The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-17
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~ SEN PHLECAR
AP sperfs Writer


didn't take the New Yort
Yankees long to find out that this
Western trip Is going TO be differ
onE.
Only q month ago the league
leaders bIazed through ST. Louis
Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit on
an ail.yictori0us tour 81 II games.
This time they got stopped before
they got started.
The Yankees virtually invented
lhe home run and the lowly st.
Louis Browns made them mighty
sorry for II IN the opening game
q . twilightnight twin bill. The
Browns pounded three Ii i row
ont of the park IN the first inning
eeing the major league record
and added two more later In the
contest for an SO victory.
The defeat was the first of the
year for the Yankees in 81. Louis
and although they rallied to take
The nightcap rs they lost q full
game Of their first place margin
70 the hnstling Chicago White Sox,
double winners over Washington.
The Sox won the first game IN
10 innings 6-s and the second 81
over the regulation distance. Billy
Pierce, pitching ID relief for only
the second time this season. drove
home the deciding run with q
single IN the first game for his
nth victory. A pinch hit home
run BY Eddie Stewart made the
difference ii the second. The Sox
now trail BY four.
The two other first division Am.
eFican League team also tri-
umphed. Cleveland beat Philadel-
phia SIS on Al Fosen's grand slam
home run and Boston nipped De-
troll 80 with Mel Parnell winning
his 18th game, tops IN the circuit.
Brooklyn increased Id National
League lead to ga games BY
tEuuneing st. Louis, %, while Sec
end place Milwaukee was losing TO
pittahurgh, SO. Philadelphia won
. couple Of squeakers from Gin
cinnau, 81 and 80. And the New
York Giants, who had won eight
ID 4 row hefore the Dodgers
stopped them ID the final game
before the All-Staf break. resumed
thar winning habits with d 1O-s
decision over Chicago.
Home runs were q big item IN
almost every game. Out Of II con-
tests ii the two leagues the only
one without homer was the Mil
Waukee- Pittsburgh affair. The TO-
tal production was a. Of which Is
were ID the American League.
II addition to tieing the a-in-ar.
Inning record the Browns equaIled
Che major league mark Of II HON.
ers Il 5 consecutive games. II was
The first time this mark had been
lied since Il was set BY the Yank-
eas d 1870.
Washington forced the Write Sox
% come from behind for both Of
their victories.
a double b. Mike Garcia and :
pair 0e walks set the stage for
Rosen's grand slam at Cleveland.
The hast broke up 4 scoreless
duel between Garcia and Marion
Efican0, the As rookie.
The Dodgers struck quickly and
decislvely against the Cardinals.
with one out they loaded The bases
d the first inning and Gil Hodges
drilled = Stu Miller pitch high ad
Tar for the Dodgers first grand
slam home run Of the year.
Hedges and Duke Snider hit two
mare home runs later IN the game
e. Preacher Roe scored his sixth
victory.
Pittsburgh broke q 10 game los.
ING streak with rookie Carlos
Bernier playing the starring role
he drove In two runs and scored
. third BY stealing home. Johnny
Antonelh was the loser against Bob
Friend.
Robin Roberts won his 18th
game Of the year in the opener
against Cincinnati although he
gave up 10 hits 70 only 5 By loser
Bud podbielan. The Cincinnati
highlander retired the first 20
men be faced but the Phillies
punched Z walk. twa SINGLES and 4
double BY smoky Burgess to score
three runs il the seventh inning.
Granny Hammer drove ia two
TALES with a home run in the
eighth inning Of The nightcap as
The Phillies ran their winning
streak 10 seven games.
Hank Sauer homered with two
On for Chicago ID the first inning
at New York put from then on
fha Giants were ii complete COM
mand. Sal Magic won his eighth
game with home run help from
Whitley Loekman. Al Dark and