The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-07-26
Indians Have New Hope
After Win Over Yankees
ChisOr Cain
With Double
Victory Sun.
Ry JOE REIcHLER
APP Snarff Writer

The Cleveland Indians failed II
sweep the Yankee series in New
York yesterday but they have
gained a new-found respect al
over the American League.
Back home today after a sue
cessful road trip, the league-lead
ing Indians found the home town
fans talking pennant for the first
time this season. Before, wher
they returned home in first place
the cynical Cleveland populace
would greet them like this:
"Why get steamed up? They new
or win the big ones. They wilt be
fore the Yankees. Especially in
New York. They'll blow it again
down the stretch"
The Indians arrived in New York
Friday with a thin half-game edge
over the Yankees and left Sunday
night a game and a half ahead
That was not exactly willing.
The Yankees nipped the Indians
4-s in II innings yesterday but the
Tribes satisfaction over victories
Friday and Saturday was moi
dimmed.
Casey StengeI, Yankees manag'
CT, muttered:
"This has got to 60 down to the
last weeks. Cleveland is not going
to blow up. They got too many
good players for that"
The Indians are obviously q
much better club than the one that
finished second to the Yankees in
1851, 1852 and 1858. AS Stengel
pointed out: "For the first time In
years they've got strong bench
and good second-line pitching ID
back up the big three"
In the National League, the New
York Giants lead was whitfield
down to four games yesterday as
the second-place Brooklyn Dodger.
defeated st. Louis 2-1 while the
Milwaukee Braves were walloping
the Giants rs for a sweep of the
three-game series. The Dodgers
meet New York at Ebbets Field
tonight.
Chicago's surprising Cubs
downed Philadelphia twice, 81 and
2-1. Pittsburgh and Cincinnati di
vided doubleheader, the Pirates
winning the opener ~ and the
Redlegs taking the nightcap So.
Chicago's birthplace White Sox
climbed to within six games Of
the pace-setting Indians in the
American, sweeping a twin-bill
from Boston so and AZ. Jack
Harshman, rookie Chicago left.
handler, struck out 16 Red Sox bat.
tiers - two short of Bob Feller's
major league record - in the
opener.
Washington protected its fourth.
place hold by beating the Detroit
Tigers lis. Frank (Spec) Shea won
his first game of the season,
Philadelphia's Athletics buried the
Baltimore Orioles deeper in the
cellar with "a and Ga victories.
Cleveland enjoyed a 81 lead over
the Yankees until the seventh
Mike Garcia, seeking his 18th vic
tory, was chased in that innins
when the Yankees tied the score
on pinch hitter Eddie Robinson,
double with the bases loaded
Rockies Bob Grim of New YorI
and Ray Narleski of Cleveland bat
tied on even terms from the eigh
until the 18th, when the Yankee!
filled the bases on walks to Mickey
Mantle and Gene Wodling and al
infield single by Irv Noren. And,
Carey hit past a drawn-in infielC
to break up the game.
Glenn Labine, making his secont
start of the season for Brooklyn
Outpitched Harvey Haddix, Cardi
nal ace. Labine permitted foul
singles and no runs through tn,
first eight innings but hits by Ra,
Jablonski and Red Schoendiens
and walks to Stan MuSial and 10,
Cunningham after two were on
scored a st. Louis run and file,
the bases. Jim Hughes replaced
Labine and struck out Rip RepuIsk
on three pitches to save his It'll
game for the Dodgers.
Pitcher Howie JudSon won hi
own game with a tie-breaking sin
gle in the seventh to give the Red
legs a split after Frank Thoma
had paced Pittsburgh to a first
game victory with a homer an,
three singles.
The White Sox followed u,
Harshman'S sensational Strike-ou
performance by defeating an oil
nemesis - Ellis Kinder - in tn
second game with a two-ru
seventh inning rally that broke
% tie.
A Seven-run eighth inning in tn
first game and a four-run sevent
in the second enabled the Athletic
to come from behind twice agains
the Orioles.