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Killebrew's Batting Slump Pitching Puts Braves Back in Killebrew's Batting Slump offlfVr Pennant Race Lavagetto's Worry 3 Straight Shutouts No.l Throttle Pirates; Drysdale in Form Indians Regain 2-for-26 Record By tht Associated Preea to No Milwaukeeans are hang- League Lead as plaf No Aid Griffs ing Fred Haney, the Braves' manager, in effigy at this point. Rookies Excel In Losing Eight Nor are any of them intimating By BI RTON HAWKINS that Warren Spahn and Lew By the Associated Preaa Star Staff Writer Burdette, the club’s top pitch- Six months ago, Jim Perry hill. the KANSAS CITY. July 27. ers, are over the For and Bobby Locke were widely PORTS Lavagetto as Cookie has Braves up and at ’em again an assort- are unknown in major league base- S' ment of worries, but chief with a four-game winning THE EVENING STAR aim < ball as Jim Baxes. To suggest among prolonged Washington, D. C., Monday, July 27, them Is the yk mJ streak. then that these young men A-14 1959 batting slump Trailing the league-leading of Harmon Kille- would be largely responsible for brew, which has figured prom- San Giants by only Francisco boosting Cleveland into the inently in the Senators' eight- games a sweep of two after American League lead in late LAVAGETTO ALSO ADDED AS COACH game losing streak. Sunday’s double-header with July could hardly been have Killebrew has obtained only Pittsburgh, Milwaukee seems to more far-fetched. snapped of its mid- two hits in his last 26 times and have out The 22-year-old Perry slump. | was a hasn't batted in a run for summer good prospect who just had Allison Pascual and games. Spahn’s emphatic five-hitter seven He went hitless finished a fine season in Class in a double-header yesterday at in the 4-0 opener was the A ball at Reading, Pa. Locke, straight Cleveland as the Indians Braves’ third shutout. now 25, was in the Army or Just It left the Pirates poised on the Make All-Star Squad downed the Senators twice, 9-0 getting out. Baxes, packing a 4-3, game're- brink of disaster. One more and the latter little age at 30. was just another BOSTON, July 27 (APi.—lffielders when the squad limit quiring 12 innings. shutout and they would have Angeles inflelder in the Los Pitchers Cal McLish, Billy \was raised from 25 to 28 play- pitchers tied the major league record. Dodgers organization. Whether the have O'Dell and Camilo Pascual have cers for the second game. The caught up with Harmon re- Finally Score Pirates Because Perry shut out replaced three other hurlers on .sadditional fly chasers include mains to be seen. He has re- One unearned run in the i Washington, 9-0. with two hits the American League squad for BobI Allison of Washington, bounded from other slumps of fourth inning of the second land Baxes singled home the the second All-Star Game, Pres- : KansisI City’s Roger Maris and a less extended period, but now game finally snapped a string winning run in the 12th inning ident Joe Cronin announced (Gene Woodling of Baltimore. there is mounting concern over of 30*i scoreless innings for .for a 4-3 victory in Sunday's today. The game will be played [ The rest of the squad remains his failure to snap out of it. Pittsburgh, but it didn’t help second game, the Indians are at los Angeles, August 3. j( appeared the same as it in Colavito Pressing, Too much. The Pirates still lost back on top in the American Casey Stengel, manager of the Pittsburgh,1 including Pitchers making his League. Locke pitched 11 of ’’lt looks as if it's home run WhiIe there smiles in Wash- 2-1, to Bob Buhl, Yankees, has inserted Cleve- dud1 Dalev of Kansas City. Rvne THE OTHER SIDE SMILES— were no first start since June 19 after the 12 innings before giving land's McLish, Baltimore’s Duren1 of New York, Hoyt Wil- or no count with Killebrew," the Indians had a way pinch ington’s dressing room yesterday at Cleveland, a siege of arm trouble. Burdette to a hitter and Mud- O’Dell and Washington’s Pas- helm] of Baltimore and Early said Frank Lane, the Indians’ double-header victory and a four-game sweep to cheer them. Two heroes and Juan Pizarro had blanked cat Grant, a 1958 rookie, picked cual in place of Jim Bunning Wynn Chicago. general manager. “It’s the same up 1 of of the first game show their feeling. Jim Perry (right) pitched a two- Pittsburgh earlier in the series. the decision. of Detroit. Whitey Ford of New Boston’s Ted Williams, picked way with our Rocky Colavito. runs in victory, They're enough, hit shutout and Woodie Held hit two homers and drove in four Spahn's 13th the Orioles Losing York and Billy Pierce of Chi- i for the 15th year on an All-Star not smart or long career, End Streak haven't been around long a 9-0 rout. The Indians won the nightcap, 4-3, in 12 innings, as the 259th of his was cago. .< squad, Rocky Colavito and enough, to learn their their eighth straight.—AP Wirephoto. impressive. It may be that Baltimore knocked the White The latter were on the squad Minnie1 Minoso of that with Senators lost league Cleveland. they’re going get Buhl's performance was just as Sox out of the lead as for the first All-Star game at Mickey Mantle of New York muscle to l home runs by important, for it meant that the Orioles ended a six-game Pittsburgh July 7, won by the i and the Detroit tandem of A1 just meeting the trying another experienced arm ‘was losing streak by winning the National League, 5-4. Kaline1 and Harvey Kuenn com- ball. Both are to kill it ready the Braves second game a double-head- every time they swing. to work for of True to his word that he pletel the outfield. m Buhl tired er, 4-0, combination of “Roy Sievers is the old pro % down the stretch. on a would shake up the team, The inflelders are Luis Apa- after seven innings and Don Milt Pappas’ five-hit pitching | among the sluggers,” Lane con- Stengel a’so added three out- See ALL-STAR, Page A-17 Redskins Try McMahon finished up with two and the hitting of Gene Wood- tinued. “He knows doggoned SPOTLIGHT hitless innings. ling. The veteran outfielder well that the home runs will The Milwaukee attack still clouted a three-run homer and come if he just meets the ball. ON Play sputtered and stalled. The drove in another run with a Maybe he won't hit as many Run-Pass Braves got only six hits in the single. Chicago won the opener LEAGUE STANDINGS 'homers as some of the others, opener while handing Bob on Early Wynn's two-hitter, but he’ll be helping his team by pick- SPORTS Friend his 13th defeat. One was 4-1, and A1 Smith’s threc-run AMERICAN Standings ] *2 more in the meantime „y j Johnny Logan’s 12th homer. inside-the-park home Jso ing up singles and doubles.” run. By BILL FUCHS Southpaws Result* lrsterday ' 2 For The 1957-58 champions got For Killebrew the needle has Tigers dropped Cleve, 9.4: Wash «¦* g< g | The the . \1 1% | t ° t 1“ only five hits in the second but i ii-:’. '.’d game. 12 1U O aolZ O* > >J _j c tn stuck on 32 homers and 80 runs By LEWIS F. ATCHISON 11th Yankees nine games off the batted in. But he and his one was Joe Adcock's pace with 1-0 victory behind | Chic.* 4-0: Bal. 1-4 Cleveland 5 5 812 610 10 56 ~39 ~589 a ° a Btar StalT Writer homer. teammates are hoping this situ- Dream Becomes Nightmare Frank Lary, who now has a (1 0 Inningm jChicago j9 8 8 6 8 «U 56 40 .582 Vt 1 LOS ANGELES. July 27. Bob Anderson pulled San K. C 5. Boston. 4 ation will change tonight when record of 20-5 against 1 - WASHINGTON'S NEW STADIUM, in the course of two The Redskins have unveiled a closer career . | 6 | ||_j || 9 6 9 6 49 49 .500 8 the Senators open a four-game Francisco back a little the Yanks. Neil Chrisley, a Games Today ¦ years, has progressed from a fanciful dream to a frighten- brand-new offensive weapon pack he pitched the New York 9 7j 7 4 8 9 4 48 49 .495 9 series here with the sizzling to the - - as Washington castoff who had Wash, at K. C . - ing nightmare for those in charge of building it. If the that should make them more Chicago Cubs into fourth place p m 7 48 .485 10 Athletics, who have won seven 21 pinch- 10 Detroit 5 4 510 8 9 - - 51 previous (nil - - of a scoring threat in the victory. Giants’ one hit in Bost. at Clrvf in a row. John Romonosky is stadium is ever built, George Shea will retire nightly with with a 7-3 The hitting appearances, lined a Balt, at Detroit. Kan*.City 4 811 3 6- 6 8 46 49 .484 10 National Football League this (Only games _____ Lavagetto’s desperation pitch- blissful thought that the will not ring and defeat and Los Angles’ 8-2 de- #he phone lOth-inning pinch single off scheduled WASH.
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