Evening star., 1955-06-25
Braves Hopes
Kept AIivebY
Seven Straight
Mathews Long CIout
Helps Beot Dodgers;
Yunks Win on Homers
By the Associated Press

In the fashion that made his
name q household word couple
Of years ago, things are really
looking UP for the Milwaukee,
Braves. But even their staunch-
est rooters may well be skeptical
about their ability to make up
all that ground lost to the 'front.'
running Brooklyn Dodgers.
Manager Charlie Grimm's s
athletes, picked by many to win
the National League pennant,
didn't look much like contendcrs
during the early part Of the sea
son. The pitching and the hit
ting that was to deliver the big
reward for all that fantastic fan
support barely kept them in the
first division.
But now things have changed
The Braves have moved into
second place with seven straight
victories. betting home No 7 last
night with an 80 triumph over
the Dodgers. What's more, the
pitching staff now has nailed
down four straight complete
games.
Mathews Hits Long One
Lew Burdette had no trouble
going all the way against Brook
lyn, winning his fifth game
against four defeats with a nine
hit breeze. The Braves made
it easier for him by making the
most of eight hits.
Three of them were home runs
of Lose, Carl Erskine that af.
forded Burdette a I'll lead ir
three innings. One Of the clouts
was a 485-foot job by Mathews
the longest on record at County
Stadium.
The only shadow on the Mil
waukee picture is the fact that
the Dodgers-with Roy Campo.
nella ane Duke Snider ailing-
are still 13 games up. The ques-
ton is: Is that too much for
the Braves to overhaul?
In otf.er National League
games the Chicago Cubs beat
Pittsburgh, 1913; New York
edged ST.. Louis. 10, and Gin
cinnati split with Philadelphia
in a twi-nighter, losing the first,
8-6 but winning the second, 60
In the game at st. Louis
Wayne Terwilliger made his
debut as second baseman fol
the Giants and handled eight
chances faultlessly.
Homers Win for Yanks
The American League race
stayed close. The New York
Yankees remained two games in
front by nudging Cleveland. 2-1
on Irv Noren's home run in the
10th after Yogi Berra's homer
tied the score in the seventh
Runnerup Chicago held the pace
with q 80 victory that cooled
the Boston Red Sox.
In other games Detroit pastec
Washington, 1877, and Kansas
City blanked Baltimore, 20.
The Yanks got just five hits
off Mike Garcia, but two were
those payoff home runs. Ths
Indians scored in the first in
ming on two errors, then stranded
IA men. Jim Konstanty won hi:
fifth victory, in relief Of Johnny
Kucks.
The Red Sox, who had wor
IL of IA, dropped behind as 9
result Of Nellie Fox's tie-break-
ing single in the seventh inning
of Mel Parnell and then fel
short of a winning rally in the
ninth. A hidden-ball trick by
Chico Carrasquei, plus Morrie
Martins strikeout of Ted Lepcic
with the tying and winning runs
on base, held of the Red Sox
Ancient Trick Works
Carrasquel went to the mound
for a conference with Sandy
Consuegra and when Sandy as
suned what looked like a pitch
ing position on the mound, Car
rasquel swept behind Sammy
White at second to trap him.
Ted Williams was missing
from the Boston lineup due to
a sore back.
Arnie Portocarrero and Tom
German of the Athletics gave
two hits apiece to hand Balti-
more its fifth straight defeat and
l4th shutout Of the season.
Ruben Gomez, the only Giant
hurler to record a shutout this
year. notched his second while
holding the Cardinals to six hits,
New York had just three hits off
Tom Poholsky, with Whitley
Lockman's homer in the fourth
providing the edge.
The Cubs cracked their three
game losing streak to stay one
percentage point behind Mil
waukee as Paul Minner won his
sixth on six hits. Ernie Banks
had three of the Chicago hits,
one his 18th home run. The Pi-
rates now have dropped five
Ted Kluszewski's 22d home
run, coming with two on, was
rust one of three big blows as
Cincinnati recouped in the
nightcap. Roy Smalley's three
run homer in the eighth inning