The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-08-23
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general and New York Yankees
q particular waits breathIessly for
the Cleveland Indians tepee to col
Iapse, the Tribe blithely ignores
tie somber warnings Of their
enemies.
AL Lopez's remarkable Redskins
were ssz games in front Of the
Yanks today and showing no signs
q tapering OFF il their war on the
rest Of the league. In fact, the
Yanks' only chance Of winning
their sixth straight pennant now
q Cleveland collapse.
The Tribe whipped Baltimore
Yesterday 12-l while the Boston
Red SOx were putting the crusher
On Casey Stengel's outfit s-2.
Elsewhere in the erie = n
League, Detroit halted Chicago
(the White Sox are out Of it, IA,
and the Philadelphia AS defeated
Washington 81 in the first game Of
i scheduled double-header. The
second was called after nine inn-
ings because Of the Sunday curfew
with the score tied ~.
In the National League, the New
York Giants cemented their claim
q the pennant by gaining two
games on the Brooklyn Dodgers.
They swept q doubIe-header from
the Pittsburgh Pirates 81 and SIS
while the Philadelphia Phillies
were crushing the Brooks twice,
e. and so.
The Milwaukee Braves, IA
games OFF the pace. blasted Chi
cagO 1876 and the st. Louis Cardi-
mails outlasted the Cincinnati Red
legs 81.
The Tribe slapped out 20 hits
while Early Wynn held the Balh-
more club to three in his seven
innings on the mound. After that
Lopez sent in the scrubs.
The Yanks could do nothing
right. Only ancient Enos Slaughter
was impressive. Ted Williams
knocked in the first four Sox runs
with ! homer and q double. That
was all Frank Sullivan needed to
hang up his 18th victory and give
Boston a sweep Of the three-game
weekend series. Harry Byrd was
the victim.
Detroit jumped on Billy Pierce
for four runs in the first two inn
ings and the White Sox never did
get back in the game. Frank Boil
ing drove in three Of the Tigers
runs. Billy Hoeft was the winner.
Joe DeMaestri drove home the
winning run for the As in the 18th
inning Of the opener against the
Senator'S to give Charlie Bishop
his victory.
The Pirates knocked both the
Giants ace pitchers, Johnny An
tonelli and Sal Maglie, out Of the
box before losing. The Giants had
10 score twice in the ninth to win
the first game. A pinch single by
Billy Taylor drove in the winning
run after three straight passes and
an error forced in the tying
marker.
In the nightcap, the Pirates
chased Maglie in the fifth, and
from there on in, a brilliant relif
lob by Hoyt Wilhelm held them
in check. He didn't yield hit in
the 4 2-S innings he toiled.
The Giants now have q bulge Of
four games over the Dodgers.
A couple Of pitchers who have
had indifferent success to put Il
charitably, m o " ID down the
Brooks. Herman Wehmeier, whose
record shows six victories and nine
defeats, whipped them in the open
or, and, in fact, had q shutout
until the eighth. In the nightcap,
hurry Dickson was nursing q 10
game losing streak until the Pills
Whitewashed them in the second
game.
Del Ennis was the Brooks nem-
osis. He hit 4 three-run homer in
each game and drove In seven
runs. Carl Erskine was the first
game victim and Russ Meyer the
second, although n either was
around at the end.
Bobby Thomson returned to full
time duty with Milwaukee and
promptly belted a two-run home
run. Brave home run slugger Ed
die Mathews left the game after
he was hit on the finger. There
was no fracture. He'll be out
only q few days.
St. Louis victory over Cincin-
naH dropped the Redlegs to fifth
place. Stan Musial had q pair Of
doubles in the lS-hit Card attack
on i've Red pitchers. Al Brazle
was the winner.