The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-21
Braves Had
Nearly Two
Million Fans

~ JOG REIcHIgR

owners
when you convene next Sunday
20 discuss tire Browns proposed
transfer, Il might BE- well 20 adopt
the following slogan.
Remember the Braves"
Il IS doubtful Il this amaflng
stoFy-the Braves shift from B0s-
ton 20 Milwaukee and the tremen.
dous loyalty Of the baseball happy
Milwaukee fanS-wlll ever be for.
gotten.
In is first ma jor league baseball
season In half a century. Milwau-
kee established a new National
League attendance record when !.
500. 397 cash customers came oui
90 root their beloved Braves into
second place There Is no doub,
that the almost daily capacity
crowds had much 70 do with the
Braves surprising showing. Even
their most ardent admirers didn't
dare hope for anything higher than
fourth.
Although yesterdays games had
no bearing on the final standings.
a capacity crowd Of 36.0il - one
person for every seat In County
Siadium-watehed the Braves split
a doubleheader with Cincinnati.
Rookie joey Jay. making his first
major league start. shut out the
Redlegs 80 In an abbreviated
Seyen.innlng nighteap after Cinein.
natl had won the opener So.
The dOubleheader, which con.
eluded the clubs home games for
the year. enabled the Braves 20
shatter the old league attendance
mark Of 1907 .S26 set by the pen.
nant winning Dodgers Of igs7. The
only second place club ever %
draw more than the current
Braves were the 1850 Detroit Ii.
gers. Who drew 1881 ,47a. Briggs
stadium seats S2.sS4 to 96,OlI for
Milwaukee.
II might be well for the American
League club owners 90 remember
that practically this same Braves
team drew 81. 27s In Boston last
year. an attendance Just about
duplicated b. the 50 Browns In
ST. Louis.
With the pennant races decided
days ago. attention was focused
on individual performance yester.
day. Virgil Trucks became the
fourth American League pitcher
Ia win % games this year when he
hurled the White S0x 10 q SO vic.
tory as Chicago swept . double.
header from the 81. Louis Browns.
Bob keegan, a2-year-Old righthan.
der. pitched his second successive
three-hit shutout 90 In the opener.
Gus ernial walloped homers
Nos. 20 and IL 10 help Philadelphia
win two games from Washington
100 and -. Zernial wrestei the
American League lead from Cleye.
lands Al Rosen. Joe de Maestro
singled In the winning run In the
nth inning Of the nightcap.
Billy Marti's three run homer
highlighted . five-run sixth inning
that gave Eddie Ford his 18th vic.
tory and the New York Yankees a
nos Suggest victory over the BOs.
ton. Ford was shelled from the
mound when the Red Sox got five
runs In their half Of the sixth hut
fine relief hurting by Johnny SANS
preserved his lead.
Mike Garcia also won his 18th
game pitching Cleveland 90 . 60
triumph over Detroit after the ri.
gers had taken the opener Sc.
Stan Musial. battling against long
odds 10 retain his batting cham
Ipi0nship. cracked out q single
triple and his 2sth home run In
four times at bat 10 lead the 81
Louis Cardinals 10 an ll-s victory
over the Chicago Cubs. Musial Is
now hitting 800. II points below
National League leader Carl Furillo
OF Brooklyn.
The pennant winning Dodgers
divided a twin ball with Phfadel.
lphia. winning the opener s-4 and
losing the second 81.
Cal Abrams hit = grandSlam
home run that gave Pittsburgh an
So triumph over the New York
Giants.
Eddie Mathews committed two
errors that gave Cincinnati four
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