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July 4, 1954
Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Pete Fritchie comments on MLB pennant races: Giants' chances in NL if they maintain June form; Yankees' strong road wins against Cleveland and Chicago boost AL prospects, while Dodgers-Giants race remains open.
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Comment On Sports
By Pete Fritchie
BASEBALL
WASHINGTON- The pennant races have developed two stirring questions now on the lips of every baseball fan. The first one is: Can the Giants do the things in late summer and September that they did in June?
And in the American League, the question is whether the old pros, the Yankees, can put the whammy once again on Cleveland and Chicago. As the Yanks completed their recent western swing-the last time eastern and western clubs met prior to the All-Star game-they had passed the acid test on the road.
They had taken their series with Chicago, and two out of three at Cleveland. In the back yards' of the two challengers, the Yankees had come through. They stopped Cleveland the first night 11-0. They took the second game 11-9. The Indians, using Tiger castoff Hal Newhouser, barely managed to win the final game 4-3.
At Chicago the Yankees took the first three games of four, before they ran into another old Tiger Virgil Trucks. He salvaged the last game for the Sox.
If the Yankees can continue to beat the toughest challengers, they will probably win the flag again this year. Cleveland or Chicago must learn how to knock the champions down hard to win the flag. And that isn't easy to do. Thus the New Yorkers' chances look better now than they did a while back.
It is too early to predict the outcome of the battle between New York and Brooklyn. If the Giants stay hot, they have a fifty-fifty chance. If the Dodgers win the flag this year, chances are the Giants will slip long before the crucial last days of September.
By Pete Fritchie
BASEBALL
WASHINGTON- The pennant races have developed two stirring questions now on the lips of every baseball fan. The first one is: Can the Giants do the things in late summer and September that they did in June?
And in the American League, the question is whether the old pros, the Yankees, can put the whammy once again on Cleveland and Chicago. As the Yanks completed their recent western swing-the last time eastern and western clubs met prior to the All-Star game-they had passed the acid test on the road.
They had taken their series with Chicago, and two out of three at Cleveland. In the back yards' of the two challengers, the Yankees had come through. They stopped Cleveland the first night 11-0. They took the second game 11-9. The Indians, using Tiger castoff Hal Newhouser, barely managed to win the final game 4-3.
At Chicago the Yankees took the first three games of four, before they ran into another old Tiger Virgil Trucks. He salvaged the last game for the Sox.
If the Yankees can continue to beat the toughest challengers, they will probably win the flag again this year. Cleveland or Chicago must learn how to knock the champions down hard to win the flag. And that isn't easy to do. Thus the New Yorkers' chances look better now than they did a while back.
It is too early to predict the outcome of the battle between New York and Brooklyn. If the Giants stay hot, they have a fifty-fifty chance. If the Dodgers win the flag this year, chances are the Giants will slip long before the crucial last days of September.
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Sports Commentary
Baseball Analysis
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Baseball Pennant
Yankees Wins
Giants Dodgers
Cleveland Series
Chicago Series
Hal Newhouser
Virgil Trucks
What entities or persons were involved?
Pete Fritchie
Giants
Yankees
Cleveland
Chicago
Dodgers
Hal Newhouser
Virgil Trucks
Where did it happen?
Washington
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Pete Fritchie
Giants
Yankees
Cleveland
Chicago
Dodgers
Hal Newhouser
Virgil Trucks
Location
Washington
Story Details
Commentary on National League race between Giants and Dodgers, questioning Giants' sustainability; American League focus on Yankees' recent wins over Cleveland (11-0, 11-9 loss, 4-3 loss) and Chicago (three of four wins), improving Yankees' chances against challengers.