The Key West Citizen Newspaper, September 1, 1954, Page 6

Page’. THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Wednesday, September 1, 1954 a anks’ Hopes Fade, Giants Pull Ahead | By BEN PHLEGAR AP Sports Writer The New York Yankees have lost their last chance to stop the Cleveland pennant dash single- handed. Z Unless somebody’ else is willing to help, the five-year New York | Detroi monopoly in the American League is dormed to end this month. Only five games remain between the record-bound Indians and the second-place Yankees, and the . Yankees trail by 5% lengths. The point of no return was reached last night. The Yankees got only two hits as Cleveland foared down the warpath to a 61 triumph. 5 The Indians, who are winning games at a faster clip than any team in modern American League history, actually taunted the world | Cincinnati champions by loading the bases phia in the first inning and then not a scoring, a maneuver that would have meant certain defeat in years st, a Early Wynn never gave the Yanks a chance. Cleveland pushed over two runs in the fourth on singles by Vic Wertz and Dave Pope, a double by Al Rosen and a sacrifice fly. Four runs in the eighth, three of them on a homer by Dave Philley, wrapped it up. Irv Noren homered in the seventh. Enos Slaughter slashed a pinch single in the eighth. That ended the Yankee attack. Wynn’s victory was his 19th and his most impressive of the year. In the National League, the New York Giants moved 3% games in front of the Brooklyn Dodgers with a 5-3. triumph in St. Louis. » Brooklyn managed only three hits off Gene Conley and bowed to the Milwaukee Braves 2-1. In other major league action, the Chicago Cubs won a pair from Cleveland New York Brook; Jacksonville Baseball Results AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 3 6, New York 1 Chicago at ‘Boston, ppd., rain WEDNESDAY’s' SCHEDULE Detroit st Washing a Chicago at Boston (2) ‘Only games scheduled NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Grid Tickets Moving Fast Key West football fans were warned today to act fast if they wish to obtain season tickets for the 1954 high school grid- iron campaign, Quarterback Club president Earl Adams, said that the sup- ply is running short due to the enthusiastic reaction ef local fans. Adams also announced that the annual Quarterback Club Kickoff Dinner will be held at the Casa Marina Hotel, Sept. 13 at 7:30 p. m. Those wishing reservations should contact Kel- lar Watson at 2-5680. An outstanding guest speak- er will be obtained for the din- ner, Adams said. In addition, Coach Ed Beckman will intro- duce members of the football squad. Rassaees TUESDAY'S RESULTS Milwaukee 2, Chicago 14-7, Pittsburgh 2-3 Philadelphia 9, Cincinnati 3 New York 5, St. Louis 3 WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE New York at Cincinnati Brooklyn at Chicago Pittsburgh at’ Milwaukee Philadelphia at St. Louis SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. Behind “6 Se 568 4 5% ry 16 20% 235 Wh Charivtte 1 Jacksonville 8, Savannah 7 Columbus 6, Montgomery 3 Augusta 3-3, Macon 2-8 WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE Augusta at Macon Charlotte at Columbia ITHERN ASSOCIATION ae Won tae Bet. B hind Pittsburgh 14-2 and 7-3. Philadel-| Sian, phia clipped Cincinnati 9-3, break- ing an eight-game losing streak. Washington defeated Detroit 5-3, and. the Philadelphia Athletics pushed Baltimore into the Ameri- can League basement with a dou- ble-header sweep 8-6 and 6-3. Hurricane weather forced the postponement of the . Chicago White Sox game in Boston. The Giants jumped away to a three-run lead in St. Louis, were caught, then won in the fifth. Al Dark singled. Henry Thompson walked and Dusty Rhodes drove in Dark with a single. Thompson scored from third on Willie Mays’ sacrifice fly. Mays drove in another run ‘with a single and scored one aftep.hit-| ting a triple. Rhodes also Lin a second run. Milwaukee reached Don jNew- combe for two quick runs, in the first scoring on Bobby - son’s single and one in the ond on Del Crandall’s homer. Hank Sauer of the bein the National League recor@. and tied the major league recordwhen he hit ns 13th home run this sea- son off Pittsburgh pitching. The blow, his 35th of the year, came in the second game. Howie Pollet and Walker Cooper drove in three Tuns apiece in the opener, Ted Kluszewski took over the National League home run lead with a pair in Cincinnati's loss to Philadelphia. He has. hit 41, one more than his previous personal high, set a year ago. Washington pounded George Zu- verink for 14 hits in dumping De-! troit into a fourth-place tie with rain-idled Boston. Eighth-inning rallies produced both Philadelphia victories' over Baltimore. The A’s scored five runs in the eighth inning of the} first game and three in the eighth of the nightcap. Mack Has New Plan To Keep A’s In Philly PHILADELPHIA (—Roy Mack! today took a new plan to wealthy | Philadelphians in his latest—and what could be a successful—effort to keep the Philadelphia American League baseball franchise in Phila- delphia and in his control. The short, balding son of the builder of the onetime Athletics} diamond empire got the “new look” financial setup at a meet- ing of the Board of Directors Mon- ay. : Presentation of the new plan to Roy by a member of the board 108. learned that Arnold Johnson, the P Chicago real estate man who has offered to buy the A’s franchise | - . and transfer it to Kansas City, has cut his price from a reported $4,250,000 to about $3,100,000. The newest plan to keep the Athletics in Philadelphia differs from the other most publicized plan which was offered by a syndi- cate headed by Harry M. Sylk, drugstore magnate, and financier Albert M. Greenfield, although suspended game “ 18% 2 Mobile 11, Birmingham Nashville 12, Little Rock New Orleans 141, Atlanta of Aug. 27) ‘Only games scheduled WEDNESDAY’S SCHEDULE New Orleans at Atlanta Memphis at Chattanooga Birmin, at Mobile (2) Little at Nashville TUESDAY'S BASEBALL RESULTS ‘ALABAMA-FLORIDA PLAYOFF Dothan 9, Graceville 7 (series tied 2-2) ‘Todo 6, Columbus 5 a0 ed Louisville 1, Charleston Indianapolis 8, St. Paul 4 Minneapolis 14-6, Kansas City 8-7 9 at Ottawa Postponed, rain . . (2) postponed, 2 22 (first was Toronto at Montreal at Bul grounds : Rochester at suse’ postponed, rain Richmond 3-11, 13 Antonio postponed, rain PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE . Paul at Indianapolis Kansas City at Minneapolis TEXAS LEAGUE Shreveport at Houston Beaumont at San Antonio Tulsa at Dallas Fi Toronto at Ottawa (2) Montreal at Buffalo (2) Richmond at Havana (2) Rochester at Syracuse BASEBALL STANDINGS By The Associated Press INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. 88 53) (64 STL 475 “453 44 Toronto Montreal Rochester Syracuse Havana Buffalo Richmond Ottawa. PACIFIC CO: LEAGUE Won Koat Pet. San Diego He San Francisco Oakland Seattle abeseee eeeeet Lie EI Shreveport _ .... Oklahoma City Houston. San Antonio Fort Worth Tulsa Beaumont Dallas Major League Leaders AMERICAN LE. BATTING —Noren, ‘New Yorn, M1. RUNS- Mantle, New York, 1 RUNS BATTED IN-Doby, Cieveland, seeues seesszzey suzaseee eae J 86 a BATTIN . Brooklyn. 308. RUNS~Musial, St. Louis 106 nRONS BATTED IN—Musial, st. Leais, HITS— Mueller, New Schoen- Hone RUNS haa on = Cincinnati, 41. eETTCHING—Antonell,""New York, 303, " STRIKEOUTS -Maddix, St. Louis, 158. — wet) igan State, Steve Sebo at College Grid Drills Are Under Way By ED CORRIGAN NEW YORK (®#—College foctball came out of the mothballs today when most of the schools across @| the country started their fall work- outs—just two weeks before the first full Saturday program. The coaches, including more than half a dozen new ones at major colleges, wasted little time with formalities and got down to the problem at hand right away— how to teach their charges to win games. A few have only jone week to prepare as there are a scatter- ing of mipor games a week from Saturday. Some have two weeks, while the majority will swing into action Sept. 25. On Sept. 18, the first nationally televised game will be California-Oklahoma at Berkeley and that one could properly come at the windup of the season be- cause it will test two titans. Of all the coaches who will be on the spot, young Terry Brennan at Notre Dame will have the most cause to worry. He will be filling the shoes of the depapted master Frank Leahy, whose success. at | South Bend was fabulous. The 26-year-old Brennan will have to rebuild more than half the 1953 team and his first op- ponent on Sept. 25 is Texas, no pushover for anyone. Two of his biggest problems are finding re- placements for All America Johnny Lattner and. Fullback Neil Worden. Other new faces at major schools include Hugh Daughtery at Mich- ‘Penn, Paul Bryant at Texas A&M, Frank Reagan at Villanova, Vince Di Francesco at Iowa State and Mur- ray Warmath at Minnesota. Daugherty, too, will have a big job..He is stepping into the place vacated by Biggie Munn, who led the Spartans to the Big Ten championship in their first year in the league. Then they won the Rose Bowl game. He has lost 16 players but has 20 lettermen re- turning. All-Star Games Set Here Friday The Key West Little League All- Stars and Pony League All-Stars | ~ start practicing this afternoon in preparation for their weekend games at Wickers Field Stadium with the Coral Gables Pony and Little League All-Stars. A_ doubleheader will be played on Friday and Staurday, Sept. 3 and 4. The first game each night will feature the Little Leaguers at 7:00 p. m. to be followed. by a Pony League Game. The boys are working hard and good games are expected. Apprentice jockeys need more than $700 worth of saddles, boots and other riding equipment to start their careers. ——————— Joe’s Blacksmith Shop Outside Welding - Machine Works We Build All Type Tanks REBUILD GEARS PHONE 2.5658 — 614 Front Street Hester Battery STARTS 809 TIMES After Only 5 Minutes Rest In a recent test, a stock Hes- ter Battery was deliberately discharged by were the starter on a car, with switch off, the battery refused to turn the engine over. 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And Taylor said it was the first time in his 45 years in boxing that he could remember that a title fight ever was called off by illness on the eve of the contest. It was a first for Gavilan too. He said he never had a fight postponed before in his eight years in the United States, a record he had been very Proud of. Taylor said he would start re- funding about $30,000 starting Fri- day or Saturday. The veteran pro- moter said the twice-postponed scrap would be held sometime in ad Probably in Convention all. Gavilan promised Taylor that he would fight then. Frank Wiener, chairman of the Pennsylvania Ath- letic Commission, who was sum- moned from his home at 9 p.m. last night, said that the champion would be placed on the “unavail- able list” until he went through with the fight. Gavilan’s manager, Angel Lopez, said the Kid had a lump on the left side of his face Tuesday morn- ing but that he had insisted on going through eight rounds of ex- ercise to bring his weight down. 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