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' r ' ¦* y.C >',. ' '"' *double to left a mistake once in a righthander, has been off form of Dick Donovan, the White Sox | to score both runners. Whitey ' while and that Jackie Robinson, i s despite his 35 years, still get ever since spring training be- - pitcher who at one point had stole third and later scored on < can them eight times in Roy Sicvers’ single to right. ‘ the job done. cause of a pulled-back muscle spanned i nine starts over the past two With one out in the fourth the An Adcock boner, strange do- It was disclosed today. years. It consists simply of ’ Senators produced their final ‘ ings for the slugger who has The Philadelphia Bulletin said i wedging Pedro Ramos into the run after Lou Berberet and almost‘ single-handedly opened Roberts told Sports Writerr games that Donovan starts, |Valdy singled. Ramos’ long fly * the gap between the two clubs in recent put night’s has 19 games in to right enabled the slow Ber- l weeks, down a Frank Yeutter after last s Donovan won rally night » and eight been beret to take third and he scored Milwaukee1 last in the game with the Cubs that the two seasons have ninth inning of the at Washington’s expense, on a wild pitch. 1 Dodgers’ 3-2 but the , victory before muscle difficulty made him ’ have polished him off Chicago sliced 26,141 fans at Senators I its deficit to one Jersey City. by ERSKINE DOUBLED OFF*FIRST —Jersey City.- base after Peewee Reese’s fly to Centerfielder Bill change his normal style in re- The the Dropo ' A homer Adcock ¦ in his last two starts. win- run in sixth when in the inning Joe Adcock wasn’t the only player making base- Bruton. Reese watches as Adcock takes the throw. peated pain ner on singled second and another efforts to avoid the -1 each of those occasions l i and Lobar doubled him i by Eddie Mathews in the ninth • Ramos, registered running mistakes in last night’s Braves-Dodgers The umpire is Frank Secory. The Dodgers finally involved. was who also around. Pinch-hitter Ron Northey gave the Braves their Erskine, . the Senators’ lone triumph over flied deep to Jim right, runs. game here. On this play Carl who opened beat the Braves, 3-2, to even the series.—AP Wire- “It’s pretty well healed now,” Lemon in | him last year. 'permitting Lollar to take third . With the score tied 2-2, the the third inning with a single, is doubled off first photo. was quoted as saying. bases loaded one Roberts ”1 Ramos wasn’t particularly with two out, and at that junc- and out, Adcock actually feel fine again. But barreled from second to third as ; baffling last night in the course ture Stewart supplanted Ramos there for a time the pain was Johnny Logan hit into a force ’ of a 4-3 win before 11.990 cus- See SENATORS, Page pretty bad. It caused me to C-3 J play at the plate. Joe then kept : tomers. He gave up eight hits; I] Redskins Likely to Reap | make changes in style. I got into i| right on going and tried to score. departing of pretty bad 1 before in favor Rube Dodger some habits.” Bunky Walker. catcher WIN, LOSE OR Stewart with two out in 'Klii' on Sidelines who had received the throw on Roberts now has a record of‘ the sixth. The lean lefthander the force play, was waiting 11 wins and the same number applied the brakes, although he with 2d from ( Dividend Elter 1 the ball r Injury when Adcock was ofi losses for the season. At this gave With Similar 40 By STANN 5 his teammates some jittery feet from the plate. DRAW FRANCIS By LEWIS F. ATCHISON a touchdown that helped clinch stage; of the game last year he - moments. Star Staff Correspondent a 28-17 Washington victory. He 1 had won 16 and lost only 9. To Spring Trouble Robinson Breaks It Up , finished the season as the Red-- The muscle Stobbs Faces Wilson LOS ANGELES, Aug. I—The strain occurred in3 NEW YORK, Aug. 1 MP).—Big Joe was an easy i skins’ third leading ground-;; ;he da) out, the in- that brought halfback Leo , Clearwater training camp P; The Senators, walloped 17[Ted Kluszewski, Cincinnati’s ning was over, and ideal , gainer yards, | he the Dodgers : Elter to the Redskins from the with 361 third best last March. Roberts said tried I by Chicago last season, are : slugging first baseman, may ; promptly game Mantle Versus the Indians pass-receiver for:] times be won the in the Pittsburgh Steelers last year not !| with 13 catches heat treatments and also to “run“ irritating year. They ’ forced to THE EVIDENCE MUST NOW be considered conclusive [219 yards touchdown,] more this miss the rest of the last of the ninth when Robinson, only paid off handsomely for the and one it out.” ¦will strive to level their series with the Giants, it was who celebrated that Mickey Mantle has altered his batting stance, if not ; and tied with Eddie Leßaron season i his return to the Washington eleven, now for. out,” e [ today. lineup his swing heroics against [ but it i “But it wouldn’t run he series with the White Sox at 8-8 disclosed by driving in all three as well. His Cleveland pitching appears that there will be a runnerup honors in scoring with , 1 said. "The pain such that II today 24 points. was I when they send Chuck : Kluszewski, who Is tied with Dodger runs with a homer and prove it. •* second dividend. 1 couldn’t stride the r to against a single, Leo wasn’t exactly thrown, off rubber Stobbs the mound t Duke Snider for the National slashed a hit to deep Early this season a couple of Cleveland writers were The 200-pound Elter is marked properly. I guess I favored thee Jim Wilson. League home run leadership with right-center off Dave Jolly to into the Washington-Pittsburgh legj yisiting the Yankee bench to talk to Casey Stengel. They for a utility role this season, a 1 too much.” The stumbling Sox, who have ; 25, is suffering from a cold in score Peewee Reese from second | deal, but he wasn’t the main base. asked If it were true that Mantle’s two shots over the cen- tribute to his versatility rather; .guy, either. The Redskins, if He added that failure to pivot t jlost 18 of their last 23 games, , his back and a possible groin ability pitching teifield wall in Washington on opening day were as long ithan a reflection on his ’ you remember, had Tackle Dick : and from a stiff upright t spurted Into a 2-0 lead against t strain. j While the Dodgers were strugg- regular - as th# dispatches made out. to win a position. He’ll | Modzelewski, who had wearied position cut down the effective- Ramos last night in the second I He missed both ends of last ling back, the second-place Red- back up Vic Janowicz at left ness1 of his curve ball and his fastt legs overlooked “Longer,” Coach Bill Dickey said from close by. ' of Washington and wanted a ! 1inning after Jim Rivera singled I night’s double-header after ar- the last-place half, Dale Atkeson at fullback, ball lost much of its zip. with one out. Walt Dropo riving picked up Giants and stumbled a “I don’t doubt that he hits a tremendous ball,’’ one of • change of scenery. The Steelers > here with a cold 1 Into ; and fill in at right half when Monday night, when whip- . walked and Sherman Lollar’s > in Monday night’s game double-header split, losing 5-1 the Tribe of those See ELTER, Page C-41 he at Pitts- 1 writers said, “but we've never seen one : rookies Jerry Planutis or Dick jped the Cubs. 5-4, in the firstt single brought Rivera across burgh. |iand then winning 7-3. That clip- You see, Cleveland know how to get James need assistance. Most squeeze ped only a classic blows. pitchers j.I | half of a twi-nighter, was thee Luis Aparicio’s bunt ‘ Kluszewski was out of the half-game off Mil- backs have trouble mastering him out. Compared with Berra and Baudr he’s a compara- 1 one JOCKEY LEADERS first time, Roberts said, “Ipivoted 3 then scored Dropo. lineup for a time at the start waukee’s lead, leaving it at two position, much less two, but Leo - games. tive patsy.” ? and got the full drive off the rub- The Senators rebounded to > of the groin The Reds had won flvs among ’ season with a in- moves the three berths RIDE DEAD HEAT ber. I wasn't bothered once byy take the lead in the inning jury, officials straight. He may or may not have been parroting the Indian j you third [ but club said they as easily as change suits. CHICAGO. Aug. 1 I pain. As the game went on II after Jose Valdivielso walked and would be able say The fourth-place Cardinals pitchers. Chances are he was. And he had statistics to Elter resented stories that he 1 not to until Bill Hartack and Willie jfelt I was pitching the way II Ramos singled. Pete’s blow sent t later if the present Injury Is a 1 drew up to .500 again, handing show that Mantle, indeed, had never been overwhelming < was a Steelers cast-off. He was ; Shoemaker, dueling for the jused to.” Valdy to third and Ramos con- ¦ recurrence of the earlier one. Continued on Page C-7, Col. S against Cleveland. < on the verge of angry tears in national riding champion- He is now. The Yankees and Indians have played 15 ' the dressing room at Pittsburgh -1 ship, rode to a dead-heat games now has hit safely of them last November before the teams ’ victory yesterday in the and Mantle in all for met.1 was into an average approximately .373. His ire translated 1 seventh race at Washing- onej of the most brilliant indi- *** * ton Park. vidual performances of the sea- Hartack was aboard Sweet WHETHER MANTLE WILL or . EQUAL beat Babe Ruth’s son at Forbes Field, 136 yards 1 Tees who paid $4.00 and record of 60 home runs is debatable at this time. There is i gained on 19 tries for a 7-plus 1 Shoemaker rode Ray’s Blue Ruth’s streak of 17 home runs in September of 1927 to 1 average. He reeled off touch- Man at $3.80 for $2. consider, although if he homered more consistently there | down runs of 20 and 33 yards, Each had a pair of win- thoroughly vindicating himself would have been no need for a finishing spurt. For . ners. Shoemaker has a 6-5 such in the eyes of the hometown lead for example, in Ruth seven of his pace the first two days 1928 was ahead ’27 with fans.j at Washington. For the 41 going into August. But he hit only six in August and Elter gained only 30 yards in i year. Hartack leads with seven in September for a total of 54. . I;i six carries against the Steelers > 219 winners to 204. One goal, not much lesser, either, more within in Washington, but went 22 for the Strong Boy’s reach. That is the Triple Crown—top ¦ average, most runs batted in and most homers. This has been done only four times in the American League and MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS Ruth missed out on this one. Jimmy Foxx pulled the trick WEDNESDAY, August 1, 1956 in 1933, Lou Gehrig in 1934 and Ted Williams in 1942 and 1947. I -Cels If! I -o I AMERICAN | Standings g,o-io j S It is however, to Mantle with Ruth £o e silly, rank as a °* ’ * Rpsulta Club • hitter—yet. The book says that going into this season Yesterday li|li!is g o S »¦ 'g Wash.. 4- Chicago. a l j £ hitter? This is easier to answer, it would seem. No. How St L.’ ? Mliwoukec;— 610 4 6 918 14! 57 35 .620 —— y s 3: could he have been, since Babe appeared to harrass the ‘'Cincinnati 310 8 813 610 58 40 .592 2 southpaws as much as the righthanders? Looking at his Game. Today ißrooklyn 67 10! 8 5 12: 755 41 .573! 4 ‘ j record, righthanders 1927 Ruth hit 40 homers off and 20 jMUw. It Brkiyn. ,n i.StLouis_ 45 4 97612 47 47 .500 11 but there least many l a p off lefthanders were at twice as of ;Bt‘. L pittV PHiio 9 6 6 io— 2 7 5 45 52 .464 Lt IS:!: _ 1414 the former to face him. Pittsburgh j 5 5 4 7| B—l 91 5 43 52 .453 1514 An oddity in connection with Babe was that he Miiw Brooklyn Chicogo 5. 5 4 310 5 41 54 .432 17 at _ 9—| Va bombarded two of the best sidewinders in the business, InC U t Y 8t Pitu NrvrVorkj 36!35 3 7’ 6 33 58 .363 2314’ meaning Earl Whitehill and Rube Walberg. Both seemed OnlyLoSr.games.t* scheduled Lost '35 40 41,47 52 52 54 58 | | j to release the ball from the vicinity of first base and there Forged was nothing soft about their stuff. Not many lefthanded /Valley hitters wanted any part of either. ** » * PROBABLE PITCHERS THE BEER WITH THE I SENATORS , 4; WHITEHILL, PARTICULARLY, belonged leagie rJflB to the school AMERICAN which firmly believed that a pitcher had a perfect right to WHITE SOX, 3 Washington at Chicago—Stobbs 18-81 ; , v*. Wilson in-Hi. knock down a dangerous hitter. He didn't loosen up Ruth WASHINGTON AB R. H. O. A E •New York at Cleveland inlghti —I much, however, because Babe hit 12 off Whitehill Yost. Kb 3 II 1 II •« '!» Byrnv m-i» or Sturdivant <9-4» ?s [m home runs 3 O 0 • Garcia <7-9» LOCKED-IN Herzog. cf 4 11 or Lemon vs. Kellner (7-4). hitter runs Berberet. 4 1 14 0 0 FLAVOR c lR It just happens this was more than Ruth hit off any one Valdlvtelso. ss 2 112 5 NATIONAL LEAGIE Rsrno. p 2 1 10 0 0 Milwaukee at Brooklyn (night)—Bur- pitcher, right or left handed. Stewart, p 1 o n t> 1 J>' dette (12-5 i vs Maglle (4-3). at prolsld, or party M Mantle says doesn’t to 31 "* ~? *7 12 II Cincinnati at New York —Kllppstein himself that he hope top Babe’s Totals i <9-7» vs. Oomez • 5-11 ). CHIC AGO AB R. H. O A E I, Chicago at Philadelphia P). A Grounded out for Heriog In nth Selling Chevroletn at LOS ANGELES, Aug. 1 i.J’i.— _f>a therwelshts Miguel Berrios l Washington (108 100 ooo—l i the name location Bravo, _ A1 who , . jumped the Los . Chicago HOI 000—3 of Puerto Rlco and Hash Elorde 020 1 xinrr 1020 Angeles Rams for Regina of the Runs batted In—Lollar ft». Apartcto. Canadian League, finally has of ‘he Philippines will meet inI Herzog i2). Slevers Tiro-base hits— re- Herzog Rivera Lollar Stolen oaie—- ported to the Rams training 8 nationally televised boxing -1 Herzog Sacrt.Ves -Esposito Stewart NEW-CAR SHOWROOM camp match at San Francisco i Double play.—Plews to Vaidivieip to at Redlands Garden Runnels «2i; Haifteld to Fox to Dropo 1101 KING ST. protested to Regina, on August 22. Left on bases- Wa.-himton. 7: Chseaeo. The Rams 11 Bases on Balls -OR Done.an I: claiming that Bravo had pre- The Oout. coinciding with the loR Ramos 3 08 LaPalme 12 off Stewart. I Etrura out--Br Donovan it. USED-CAR LOTS Distributed by viously signed a contract with Republican National Convention. . by Ramos. 2: by Stewart. 2. Hits -Of! Los Angeles. So Canadian League is set for 10 rounds, Ramos, a m 5s innings: oft Stewart. ¦ 1 in 3's innings: OR Donovan. 7 In A 1705 MT. VERNON officials huddled and decided the Elorde was stopped January 18 i innings: oR LaPalme u In 1 inning ' Runs and earned runs—Oß Ramos .1-3 1308 KINO ST. VALLEY FORGE DISTRIBUTING (0. Rams had priority. in a championship fight here ‘ oH Stewart. 0-0; oR Donovan. 4-4: Bravo, 6-foot, 188-pounder, . OR LaPalme. 0-u Hit by pitcher—By a against Sandy Saddler. 81nce Donovan tßieverv' by (Rivera). AERO AUTO CO. ¦ pitch—Donoyan. Stewart starred at Cal Poly as a half- then he has won five straight ¦Wild LaPalme Win- : CORNER If ning pitcher—Ramos iF-TI Losing CHEVROLET *INCI back and was clocked at 9.7 campaign get pitcher Umpires AIIXANORIA.VA. El. 1-8025 XKMufot&gBeats Ak in a to another ‘ Donovan i4-7i 1 seconds for the 100. 'title shot. Berry Honochicl Napp Umont Tune • —2.37. Attendance —11.1)81).
