Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-27
StengeI Loses 7-Yeor Mark
If Tribe Ties for Lead Today
Lemon Tiehtens
Race; White Sox
FeIIed by Rumos
By the Associated Press

lOAAnAANC w SAN eAAS 0AAhSSSs SOA
1.-THE lead today in the bitter
american League pennant fight
and they'll set a precedent If
Herb Score (13-10) can beat Don
Larsen (6-D in the rubber game
LOT the important series.
Although sorely crippled, the
Indians squared the series last
might when Bob Lemon hurled
Ia So victory over the Yankees.
Tommy Byrne, the New York
lace, was clipped for IL hits, three
of them by lame Ferris Fain.
The victory before 1862 fans
moved the Indians ahead of the
White Sox, who fell a game and
q half of the pace as they were
drubbed, 1910, on q two-hitter
by Washington's 20-year-old
Pedro Ramos.
The Indians victory last night
was their 18th in 10 meetings
with the Yankees this year, and
a victory today will make them
the first team to wrest a season
series from New York in Casey
Stengel's sevep-year term as
manager.
Score Goes for 200
| Score, who has 1874 striEeouts
in his rookie year, can become
the first major league pitcher
since 1916 to fan 200. Bob Eel
|ler whitfield 343 that season.
Manager AL Lopez club hard
Init by injuries all seast n, was
without three big men last night.
During the day the Indians got
the word that First Basemsn-
lOutfielder Vic Wertz had polio
and would be out for the rest Of
the season.
| Centerf1elder Larry Dolby, in
pain with a pulled thigh muscle,
tried to play but had to leave
after one inning. Outfielder
Gene Woodling. hit by pitch
1.-THE night before, was out with
bruised rib muscles.
| Fain. a castoff with a bum
knee. suhbed for Wertz and Grove
n two runs. Hoot Evers, recently
Ioff the hospital list himself, re-
placed Dolby and had two hits,
scoring once.
Lemon. another ex-cssuslty,
scattered nine Yankee hits ~ the
meantime and took his 14th VIC
tory, although Ray Narleski lad
to get the last two cuts. Phil
Rizzuto and Gil McDougalo hem
cred for the Yank runs.
The White Sox, tired frem
three double headers this week,
managed only a fourth-inning
double by Minnie Aiinoso, who
ran his hitting streak to 10
games. and a two-out single by
Jim Rivera in the ninth of Ra-
mos. The 6-foot Cuban walked
only two and struck out three.
Washington got off to a
rousing start. scoring six runs
in the first inning as Dick Dono-
van. making his second start
since his appendectomy. lasted
through Just six batters.
In the other AL. games. De-
troit knocked fourth-place Bos-
ton farther into the background.
Sd, while Kansas City edged
Baltimore. 80. on Enos Slaught-
er's eighth-inning home run.
The National League race took
on some interest as Cincinnati
smacked Brooklyn. Az, cutting
the Dodgers lead to 10 games
the shortest spread since their
91a-game edge June 10. The
second-place Braves whipped
New York. I'll.
st. Louis kept Philadelphia
from replacing the Giants in
third place. Al, and Chicago
snapped a seven-game losing
streak by beating Pittsburgh.
1873.
Hoeft Defeats Red Sox
The Red Sox, five games be-
hind. swung for IL hits. includ-
ing homers by Sammy White and
Jim Piersall, but Billy Hoeft
hung on for his 18th triumph.
Bill Tuttle hit two doubles and
a home run to pace Detroit's
10-hit attack on five pitchers.
Johnny Temple had three hits
as Cincinnati denied Carl Erskine
his Tooth major league victory,
land knocked in the winning run
with a double as the Redlegs
broke % tie in the seventh.
IGil Hodges homered and Duke
ISnider, breaking a slump, had
three singles off winner Don
Gross. who needed help from
Buster Freeman.
! 1t was the Reds third straight
over the Dodgers. who have lost
mine Of their last Is games.
Milwaukee wrapped the Giants
Iup early, going five games up on
the New Workers with Del Gran
dall's bases-loaded home run of
Ruben Gomez in the second
inning. Bob Bull spaced eight
hits for 1873 record and his
fourth straight victory.
| Willard Schmidt cut of Phila-
Idelphia's six-game winning string
with a five-hitter while the
Cards ran up a 20 lead on Curt
simmons in the first four innings.
The Cubs whacked IL hits,
with Ernie Banks getting a dou-
bile and triple, while Sam Jones,
who walked eight, permitted
three Pittsburgh safeties.