Game 1

Bill Hopkins vs. Bob Buhl

At Chicago, October 14^th, 1953

Milwaukee	3	Boxscore
Chicago	4

Win	Bill Hopkins
Loss	Bob Buhl
Save	Dee Doucet

The Brewskies entered Chicago looking to do what the Dirty Dawgz had the year before—knock off the Dale Murphy League’s perennial champion to win it all. Arguably, Milwaukee’s superior pitching put them in an even better position to do so. In game one, the Claymores’ faced the imposing presence of Bob Buhl, a 21 game winner with a sub 2.00 ERA. But before he could even take the hill, the Claymores found themselves down a pair. Bill Hopkins issued back-to-back walks to start the game, both of which scored on a two-run single by Billy Sloan. Chicago picked up a run in the second on a Delahanty double, and then tied the game in the third on a Laudner home run.

In the sixth, Milwauakee took a 3-2 lead on a clutch 2-out single by Bobby Geary, and kept that lead until the bottom of the 7^th. Then, with a runner at second and two outs, Milwaukee center fielder Bill Bruton dropped a fly ball off the bat of Mike Gonzalez, allowing Chicago to tie the game. Juan Gomez, the next batter, singled home Gonzalez to give Chicago a 4-3 lead.

Milwaukee put the tying run on in the eighth and ninth innings, but Dee Doucet kept the Brewskies on the board and turned Bruton’s error into a one game deficit.

Game 2

Toots Wilson vs. Bobbie Schantz

At Chicago, October 15^th, 1953

Chicago Leads 1 game to 0

Milwaukee	0	Boxscore
Chicago	2

Win	Toots Wilson
Loss	Bobbie Schantz
Save	Dee Doucet

Few teams can go down 2-0 against the Claymores and live to tell about it. That made game two critical for Milwaukee, and Bobbie Schantz rose to the challenge. The only problem for the Brewskies being that on this night, Toots Wilson was untouchable.

Through six, Wilson had allowed just one hit, and Schantz had allowed just two. In the bottom of the seventh, Luey Larue doubled with one out and then scored on a two run shot by Amos Cooper. They were the only two runs Chicago got, but Wilson made it stand up, allowing just one hit and one walk over eight innings. Doucet allowed one hit in the ninth and picked up the save.

Game 3

Rafael Riddle vs. Lew Burdette

At Milwaukee, October 17^th, 1953

Chicago Leads 2 games to 0

Chicago	5	Boxscore
Milwaukee	3

Win	Lew Burdette
Loss	Rafael Riddle
Save	Dee Doucet

In a must-win game for Milwaukee, the Claymores started mashing early against Rafael Riddle. RBI hits from Cuke Jackson in the first and Hank Aaron in the third put them up 2-0, and then in the fourth, a Gonzalez RBI single and Cuke Jackson 3-run blast made it 6-0. Jay Hoey kept Milwaukee in it, allowing no runs over four and two-thirds, but the Brewskies finally ran out of chances.

Game 4

Warren Spahn vs. Babe Adams

At Brooklyn, October 18^th, 1953

Chicago Leads 3 games to 0

Chicago	9	Boxscore
Milwaukee	2

Win	Babe Adams
Loss	Warren Spahn
Save

Presented with the enormous task of beating the Claymores four straight times, Warren Spahn cracked early, allowing a two-run shot to Tim Laudner in the first inning. An RBI single by Luey Larue extended the Claymores’ lead to 3-0 in the fifth. The Brewskies tried to get back in it, but Adams was sharp, scattering just five base runners across the first eight innings. In the top of the eighth, Chicago blew the game open. Milwaukee reliever Danny Mitchell, who’d come on in the sixth, walked Delahanty and gave up a two-run blast to Laudner, his second of the day. Tony Cloninger then came on, and gave up a two-run shot to Amos Cooper two batters later. That brought in Tom Henderson, who after an Aaron single, gave up a two-run shot to Luey Larue.

The Brewskies finally scored twice in the ninth, but the game was long over. The win gave the Claymores their second World Championship.