The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-23
Reynolds Fans
Ii Athletics
In 7 Innings
~ BEN pALECAR
AP SpoFts Writer

AP spoFss Writer
II could well BE- that Allie Rey.
nolds has iastballed his way into
the job Of opening the World Series
for the New York Yankees . week
from today.
The veteran speed merchant Ger.
tainly has erased ell doubts IS TO
his fitaess. And last night he gave
Charlie Dressen's spies an eyeful
Of some Of the best pitching per.
formed BY any member Of the
Yankee mound staff this season.
Working against the admittedly
weak Philadelphia Athletics Rey-
nOlds blaEed his way q II strike.
outs In seven innings while giving
up two measly singles and walk
ing four.
lie struck out the side In the
first inning and Whitfield seven In
the four innings. Al the end Of
seven Casey Stengel decided he
had seen enough n Reynolds for
the evening. And what he had seen
had made him very happy.
Neither Stengel nor Dresser dis
closed his World Series pitching
rotation. But REYNOLDS fine form
in recent weeks fas inspired con.
siderable support for the BIG chief
10 pitch the opener.
Reynolds. q 20 game winner Q
year ago, vas sent 10 the bull pen
late this spring because Stengel
considered him mere valuable In
relief. The day the Yanks elinched
their fifth pennant the New York
manager declared Reynolds had
been a prime factor In the 10 game
winning streak In June and that
he thought that streak had guar.
sn,eed the nag.
The OklahOman Is % years old.
re has appeared in five World
Series, pitching 50 IL innings In
II games and has . So record.
The New York giants beat him
once in 1851 and the Dodgers beat
him once and lost to him twice
last fall.
The Yankees beat Philadelphia
"a last night with both Philadel.
phia runs coming OF Bob KuHava
who pitched the last two innings.
One Of them was Gus Zernial's
end home run. a b,ast which kept
him one ahead If Cleveland's Al
Rosen in the American League
home run derby.
Rosen hit his aist in Cleveland'S
50 decision over Chicago. BY win.
ming the Indians virtually clinehed
second place. They lead the White
Sox By three games with four 10
play.
In other action yesterday the
Brooklyn Dodgers closed their Eb.
bets Field season by tying the Ma.
ti0nal League record 0f 90 victor.
les and ~ losses. They beat Pitts.
burgh So in the final game. Nil.
waukee and St. Louis split as did
Cincinnati and Chicago. Milwaukee
beat 81. Louis ia the first game
81 and lost the second 1917. Gin.
einnau edged Chicago 10. then
lost I'll Philadelphia whipped the
New York Giants s-5.
The 81. Louis Browns continued
TO pick on the Oaly team in the
league they can beat. the Detroit
Tigers and scored q 10 victory.
The Browns defeated Detroit IS
tunes IN their q meetings
The Dodgers y.Ctory over Pitts.
hurgh was their 10th In q meet.
ings. Junior Gillian scored the
winning run in the eighth when he
hii . pinch bit double. stole third
and scored on . aid throw. Brook.
lyn now Is one shy Of It's al time
best winning total Of lo4 games.
Eddie Mathews hIt his STth home
run IN the first came al 81. Louis
but he committed two errors In
each game Of the twin bill. Joe
Adeoek also homered In the open
er. stan MuSial. still fighting 20
keep his batting crown, collected
live hits IN nine times at bat He
raised his average 20 .s33 and
would need an average Of three
hts in every four times the rest
Of the season 10 catch the injured
Carl Furillo Of Brooklyn who
leads with 80.