Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-27

|Sox Aim to Sweep Yonks;
Durocher Shrugs off Skid
BY the Assoeiatsd Prsn

BY the Associated Press
The possibility Of a collapse
by the Giants was pooh-poohed
by Manager Durocher today, but
New York fans had cause for
alarm.
A humiliating 9-l loss to
Brooklyn last night stretched the
slump ridden Giants losing
streak to five and chiseled their
once handsome seven-game lead
over the Dodgers to only three.
I'm not worried about Q
thing" Durocher said after last
nights loss. We're still in q
great spot. They've still got to
catch us.
Sure. we're in little slump.
But / think the worst is over.
We we're due to level of a bit.
the way we were going before
the All-Star game. Now we're
back home for a long spell and
everything will be all right"
Durocher obviously was trying
to give his team a spiritual up
lift, something it sorely needed
after the Dodgers belabored Sal
Maglie and three hapless re-
levers with a 15-hit attack.
The one-sided victory over
Maglie was a tremendous boost
for the Dodgers morale. It
marked the first time since Mag
die came into the league that
the Dodgers have been able to
beat him in their own bailiwick.
Previously Sal had whipped them
10 straight times in Ebbets Field
and held a 21-7 lifetime margin
over hem in both New York
and Brooklyn.
Braves Take Fifth In Row.
Milwaukee's Braves, whose
dimmed pennant chances began
to flicker anew after their three
game sweep of the Giants last
week end. made it five in
row with a 81 victory over
Pittsburgh.
Gene Conley, Milwaukee's e.
foot-8 rookie Highlander, doled
out four hits while Billy Brdton
and Eddie Mathews were pro-
viding the offensive spark to
move the third-place Braves to
within l012 games of the Giants.
: The Bruton- Mathews combi-
nation gave the Braves their
first two runs, all Conley needed
to post, his ninth victory against
five defeats. Bruton opened the
game with triple off Bob Pur-
key and scored on single by
Mathews. In the third Bruton
singled, stole second and scored
on Mathews second single. Dou-
bles by Joe Adcock and Andy
Pafko in the sixth accounted
for Milwaukee's third run.
All other clubs had an of day
as they girded themselves for the
busy schedule this afternoon and
tonight. The spotlight is on
Chicago. where the second place
Yankees and third-place White
Sox meet in the first of a three
game series. Cleveland, which
leads the Yankees by a game and
a half, Is host to the Red Sox,
whom they've beaten Is times
in ii meetings.
Maglie ShelIed in Sixth.
The Dodgers, who meet the
Cubs this afternoon, made short
work of Maglie last night, blast
ing him for II hits before send
ing him to the showers in the
sixth inning. They continued
, their barrage against Hoyt Will
helm, Paul Giel and AL Corwin
as Peewee Reese and Jackie
Robinson collected three hits
apiece. Gil Hodges drove in three
runs with a double, ba ses-loaded
walk and long sacrifice fly. It
was his 18th sacrifice fly of the
year.
The Giants, who had whipped
the Dodgers in their last six
Notwithstanding three at Eb-
bets Field, where they blasted
IL homers-were limited to five
hits by Carl Erskine. The Dodg-
ers Highlander did not permit a
hit longer than a double as he
; famed six to record his 18th
triumph. 1t was his second
|. against the Giants. who have
handed him four of his nine de-
feats.
Maglie's defeat was his fifth
against 10 victories and his sec
ond loss to Brooklyn. He has
. beaten the Dodgers three times
this season.