The Key West Citizen Newspaper, May 27, 1953, Page 6

Braves Su Milwaukee Has Won 12 Of Last 16 Games In National Loop By ED CORRIGAN AP Sports Writer Ci Everyone knew the Milwaukee | faves were improved over last year, but even Manager Charley mm, the optimist eternal, didn’t dare dream that his outfit’ would be leading the National League | more than a month’ of the Season ‘gone. Grimm’s club staggered home seventh last year, 32-games behind the Brooklyn Dodgers, who won the pennant and his prediceion this year was fifth and. with plenty of breaks perhaps fourth. This is a team that should get | © before it gets worse, too, Neither Sid Gordon nor ‘Andy Pafko have ‘been hitting, aud these vet- erans figure to be the mainstays of the attack along with Eddie Mathews and Joe ,Adcock...Both Gordon and Patko are under .250. Grimm’s. youth movement is Panning out even better than he expected, but in ‘the long run_ it will “be the veterans like Gordon and Pafko, along ‘with © pitchers Max .Surkont and Warren Spahn who will spell the difference. be- tween a struggling club-or one with confidence, j Spahn, a four-time 20-game. win- jee stig E dei 3 3%, RUNS—Snider, Brooklyn, 39. RUNS BATTED IN—Campanel- TRIPLES. — Braton, Milwaukee, and Bernier, Pittsburgh, 4. HOME RUNS — Campanella, | Brooklyn, 14 1. aT, & AMERICAN LEAGUE a Washington, RUNS—Mantle, New York, 34. | RUNS BATTED IN—Dropo, De- | troit, 31. & HOME RUNS—Gernert, Boston, nd Rozen, Cleveland, 7. ; PITCHING—Parnes, Boston, 6-8, | Milwaukee St. Louis Brooklyn Philadelphia New York Pittsburgh Chicago |New York | Cleveland | Chicago Boston. | Washington Philadelphia St. Louis Detroit | New “Orleans | Little Rock jes rprise Grimm With Baseball Results |\Coaches Say New » mamas ome [Grid Rule Will Hurt Attendance By HUGH FULLERTON, JR. PRINCETON, N. J. @ — “will the new substitution rule save you money? If so, in what way?” Charley Caldwell, Princeton’s head football coach, and line coach Dick Colman had their heads to- gether over one of the many ques- tionnaires that keep coaches busy at this time of year. When they came to that question, Caldwell said: s “That’s mine, I'll answer it—no, it'll cost us money because they'll 80 to see the pros.’ ” Then, in explanation to a visitor, he added: “They will, too, Pro football has Proved that the casual spectator likes a lot of scoring. Under: this limited substitution rule, he won't Set. it, so the fan who has no at- St. Louis 62 Chicago 3-3 Milwaukee 6 Cincinnati 0 Only games scheduled) TODAY'S SCHEDULE New York at Brooklyn <N) St: Louis’ at’ Cincinnati (N) Chicago at Milwaukee (N) Philadelphia at Pittsburgh (2) Press Won Lest Pet, Behind 3 1 66 = ‘St “4a YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Boston at Philadelphia ppd-wet grounds Cleveland 9 Detroit & Chicago 8 St. Louis 2 Only games scheduled) TODAY'S SCHEDULE Washington at New York Boston at Philadelphia (ND Detroit at, Chicago (N) Cleveland “at St. Louis (N) . Birmingham Memphis Nasbville out. In fact, he’s still puzzled over the stipulation that the coach is pumiakRSTERDAY'S RESULTS Mobile 2 Little Rock 0 check. Atlanta +9-9 Nashville. 2-3 4 . Memphis 13’New Orleans “According to this rule, if a play- er is substituted illegally and & touchdbwn, and if it is ' TODAY'S SCHEDULE Avanta ‘at Nashville Birmingham at eeeeatan? eaueyé-' j.j longest in orgamzed baseball. | t 7 3 S : i a? & & i Hi F it te Fie EF ¥ BASES~Minoso, Chi- eago, & STRIKEOUSS~Pierce, Chingy, Dorish, Chicage, Hooper, 46 . . | Orlando, 4-2; and Sanford: conquer- League Lead After Month Of Play, Abrahams Wins In Page 6 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, May 27, 1953 HITTING IS UP IN FIL ACTION By The Associated Press {tributed a circuit elout during the If Florida, International League Saints’. 10-hit assault on Miami's pitchers expect to make a fespec.| Art Seijas and Joe Bernier. Sierra . ‘ ~ | homered with two men on and one table showing this season, they'd |... aboard when Baro connected. better get.. going. : Mike itch homered for Tampa So far the six teams have played | to tie the score at 4-all in the top 124 games with oaly 11 shutouts: jof the ninth but Ft. Lauderdale In most of the others, the hitting | came back. with three singles: after has been prodigious and the aver-j two were out to win in the home age avnight is in the 60s. half. Elko doubled home. a pair of Tuesday night’s output was. 66. runs in the second to put the Lions hits off a'dozen pitchers with West ahead and one in Chuck Ehl- Palm Beach leading the slaughter |.man‘in the eighth. on 19 to whip the Cubans in Havana TUESDAY RESULTS” 12-4, Miami hammered three Sti} West Palm Beach 12 Havana ¢ Petersburg flingers for 14 to-win,| Miami 11 St: Petersburg 5 * 11-5; and Fi. Laudérdale. slugged| Ft. Lauderdale 5 Tampa 4 Tampa’ for 11, to win, 54. is TONIGHT’S GAMES West Palm Beach called on two| Miami. at'St. Petersburg pitehers and Havana got only six}Tampa at Ft. Lauderdale’ hits;-the same number Tampa ¢ol-}West Palm Beach-Havana (open lected off Andy Elko at Ft. Lauder: }- date) dale. : i STANDINGS Gene: Stewart led West Palm Beach with a doubie and triple, driving in three runs. Miami cashed in on home rang { by Willie Davis, Al Baro and Osear Sierra while Carlos Santiago. con- Miami Ft. Lauderdale Tampa West Palm-Beach Havana COCOA FALLS | TO JAX BEACH By The Associated Press All good things must end, the | Place. Cocoa Indians learned Tuesday] TUESDAY RESULTS ‘ night when.Jacksonville Beach cut | Jacksonville Beach 9 Cocoa™3 : the Florida State League leaders’ | Lakeland 7 Leesburg 6 winning streak short at eight | DeLand 4 Orlando 2 games with a 9-3 victory. berg 1 paris Beach 10 The ‘streak had been Cotoa’s Uacueeoays GAMES » Another streak, of the “losing variety also.was stopped Tuesday night. Lakeland’s 7-6. victory over. Leesburg was its first in. six games. In other action, DeLand licked ed Daytona Beach, 11-10, im 12 in- 2 z e ig | Cocoa tai Jacksonville Beach An eight-run fifth inning brought | pagers, Pease which moved the Sea Birds into second place two games behind Cocoa, Clyde Reinert’s home yun. seoring’ Pat Vastano gprs) ; explosion.’ Coeoa starter was ‘charged with all of the Sea} Birds’. runs. ere . Jacksonville. Beach’s._ triumph saa Sika “Jout the services af Clyde Briggs, the fifth leading batsman. in the} — league, The le “t I ‘out of the. lineup for the rest the season. Lakeland squeaked past Lees- burg im. face of a pair. of two- run homers by Lincoln Boyd and another. two-run blast. by _ Chi Fundora. Bobby Arendt drove four Lakeland runs. on a_homer. and a single. Fioyd. Bridges pitched an eight-hiiter posting the DeLand’s John Blodgett gave up five hits defeating last-place Golfers Hold Meet To Plan Tourneys ST, LOUIS — Sponsors of 25] © ‘} golf tournaments today hoped to}” come up with 4 Co Program to offer the PGA Which will iron out a growing unhappi- Ress between the two groups, The sponsors and PGA ‘officials | met here for four hours last night ina closed meeting but reported |’ that no decision wag reached. | i | he E & ita Ha tril i : 2 s za a6 te L Bed s i i f i 8 ‘ 2 & if BEES f i f u i ; i i pr ‘lr BE nt Hi a rt Rg fg £2 i Eg £ : & a if neh S il i : ai R