The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-09-14
Braves Will Have Last
Shot At Pennant Tonite
Giants Hold
4-Gan,e Edge
OUer RiuaIs
BY BEN PHLEcAR

Opportunity knocks tonight for
the last time for the Milwaukee
Braves.
The injury-riddled birthplace
club limps into the Polo Grounds
for its last three games with the
league-leading New York Giants,
knowing that it's win or else.
There viii be no more chances If
the Braves blow any one of these.
The New York experts to a man
doubt Milwaukee has enough mo-
mentum left from its great late
season surge to sweep by the
Giants now.
New York holds four-game edge
over both second-place Brooklyn
and the Braves in the vital "games
lost" column. BY now this column
tells the story more accurately
than do "games behind" figures
since the contenders each have
played a different number of
games.
The Giants would have to lose 4
Of their remaining IL contests to
be caught by either team and
would need to drop S to be passed.
Even if the Braves and Dodgers
won everything from now until the
end of the season.
The Giants front office Haunted
its confidence by opening public
sale of world series tickets today,
although the club has three games
left with Brooklyn as well as the
current set with Milwaukee.
The Braves move into New York
after winning two out Of three in
Philadelphia. They took last nights
game IA. The Giants edged the
Cardinals 10 in an afternoon con-
test and Brooklyn wasn't sched-
uled. Pittsburgh shaded Cincinnati
6-5 in the only other major league
action.
First baseman Joe Adcock and
outfielder Hank Aaron definitely
are out of the New York series.
Two other Milwaukee regulars,
third baseman Eddie Mathews and
pitcher Gene Conley have been be-
low par physically.
Adcock suffered a ruptured blood
vessel in his wrist when he was
hit by q pitch in Brooklyn Satur-
day. Aaron broke his nag week
ago. Mathews has a buTF ankle and
Conley, due to start tonight, is re-
covering from a bad back.
Catcher Del Crandall moved into
the cleanup spot at Philadelphia
last night and delivered three hits,
two of them doubles, in five trips.
Ahead by only one run, the
Braves wrapped it up with four
tallies in the eighth. Crandall
opened with a double and was safe
when Curt Simmons throw to third
on Andy Pafko's sacrifice was late.
Simmons then walked Johnny Lo-
gan, hit Jack Dittmer and walked
Roy Smalley for two runs. Steve
Ridzik came in to get pitcher Dave
jolly on strikes but Bill Bruton
singled over second and two more
runs came in.
Johnny Antonelli was in superb
form with his five-hit shutout Of
the Cardinals. All of the hits
against him were singles and he
retired IA men in order until Stan
Musial walked in the ninth.
The Giants couldn't do much
against rookie Gordon Jones but
the one run they put together in
the ninth on a double by Willie
Mays and a single by Dusty Rhodes
was enough.
The victory was No. 81 for the
lefthander who came to the Giants
from the Braves last winter.
The Pirates pitching staff which
gave up "a runs to Cincinnati in
Sundays doubleheader, achieved
some revenge when pitcher Dick
Littlefield singled home the win
ming run against the Reds last
night. Ted Kluszewski's homer
spree was stopped but he singled
twice in four appearances.