit
Ned Carver went all the way for
his sixth victory. He's lost six.
The slumping Braves managed
only seven hits. six Of them sin
giles, against the right-handed
slants Of Roy Face, pint-sized
rookie curveballer who posted his
third victory without a loss for
Pittsburgh. The Pirates climbed
out of last place with lS-hit at.
tack against four Milwaukee pitch
crs.
Bells blast for Cincinnati cli-
NAKED a long uphill struggle after
Brooklyn had scored four times in
the first inning on home runs by
Wayne Relardi and Gil Hodges,
Fine pitching by Maglie halted
the Cardinals for only the third
time in their last IS starts, The
New York ace had runners on base
in almost every inning but nobody
got past second. Wilmer Mizell
was the loser,
The Phillies pounded Chicago
pitching for dozen hits, seven Of
them for extra bases while Karl
Drews held the Cubs scoreleSs uu-
iii the ninth. The loss dropped the