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Major Loop Clubs Jockey For A Cut Of Series Swag = White Sox Clobber Yanks, 15-3 By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer By now only five teams have serious ideas about reaching the World Series this fall but a whole hatful of others in both leagues are still scrapping to see who will help cut up the swag. Players on the first four teams in each league share in the World Series receipts. It’s generally conceded among all but the diehards that either the New York Giants or Brooklyn will be the National League representa- tive against Cleveland, the New York Yankees, or the Chicago White Sox. But a check of the standings shows dog fights in both circuits immediately below these private pennant races. In the National League four teams are bunched a game and a half apart from third through sixth place. Philadelphia holds third by a percentage point over Cincinnati and Milwaukee with St. Louis still a big factor. The American league is running with a five-team “‘second division.” Fourth place Detroit is a fat 22 lengths out of the lead and 17% behind the third place White Sox. But the Tigers hold only a single game edge over Boston and Wash- ington and just eight games sepa- rate them from the tailend Balti- more Orioles. In the upper brackets yesterday Cleveland took a half game lead over New York when the Yanks crumbled before Chicago 15-3 while the Indians were playing their sec- ond straight tie in Boston. Rain halted the 7-7 contest in the top of the ninth inning. The Giants maintained their sev- en game advantage over Brooklyn with a 21 triumph at Chicago. Chicago. The Dodgers tripped Cin- cinnati ‘5-1, St. Louis outscored Pittsburgh 13-12, Philadelphia defeated Mil- Waukee 61 and Washington shaded Baltimore 6-5 in other action. Brooklyn’s Carl Erskine turned in the outstanding pitching perfor- mance, retiring the last 23 Cin- cinnati batters in order after Bob Borkowski homered in the second inning. He got plenty of support for a change with Carl Furillo’s five-hit splurge leading the 15 hit attack. Erskine gave up two hits and struck out 10. A pinch single by Bill Taylor drove in the winning Giant run in the ninth inning at Chicago. He scored Hank Thompson .who had singled and moved around on a sacrifice and an infield out. Sal a checked the Cubs on four The White Sox scored early and often against the Yankees, open- ing with five runs in the first and closing out with five in the ninth. Minnie Minoso and Johnny Groth collected four hits each. Virgil Trucks stayed long enough to be- come the first American League pitcher to win 13 games but he wilted from the heat in the seventh and needed help from Morrie Mar- tin and Harry Dorish. Home runs by Jim Hegan, Al Rosen and Larry Doby lifted Cleveland from a 6-0 deficit into a 7-6 lead at Boston but the Red Sox pushed across the tying ryn VX-1 Leads [In Admiral’s (Trophy Race With the first five of eleven to- tal events completed, VX-1 leads all other Key West units in total points earned in the Admiral’s Tro- Phyy sports competition. Fleet Sonar School is second. The eleven events being held this year include the following: basket- ball, boxing, bowling, golf, tennis, softball, swimming, rifle, pistol, volley ball, and table tennis. Teams represented in this yeyar’s events are VX-1, FSS, FAWTU, ZX-11, NAVSTA, Hospital, Marines, NAS, HS-1, SADD, NOU, AUW, FTG. What some of the units seem to fail to realize is that merely en- tering a team in the event gives them a certain number of points. And the activity that finally wins the total 11-event competition isn’t necessarily going to be the one with the most first place titles. In- stead it will be the one that en- tered the most events and at least placed in a respectable position. More teams will mean more competition. It is hoped that all activities will fight in all events to win the cup. Dodgers Hold Tie Record Set In’20 NEW YORK (#—If the Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox think they are having trouble reaching a decision after two straight ties, they might consider the plight of the 1920 Brooklyn Dodgers. On May 1, 1920, the Dodgers and the old Boston Braves played a 26-inning 1-1 tie, longest tie game on record. The next day Brooklyn played a 13-inning tie with Phila- delphia. And on May 3 Brooklyn and Boston battled 19 innings be- fore Boston won 2-1. Cleveland and the Red Sox played a 16 inning tie Tuesday night and an 8 inning tie yesterday. until rain intervened. The same two teams played a 17 inning tie Tuesday night. Only five Milwaukee batters got on base against Robin Roberts and the only run off the Phils’ ace was Eddie Mathews’ 22nd home run, hit with two out and the bases empty in the ninth. Pitchers wore out the grass be- tween the bullpens and the mound in Busch Stadium during the Cards-Pirates’ 31 hit duel. St. Louis used eight, equaling the National League record. Pittsburgh used five hurlers. The Athletics’ victory over De- troit broke a 10-game losing streak. Sonny Dixon tamed the Tigers and Joe DeMaestri, Lou Limmer and Jim Finegan hit home runs for the winners. Washington wasted an early lead against Baltimore, then won in the ninth when an easy roller dribbled through Jim Brideweser’s legs with the bases loaded and one out. The loss was another heartbreaker for Don Larsen, who now has lost a dozen g: in the sixth and kept it that way | ing. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Thursday, July 22, 1954 Moore Skeptical About Eddie Stanky’s ‘Sugary’ Apology MILWAUKEE (#—There seemed to be some doubt in the mind of Philadelphia Phillies’ manag- er Terry Moore last night about the sincerity of the .sugar-and- cream apology made the other day by manager Eddie Stanky of the St. Louis Cardinals. “He said the same thing in 1952, right after he got the job, but the reform didn’t last long,” said Moore, who was involved in the fracas last Sunday at Busch Sta- dium in St. Louis. Moore, a Car- dinal coach in ’52, was released a short time later by Stanky and the two haven’t been exactly friendly since then. Moore chuckled when someone mentioned that the Cardinals had beaten the Phillies, 5-1, Monday night under the direction of coach Johnny Riddle while Stanky was under suspension. “Yeah,” said Moore, “and things were a lot different in the dugout the boys tell me. Why they said some of the Cardinals were even smiling and I heard somebody say it was too bad Stanky didn’t get the whole season off.” Moore went on to explain that under Stanky there is strict dis- cipline in the Cardinal dugout dur- ing games, with no conversation permitted and players ordered to look straight ahead at the field at all times. “He used to have a system of fines,” Moore went on. “I think it cost you a dollar if you took your cap off like this,” and he put his cap on his knee. “There were a lot of others, too.” Pompey Drops Bout To Ward CHICAGO «#—Upset by tank- like Moses Ward of Detroit in his American debut, British Empire middleweight and light heavy- weight champion Yolande Pompey still feels he’s the new blood this country’s televised boxing is seek- “I just couldn't get started,” said the powerful but somewhat slow puncher from Trinidad after drop- ping the 10-round split<decision be- fore national TV cameras in Chi- cago Stadium last night. “T’'ve fought better fighters and I can do better.” It was only the second defeat in 31 pro starts for Pompey who went into the fight the favorite. Ward, who posted his 19th vic- tory in 26 fights, came out of the free-swinging scrap with ample respect for the West Indian. “He’s a very good puncher,” Ward declared. ‘His left jab is as hard as the rights of a lot of fighters. It hurt me in the seventh round when he drove me to the ropes in the corner.” Pompey weighed 163%, Ward 162. The low-slung Detroiter piled up bis winning margin early and with- stood Pompey’s determined bid in the last three rounds. It is estimated that -30,000 or 4,000 asteroids (minor planets) may revolve around the sun. K.W. Supply Keglers Down Leaders Wed. Key West Supply took three points while losing one to knock Roy’s Auto Parts out of a first place tie with Rollaway Lanes who just keep rolling along at the head of the league. Rollaway took four points from Lindsley Lumber while Johnnie’s Place got back in their winning | Cleveland stride taking four points fro Monsalvatge Cigar and Cigarette | Detroit Co. Bratcovich had high single game (207) for Johnnie’s Place followed by Cal Greenwood (192) and Jud Stephens (189) both of Key West Supply. . Joe Kluttz of Roy’s Auto had high series with 519 followed by Cal Greenwood of Key West Sub- ply with 508. Key West Supply had high team score for one game with 827. John- nie’s Place had high team score for three games with 2308, Cubs’ Rush Tops Hurlers In Batting NEW YORK W& — National League pitchers are in no great hurry to throw to Bob Rush of the Chicago Cubs this season. Rush, husky righthander, is the top batter among major league Pitchers with a .370 average Asso- ciated Press figures show. Bob has produced 17 hits, includ- ing three doubles, in 46 times at bat. He had one of four hits the Cubs were able to tap Sal Maglie of the Giants for yesterday in their 2-1 losing effort. In the American League, rookie Tom Brewer of the Boston Red Sox has the highest percentage, .297 on 11 hits in 37 trips. He has a double and a triple and has driven in five runs, if In six previous seasons in the National League, Rush was able Dothan to compile a lifetime batting aver- age of only .168 and finished with a .111 mark last year. Rush has one big league home run to his credit. Johnny Podres, who is expected to rejoin the Brooklyn Dodgers to- day after recovering from an ap- pendectomy, and Don Newcombe, | ™5*, another Dodger pitcher, are the only others with .300 batting marks. Podres is at .313 with 10 hits in 32 at bats and Newcombe is .310 with nine safeties in 29 Behind Brewer in the American League come Bob Feller of Cleve- land with .280, Billy Pierce of the White Sox, .273 and Harry Byrd of the Yankees, .269. Johnny Antonelli of the Giants, Paul Minner of the Cubs and Joe Coleman of Baltimore are the | * home run leaders among pitchers g with two apiece, New Orleans 61 a ‘Cripples’ Qualify In PGA Golf, Sam Is Up Tree For Trick Shot Baseball Resulis SOUTR ATLANTIC Won Lost Pet. Behind 3% 41 S77 WEDNESDAY's RE; Savannah 7, Cuarlotte "S eunee Montgomery 9, Macon § Columbus 4, Auguste: Columbia 11, Jacksonville ® THURSDAY's 5 Augusta at Columbus oO eE Jacksonville at Columbia Macon at Montgomery Savannah at Charlotte Won Lost Pet. 42° 592 mica ht crdabrll "$ RESULTS be tt Little Rock 8-8 Mobile Ia New Orleans at Mi stponed, Allanta 4, Nashville SP sai THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE New Orleans at Memphis Atlanta at Nashville (2) NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind 30614 WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Brooklyn 5, Cincinnati 1 ‘St. Louis 13, Pittsburgh 12 Philadelphia 6, Milwaukee 1 New York at Chicago Pittsburgh at St. Louis AMERICAN LEAGUE ‘Won Lost Pet. 28.685 WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS Chicago 15, New York 3 Cleveland 7, Boston 7 (8 innings, tie, rain) Washington 6, Baltimore 5 Philadelphia 4, Detroit 1 THURSDAY'S SCHEDULE Chicago at New York (2) Cleveland at Boston (2) Baltimore at Washington Detroit at Philadelphia WEDNESDAY’S BASEBALL RESULTS ALABAMA-FLORIDA Panama City 15, Andalusia- oty Fort Walton Beach 8, Graceville 7 Beaumont 5, Oklahoma City 4 Tulsa 6, Shreveport 1 minuets » Gakland 2 Portland 4, Sacramento 2 Seattle 4-2, San Diego 3-3 Hol 5, San Francisco 2 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION . St. Paul at Charleston (2) postponed, rain Minneapolis 3-22, Columbus 1-8 Kansas 9, Louisville 0 Toledo 4, polis 2 INTERNATIONAL Montreal 1-2, Richmond 0-1 Havana 3-2, Ottawa 1-1 Toronto 5-10, Buffalo 4-6 Syracuse 1, Rochester 0 THURSDA BASEBALL SCHEDULE INTERNATIONAL Havana at Montreal Richmond at Ottawa Buffalo at Rochester Only games scheduled AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul at Charleston (2) Minneapolis at Columbus (2) Indianapolis at Toledo Kansas City at Louisville TEXAS at Tulsa at Shreveport Only games scheduled ALABAMA-FLORIDA Graceville at Dothan Panama City at Crestview Fort Walton Beach at Andalusia-Opp BASEBALL STANDINGS ALABAMA-FLORIDA eeesesses AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won Last Pet, i/In Family Of . | body never was recovered. st|the boys were able to take over. 3 | drowned on a hunting trip on the . |carried on. Monday, his dory, its 28 Players Break 71 In St. Paul Wed. ST. PAUL & — Sam Snead, maneuvering with a sharp list to starboard and a grouchy look that was the natural result of a stiff neck, had to climb a tree on the 15th hole to make a reasonably good score in the first qualifying round of the 36th PGA cham- pionship. Ed “Porky” Oliver, suffering from a painful kidney ailment that has forced him to drop out of sev- eral recent tournaments, holed putts from all over the course for a five-under-par 66. And 28 players shot 71 or better over the barren, un - hardened Keller course to turn the opening round of the nation’s, toughest test of professional golf into a race against par for the 64 available places in the match play bracket. That was the story as 135 of America’s leading pro golfers headed into today’s qualifying second round of the PGA tourna- ment with the prospect that a 36- hole total of 146 or better would be needed to get into the show- down stage of match play, start- ing tomorrow. Snead’s “shot” from a post oak tree was the high spot of the open- ing round in which the pros took Keller’s par of 36-35—71 to pieces, just as had been predicted. The West Virginia walloper, suf- fering from a recurrence of the stiffness in his neck that plagued him all through the Open champi- onship, almost pulled out of the tournament. But he decided to give it a try and until he hit the 225- yard 15th, Snead was doing very well. There his tee shot drifted and the ball lodged in the fork of a tree, some 15 feet above the ground. Sammy, stiff neck and all, had to go up there after-it. He knocked it out and got a five on the par three hole for a creditable score of 35-38—73. The real business of the tourna- | ment begins tomorrow when 64) golfers buckle down to head-to- head matches. There'll be two rounds of 18 hole duels Friday. Two strokes behind Oliver were a trio of tournament toughened players Cary Middlecoff, the 1949 U.S. Open champion; gnarled Johnny Revolta, a 43-year-old vet- eran who is rated as one of the; nation’s top teaching pros; and 47- vear-old Orville White of Aiken, S.C. Only The Mother i Anglers Is Left ANCHORAGE, Alaska (#—Once there were five in the fishing Smith family. Then in the early 1930s Mrs. Mary ’smith’s husband drowned at the family fishing site near Tyon- ek, 60 miles west of Anchorage. His The widow, with three sons to rear, continued to go annually to the fishing grounds, superintending operations during the season until Three years ago one of the sons, Roland, drowned at the same spot his father had perished. Last year, another son, Byrne, Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington. Gerard, 26, the last of the sons, |the Fleet Training Group, Sports NEW YORK # — At the rate Birdie Tebbetts is going, there should be little difficulty in elect- ing the Manager of the Year for 1954. With the National League race entering its second half, the freshman pilot of the Cincinnati Redlegs has turned in a job little short of sensational. A year ago at this time the Red- legs, with almost exactly the same talent, were floundering in the sec- ond division under that hard task- master Rogers Hornsby. Theyn ev- er attained the .500 mark under the Rajah, and they were destined |to wind up a bedraggled sixth, 37 games off the top. Today the slugging Westerners, goaded and smartly directed by their new manager, are battling tooth and nail for third place be- hind the Giants and Brooklyn and, on their current form, must be conceded at least an outside chance of pulling one of the biggest upsets of recent baseball history. Few experts gave the club a hope Roundup By Gayle Talbot of finishing any higher than it did jlast season. Third place wouid represent a genuine triumph for the popular Birdie. | Probably the only one not great- ly surprised by the way the Red- legs are staying in there and slug- jging with the leaders, despite their uncertain pitching, is Teb- jbetts himself. The stocky ex- jeatcher who took over after a | Single year of minor league man- |agerial experience at Indianapolis |never ceased to swear stoutly in |the spring that he was going to \climb over some clulbs — “and I | don’t give a damn which ones they are.”” | When he was asked why he had jreached into the minors for Teb- jbetts and given him a two-year |contract as a starter, General Manager Gabe Paul replied that he had chosen his man “because of his intelligence.” This was an unusual answer, and it created some comment at the time, but it looks now as though Gabe had something. Black Knights Win 3 Softball Battles Here The Black Knights of Airship Development Squadron Eleven added three more wins to their score when they recently defeated VX-41 and NAS softball teams respective- ly. The final score, of a slapstick comedy game against the Fleet Training Group was a lopsided 18- 6. After watch the antics of both teams many spectators were re- minded of the Buster Keaton pie- throwing days. Mike Healy pitched for the Knights while Al Lopez caught. The second contest, against the VX-1 teams, saw both sides play- ing good ball giving the spectators a very tight ball game. The only error in the seven innings of play was awarded VX-1 when “Shorty” Roberts of the Knights bunted. The first baseman moved back off the bag to field it while the pitcher, picking it up ran over to tag Rob- erts and dropped the ball. The winning “pitcher-catcher’’ combin- ation was Chuck Herbert and Al Lopez. The final score was 7 - 5. In the last game the Knights al- most saw defeat and until the sev- enth inning, when they picked up 6 runs, the NAS team was leading 4-1. The bottom half of the seventh | saw NAS pick up two runs making the final score 7 - 6 for the Knights. Mike Healy took the honors for winning pitcher while Al Lopez handled catcher’s position. Crane Runs Wild In Tulsa Streets TULSA, Okla. (P—A 20-ton crane rolled madly down 15th Street for seven blocks yesterday before it smashed into a car and then backed to a stop four feet inside Branca Gets Offer From Giants After Tiger Release NEW YORK (#—Brooklyn faith- !ful who cried with Ralph Branca ;When he threw that never-to-be forgotten pitch that Bob Thomson whacked for a _pennant-winning home run three yeyars ago, may see their former idol wearing the hated uniform of the New York Giants. The former Dodger fireballer, who recently was released by the Detroit Tigers, has received an of- fer from the Giants to pitch for their Minneapolis farm club in the American Association. Branca is holding the offer under advisement with the hope that he cah catch on with a big league club. Branca currently is working out with the New York Yankees. Only 28, the‘ native’"New Yorker hopes to convince’ éiffer the Yankees’ or Giants’ bréss-thut he still can pitch winning baseball in the major leagues. “The ’Giants were kind enough to offer-me a spot with Minneapo- lis,” tHe big righthander said, |“and believe me, I appreciate | their offer. But I hope to convince \them that I can still pitch in the | majors. I’d like an opportunity to pitch for one of the New York clubs. “T'm still young and my arm is |as strong as it ever was. All IT lack right now is control. 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PITCHING—Antonelli, New York, 14-2, Bowling Meeting Slated Next Week A meeting of alt team captains | from the Civic, Industrial and Commercial Bowling Leagues along with the president and trea- surer of each loop, and any other persons interested in establishing Key West as an American Bowl- ing Congress area will be held covered. Now Mrs. Smith, almost totally blind, alone remains. Nobody Stole The Wedding Bell SAN FRANCISCO The wedding chimes disappeared from the Church of the Immaculate Con- ception and it was assumed that somebody had stolen them. Police were notified by the Rev. Victor Bazzanella and a search was started. But the priest himself solved the mystery a few hours later. He said he was informed his own parishioners had the chimes taken out for repairs and had forgotten | to tell him. | During the Dark Ages, Western | Europe lost the arts of building: strong forts and conducting sieges, | but they were kept alive in the; Eastern Empire and were learned by the Crusaders and carried back to Europeon countries. Codfish will produce as many as Monday, July 26 at the VFW home, Street at 8 p. m. 4% million eggs in a scsi | season. |in the first game of a doublehead- passed about 20 cars. He maneuvered through traffic but couldn’t avoid hitting a car owned by M. L. Stirling, who suf- fered a concussion and bruises. The automobile was demolished. Baseball Set St. Joseph’s School plays the Strand Theatre tonight at 7 p. m., er at Wickers Field. 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