The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-01
Tribes Flag
Hopes FOde As
Ted Blasts 9Th
Homer In 4 Wks.

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esVsland Indians might really be
Started om q despeFnlion dash b.
card TIE Afneriean League pen
mnma, along came TED williams.
Almost everybody has bern eon-
oeflng he ilaa Il ne New York
Nanknes fer cutie q spell. But the
WamkB have shown q tendeneg 60
glmmb1n and after the Hndiamml
eealped them h three straight last
waek some ioEks. including Yankeel
Manager Casey sien9el. foresawl
fHumhie.
n vas generally fell that nothing
ehnrt e. q sensational winning
streak Would bring the Indians
engthlng iiks close. Hopes were
ellll rising, however. on the shores
ofIake Erie last night a. the Tribe
tDok slx,game winning streak
into battla with The Bosion Red
81.
noslon pushed ever single runs
n ne necond anA third Innings
ard Cleveland answered back with
q lonesome tally IN the sixth. Ihen
fhe S0x put two men on base In
lhs seventh and Williams promptly
PARKED ere hlRh irto The upper
riahl field deck a lAe spacious
Municipal Stadium. u vas bis
seventh home qua en- the four
weeks since he's been 0ui q The
Marine Corps.
Boston went On and ven 81,
pushing Cleveland iolA games back
az ire Yankees. who wefen'l sehed.
uled. ENTHUSIASTICALLY the Tribe
eould ellll make Il with q games
left b play. But 4 WI be just
thal much harder. due 10 Terrible
Ted from Boston.
TIE other American action last
night vas confined 10 lhe second
division. Boho Newsom. who's been
around since dad Was q lad. won
bis 2oolh American League game.
q TO- decision for the Philadelphia
Athletics over Detroit. Only II 9th.
er huslers ever have won that
many In TIE American League. De.
troll won the first game II the
tws night 81, and Washington
edged 81. Louis 80.
In the National League. Brock
lyn's homer happy Dodgers
whipped u. Louis IS. Cincinnati
won = pair from PhlladelpAia i2-s
and rs. ard New YORK sm0thered
ehe Chicago Cubs fs-a. Milwaukee
and Pittsburgh had the day of.
TIE Brooklyn victory moved the
Dodgers lost games ahead II MI.
wnukee with - games remaining.
Newaom'a teammates got him q
go lead ard Ne was II trouble
only omce--ln the fifth inning
when he gave up three runs In
elndlna q home run By Freddie
Hutchinson. the Detroit manager
who took ever the pitching chores
from l0seF Ted Gray IN the third.
Brooklyn hlt three home runs
againft tlse Cardinals 80 two By
Duke Snider, Who raised his
months total 20 Is. only one short
IL TIE Nallonal League record. and
one BY Gu Hedges. Roy campan-
ella SCI q National League record
Cor runs haited In BY q catcher
when he hammered across a pair.
giving him q total of ia for the
season. The old mark was ia.
AZ Philadelphia. the Redlegs ex.
plUded Cor nine runs In ire sixth
inning % win the first game and
fought back from . thFee-run def.
eil 10 capture the nlghscap despite
three phiiadelphia homers. Gran.
ny Hammer bic = grand slam home
run for the phils IN the first game
and opened the second with an.
other homer with enc nan aboard.
The Cubs and Giants. playing In
81 degree heat. attracted only / .Iu1
paying customers 10 The Polo
Grounds IN the only major league
lay same. TIE sparse gathering
Eas the smallest of the year In
View York. Jim Rhodes and Daryl
ipeEceF contributed homeFs 10 the
t-hlt Giant attack o. four Cub
piteherx.