The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-03
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YonI8s. 81;
BoSox Win
BY BEN PHLEcAR
AP Sporfs Wrifer

By BEN PHLEGAk
AP Sports Wrirer
It looks more and more as If this
Cleveland team really means bust
ness.
The Indians frankly admit they
like it up on top Of the American
League standings and they're will
ing to fight to stay there.
Last night they fought and won
their toughest battle so far as they
beat the New York Yankees 81
in 1o-inning struggle at Yankee
Stadium after the Yanks had
jumped off to q 10 lead in the
first inning.
A home run by Bobby Avila tied
the score in the ninth and another
homer, this time by AL Smith,
broke it up. What made the come
back even more amazing was the
sensational relief pitching Of five
Indian hurlers who held the YAM
KEGS hitless for nine full innings
after a six-hit splurge in the first.
This ability to fight back against
a powerful rival on foreign terri
tory makes Cleveland a solid
threat. The Indians have had con-
sistently good teams the past three
seasons when they've finished Sec
ond. But they've lacked the spark
to fight off the Yankees over the
full season.
Last night Early Wynn, normally
one of the clubs top pitchers,
couldn't get a man out. So his
relief followers mopped up in al
most perfect fashion once the first
inning was over. The victory went
to Hal Newhouser, who finished
with three hitless frames.
BY winning, the Indians pulled
two games in front of the Chicago
White Sox, who bowed So to Bos-
ton. Baltimore pushed Philadelphia
into the league cellar with a 81
decision. Washington defeated De-
troit 7-2.
Brooklyn took first place in the
National League by one game over
the Milwaukee Braves as they
sloshed to rs decision against
the Braves in five innings that
consumed more than four hours,
including two lengthy delays be-
cause of rain. Philadelphia beat
Cincinnati TO. It was too cold for
Pittsburgh and the Cubs in Chicago
and too wet in st. Louis for the
Cardinals and New York.
Sandy Consuegra had piled up
five straight victories bot he ran
into storm in the very first in
ming at Boston. The White Sox
highlander was battered for four
runs in the first and his mates
couldn't get even against rookie
Frank Sullivan and veteran Ellis
Kinder. Jackie Jensen's two-run
triple was the big blow Of the
Red Sox' first.
| Joe Coleman got another chance
| to taunt his former teammates as
he registered his fifth victory for
Baltimore and his second straight
over the Athletics. The Orioles
dubbed IA hits, equalling their best
total of the season. Clint Court
ney's three run homer climaxed
six-run rally in the eighth.
Eddie Yost of the Senator's
played his tooth consecutive game,
the longest streak since Lou Geh-
rig of the Yankees ran up his total
Of 2,130. The occasion was a sue
cessful one for the Senators, who
hoped on Steve Gromek for six
runs in the first four innings for
an easy victory over Detroit.
Curt Simmons of the PhiAies
scattered six Cincinnati hits in win
ming his second shutout' and his
fifth game. He's been beaten four
times.
The Milwaukee game was held
up for hour and 81 minutes at
the start Of the third with Brooklyn
ahead 81. The Braves went ahead
81 in the last of the fourth on
Eddie Mathews grandslam home
run.
With the rain coming down it
looked as if all the Braves had to
do to pick up the victory was to
get three Dodgers out in the fifth.
But before they could, they had
made two errors, Brooklyn had
added three hits and had scored
five runs to take the lead.
Time was called again after five
innings but the game was called
without further play.