The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-13
AntOneHi Gains
His Eighth Win;
Brooks Split Pair
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Ask almost any National League
manager what he thinks 81 TIL
Milwaukee Braves and he'll shake
his head In wonderment and tel
you they should have folded lOnl
ago.
They'll ten you the Braves still
win fold. but with the season moro
than half over. hey don't say q
with the same finality they used
Z month ago.
When the Braves lost three
games In = row to the Brooklyr
Dodgers late last month, theiI
Idetract0rs thought they had
cracked good and never would
recover. Then early this month
they fell ia games behind TIL
Dodgers, and again the experts
| figured it was al over but thl
shouting.
Yet, today. the Braves are JUS
i game and 4 half behind thu
Brooks and creating more noise
than any dead Indian should.
The st. Louis Cardinals had 1
good opportunity yesterday to hell
bury Charley Grimm's tomahawl
singers and they succeeded Only
in digging grave for themselves
The Braves won 4 double header
from the Cards l0-1 and AZ and
knocked the Redblrds right intr
fourth place.
The Philadelphia Philliess tool
over third place by whacking the
helpless Pittsburgh Pirates 81 and
les. In other games, the Dodgers
turned back the New York Giants
4-s, and the Cincinnati Redlegs won
two games from the Chicago Cubs
IA and rs.
In the American League the New
York Yankees whipped the Wash
Iington Senator's 6-5 but saw theiI
lead sliced to five games wher
1.-THE Chicago White SOx mauIed tn
Cleveland Indians twice, Il-2 AMI
l3-l. Boston and Philadelphia spill
. double-header, the Red SOS
winning the first SIS and the Al
the second IL. The Detroit TigerI
won the first game Of their twin
bin with the ST. Louis Browns 81
but the Brownies took the second
49,. beating Ralph Branca, making
his first American League start
The Braves made things easy FL
Johnny Antonelli to notch hi
eighth victory 81 the year IN ths
first game By slugging i've Card
nal pitchers for II hits, including
3 grand slam home run By I'd
Mathews.
The nightcap, though, was 4 dif
Iferent story. The Cards scored
three runs In the fifth and Dor
Iiddle had 10 be rescued hy Boil
Bull, who held the Cards at bay
while his mates were notehing ths
tying and winning runs IL I'll.
seventh.
The louble triumph enabled ths
Braves to shave 1 half game OfI
the Dodgers lead. The Brook,
themselves snapped an eight-galns
winning streak Of the Giants wher
they scored ! run of relief aca
Hoyt Wilhelm in the bottom 81 tha
10Th inning. With the bases loaded
Wilhelm passed Bobby Morgan q
force in the winning run. BiIly Coz
had tied II for Chuck Dressen's op,
leratives with 4 home run n tht
ninth with one on.
Robin Roberts hurled the PIN,
lies % their first.game triumph for
his 18th victory Of the year. while
Bob Miller and Steve Ridzik tossed
the nightcap. The defeat was the
Pirates 10th Ii j row.
Harry Perkowski and Fred Bac.
zewsd each went an the way for
the improving RedIeRs 81 their twir
trinmphs over the Cubs.
The Yanks had TO win their Rarns
the hard way. They had : 8:
margin going into the ninth. hul
Jackie Jensen hit ! home run 81,
|relieyer Bob Kuzaya to shave the
net deficit to one run. That caIlef
Tor Allie Reynolds to take over en-
mound for the Yanks. He gave 81
. triple % Keith Thomas ana !
game.tying ny to CD Coan.
- the home half Of the ninth
Gene Wedding singled Mickey
Mantle, who had walked and eDre
g second On another waIk 70 Tn
Ncren, home with The winning run
Reynolds got credit for the victory,
The fearless White Sox reaIly
lambasted the Indians n the open
er Is . parade AZ i've Tribe uitch.
lers paraded 70 The mound. They
took their Jumps "a he time n Il
hits. Mike FoFnieIes had no trouhl1
on the hin for the Pale Hose.
IN the second game, the Indians
put up more Of ! fight, ALTHOUGH
Bob Lemon, one Of Their aces "a,
tapped for u hits. The Sox couldn'l
capitalize, though. and needed !
tightly pitched game by Vireil
Trucks and BiIly Pierce, who cana
|on IN the ninth.
Hector Brown and Ivan Dead.
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