Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-05
One Hitter BY Trio
And Dolby 5 Rampage
Put Sox Seven Back
1y NE Associated Press

The Cleveland Indians. riding
high after sweeping four one-run
tllrillers from the White sox over
the week end. today Haunt the
majors best double header rec
ord against the Tigers is they
try to uphold the old bromide
that the teams that lead July 4
win win the remnants.
The Indians. now leading the
Yankees BY four and q half games
and the White Sox BY seven. have
won seven double- headers. lost
none and split one with Chicago.
Cleveland's winning streak has
now reached seven games.
In the National League. mean
while. the Giants were glad to
move out Of Pittsburgh. where
they split four games and saw
their lead over the Dodgers cut
to 3l2 games.
incidentally. a year ago Brook
Ign was in first place, two games
ahead Of Milwaukee. with the
Giants in NTH. The Yankees
held a 612-game lead over Chi
cagc. with Cleveland another
half -game back.
Unique One Hitter.
A unique one hitter climaxed
the Indians sweep over the
White Sox yesterday. They beat
Bob Keegan ll-3) as Mike Car
cia, Ray Narleski and Early
Wynn teamed up to hurl q 2-l
victory. The only Chicago hit
was q line single by Minnie Mi
nose with two out in the ninth.
Chicago's run came on q walk,
wild pitch and an error.
Once again it was Larry Dolby
who provided the punch. He sim
gled in one run and slugged his
18th homer.
Dolby had a homer in each
game of the series. The Indians
needed all of them as they took
Fridays twin bill, 80 and 5-4,
and won Saturdays 15-inning
marathon, 5-4, with a two-run
rally.
Garcia started yesterday but
was forced to leave during the
second inning after he had easily
eliminated four batters. A blood
vessel broke in the middle finger
of his pitching hand. causing 1t
to swell painfully, though it was
not considered serious by the
team physician.
Narleski Carries Burden.
Then Narleski. a 25-year-old
rookie highlander, took over
and faced 10 batters, hitting one.
walking two and tanning FIVE.
He had never gone longer than
four innings.
In the, eighth inning. after
Narleski's arm lust got tired"
he passed Sherman Lollar and
hurled a wild pitch. allowing
pinch-runner Fred Marsh to
reach second base. Manager AL
Lopez summoned Wynn, who re-
tired two batters. Then Bill
Glynn threw wildly on Johnny
Groth's grounder and Marsh
scored. Minoso singled with two
out in the ninth and the game
ended when he was thrown out
stealing. =
Rookie Bob Grim kept the
Yankees in step with the In
dams with a SO. f1ve-hit shut
out over Washington.
Orioles Take Sixth.
Baltimore edged into sixth
place in the American, two per-
centage points ahead of the
Athletics, by downing Detroit,
81. on Lou Kretlow'S tive-hitter.
Leo Kiely pitched the Red Sox
to an 80 victory over the AS,
scattering eight hits. Kiely had
some anxious moments. He gave
up three singles in the first in
ming, but a double play and a
fly ball by Gus zernial got him
out of trouble. Sam White, his
battery mate, drove in three runs
with a homer and single.
The Giants split with Pitts
burgh while Brooklyn scored
four in the 10th to top Philadel-
phia, SIS. After Don Liddle
pitched the Giants To a o-2 omen.