The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-18
Race Tighte''s
liz American,
Brooks Flag
Chances Soar
~ BEN PlsLEcAR
Assseissod Prsss spsrts Writer

BY tomorrow night the American
League may find itself with .
Tighter pehnant race than the
National League.
The New York Yankees, who
once acted as II they were going
to clinch the nag BY the Fourth Of
July, win stiII be ahead but their
margin could be as minute IS 4
Isingle game.
Brooklyn, on the other hand,
stands chance 81 ending the
weekend As much as SIX games in
front In the senior circuit.
Here's the picture:
The Yankees, definitely still con-
Isiderahly below heir early season
form. finish q series with st. Louis
today and then invade Chicago for
d doubleheader with the never.say-
die White Sox. New York Is nursing
. four game lead. Both the Yanks
and the Sox, who play Washington,
should win today, but 1 pair Of
Chicago victories tomorrow would
not be surprising. II Il goes that
way, New York win lead By only
two games.
Brooklyn has won seven III q row
from st. Louis &c EbheEs Field this
season and could wei make Il eiRht
today IN the windup Of 1 four game
set. Then comes pair with Gin.
Icinnah tomorrow that the DodRers
should win. Milwaukee's second
place Braves, now three games
back, face, their ink team, the
Pittsburgh Pirates today, and then
have to play two tomorrow with
the revitalixed New York Giants.
A combination Of three Brooklyn
victories and three Milwaukee de-
Ifeats would fatten the DOdgers'
lead TO six games.
AL Of the first division teams In
1.-THE American League won last
might. The Yankees beat st. Louis
l64 with the help Of 4 triple play
and four double plays. Chicago
ldowned Washington ~ on Virgil
Trucks three-hit pitching. Bob
Lemon threw 4 tive.hit shut0ut for
cleveland against Philadelphia.
winning 50, and Boston edged
Detroit 80.
The Dodgers trOunced Sc. Louis
twice 40 and IA. Milwaukee fin
ALLY beat Pirates 90 after losing
i've straight to them. Cincinnati
ended Philadelphia's seven.game
winning streak with i So decision.
The Giants and the Chicago Cubs
had the night off.
Casey Stengel gamhled on his
new lefthander from Kansas City,
Art SchalIock, against the lowly
Browns, but he didn't gamble LONG.
The first time the southpaw rot In
trouble Casey yanked him in favor.
LOT veteran Allie Reynolds, even
though the youngster had i 20
lead. Reynolds was below par and
Johnny Sain finally finished up,
after the Browns scored three runs
in the ninth.
The gaIloping White SOx scored
their 18th victory in their last 81
games with Trucks winning his
sixth straight.
Successive home runs sby Luke
Easter, with two On, and Larry
Dolby helped Lemon win his 18th
game against eight losses for
Cleveland.
Detroit knocked out three Boston
pitchers in the last three innings
but fell q run short Of beating the |
Red Sox. Nit BollinR's seventh
inning homer provided the margin
Iof victory.
The Cardinals pitching and field
ing fen apart in the first inning Of
the first game at Brooklyn and the
Dodgers scored seven runs. Billy
Cox hit q grand slam home run
IN the fourth and Gil Hodges hit =
homer with two on III the fifth.
Jackie Robinson Bit two home
runs, the second with two aboard,
TO wrap up the second game for
Carl Erskine.
Warren SPAIN stopped the Pr
rates on four hits for his 18th
triumph.
Cincinnati came from behind to
edge the Phillies with pitcher Har-
~ PerkOwski scoring the winning
run in the eighth inning. The loss
was the sixth for Curt Simmons
who has won nfcht