Aroused Braves Try to Ruin Dodgers' Comeback With Sweep Tigers . Stobbs Faces Adcock Beaning Spurs Cfub; As Senators Return Ted Leads Fourth-Place Bid League By (ha Associated Press |y the Anecleted Free* To Their Own The Milwaukee Braves, roar- Ted Williams Is on the move, By Burton Hawkins ing through the East in a be- apparently bent on ruining the Correipendenl Star Staff UMi i IW mm lated pennant bid, get another dreams of Washington and De- DETROIT, Aug. 2.—The Sen- i chance to ruin the Dodgers’ troit followers for a first-division ators return to their own aide championship hopes today as finish in the American League. of the tracks tonight to mingle jf&BnSmi ,Tgy / „ mjM KgjjjH j J they go for a sweep of their four- The Red Sox, ragged-looking with less fashionable folk in the iPSf <iMPR IP lk j a form of the Tigers after being '*** ; RHP wHK [’j | game series in Ebbets Field,and outfit when the 35-year-old Wil- shown convincingly that they're their 11th victory in succession. liams was out of the lineup due in the wrong company when Angered by yesterday’s beaning injury looking they play the pennant contend- % K|pl f to and illness, are ers. Jff hsF* widM BBrtP WJ of Joe Adcock and riding a ter- like a good bet to overtake both \ r ji V rific hitting streak, the Braves the Tigers and Senators for the Beaten four straight times in ¦ y/ ,a fw JRHRII their latest invasion of Cleve- Bfflt -gLj wßjl will send unbeaten Jim Wilson last-money spot in the standings. land. the Senators must await JiHk r against Brooklyn’s Billy Loes. | While the Indians, Yankees their September 14 engagement Another loss would drop the with the Indians and White Sox are waging the to learn if the they’ll provide a rarity by losing Dodgers six games behind | pennant battle, the next three an entire ' leading Giants and leave them teams have a good contest of season series in that - i city. Thus far. they’re par for a mJmJ Hk WmS' h only three games ahead of Mil- their own going. Detroit, which the course, HI dropping all of the waukee. has occupied fourth place most 10 games they’ve played there. The perked-up Braves moved of the season, leads the Senators When the Senators were Friday night into Brooklyn last by one and one-half games. Bos- whipped. 3-1 and 5-4. by the and proceeded to the wreck only Indians yesterday before a crowd Dodgers’ fine comeback. Walt ton is one and one-half of 27,888, they fell to a .271 pace Alston’s crew, beaten six straight games further back and the way against Cleveland, New York and times by the Giants, had made Williams is carrying it ap- games on. Chicago, winning only 13 a laborious, uphill fight to get of time ; pears to be only a matter and losing 35. The Indians have kflPKj RBI: -Mi back in the race. The Dodgers walloped Washington 15 times ¦ had pulled within two games of before the Red Sox climb into in 18 games. the Giants, who were beginning the first division. jittery. Still Scrambling for Fourth. to look 18th Homer for Ted. That the Senators still are Giants Sweep Reds. Williams provided the power scrambling for fourth place—- Now, all that has changed. again yesterday as the Red Sox they’re likewise only a game and The Braves beat the Dodgers, gained a full game on Detroit a half from sixth—is attribut- 9-3, Friday, to a 15-7 vic- and one and one-half games able to ADCOCK BEANING EMPTIES DUGOUTS—Brooklyn and Milwaukee players engage in a heated argument as Joe Adcock of the Braves roared on the weakness of the other tory when Adcock hit four hom- Washington with a 10-8 victory four trailing clubs. lies near home plate after being hit above the left ear by a pitch by Clem Labine (No. 41) in the fourth inning of yesterday’s game at' Ebbets Lew the Dodgers were row, ers and a double Saturday and over the Tigers. The Senators The Senators will require a Field. Burdette and Eddie Mathews of Braves and Jackie Robinson of the in the forefront of the but piled up a 14-6 margin yester- dropped two to the league-lead- thorough shakeup if they hope were restrained. Adcock, who hit four homers and a double against the Dodgers Saturday, was dusted by Russ Meyer his first time up yes- day. Meanwhile, the Giants ing Indians, who open a three- to present a more acceptable; terday, but slammed a double. Thanks to his plastic helmet, he willbe able to play today. (Another picture on Page A-15.) —AP Wirephoto. were sweeping the Redlegs. game series with the Yankees to- club next season. There is little Johnny Antonelli, Dusty! morrow night. The Yankees help obtainable from their farm Rhodes and Jim Hearn were the beat Baltimore twice, 8-6 and teams and the club is in an un- heroes yesterday as the New 2-1, and the White Sox made it enviable trading Meeting position. 89th Race Lipscomb io Sign Title Bout Set Yorkers beat the Reds, 9-4 and a clean sweep for the top three Chuck Stobbs, who has been fining Jspofls 5-0. Antonelli ran his winning with two victories over the Ath- the club’s only consistent win- Opens Saratoga; J&laf Sept. 15 streak to 11—longest in either letics, 6-5 and 12-1. ner recently, will bid for his at C., Monday, 2, — On Redskins' Terms; For league— as Rhodes hit a two- A single, a double, a 420-foot straight Washington, D. August 1954 *** By Associated Press fifth victory against the A-13 the run homer to break a 3-3 tie in home run—his 18th—two runs Tigers tonight in opener the of a NEW YORK, Aug. 2.—Rocky the seventh inning of the first scored and four runs batted in four-game series. The Senators Flash Stakes Feature Coach Reads Riot Act game. Antonelli now has a 16-2 made up Williams' contribution trail Detroit by 1 >/ games and Marciano will defend his heavy- 2 i •y fh* AiiocioUd Frau By Lewis F. Atchison record. Hearn pitched a five- to his team’s victory yesterday. hope to grab the bottom rung: weight title against Ezzard nightcap. SARATOGA SPRINGS. N. Y., Star Staff Correspondent hit shutout in the Williams is now a .367 of the first division by the time j September hitter, Aug. 2.—Saratoga, time-mel- in, or Charles on 15 at Rhodes’ triple helped the 17 Doints ahead of his they i W nearest town. Lose Draw Aug. leave j ANGELES, 2.—Paul LOS lowed favorite track of thousands Yankee Stadium, Promoter Jim ! Giants score three in the first rival, Irv Noren of the Yankees. There was an idea, some games of racing fans, opens its By Lipscomb, holdout tackle, re- back, Jerry 89th FRANCIS STANN Norris said today. inning of the second game. A1 Even if he finishes on top in that Snyder would meeting today highlighted by joined today Thompson help solve the JOSEPH WILBUR ADCOCK is the typical drawUng the Redskins and The two fighters agreed last Dark, Hank and Ray batting, Ted may not get the the infield muddle. SIO,OOO Flash Stakes. Katt of the and Ted That was when he was Lousianian except that he stands 6-feet-4 and weighs 21U worked out with the squad. bout, but the Giants official title he has won four hitting, The 80th running of the Flash, week to the return Kluszewski and Roy McMillan of pounds or so. Up to Saturday, Adcock merely was recognized Coach Curly Lambeau said | previous times. The rule says a (See first stake event of the four- 1 date and site had not been de- the Reds also hit homers in the player SENATORS, Page A-15.) as the first baseman of the Milwaukee Braves, a regular, Lispcomb had agreed must have 400 at-bats to week meeting, will pit a field of j to terms cided. first game. his credit be to to eligible and with | nine topnotch two-year-olds in I be sure, but a player who walked in the m . but had not signed his contract. the season more than two-thirds a sprint. Simmons Boosts Phils. Tribe, 3-5; Senators, 1 -4 1 I shadow of Eddie Mathews and Danny O’- jngjnfjk 'I He expected to attend to that gone, Ted has been to bat only Laugh, a Wheatley Stable en- and and Curt Simmons the FIRST GAME. Connell Warren Spahn Bill Bruton. k formality during day. boosted 196 times. He missed 37 games. try, figures as the favorite, with the within half game «'»»*"«*<*»• ab. r. h. o. a. e. Now he stands as the third hitter In . “Lipscomb is back on our Top-Seeded Trabert Phillies a of Briggs Stadium in Detroit Yost, Jb 5 0 10 E. P. Bunny’s an- is Pesky. fi 0 fixer’s Babe the first division in the National 2b 4 0 1 2 history .> terms,” Lambeau said. “We his says, Vernon, 3 0 other starter to watch. The two modern to hit four home runs in a DP with an 8-3 over favorite. Williams and lb 4 0 0 12 1 0 P want only if plays the triumph the a .542 Runnels, ss 3 0 2 1 3 o topweighted at 122 pounds.