United League Baseball

Insurmountable?
Mons' Lead Balloons After 14-2 Run
WASHINGTON (June 1) -- Washington's 14-2 run combined with a Chicago slump to nearly double the Monuments' lead to 14 games over the Colts and Gothams. Stu Miller pitched back-to-back shutouts June 2 and 6, and Steve Gromek tallied four wins in four starts as the defending champs pulled so far ahead of the pack that the pennant race might as well be called off.

Stu-Pendous!
Miller, 15-1, Wins Five Straight
WASHINGTON (June 1) -- Last year's Rookie of the Year is well on his way to winning the 1953 Cy Young Award. Stu Miller is 15-1 in 17 starts, with a league-leading 2.10 ERA and a realistic shot at the pitching Triple Crown. Miller has won five straight starts, including a pair of shutouts June 2 and 6 that earned him Player of the Week honors for the first time (he was twice named Player of the Month, including April of this year). Miller is just one win shy of his 1952 total. The righthander, the fifth overall pick in last year's rookie draft, was 16-13, 2.74 in his first season.

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AROUND THE HORN

	WASHINGTON MONUMENTS 49-17 -- 13-2	Added 8 games to its lead in 15 days
	CHICAGO COLTS 35-31 14 5-10	x
	NEW YORK GOTHAMS 35-31 14 10-5	x
	BROOKLYN SUPERBAS 33-33 16 11-4	x
	BOSTON BEACONS 31-35 18 7-8	Mantle climbs to 3rd in batting, 1st (tied) in HR, 2nd in RBI, and 3rd in OPS...
	ST. LOUIS MAROONS 31-36 18 6-9	x
	DETROIT SOUND 26-40 23 4-11	x
	LOUISVILLE COLONELS 24-42 25 4-11	x

DAY BY DAY
Monday, June 1 WAS 3, DET 2 (10) - Perkowski 9.0, 1 R, McDougald, Kluszewski RBI in 10th STL 6, LOU 3 - Minner 8.0, 3 R, Ennis HR, 2 RBI, Coan 2-3, 2 R, SB; Jensen HR NYG 9, CHI 3 - Doby 3-3, HR, Noren 3-4, 2 RBI, Busby 3-4, 3 R, 2 SB BRO 7, BOS 1 - Brissie 9-hit CG, Jackson 2 HR, Souchock 2-3, HR, 3 RBI, Ashburn 3-4
Tuesday, June 2 BRO 5, STL 4 - Hutchinson CG, 2 RBI in 8th, O'Connell GWRBI; Campanella 3-4 WAS 5, CHI 0 - Miller 3-hit SHO, 1 W, 4 K, Kluszewski 4-5, 2 RBI, Gordon HR, 2 RBI NYG 5, DET 2 - Loes 8.0, 2 R, Yost, Noren HR, Ginsberg 2 RBI; Pafko 2B, 3B BOS 11, LOU 9 - Torgeson 3-4, 2 HR, 4 RBI, Zernial HR, 3 RBI, Mathews HR, 2 RBI
Wednesday, June 3 BRO 3, STL 1 - Shantz 8.1, 5 H, 1 R, Westrum 2-3, HR, 2 RBI; Stephens 2-4, RBI WAS 6, CHI 2 - Gromek 8-hit CG, 7 K, Mays 2-5, HR, 2 RBI, Dillinger 3-4 NYG 3, DET 2 - Church 8.0, 2 R, Noren, Robinson 2-4, RBI BOS 9, LOU 8 (10) - Philley 2-run GWPH, Rivera, Mathews, Hiller HR; Lowrey 3-3, HR
Thursday, June 4 STL 10, BRO 9 (11) - Coan GWRBI, Red 4-6, Campy, Stan HR, 3 RBI; Woodling 4 RBI WAS 16, CHI 1 - Adcock 5-6, HR, 4 R, McDougald 4-4, Goodman 5 RBI, Gordon 4 RBI NYG 4, DET 3 - Batts GWRBI, Wertz, Boudreau HR, Yost 2-3, SB; Kiner 2-run HR BOS 3, LOU 2 - Spahn 8.0, 3 H, 2 R, Mantle 2-4, HR; Antonelli 6-hit CG loss, 11 K
Friday, June 5 WAS 4, BRO 3 - Adcock 2-4, RBI, Michaels 2-3; Hodges HR, 2 RBI, Woodling 2-4 CHI 10, STL 3 - Newcombe 8.1, 2 R, Rosen 2 HR, 4 RBI, Gernert, Westlake 2 RBI LOU 4, NYG 3 (12) - Kluttz GWRBI, Easter 3-4, HR, Dark 3-5, 2 R, Valo 2-4, RBI, SB BOS 5, DET 3 - Mantle 2-4, 2B, HR, Torgeson 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, Kuenn 2-4
Saturday, June 6 WAS 2, BRO 0 - Miller 4-hit SHO, 0 W, 9 K, 1-3, R, Goodman 3-5 CHI 4, STL 2 - Trout 8.0, 2 R, Avila 3-5, SB, Berra, McCormick 2-4, RBI; Stephens HR NYG 3, LOU 2 - Fornieles 8.2, 2 R, 3-4, Busby 2-5, RBI, Batts 2-4; Klein PH HR in 9th BOS 3, DET 2 (10) - Bickford 8.1, 1 ER, Cole GWRBI, Torgeson, Mantle HR
Sunday, June 7 WAS 13, BRO 2 - Gromek 5-hit CG, Suder 4-5, Furillo 3-5, 3 RBI, Adcock 3-5 STL 7, CHI 3 - Pierce 5-hit CG, 8 K, Ennis 3-3, HR, 4 RBI, Stephens 2 HR LOU 3, NYG 2 - Donovan 8.0, 2 R, Easter 2-run 2B in 8th; Robinson HR, 2 RBI DET 6, BOS 0 - Rush 3-hit SHO, 6 K, Kiner 3-run HR, Fain 3-5, Pafko HR, 2 RBI
Monday, June 8 BRO 4, LOU 2 - Gorman 8.0, 2 R, Souchock 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, Reiser 2-3, HR CHI 4, DET 2 - 4-run 9th: Lockman HR, Rosen GW 2-run single; Elliott HR, 2 RBI STL 4, BOS 3 - Campanella 2-4, RBI, Stephens 2B, RBI, Ennis RBI; Jethroe HR, 2 RBI NYG 1, WAS 0 - Church 8-hit SHO, 6 K, Yost 2-3, HR in 6th; Jansen 6-hit CG loss
Tuesday, June 9 BRO 7, LOU 3 - Brissie 3-hit CG, 9 K, Souchock 3-5, Westrum HR, Jackson 2 RBI CHI 4, DET 2 - Newcombe 8.0, 4 H, 1 ER, Lindell 2 RBI, Rosen HR, Gernert 2-4 BOS 2, STL 1 - Haddix 8.1, 5 H, 0 ER, Mantle 2-4, Kuenn RBI; Minner 8-hit CG loss NYG 8, WAS 6 - Wynn 3-4, 2 RBI, Wertz, Thomas 2 RBI; Klu, Gordon 3 RBI
Wednesday, June 10 BRO 9, LOU 3 - Hutchinson 6-hit CG, Reiser 3-4, Jackson HR, 3 RBI, Hamner 3-5 DET 7, CHI 0 - Porterfield 2-hit SHO, 0 W, 4 K, Irvin 2-4, HR, Atwell 4-5 STL 14, BOS 10 - Campy 2 HR, 4 RBI, Crowe HR, 3 RBI, Wyrostek 3-5, HR; Mathews 3-4, 2 HR, Torgeson HR, 3 RBI WAS 7, NYG 1 - Miller 5-hit CG, 7 K, McDougald GSHR in 3rd, Goodman, Gargiola 3 H
Thursday, June 11 BRO 9, LOU 6 (11) - Boone 2-run 3B in 11th, Jackson GWHR in 7th; Bauer 2-4, 2 RBI CHI 10, DET 8 (13) - Rosen 2-run HR in 13th, Bell 3-6, 3 RBI, Lindell 2 RBI STL 6, BOS 4 - Stephens 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, W Jones, Campy 2 RBI; Zernial 2-4, 3 RBI WAS 5, NYG 3 - Gromek 8.0, 4 H, Slaughter 3-4, SB, Garagiola 2-4, 2 R; Doby HR
Friday, June 12 WAS 5, STL 4 - Adcock 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, McDougald 2-4; Coan 3-5, Red 2 RBI NYG 12, BOS 2 - Robinson HR, 3 RBI, Boudreau 2-4, 2 RBI, Noren 2 RBI; Rivera 3-4 LOU 3, DET 2 (12) - Bauer GWRBI 3B in 12th, Kokos 2-3, 2 R; Roberts 9.0, 4 H, 2 R BRO 6, CHI 2 - Gorman 4-hit CG, 6 K, Hodges, Westrum HR, 2 RBI, Jackson 2-5, 2 SB
Saturday, June 13 WAS 10, STL 3 - Mays 4-4, HR, 2 SB, 4 R, Lollar 3 RBI, Dillinger HR, 2 RBI; Dom 3-4 NYG 4, BOS 3 - Noren HR, 2 RBI, Wertz 2-3, RBI, Boudreau 2-4, RBI; Philley HR, 2 RBI DET 6, LOU 1 - Kell 4-5, 4 RBI, Metkovich, Atwell 3-4, Pafko 3-5; Easter 2-3 BRO 10, CHI 7 - Woodling 3-5, HR, 3 RBI, Hamner 3-4, 2 RBI; Reese 3-5, HR, 2 RBI
Sunday, June 14 WAS 3, STL 2 - Slaughter 2-3, RBI, Mays 2-run HR in 4th; Wyrostek HR NYG 7, BOS 6 - 4-run 9th: Noren 3-run PH HR, Robinson GWRBI, Boudreau 2-4, 2 RBI DET 6, LOU 5 - Metkovich 2-3, HR, 3 RBI, Elliott 2-3, HR, 2 RBI; Lowrey 2 HR BRO 6, CHI 1 - Hutchinson 5-hit CG, 8 K, Doerr, Logan, Minoso HR, Woodling 2 RBI
Monday, June 15 WAS 2, STL 1 - Gromek 8.2, 1 R, Kluszewski 2-3; Keegan inj, Musial 2-4 BOS 10, NYG 5 - Mantle 2 HR, 4 RBI, Rivera 2-5, 3 RBI, Mueller PH 2-run HR in 8th LOU 5, DET 2 - Garver 8.0, 3 H, 1 ER, Jensen HR, 4 RBI, Kluttz 2-4; BRO 6, CHI 2 - Shantz 8-hit CG, Minoso 3-4, 3 RBI, Hodges HR; Westlake 2-4, HR