The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-07
MINOSO IS
WHITE SOX
BY JOE REIcHL Err
AP Sports Writer

| A., "udAuS as POtcu1duy
the greatest player in the Ameri-
can League" has thrust himself
boldly into the running for the
most coveted honor the Junior cir
cult has to offer-the Most valu-
able Player award.
Largely because of the all-around
brllliance of this fleet-footed son
OF Matanzas, Cuba, the Chicago
White Sox have been able to keep
within striking distance of the
league-leading Cleveland Indians.
No player-and that includes
williams, AL Rosen and Yogi Der.
ra-has done more for his club
than Minoso. AS the season comes
to the one-third mark, the 30-year-
old outfielder leads the circuit in
runs batted in, runs scored and
triples. He's tied for the lead in
stolen bases and in the top five in
hits, home runs, doubles and bat
ting. His team value is reflected
in his ability to do a workmanlike
job at third base as well as any,
where in the outfield.
Minoso was Chicago's big gun
again yesterday as the White Sox
swept a double-header from Wash
ington So and 60 to run their
winning streak to five straight and
stay within eight percentage points
Of first place. He smashed his 10th
home run with a man on base to
provide the winning margin in the
opener. He collected three singles,
drove in bis 50th and 51st runs,
scored his 46th run and stole his
seventh base in the nightcap. He is
hitting 1888.
Cleveland protected its first
place margin by sweeping a dou-
ble-header from the Athletics in
Philadelphia FL and rs while
Brooklyn boosted its National
League lead to two games, thrash
ing the Chicago Cubs Ga for its
ninth straight.
The Baltimore Orioles held New
York to a split in their twin bill
to drop the birthplace Yankees
3h games behind the pace. Veter.
an Joe Coleman, continuing his
fine comeback, beat the Yankees
IA for his sixth victory but the
Yankees won the second game So
as Allie Reynolds outpitched Don
Larsen.
Boston's Red Sox went on a
home run binge to defeat Detroit
IA. Homers by Ted Lepcio, Milt
Boiling, Harry Agganis and Jackie
Jensen accounted for all Boston's
runs.
Philadelphia's Phillies out
slugged the st. Louis Cardinals
11-8 to tie Milwaukee for third
place in the National and advance
to within a game of the runner-up
York Giants. The Phillies got
all their runs in the first and sew.
enth innings. B OBJ by Morgan's
grand-slam homer highlighted' the
six-run first.
The Giants and Cincinnati Red
legs exchanged 80 decisions. The
Giants won the first game on
Monte Twins 10th homer of the
season in the eight. The Reds took
the nightcap in the ninth when
Bob Borkowski singled to score
Chuck Harmon from second.
Pittsburgh survived a grand.
slam homer by Milwaukee's Eddie
Mathews and won the second game
ga after Jim Wilson had pitched
the Braves to 40 opening-game
victory. The veteran Highlander
permitted only four hits in his first
start of the season.
A trio of triples paved the way
for Cleveland's pair of victories
over Philadelphia. Two of them
came in the second inning of the
first game and helped Bob Teller
record the 251st victory of his ca
reer. They were hit by Dave Phil
ley and George Strickland. Each
scored on a sacrifice fly. The third
triple was hit by rookie catcher
Hal Naragon with the bases full
in the fourth inning to provide the
margin Of victory in the second
game.
Minoso surrendered first-game
batting honors to teammate Jim
Rivera. The White Sox outfielder
slammed q pair of homers, dou-
bled and scored three runs to ex-
tend his hitting streak through IA
games. Rookie southpaw Jack
Harshman turned in a seventh
shutout in the nightcap.
Bob Kennedy's two-run double
highlighted a four-run seventh that
gave the Orioles an uphill victory
over the Yankees. Reynolds al
lowed only five hits and famed
eight to record his sixth triumph
against one defeat in the second
game. Mickey Nantes 10th homer
with a man on clinched the Yankee
victory.
Four straight singles by Peewee
Reese, Duke Snider, Jackie Robin
son and Gil Hodges after two were
out in the 10th snagged A tie
and enabled the Dodgers to sweep
their four-game series in Chicago.
R0hinson with four hits including