The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-17
Dodgers Fail To
Gair, Ground On
1st Place Giants
BY JOE REIcHLEx
Associated Press Sports Writer

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Cincinnati's spectacular success
in the tight one-run decisions has
catapulted the Redlegs into third
place today within striking dist
arlce Of the fast-fading defending
champion Brooklyn Dodgers.
In the last Is games of which
Manager Birdie Tebbetts' scrap
pers have won II, the Reds have
engaged in II one-run decisions
and they've won eight Of them.
During the entire season, Cincin-
natl has played in So such games,
winning q, and losing Is.
The Reds grabbed another close
one yesterday as they swept a twi-
night doubIeheader from Philadel-
phia's PhiIlies 7-6 and 81. The
night before they had edged out
the Phillies FL, and 4-3 to spoil the
managerial debut Of Terry Moore.
Since replacing Steve O'Neill as
Philly manager, Moore has seen
his team lose four straight games.
Yesterdays double win boosted
the Reds into third place, seven
games below the Dodgers who
dropped their third straight to Mil
waukee 81. The defeat spoiled the
Dodgers chances Of picking up
ground on the league leading New
York Giants who remained ga in
front despite their 81 loss to St.
Louis. The Braves triumph gave
them undisputed possession of
fourth place with Philadelphia
dropping to fifth only . half game
ahead Of st. Louis.
s Cleveland's Indians protected
their half game margin over New
York in the American League with
ass sheMacking of the Philadel-
phia Athletics. The Yankees ran
their winning streak to II games
shading Baltimore so. Chicago's
third place White Sox remained
four games off the pace defeating
Washington AZ.
In other games, Boston's Frank
Sullivan pitched his second straight
shutout, downing Detroit 80 with
three hits and Chicago's Cubs
came from behind to nip the Pitts.
burgh's Pirates So behind Bob
Rush's six-hitter.
Gus Bell, who Manager Tebbetts
claims is q better centerfielder
than Willie Mays or Duke Snider,
paced the Reds to their twin tri.
umphs. He drove in eight runs,
six in the second game with a pair
Of homers and 4 double. He cur.
rently is batting .341 and had driv.
en- In "a runs. The Reds won the
opener in the 10th on Chuck Har.
mons single with the bases
loaded.
"A crowd Of 41,77S, second largest
In Milwaukee history, watched
Gene Conley handcuh the Dodgers
with five hits and strike out nine
as he gained his eighth victory Of
the year and his third without q
defeat over Brooklyn. Second base
man Danny O'Connell and catcher
Del Crandall drove in two runs
each for the Braves as Car
Erskine went down to his ninth
defeat. .
After dissipating a al lead ir
the eighth, the Cardinals roared
back with run in the ninth to mir
the Giants. Ray Jablonski de.
lvered two-out single that scored
Wally Moon with the winning rur
OF reliever Marv Grissom. Stan
Musial hit his 9th home run fol
the Cardinals and Willie Mays
slammed his SIND for the Giants
The Indians pounded out 10 hits
nine for extra bases to help Mike
Garcia register his 18th victory
Al Smith had four hits and Dave
Philley and Sam Dente had three
each.
Irv Noren's homer with two Out
In the ninth enabled the Yankees
to tie the majors longest winning
streak of IL set last May BY
Cleveland.
Held to two hits through six in
nings, the White Sox tied the score
at IL in the seventh and broke
loose for three more runs agains
Dean Stone in the eighth to give
reliever Sandy Consuegra his It'll
victory. A double by Chic Carras
quel and Singles by Minnie Minoso
Ron Jackson and Matt Bats fea
tured the winning attack.
Sullivan, BoSton's 81 righthand
er permitted only one Tiger Il
reach second. A two run error b,
Ted Lepcio and Jackie Jensen!
single provided Boston with all it!
runs.
Gene Bakers triple in the nintl
scored Bob Talbot, who had sin
gled, with the run that broke ;
20 tie and, gave the Cubs theil
third straight over the Pirates.
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