The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-04
White Sox
Aided I'm
Flag Roee
BY BEN PHlECAR
AP Sports Writer

ing every effort to run off and
hide from the New York Yankees
in the American League pennant
race and for change they're
getting some help.
For more seasons than they care
to remember the rest of the mar
ayers in the league have found out
the hard way that no team can
beat the Bronx Bombers all by
itself.
The New Workers always dis
covered a cousin or two some
where, teams they could whip with
ease while the contenders were
busy battering each other out of
the pennant race.
But not so far in 1854.
Every team the YankS have
played has beaten them at least
once. And they've played every
team in the league except Balti-
more. The Orioles open three
game series in New York .today.
Meanwhile, the 4 White Sox have
recovered from three quick losses
at the start of the season and have
won nine of their last II games.
They lead the league by one game
over the surprising Detroit Tigers
and hold a four-game edge over
the Yankees.
From start to finish a year ago
the Yankees never were more than
one game out of first place.
In addition to the pleasure of
having the other teams beat the
Yankees, the White Sox have re-
ceived phenomenal pitching from
unexpected sources and excellent
hitting from a couple of fellows
who have to produce to keep the
pennant threat alive.
Johnny Groth, a .253 weakling
with the st. Louis Browns last
year, is leading the Sox with a
1854 average. Ferris Fain, who fol-
lowed two straight batting cham
pionships with a .256 performance
last season, is hitting at 1928 clip.
Bob Keegan, Sandy Consuegra
and Don johnson have accounted
for seven victories without being
beaten. Johnson, former Yankee
property, is a fugitive from Tor
onto. Keegan and Consuegra had a
combined 1858 record of 14-10.
Consuegra won his second one
yesterday. Despite the 1913 score
against the Philadelphia Athletics,
he gave up only two hits, a bunt
single and a windblown double,
both by Forrest (Spook) Jacobs.
Consuegra had a perfect game
working until Jacobs got his dou-
BILE with one out in the seventh.
The St. Louis Cardinals beat the
New York Giants 8-2 last night in
the only other activity in either
league. It was too cold at Milwau-
kee for Brooklyn to play the last
place Braves and it was too wet
at Washington for the Senator'S
game with Cleveland.
The three Philadelphia runs
against Consuegra came in the
ninth inning on a walk and an
error followed by Jacobs bunt,
which Consuegra threw Into right
field, permitting two runners to
score. Then Jacobs scampered
home after a sacrifice fly by Ed
McGhee.
The White Sox scored eight runs
in the third on six hits, including
single by Consuegra and a two-run
double by Groth. Chico Carrasquel
and Nellie Fox each collected four
hits.
At st. Louis, the Cardinals scored
three runs on one hit in the first
inning and three more OIL Ray
Jablonski's home run in the fourth
as Vic Raschi pitched his first
complete game since leaving the
Yankees.
Twice before Raschi has pitched
nine innings but in each instance
the game ran into extra innings.
Ruben Gomez, who never got
anybody out in the first, was the
loser. He walked three, one man
was safe on an error and two
scored on a double by Tom Aston
before Gomez gave way to Mario
Picone.