The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-06-04
BOnlbers ThrO1C
Their Weight
around II, 10
Hit ASSAULT
BY BEN PHLEGAR
AP SporfsWrifGr

II the rest OI Tue american
League doesn't run for cover now
( won't be the fault Of the New
York Yankees.
The other seven clubs have been
warned-in the boldest possible
terms-that the Ysnks are dead
serious about winning their fifth
straight pennant and woe unto any
one brash enough to oppose them.
This probably isn't the best team
ever to wear the famous Yankee
livery but it towers over Its cur
rent opposition to such an extent
that even the most ardent Yankee
haterS-and there are plenty of
them around the circuit-would be
hard put at the moment to pick
another club with q real solid
chance of staying on even terms
with the New Workers..
The doubterS can examine the
remains Of the Chicago White Sox.
The Sox and Cleveland were the
preseason choices to stop the
Yankees, If the Yankees could be
stopped. The Indians folded at the
mere sight Of the Bronx Bombers
but the White Sox, after losing
their first encounter, bounced back
to win four In q row from the
New Workers. serious mistake.
Vows were vowed, sights were
set and when the champs roared
into the Windy City Tuesday for a
three-game series they were ready
to make immediate amends. They
did.
Tuesday night they stopped the
Sox, 4-3. Yesterday they tranpled
all over them, 1872, in the biggest
rout Of the season In either league.
-Four Chicago pitchers were
mauIed for 10 hits and the New
Workers benefited from nine bases
on balls, q bit batter and three
White Sox errors.
Riding q six game winning
streak and holding a fat 515-game
edge over the runner-up Indians,
the Yankees wind up their BUSH
ness in Chicago today and move
on to st. Louis for four games,
Detroit for three and Cleveland for
four. Their combined record
against the three clubs so far this
season is 81.
The Indians slipped another full
notch back last night when Boston
came up with three runs in the
top of the ninth for a IS decision.
Cleveland has played one game
less than New York and has lost
five more.
The Philadelphia Athletics
whipped the hapless Detroit Tigers,
10-7, dropping the Tigers 20 games
behind New York. Washington beat
st. Louis, 81, In 10 innings in the
other American League game.
Milwaukee made It two straight
over Brooklyn on the Dodgers
home grounds, 1i-s, after trailing
IL at the end Of three innings.
In winning the Braves stretched
their National League lead to q
game and q half.
The Philadelphia Phillies split 9
twilight-night double-header with
the st. Louis Cardinals, winning
the second game, e-5, and losing
the opener, SIS. The New York
Giants trOunced Cincinnati, 11-3.
and Pittsburgh moved into sixth
place with q 10 decision over Chi
cag0.
The Red Sox victory over Cleve.
land broke their four.game losing
streak. Trailing by two at the
start Of the ninth Boston put to.
gether q pair Of singles with a
double by George KelI for one run
Walt Masterson, who was sup
posed to pitch tonight for Wash
ington came on In the ninth in st.
Louis and became the winning
pitcher in the 10th when his mates
scored on two singles and a stolen
base. The loser was Satchel Paige.
The Milwaukee Brooklyn melee