Evening star., 1952-06-02
Giants Second Again.
Dropping 4 Out Of 5
Since Loss Of Mays
BY the Associated Press

Saying tIlC oIUOhlyu OOUBGTs
haven't the pitching to carry them
through to the National League
,,pennant, but the Chicago Cubs
aren't convinced and neither i,
Charlie Dresser. the Brooklyn
manager. He has his club back ir
first place today. a game and 8
half ahead of the New York Giants
despite the fact the Giants beat
them three straight times last
week.
you certainly couldn't ask fol
much more than what those
rockies did to the Cubs out on the
hill yesterday" the optimistic
Dresser said. I'm proud of 'em
and expect a lot of help from
EN-"
He meant Ben Wade, 20, who
kicked around in the minors II
Years before joining the Dodgers
and Joe Black. %, up from Mont
real, st. Paul and the Cuban Win
ter League. The two combined to
hold the Cubs to five hits for a
80 Brooklyn victory, while the
Giants were losing two games in
st. Louis.
These were the third and fourth
defeats for the Giants since Willie
Mays, fleet Negro outfielder. left
the team to enter the service.
Ace Rookie Hurls Today.
Dresser has his sensational
youngster, Billy Loes, ready to
face the third-place Cubs today
as the Dodgers seek their fifth
straight win since the series with
the Giants. Loes pocketed five
victories in a row before being
stopped by New Workers last week.
Until the eighth inning yester-
day. Wade faced only % batters,
famed seven. walked one and
yielded only one blooper single.
Then he was nicked for two
singles and pinch two-run triple
by Phil Cavarretta, the Cubs
manager.
Black followed with some spec
tacular rescuing. He struck out
Eddie Miksis to retire the side
with Cavarretta left stranded on
third with the tying run.
In the ninth, with only one out,
the tying run on third and the
winning run on first. Black set
down Toby Atwell and Dee Fondy
swinging on just seven pitches.
The Dodgers scored all their
runs off Johnny Klippstein in
the second inning, two of them
coming on Gil Hodges fourth
home run in his last four games.
Cards Maui Champions.
Meanwhile. the Cardinals caught
up with their nemesis, Dave Koslo,
battering the left-hander for six
runs in five innings as they swept
the doubleheader with the Giants,
l8-7 and 8-2, to knock New York
tout of first place.
Koslo, who has won his last 10
decisions over the Cards, escaped
being charged with the defeat be-
cause the Giants battled back to
a TT tie in the eighth inning. st.
Louis then won the game in the
ninth against George Spencer
when Enos Slaughter. hit a home
run with two out. AL Brazle was
credited with the win, his second
without a defeat.
Gerry Staley. backed by a 12-
hit attack. including a home run
by Red Schoendienst, won his
ninth game against three losses
| in the nightcap. It was called
after 7k2 innings because of dark
ness.
Braves Win for Grimm.
The Boston Braves won their
first game for their new manager,
Charlie Grimm, with an 18-hit,
ga victory over Cincinnati after
Ken Raffensberger had pitched
the Reds to a 10 victory in the
opener of the twin bill. Raffens-
berger permitted only five hits as
he downed Vern Bickford for his
sseventh triumph. A single by
Andy Seminick scored Bob
Borkowski with the only run in
the ninth.
Ralph Kiner clouted his seventh
homer with two out in the ninth
inning to give the Pittsburgh
Pirates a q victory and a split
against the Phillies. Curt Sim
mons pitched a seven-hitter for
his fourth triumph in the Phils'
opening game, 5-1 victory.
Kiner's four-bagger came a few
moments after Pete Castiglione
had homered to open the last half
of the ninth. Until then, Karl
Drews had a six-hit shutout. Ted
Wilks, who relieved HOWE Pollet
in the ninth, was the winner.
In the American League, the
Boston Red Sox climbed to within
one game of the pace-setting
Cleveland Indians as Ellis Kinder
hung up his 18th consecutive
triumph over the Chicago White
Sox with a 80 victory in relief.
20-3 Against White Sox.
The tall Tennessean, who will
be 38 next month, would be the
best pitcher in baseball if he could
face the White Sox all the time.
He owns a 20-3 lifetime record
against his Windy City cousins. -
They haven't beaten him since
the middle of the 1948 season.
The major league record for
most consecutive victories over
lone club is held by Carl Mays.
THE famous underhand pitcher,
while toiling for the Red Sox and
Yankees. whipped the Philadelphia
Athletics 23 straight times from
August 80, 1918. to July "a, 1928.
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