Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

0nIy4 Teams Gained
Ground During July
In Pennant Races

III remnant Races
Only four Of the Is major
league clubs gained ground in
the pennant races in July, but
neither the Giants nor the
Indians were able to strengthen
their first-place positions.
The Indians, in fact. have lost
half q game Of the edge they
held exactly 30 days ago. The
Yankees. one of the four teams
which improved. replaced the
White Sox as Cleveland's near
est pursuer and moved from four
games behind to 21a, pending
today's action.
The Giants sailed into July
leading BROOKLYN by three games.
On the last days Of the month,
they still are three in front Of
the Dodgers.
The major change in the Ma
tional League standings involved
third place. The Phillies, third
a month ago. won only 10 OF 80
games and skidded all the way
to sixth. Milwaukee pulled up
from fourth. IL games back. to
third. nine games behind the
Giants.
Braves Making Bid.
The Braves represent threat
Of unknown proportions. They
ran their current winning streak
to eight last night with q solid
9-3 triumph over Brooklyn and
have three more games with the
Dodgers and three with the
Giants coming up in the next
10 days.
The Cardinals moved from
sixth to fourth, but don't figure
to 60 much higher. In the Ameri-
can League, Boston with i've
games separating the Red Sox
from first division.
Cleveland and the Giants both
made Roadway last night. The
Indians whipped Washington,
8-3. while the Yankees were be-
ing routed, 100, at Baltimore.
The Giants defeated Cincinnati.
6-1, with all OF the New York
runs coming on homers, and
Brooklyn lost at home to Mil
waukee for the fifth time in six
games.
In other action st. Louis
tripped the stumbling Phillies,
1873; Pittsburgh and the Chi
cago Cubs split q pair. with the
Pirates winning the first. 8-6,
and losing the second, 8-5: the
White Sox pushed the Athletics
into the American League cellar
with a AZ decision and Detroit
whipped Boston, SO.
Erskine Loses STUFF.
Milwaukee spotted Brooklyn
three runs In the first inning.
then got them all back with
plenty to spare as Carl Erskine
lost his stuff after three hitless
innings. Danny O'Connell hit a
three-run homer, Joe Adcock hit
into the sests with one aboard.
Ernie johnson, who took over
from Bob Bull with two out and
three runs home In the first.
chilled the Dodgers on two sim
giles the rest of the way. '.3t
The Giants got power hitting
from unexpected sources in their
victory over Cincinnati. Pitcher
Ruben Gomez drove in two with
a blast to the left-field seats, his
first Of the year. and Don Muel-
Ter hit his second home of the
season. Yves Westrum and Hank
Thompson also homered, but
Willie Mays, who leads the
league with s6, had to settle
for a scratch single.
The Cardinals hitting spree
in Philadelphia included a bases
loaded triple by Catcher Bill
Sarni and a double and triple by
Pitcher Harvey Haddix, who
posted his 18th victory. Rip Re-
pulski homered for the Cards.
80 Homers for Sauer.
Ralph Kiner walked twice in
the Pittsburgh double-header
and each time Hank Sauer drove
him in with q home run, running
his seasons total to 80. Frank
Thomas collected four hits in
the Pirates first-game success.
The Yankees got their first
look at Baltimore's new lights
and didn't like what they saw.
They did much better when they
couldn't see so much since they
had won four Of five night games
in Baltimore before last nights
f1asco. Bob Kennedy hit a grand
slam home run and drove in
two other runs as the Orioles
broke Allie Reynolds 10-game
winning streak.
Ned Carver held the Red Sox
to four hits and AL Kaline in
sured the Detroit triumph with
a three-run homer in the eighth.
Bob Keegan Of the White Sox
ran his victory total to IL at the
expense Of the Athletics. It was
his first success since July 9.
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