The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-31
St. Louis NiPs
BRACES; Brooklyn
Bests NesU York
By JACK HAND


BY JACK HAND
Associated Press Sports Writer
The Pittsburgh ''pick-me-up" is
a sure fire remedy for woozy Ma
tional League contenders. One trip
to Fred Haney's clinic and the
ailing patient is young at heart.
Philadelphia took the cure yes
terday and shot into a second
place tie with New York and
Brooklyn, only IN games behind
the leading Milwaukee Braves.
Now it's the Giants turn to visit
the health spa.
The Phils and Dodgers have
found the Pirates oh so helpful
in the first quarter Of the season.
II the Pills hadn't thumped the
Pirates in six Of eight and the
Dodgers hadn't beaten them in
eight of 10, both clubs would be
under the 500 mark.
The league closed in on Milwau-
kee Sun. when st. Louis knocked
off the Braves, SO, for Harvey
Haddix's seventh victory. Brook
lyn bested New York, So, the Pills
dumped the Pirates twice, 80 and
1917 and Chicago split two with
Cincinnati. The Cubs took the
opener, rs, the first start for ex-
outfielder Hal Jeffcoat but Cincin-
natl rallied to take the second, 6-5,
called by darkness after eight
innings.
It's only five games from first
10 seventh milwaukee to Chicago)
but the Pirates already are 10
games behind.
Cleveland finally shook off Chic
ago's challenge to open up a one
game lead in the American, de-
feating Detroit 81 while Chicago's
eight-game winning streak was
broken by Baltimore, So. The VIC
tory snapped the Orioles out of q
1O-game losing slump.
Boston added to Casey Stengels
worries, beating the New York
Yankees, 81 on Willard Nixon's
no-hitter. Washington shut out
Philadelphia, 60, behind Maury
McDermott but the AS came back
to get an even break, winning the
second, 6-5, on Ed Nice hee's pinch
double in the last of the ninth.
At the quarter pole, the Nation
al League looks like a seven-team
scramble. The American already
has showed four clubs into the
"also ran'' class.
Robin Roberts pitched his third
shutout, a seven-hitter, in the
Pills first game romp over the
Pirates, spelling Dick Littlefield's
first National League start. The
Phils continued to lombard Pirate
pitching in the second, making a
total of n hits in the two games,
with Willie Jones and Richie Ash
burn each collecting five hits for
the days work. Karl Drews was
the second game winner on relief
over Bob Friend.
The Cardinals, who broke Mil
waukee's 1O-game winning streak
Saturday night, made it two in
a row with a big first inning in
which Red Schoendienst hit home
rum. Four successive singles off
Warren Spain followed the homer.
A crowd of 47,672, tops for the
season in the National, damned
the Polo Grounds for the Dodger-
Giant game, won by Johnny Po-
dres who had to leave in the ninth
inning due to a Tightening in his
shoulder. Gil Hodges hit his 18th
home run an inside-the-park blast,
with two on in the first inning.
Roy Campanella returned to &C
ton for the first time since his
hand operation but went hitless in
four trips.
Jeffcoat, starting new career
AZ a pitcher at the age of 20, held
the slugging Cincinnati club to four
hits until he had to leave in the
ninth inning of the opener because
of a finger blister.
Mike Garcia held Detroit to four
hits to keep Cleveland moving with
their 18th straight hometown VIC
ytory. Bobby Avila helped him
along with two doubles, boosting
his ieague.leading average to 1857
Eddie Watkins and Jim Fridley
hit horners that helped Don Lar
sen TO his second victory and end
ed the White -Sox's win spree. AL
Sima. making his first start of the
season, was tagged with the de-
feat.
Nixon put down a Yankee threat
IN the ninth by retiring Andy Carey
with two men on to save decision
over Jim Mcdonald.
Mickey Vernon and Wayne Ter
wilieer homered behind McDer-
mott in Washington's first game
victory over Philadelphia. The
lanky lefty never had an anxious
moment, striking out seven for his
third triumph. A late squirt gave