The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-24
'BRAVES. DODGERS TO
CLASH IN BROOKLYN
o BEN PMLReAR

ASeoeB9eO4 PRosS SkoSS8 WElgoY
II takes q Brave team 10 invade
Ebbets Field these days so MI
waukee opens 4 4-game series Ia
the home Of the Brooklyn Dodgers
tonight.
This Is another Of those do or
die clashes that keep popping up
all season. The Dodgers feel
they've got the Braves on the ropes
BY now with q 5l1 game lead and
the season moving rapidly toward
the twO-thirds marx.
A 4-game Brooklyn sweep would
pretty well write an unhappy end
ing to the first edition Of Charlie
Grimm's Milwaukee Fairy Tale.
Although even Z first division club
probably win be welcome Ia the
trike-bound brewery center which
has gone hog Wild over major
league ban, 4 first year winner
would have been mighty nice.
The Braves aren't through yet
and they may be just the team to
cool off the Dodgers who have won
10 Of their last II. Milwaukee Is the
only club in the league with Z sea-
sons edge over the Dodgers in
Brooklyn, having won three of the
five games played there so far.
Both BROOKLYN and the Braves
were rained out yesterday so they'll
50 into tonight's game with . wei.
come day Of rest. The Dodgers
were supposed to play Chicago and
Milwaukee was scheduled at Phila
ldelphia. The rain also cut shor,
1.-THE st. Louis Cardinals series with
the New York Giants. Cincinnati
beat Pittsburgh 10 liz the only Ma
Itional League game played.
| The big noise in the American
League was the collapse Of Thu
New York Yankees In Cleveland
flor the third straight game. This
time the World Champions looked
like real country pumpkins as they
were sWamped, 1912.
The Chicago White Sox muffed
their chance to close in on the
IYanks when they bowed to Boston,
IS. The White Sox tran by 4l4
games.
Detroit's slumbering Tigers
popped up with a 4-game winning
streak, taking pair from Wash.
lington 9-6 In 10 innings and 5-4.
The victories moved the Tigers
within half q game Of the seventh
place st. LouiA Browns who LOST
10 Philadelphia, ~, In IL innings.
The Yankees tried . couple Of
their young pitchers against Cleve.
land and the Indians battered them
flor "a hits and 10 runs Ia the first
lsix innings. Tom German made
his first start and lasted into the
fifth inning. Art SchallOck tOiled
two and gave up five runs, four Of
them unearned because Of an error
by first baseman Don Bollweg.
Home runs figured strongly In
the Cleveland victory. George
Strickland hit one with two on and
AL Rosen with the bases empty ii
THE fifth. Luke Easter opened the
scoring with one in the second.
Early Wynn posted his 10th vic.
tory.
AT Chicago, Hector Skinny
Brown came back to haunt his old
White Sox teammates with q 4.
hitter for his seventh straight VIC
tory. He gave up two runs without
4 hit in the second inning when he
walked three men. He then pitched
IhitIess ball from the fourth until
Jim Rivera hit 4 home run In the
ninth.
Ray Boone, who says he likes II
better with last place Detroit than
he did with first division Cleveland
hit ! 3-run homer In the 10th inning
for the Tigers first game victory
over Washington. Home runs BY
Jim Delsing and Bob Nieman, and
. timely 2-run single by Gerry
IPriddy helped Ted Gray win his
fifth game in the nightcap.
i The Athletics solved Satch
Pages relief efforts for four hits
and three runs in the 18th TO win
their marathon at 81. Louis. Eddie
Robinson brought home two Of the
Italics with q triple.
Harry Perkowski won his eighth
game for Cincinnati as he scat.
TERED eight hits for the shutout.
THE loss was the 18th for little
Murry Dickson.