Evening star., 1955-09-03
Indians Find Selves in Hole
After Pitching Gamble Fails
MoeIie's Failure
Puts Pressure on
Cleveland Stuff
By the Associated Press

Chicago and New York. with
the pitching and the timely hits,
are OF by themselves In the
American League race today. The
Cleveland Indians, who had
neither. are in third place and
in a hole.
The White Sox. with Jack
Harshman tossing q four hitter.
Ismacked IA hits while blowing
over the Indians, 8-1, last night
lin the opener Of their crucial
|four-game series. The Yankees,
meanwhile, claimed second place
Iall for themselves. a half game
behind Chicago. as Whitley Ford
one-hit Washington and Mickey
Mantle, delivered a three-run
homer in Az triumph.
All of which left the Indians
liz games behind the White
ISox and fighting to gain at least
la split with Chicago while con-
|fronted with two douhle-headers
lin the next three days.
Chicago STAFF Gets Rest
The White Sox, too, have oil
pair of twin bills ahead-tomor-
row in Cleveland and Monday in
IDetroit-but Harshman, pitch
ing out of his own jams, gave
Manager Marty Marion's mound
staff a complete game and q rest.l
Cleveland. however. gambled and
lost with Sal t0-2) Maglie-
putting the pressure on Early
Wynn. who has a sore arm, to-
day and Bob Lemon and Mike
Garcia tomorrow. The Indians
hope that the scrubs" can beat
Kansas City Labor Day.
New York, with Bob Turley
and Don Larsen set to mop up
in the final two games of the
Washington series today and to-
morrow, can take its chances
with second line pitchers in the
Monday double-header in Balti-
more.
The White Sox had the guns
in Cleveland. Minnie MinosoI
drove in three runs with a pair
of singles and a two-run homer
as Chicago battered Maglie and
four reliefers. Harshman had it
in the clutch--twice striking out
Larry Dolby with two out and the
bases loaded-while tanning
eight and walking the same
number for his ninth triumph.
The lone Cleveland run came on
Ralph Kiner's home run in the
sixth.
It was the fourth straight VIC
tory for the White Sox. who
now are 9-8 against Cleveland
this season.
Marion Again Confident
The White Sox appear to be
all fired up for the finish. "One
victory doesn't mean anything. y
Marion said. but then, after
thinking. added: ''The boys are
pretty erthused about 1t They've
been great and. as I've said
before, feel we're going to take
the pennant." |
Cleveland Manager AL Lopez
was silent after the shellacking.
one Of the worst beatings his
club has absorbed this season.
Red Sox Beat Orioles
In other American League
games, the Red Sox beat Balti-
more, 80. and Kansas City edged
the Tigers. 7-6. In the National
League. Brooklyn blanked Pitts
burgh, 30; Ted Kluszewski hit
mis- 44th homer as Cincinnati
beat Warren SPAIN and Milwau-
kee. 20; the Cubs trounced the
Cardinals, 1872, as Ernie Banks |
hit his 40th home run. a major
league record for Shortstops.
and Robin Roberts, though not
around at the end. won his 22d
game as the Phillies beat the
Giants, 5-3.
It was the first homer in the
last l8 games for Banks, who
now has hit more homers than
any shortstop In major league
history.
The Red Sox came up with a |
four-run eighth to beat the
Orioles. Singles by Sammy
White and Jackie Jensen, an
error by Second Baseman Freddy
Marsh, a double by Jim Jiersall!
and a single by Bill Goodman
did the damage. Frank Sullivan,
looking for his 18th victory, was
knocked out by the Orioles in the |
sixth. Ted Williams slammed
out his 26th homer in the fourth.
AL Kaline and Harvey Kuenn
each homered for the Tigers. but
Tommy German of the Athletics
came in to halt the Detroit rally
after Kuenn's three-run job, his
ninth Of the season, in the
eighth inning. German shut the
door to preserve Art Ceccarrelli's
fourth victory.
Banks slammed his record
setting homer in the fourth
inning of the Cubs-Cardinals
game. The former mark for
shortstops, 80. was set by Vern
Stephens in 1949 when he was
with the Red Sox. Two were on
base when Banks unloaded in an
eight-run second inning. 1t was
also the 24-year -old Negro's Sec
ond hit of the inning, as he
started the rally with a single.