The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-04
MiIsUGHkee Nips
Brooklyn, OF,
To Take Season
Edge Thursday

rharishina PEASANT ambitions. has.
ned home today ard aeni out Z
'.help wanted b beat TIE Doagers''
plea 70 the rest 81 TIE National
Laanue.
ne Braves are going 10 reed
lnls a help b zsl anything lbs
really einse 10 frunlFunning Brook-
lyn. with "a games 10 play Ties
tran 81 nine. Even n consecutive
vletnrles wouldn't guarantee ths
liag ruleas the Dodgers were beat.
en- a least 10 more times.
Success sounds impossible. Bot
thmn q year ago anybody presiieting
that Milwaukee. Wis, would be =
contender f0r the 1853 pennant IA
ether major lenw1 w0uld have
been hurried of 70 ths nearest
doctor.
Here's ne situation tie rest Of
Tie way:
Milwaukee has IS home games
ials, starting tonight against 81.
f0uls. The Cards play four and
tAen the Braves vlslt Chicago Cor
q I.abor Dsy douhlcheadeF. They
come back home Ter q two game
series with Philadelphia. Brooklyn.
New York ard Pittsburgh and =
three game set with Cincinnati.
Then they wind up on the road
with pairs Il S. Louis and Gin.
elnnaii.
A surprisingly consistent club an
season, the Braves have played
slightly better bah co the road
than a home. They've son a and
lost AZ cut nf town and have .
ss-aa record IN Milwaukee.
Brooklyn. . sensational home
club this year. has only six more
games 81 Ehbeis Field and Is on
ne road. The Dodgers have won
s. and lost only 10 games In
Brooklyn. Away from home
they've won - and lost rs.
The Dodgers open a three game
visit with TIE Giants at the Polo
Grounds tonight They're back
home Labor Day Cor two with PIN.
adelphia. then head west Cor two
each az Cincinnati. Milwaukee and
Chicago and threE 81 81. Louis.
WheK they set home they've GOT
three with the phillise and one
with Pittsburgh before showing off
for Philadelphia 30 end the season
with three against TIE Phlls.
The Braves gained ore distinc.
ton over TIE Dodgers yesterday.
They beat them 81 ard ended
their visits 10 Brooklyn with . SIS
record. ne only team In the league
10 zaln ihe upper hand over the
Dodgers ~ Ebbets Field.
Eddie Mathews broke q Ia Gle
with his eth home run IN The
eighth. II came with two aboard.
Later h the same inning Jim Pen.
dlelon belted an inside-lhe.park
blast that scored two morp.
In ofher games Philadelphia
shaded the Cardinals 81 snd Gin.
clnnall thnmped New YeSa SO. The
New York Yankees whipped the
S. Louis Browns SIS. Cleveland
climbed into a second place tie
with Chicago By beating Philadel.
phla 90 ~ The White Sox lost 10
Washington 81 and Detroit edged
Boston So.
The Yankees lead n now i0ls
games over Cleveland and Chicago
with a % play.
The Pals winning run against
TIE Cardinals came In the eighth
when Granny Hammer tripled and
then scored as he knocked over
catcher Del Rice during an at.
tempted run down. Curt Slmmons
bested Harvey Haddlx.
Ted Kiusxewski ~ Cincinnati
broke his batting slump with four
hits--his 3eth homer. q double and
two slngles-ln the Redlegs victory
In New York. Larry Jansen, who
owned . as lifetime record over
Cincinnati. was The loser.
Home runs By Yogi Berra. ca
MeDOugald and Gene woofllng
which produced SIX runs. helped
Eddie lopai score has issh victory
tow the fanks, The Browns led
go al one point
The White Sox Cen before Che
four hit pitching Of Bob portergieid
and Johnny Schmltz. Porteriield
pitched ssx scorcless innings hug
had 10 give up with a back injury.
Cteveiand's victory over Phlla.
delphia was is ieth in - meetings
this season. Rookie Dave Hoskins
druve IN two Of the runs In winning
his eighth same and his fourth In
q row.
Detroit survived q Boston home
run siege b. Karl Olsen. Hoos
Evers and George Kell IN the late
Innings. Bob Nieman drove IN three
Of TIE Tigers five runs.