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SRIF ons me LRM bts He 9 som, YANKEES EXPLODE FOR 18-2 WIN ‘Ft. Lauderdale Bombers Throw Their Weight Around In 19 Jumps Into FIL THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, June 4, 1953 BASEBALL RESULTS epa% BLUITID 723 MAJOR LEAGUE € ‘ “OVER WHITE SOX WEDNESDAY BROOKS ALIBI LOSS TO ° ’ : Lead hi reas Won Lodi Pet, Behind ps Ak eel LE ERS gh a nt a cTsiip a = By JOE REICHLER “They haven't convinced me,” | we've knocked out their ‘starting iP writer z re a If the rest of the American By The Associated: Press oe By The Associated Press BROOKLYN, N. Y. W — The/ scoffed Charlie Dressen, the Dodg-| pitcher each time. They used five League doesn’t run for cover now|_, Pepper Martin's powerful Ft. 2 38 UK NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn Dodgers had just ab- ler manager. “Sure, they got some today didn’t they? ‘That guy Bick- it won't be the fault of the New| Lauderdale Lions sat - atop: the Sak BATTING — Schoendienst, st sorbed their second straight lick-| power, but it’s an’ old club, Let’s|ford, who started against us ietag ron vane cee ean eae cereegigy pe vel “TS Sete, tne any a anh heer come [ame ee ay af y for the first time this sea- gly J 5 we will see how gi ve given oon ansen chia Bare pee son while the idle Miami Sun Sox| New Vor i'cucmsa > ‘So | RUNS — Campanella, Brooklyn, | first place to Charlie Grimm’s| they really are. hia, ow, A cite hire, \oalaad ferms—that the Yanks are dead |@fopped half a game behind, | $4,4ouls 55 Phindeipnia 96 ‘532 | 39. amazing upstarts. But strangely| “That kid on third (Eddie Math-|a gift.” serious about winning their fifth} The Lions have won five of their — 35}, RUNS BATTED IN—Campanel-| enough, the Brooks had little re-/ews) is a pretty good hitter, but| “None of them was any good.” straight pennant and woe unto any-|/ast seven games, climaxing it] cincinnati mt New You Sen Antonio =n ee ._ |Spect for their conquerors. he can be pitched to.” (Mathews| Robinson, who hadn't heard ‘one brash enough to oppose them. wie = double i aiehary ae St. peieaien ae ene Oklahoma City ~~ 79 30.3388 eS Sean St. Louis, lig they = poder te Lan _ a bere run and — - Harr comments, spoke glowe isn’t m | Petersburg’s ird-place Saints : i at for the > ST ve in three runs yesterday. ingly of the Braves’ mound ero} ame eae ae tomed wees Wednesday night, 3-2 and 14-2. siggy Soa AMERICAN ASSOCI Ton Lost Pet.|_ DOUBLES — Schoendienst, St. Jackie Robinson, “I am not wor-| “They are not bad down the| “Their chief strength is their livery but it towers over its cur-}_ Tampa whipped West Palm ep: Sar ce tee —_. 2 is 409 | Louis, 1¢. tied the least bit. Don’t misunder- | middle,” Dressen continued. “That | pitching,” Robinson said. “They rent opposition to such an extent|Beach, 6-1, and the Miami— ‘Won Lost Pet. 4 2 ‘32| TRIPLES — Bruton, Milwaukee, |stand me. If we don’t win it, I|shortstop (Johnny Logan and sec-| got veteran starters and the addv that even the most ardent’ Yankee | Havana game was called off be- |New York % sui /and Bernier, Pittsburgh, 5. like nothing better than to see Mil-jond baseman (Jack Dittmer) are|tion of kids like Antonelli, Buhl haters—and there are plenty of | cause of heavy rains in Cuba. | Chicago 25 457; HOME RUNS — Campanella, | waukee do it. It would be a boom |improved over last year. That/and Liddle gives them pitching them around the circuit—would be| The Saints got only three hits | Wasson 33.418 | Brooklyn, 17. for baseball. But they won't do it. | center fielder (rookie Billy Burton) | depth. * hard put at the moment to pick|in the opener Wednesday night, | Philadeiphi 5 STOLEN BASES — Bruton,|They just hafen’t got enough” | gives the club some speed. But we| “But they have too many older another club with a real solid|but forced the game to eight in-|$.,tu* PACIFIC COAST | |, | Milwaukee, 10. ; That seemed to be the general | know how to pith to him.” (Burton | fellows and their defense fs not chance of staying on even. terms | nings. : Seattle "a 23 .4i| _PITCHING—Surkont, Milwaukee, | attitude of the defending champ-/had a single, double and triple and|too strong. I know they beat us with the New Yorkers. wire Hollywood 38 26 54 /6-0, 1.000; Smith, Cincinnati, 3-0, !pions as they discussed the rise of| scored four runs yesterday.) twice in a row but T don’t think The doubters can examine the ° Philadelphia 10 Detroit 7 Portland 30 ‘492 | 1.000. . .,,_|the surprising Braves after yester-| “Their pitching isn’t so hot.!they look good. We just looked remains of the Chicago White Sox. % Americans To pany a innings) | $82 FFanelsco 33 42) ~STRIKEOUTS—Simmons, ‘Phila-|day’s 14-9 loss to Milwaukee. ' We've played them six games and | worse.” ‘The Sox and Cleveiand were the “=e San Diego. 33 “too | delphia, 58. : preseason choices to stop the mhecle neopets or 39 | 391 AMERICAN LEAGUE Yankees, if the Yankees could be stopped. The Indians folded at the mere sight of the Bronx Bombers but the White Sox, after losing their first encounter, bounced back to win four in a row from the New Yorkers—a serious mistake. Vows were vowed, sights were set and when the champs roared into the Windy City Tuesday for a three-game series they were ready rs make immediate amends, They Tuesday night they stopped the Sox, 43. Yesterday they trampled all over them, 18-2, in the biggest rout of the season in either league. (Four Chicago pitchers were mauled for 19 hits and the New Yorkers benefited from nine bases _ on balls, a bit batter and three Play In French Golf Tournament PARIS (#—The French Amateur Golf Tournament — an American monopoly the past two years — opened today with an impressive list of 26 players from the United States, including crooner Bing Crosby and Harvie Ward, the fa- vorite. If anyone is going to beat Ward, the 28-year-old Atlanta shotmaker, who won the British Amateur in 1952, and was runnerup this year, the experts figure it will be Henri de Lamaze, France’s top golfer. De Lamaze has made a habit of winning the title, having carried it off no fewer than six times. New York at Chicago Philadelphia at Detroit (2) Boston at Cleveland Washington at St. Louis (n) Birmingham Little Rock Memphis Atlanta Nashville YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Atlanta 2 Nasvhille 1 Birmingham 6 Chattanooga 5 Memphis 5 New Orleans 1 Little Rock 7 Mobile 3 TODAY'S SCHEDUL F Nashville at Atlanta Chattanooga at Birmingham Little Rock at Mobile Memphis at New Orleans SOUTH ATLANTIC By The Associated Press Won ge Bet. Behind Kiner Trade To Cubs Is Rumored PITTSBURGH (—Ralph Kiner, home run hitting outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, was on edge today over reports he may be 12, traded to the Chicago Cubs. The ordinarily quiet Kiner de- clared: “I don’t know what’s going to happen; I: just don’t know.” Kiner made his comment after Branch Rickey, Pirate general manager, and Wid Mathews, Cub personnel director, had conferred BATTING—Kell, Boston, .353. RUNS—Mantle, New York, 38. RUNS BATTED IN — Rosen, Cleveland, 37. HITS—Vernon, Washington, 59, DOUBLES—Kell, Boston, 16. TRIPLES — Jensen, Washington, 6. HOME RUNS—Rosen, Cleveland, STOLEN BASES—Rivera, Chi- cago, ll. PITCHING — Lopat and Ford, New York, 5-0, 1.000; Hooper, Cleveland, and Shea, Washington, 40, 1.000; Stuart, St. Louis, and Moreno, Washington, 3-0, 1.000. STRIKEOUTS— Pierce, Chica,go 49. Truman Fans Batter In Brief Mound Stint GRANDVIEW, Mo. (—Former President Harry S. Truman had to “fudge a little’ but he man- baseball game in his hometown last night. Truman’s opposing batter was Eddie Jacobson, a former business Partner. He threw one ball as a warmup and then stepped up about 10 feet in front of the pitcher’s mound, explaining: Ike To Greet Sports Figures WASHINGTON « — President Eisenhower will play host tomor- row to sports figures ranging from Rocky Marciano to Clark Griffith. Eisenhower will greet each of the 40-odd athletes, but it's a good bet he'll spend much of his time chatting with but one of the visit- ors, a fellow named Gene Sarazen. Sarazen is the lone golfer on the guest list and the President's fond- ness for the fairways is well known, The occasion for the get-together is the annual baseball game be- Tris Speaker, Lefty Grove, Jimmy Foxx, Joe DiMaggio, Billy Werber and Joe Judge. And, of course, Clark Griffith, the 83-year-old pres- ident of the Washington Senators. Heavyweight Champion Rocky Marciano will represent boxing, His wife Barbara will be along, decked out in a new hairdo, Bangs, of course, From the world of football there'll be Slade Cutter, the one- time Navy star; Al Dorow, former quarterback at Michigan State, and All-America quaterback Jack Scarbath of Maryland. Carol Ann Peters, the figure- © skating champion, will be present along with former tennis champ Pauline Betz Addie, divin star b} : e Zoe Ann Jensen, and canoe cham- White Sox errors, The winners of the past two | Jacksonville cd twi th s tars “T’ve got to fudge a little.” tween the Republicans aad the Riding a six - game winning|years—Bobby Knowles of Aiken,|asmue” usin nage ee mt Wednesday s S Jacobson obliged by swinging at | Democrats on Capitol Hill. Picked <x gs pen others, includ- streak-and holding a fat 5%-game}S. C., in 1951, and Dick Chapman no ones 3 ‘a9 ” | Neither Rickey nor Mathews By The Associated P a wide pitch and the umpire yelled | teams of players unlikely to break ing Andy Anderson of Houston, reg vite the rien gen of ee a C., last year—will Savannah. 2% 431 15% | would admit Kiner was the chief Seine. ages al Venstcia “Strike three,” retiring the side. - the major leagues will have Tex, who sometimes is known as ie Yankees wind w not be on hai Colum! - : i i ‘ i sgh yikes *| Earlier the former President, | at it at Griffith Stadium tomorrow . o Wine 4a eoitees rob aaa Charleston %. [a8 m4 |topic of discussion. All Rickey | pitsurch Pirates, pitched the Pi. r the world’s No. 1 fisherman, and on to St. Louis for four games, Detroit for three and Cleveland for four, Their combined record against the three clubs so far this season is 8-1, The Indians slipped another full Boxing Results WEDNESDAY’S FIGHTS By The Associated Press ST. LOUIS — Holly Mims, 155, YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Columbia 2 Savannah 1 (10 innings) Columbus 3 Macon 2 Montgomery 7 Augusta 2 Jacksonville 5 Charleston 2 (13 innings) TODAY'S SCHEDULE Augusta at Col Jacksonville at Columbia would say was that he is “talking a deal” with the Cubs. Mathews, who has had a standing offer to give the Pirates $200,000 for Kiner, said only that he and Rickey “talked generalities.” The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said rates into sixth place with a 1-0 seven-hit shutout over Chicago. BATTING—Gus Zernial, Phila- delphia Athletics, hit two home runs and drove in half of the A’s tallies in a 10-7 triumph over making his first public appearance in his old hometown of Grandview since he left the White House, commented: “It's a pleasure, indeed, coming back here and throwing out the first ball at this game. I never was night. Eisenhower will throw out the first pitch. Before that moment, though, there will be much hoopla and fan- fare, starting with the White House luncheon. The man who was to have been Edwin T. Chandler of Richmond, Va., winner of an award as the world’s No. 1 fan. Subscribe to The Citizen notch back last night when Boston | Washington, D. C. outpointed Jesse | Macon at Montgomery Kier “i faa tainty | Detroit. able to play ball because I couldn’t|the honored guest won’t be there.|$ $ $ $ SAVE $$$ § rep > 7 Guse a =a Turner, 155%, St. Louis, 10. Saree ee « neanas Pittsburgh. San cee a see. They always made me the |Cy Young, who pitched more base-| Foy QUALITY USED CARS Cleveland has played one game less than New York and has lost five more. The Philadelphia Athletics Saw 11 pitchers in action with the hitters treating almost all of them like batting-practice tossers. The Dodgers blew two and five-run YESTERDAY’S BASEBALL RESULTS By The Associated Press ALABAMA-FLORIDA Panama City 18 Graceville 7 business in Chicago.” The Post-Gazette said it under- stood that if Kiner goes to the Cubs the Pirates would obtain Serena, Ransom Jackson or short- stop Roy Smalley.” Although Kiner had little com- ment on the rumors, he has said backlot umpire because I couldn’t see the ball.” The game proper, T.W.A. versus Toedman Cabs, was a regular : to strike out the batter in a ball victories than any other man, first accepted an invitation but de- cided later he didn’t feel up to making the trip. Cy is 86. and General Auto Repairs TWINS GARAGE x ag 0 iy a anal outfielder Preston Ward and pos-; previously that he would hate tu| scheduled Heart of America| But baseball will be well repre-|1190 DUVAL ST. DIAL 2°-""* hing tage rtesgenn trp eee deads ee oe ie tee Rochester Montrea 3 sibly “one of three infielders, Bill|leave Pittsburgh. League contest. sented, by such diamond greats as/$ $ $ $ SAVE § $ $ 1 : 7, yracuse behind New York. Washington beat | couldn’t find a hurler to halt the | Baltimore 12 Springfield 1 St, Louis, 3-2, in 10 innings in thejhlasting Braves. Andy Pafko and| Louisville 3-5 Columbus 1-7 . ™ other American League game. |Jim Pendleton, both peddled by | Charleston 48 Kansas Cty 25 Milwaukee made it two straight during the winter be-| st. Paul 9 Indianapolis 5 over Brooklyn on the Dodgers’ | cause the Dodgers had no use for} panes ¢ San Anes ees git ery after Rois Lesa ee as Milwaukee | Houston 3 Fort Worth 2 Do \\] I ‘ 2 al three” innings. | scored five runs in the eighth. Sarovarert, ae tingle wi torque-tube steadiness ~handle like In winning the Braves stretched | The Cardinals managed only six * PACIFIC COAST. hoon res one oe OOS fi: with its Power Steering* their National League lead to a hits off Curt Simmons and two suc-| Oakland § Sacramento 1 : © It can move from zero to legal speed fiyrod yori i game and a half, cessors in the first game at Phil-| Hotywood 8 Seattle 7 : ool tui bas Buick gentle to a precise halt with its ‘The Philadelphia Phillies split a|adelphia but the blows included | Poriand ¢ San Francisco $ (10 inings) kh on ree Me Raadiees twilight-night double-header with} home runs by Steve Bilko and Rip| ropar's BASEDALL SCHEDULE before it—and with the utter smooth- the second’ game, @) td losing | cada donbie By oe rege | nA RERiat aaOUNTION ann js pn eee ln ns Anthea eee the opener, 5-3. The New York Giants trounced Cincinnati, 11-3, and Pittsburgh moved into sixth place with a 1-0 decision over Chi- cago. The Red Sox victory over Cleve- In the nightcap Connie Ryan singled home Tommy Glaviano with the wining run in the eighth after Glaviano had tripled. Warren Hacker, most every- body’s nomination for the hard - Minneapolis at Toledo St. Paul at Indianapolis ALABAMA-FLORIDA Andalusia at Dotha Eovfaula at Fort Walton Graceville at Panama City TEXAS an ao ! is a 1953 Buick with the spectacular getaway of Twin-Turbine Dynaflow.* It can loaf easily up along steep bill —swoop instantly abead when there's fort of true spaciousness — because this big and brawny beauty is the Buick SUPER Riviera Sedan — room: iest six-passenger sedan made ia Na Si Antonio . . merica. land broke their four-game losing | luck pitcher of the '53 campaign, Fort, Wart at a. safe passing to be done—or whisper a streak. Trailing by two at the|lost his eighth straight at Pitts-| ‘use ’st shreveport along at highway pace with throttle : : start of the ninth Boston put to-| burgh. Pittsburgh got the only run (UNTERNATIONAL Above all, this car can give you gether a pair of singles with a as Pete Castiglione singled home barely open — because this is the double by George Kell for one run| Ralph Kiner in the fourth. Baitimore Buick powered with the world’s mos, Pteme valuo—more spam, comfore Walt Masterson, who was sup-| The Giants’ victory over Cincin-| °™” ®* pie 4 V8 fs ub vecnk POO and thrill for the money thas | cored to pitch tonight for Wash-|nati marked the end of a four- BASEBALL STANDINGS dvances engine, with r you can fad clesiuen: came on in the ninth in St. | game losing streak and the return »yALABAMA-FLORIDA bigh compression of 8.5 to 1. Louis and became the wining|to action of rookie Daryl Spencer. beer Why not come in and see it, drive ic pitcher in the 10th when his mates | Spencer celebrated’ with two home | k™2ma Cty 7 (ea Tc can surround you with comfort, it? We'll be hb: ' scored on two singles and a stolen|runs, Larry Jansen went all the | Gracevile a I ‘i compare it e appy te base, The loser was Satchel Paige. |way for New York, his first com- | P24. 7 400 uxury, restful ease. arrange matters. ; _ The Milwaukee - Brooklyn melee| plete game since April 20. Dothan... 2 336 -d with its ; It can velvet a rough ro *Standard on Roadmanter, optionad a cost om other Series. tAveilable at addi cost om Super and Roadmaster models ~ even softer all-coil-spri:: : cushioning track true on curves with its solid Telension teat the BUICK CHC US HOUL—erery fourth * asi After Only 5 Minutes Rest In a recent test, a stock Hester Battery was deliberately discharged by engaging the starter on a car, with the switch off, until the battery refused to turn the engine over. 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