Braves Romp Off and Hide As Big Four Take 12 of 13 WINS ‘WORLDI GOLF BY STROKE Streak Reaches ~ y- •< • Hh|H Sievers to Aim :L's» Mayer Decides Today Seven as Cards Bow to Conley For Fences in By th« On $50,000 Contract Associated Press There's a pennant race miss- CHICAGO, Aug. 12 UP).— Fourth place was shared by ing in the National League to- Handsome Dick Mayer, who Gene Littler and Big George day and the chief suspects are ¦" - Oriole Series year's golfer Bayer, for $5,500 Conley, Spahn. «lliilBl»i»:»r x . .JBPf f a ML, became the richest each with 281 Burdette and By BURTON HAWKINS by winning just two tourna- apiece. Buhl. |K/ §¦'/*$ Open and “Big Four Roy Sievers ments—the National Mike Souchak had a windup Milwaukee's and was an effective the 8101,000 “World”—had a no more” has the five .381 jabber on the Senators’ 74 and 282 for sixth place and Braves chance to become even richer $2,000. Knotted at 284 and and one-half games in front excursion to New York and today by pen. pennant /\ igNßaHflMßtfH Boston, but he’ll try to recover the stroke of the sharing SI,BOO each were Bob of a scramble that pPHHNH A one-time Wall Street in- Rosburg, Dow Flnisterwald and suddenly has changed from a his knockout punch and check vestment broker, the 33-year- Art Wall. jr. riddle into a romp. - the club’s three-game losing - Si Mayer Lanky Conley, If-' >-' . 4*«l old of La Jolla, Calif- The concurrent “World” Gene veteran streak in the opener of a two- Warren Spahn, controversial MF game women’s pro tourney had a series with the Orioles Picture, Scorei or Page A-17 Lew Burdette and strong- tomorrow night at Griffith Sta- photo finish between Patty armed Bob Buhl . they have dium. made a $50,000 “killing” yes- Berg and Fay Crocker, each terday with 302. done it all in the Braves’ two- Fenway Park, where the Sen- in the “World” with the breakaway sleeper They will playoff holes week that has left dropped of four same sort of finish at 18 ators three out gave today prize. the other pretenders lagging ? v over the week end, is a spot which him the prestige- for the $6,000 first ¦HI' ' 4F loaded National Open title in Second money is $2,000. Miss in the dust. * which has defied Roy’s home- . ¦ - * : Berg playoff ¦HESM& v»'- blasting, but it can’t be June. forced the when Take 12 of 13 Starts run Today, a 25-foot birdie putt termed his jinx stadium. He’s Mayer decides wheth- she sank Since July 28. the Big Four er to sign an exhibition con- on the 72nd hole. POURING IT ON THE mers a .361 hitter there. has drawn 13 consecutive INDlANS—Catcher calls the play. Smith had doubled, gone tract with “World” tourney The men’s amateur crown starting assignments and Hal Smith of Kansas City Roy contributed two singles profes- come slides home safely to third on a single by Pitcher Ned Garver promoter, George S. May. went to Don Cherry, away with 12 victories. in the fourth inning of yesterday’s first game and continued when and a double yesterday but it which could produce an addi- sional singer, in a weird finish home centerfielder netted Senators nothing It was the rejuvenated Con- with the Indians in Cleveland. Catcher Hal Roger the as tional $50.000 —by making a which saw defending champion ley's yesterday Maris fumbled. The Athletics won this they lost the first game. 8-5, turn and the Naragon makes a dive and Umpire Bill Sum- maximum of 50 appearances at Ward Wettlaufer of Buffalo. righthander one, 7-0, and the second, 9-B.—AP Wirephoto. and then traveled 11 Innings to ap- 6- turned In SI,OOO each. N. Y„ knocked out of an steady seven-hitter Mil- a 4-3 defeat in the second. first-place by a as Wins By Stroke parent tie a score waukee whipped St. Louis for Pete Ramos’ hex over the Red ! I card error. Sox junked In the latter Mayer, now leading the play- its seventh straight. 5-1. was Cherry and Wettlaufer fin- Linked with Brooklyn’s dou- ARCARO DECISION DUE TODAY as Prank Malzone singled with for-play golfers with $66,145, ished with but 2965. .officials ble defeat by Pittsburgh, Phil a- two down in the Uth and Gene captured golf's biggest cash ruled Wettlaufer erred in okay- Stephens brought him around prize yesterday by a one-stroke ing a card crediting him with Sfef with a triple to right center, margin over the men who were proper Bo* Scores o* Pago A-19 a 76 instead of a 77. Alhambra and Jester sending 21,757 customers home expected to make the “World” Wettlaufer was penalized two happy. a private scrap—veteran Sam- strokes and finished third with delphia’s split with New York my Snead and Canadian A1 ¦ Tops on RBI List 298. Second at 297 was How- and the rainout of Cincinnati's Top 2 Stakes Today Balding. ard Everitt, Northfleld, N. J. double-header with Chicago, it Sievers has dropped one home Snead, who held a 54-hole crown left the once torrid National By th« Associated Press bumping The women’s amateur PORTS Helfast on the far run behind Mickey Mantle, lead Os one stroke over Balding, 18-year-old League race with biggest went to Clifford its •* The 2-year-old !! SJ colts take turn. Helfast in turn slammed who has 31, and remains in a staggered to a final 74, while Ann of Opelousas, La., gaps of the year. Creed A-16 THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C. thoroughbred racing’s si Wild MONDAY, AI'OI’ATI*. ISS7 over into Ride, whose jockey second-place tie with Ted Wil- Balding took a 73, being ham- who won by 10 strokes with St. Louis, losing six straight, spotlight today. Alhambra forced pull sharply. Roy still a s'was to up liams. is one up. 81- strung by double bogey six 317. .trails by s‘/2. Brooklyn by 6V2 , victory j shoots for another in May Be Suspended 80. on Mantle for the runs- on the 67th hole. Snead and 'Cincinnati by 7 and Philadel- the $20.000-added Prairie State batted-in lead and hopes to Balding each received $7,500 phia by 9. Stakes at Chicago’s Washing- If the officials think it was improve the situation in both for sharing second. fault, likely I ton Park and Jester attempts , Arcaro's he will departments during a brief Mayer started the final round Match Yankee Margin . draw a suspension. They also live up to gaud) advance home stand against Baltimore at the crowded Tam O’Shan- Mantle and Ted$ The Braves’ lead now WIN, Ito will determine whether LOSE OR j notices in the Saratoga's Spe- the and Boston. ter course five strokes Mhind matches the Yankees' first- cial Saratoga 1:54% clocking by Dedicate for advantage at Bprlngs. N. Y. Since he cracked a home run Snead. With all attention fo- place in the Amer- actually ( a mile and three-sixteenths will League. Alhambra finished a game for six games. Roy cused on Snead and Balding. ican The Yanks went By FRANCIS STANN first in all of go in the books as a track rec- up DRAW five his starts, but l hasn’t lofted one out of the Mayer embroidered a 68 and Meel Head On |s>/ 2 by defeating Baltimore, ord. Turbine set the record of • the judges took victory away s park, but ironically he has been sewed up the tournament with 7- while runnerup Chicago from him in his biggest effort 1:57 3-5 in 1946. fourth split Detroit, salvaging * t a better hitter average-wise. his birdie of the round with an —the $150,075 Arlington Fu- Eric Guerin will ride by sinking 11-2 nightcap after losing, 8-5. Jester. Ed Yost taken much a 9-footer on the turity July 20, because a stable- ’ a handsome son of the great has over In other American League of the Senators’ extra-base 71st hole. Torrid Duel bumped In mate another colt. Tom Fool, and hell probably Mayer, say games, Boston twice from It smashing games. who declined to won Didn't Look Like Rain . be 3 to 5 less in recent He Aug. 12 UP).— ! Washington, Jester, who won the colts di- or in the Sara- thumped whether the United States BALTIMORE. 8-5 and 4-3 in 11 IT WAS HOT IN THE LOOP on the afternoon of toga Special, which is six- has at a .340 pace in Mickey Mantle of the Yankees,! ! innings, and Kansas City vision of the National Stallion i a his games among Open or the “World” was his the All-Star and players furlong, winner-take-all last 12 and victory, seeking unprecedented sec- j dragged Cleveland to Game the and coaches who Stakes at Belmont Park, was i event his 16 hits been four best wound up with an j down the ; worth about $24,000. have for ond straight triple crown, left sixth place, its lowest standing disembarked from the bus from Evaitston gratefully 3-to-4 favorite in the Great homers, two triples and a rounds of 72-69-70-68 a sought the air of American Stakes July 20 only ' Jester is coupled with Great nine-under-par total of 279.