The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-06-01
Boston Makes
Desperate Bid
For American,
League Flag
BY BEN PHLEcAR
Ap Shorts Writer

the fate Of Boston in the 1854
American League race. VIII the
Red Sox bloom in June or are
they doomed to second division?
After a horrible spring of In.
juries and bad weather forced Lou
Boudreau to 60 with a make-do
lineup that didn't, the new month
finds the Red Sox settling in for
an 1S-game home stand in friendly
Fenway Park.
They own a three-game winning
streak for the first time this sea-
son. They've gotten route-going
performances from their pitchers
in two of their last three contests.
And Ted Williams is due to start
Dustin out all over after being
back In action for two weeks.
II the Red Sox can't move now
there isn't much hope they will
after the midway point since the
first division teams already have
a good jump. Boston is liz games
out Of first place.
Boston was the only club in
either league to sweep a Memorial
Day double-header y esterday.
They buried Philadelphia 2O-1O in
the highest scoring display of the
league season, then mopped up 90
in the nightcap.
The Cleveland Indians stayed a
game ahead Of the Chicago White
Sox in first place by whipping the
White Sox 6-3 on Jim Hegan's
eighth-inning home run after los
ing "a as Bob Keegan posted his
seventh victory in eight decisions.
Washington's Senators, who
cause the New York Yankees more
trouble than an investigating COM
mittee, beat the world champions
10 on Johnny Sehmitz' three-hit-
ter. Then they pushed the second
game into extra innings before
bowling rs in 10. Spec Shea forced
home the winning run with q bases
loaded walk.
Detroit rallied in the ninth for a
rs victory at Baltimore, then lost
AZ to the Orioles.
In the National League, rain
washed out Cincinnati's double.
header with the first-place Milwau-
kee Braves and cut the Chicago
st. Louis twin bill to a single seven
inning contest won by the Cubs IA
on six home runs, two by Hank
Sauer.
Brooklyn beat Philadelphia Sd
on Gil Hodges 12th-inning home
run in q single game. Pittsburgh
split with the New York Giants,
winning As after losing on three
hits to Ruben Gomez 40.
The only significant shift in the
standings came in the American
League. Boston moved from
seventh to sixth and Baltimore
from eighth to seventh as Phila-
delphia dropped to last.
The Red Sox' big day included
n hits, five of them home runs.
Milt Boiling hit two. Williams, Jim
Piersall and Harry Agganis got
one each. .
A bunt, an error, an infield out
and Mickey Vernon's single pro-
duced the one run Washington
needed to beat New York in the
opener. Casey Stengel argued the
bunt hit batter Eddie Yost's cap
and got tossed out of the game for
his vigorous protests.
Baltimore outhit Detroit 14-9 in
the first game but left Is runners
Three runs in the ninth
gave the Tigers the decision. In the
Vern Stephens homer
and triples by Jim Fridley and
Sam Mele helped counteract II
strikeouts by the Tigers Billy
Hoeft.
The White Sox ended Cleveland's
14-game home winning streak in
the curtain raiser with the help
Of two-run homers by Minnie Mino-
so and Ferris Fain. Hegan's home
run broke a SO tie in the second
game and the Indians added two
more in the same inning.
Ahead 81, the Dodgers suddenly
found themselves trailing by one
run in the eighth at Philadelphia
when Smoky Burgess smashed a
pinch-hit h m run with two
aboard. Brooklyn tied it in the
ninth after George Shuba doubled.
The pills threatened in the 18th
after Hodges had given Brooklyn
the lead, putting two aboard after
Two out. But Duke Snider raced
up the center field wall and hauled
down Willie Jones' tremendous
drive for the final out.
Willie Mays of the Giants con-
tinued his hitting spree with his
18th home run in the first game
1t Pittsburgh.