Evening star., 1955-07-16

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Give White Sox
Golden Chance
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The White Sox are in th'
midst Of an all-out assault t,
wrest the American League Leaf
from the Yankees and success
depends on what happens during
the next six days.
Just AZ games behind tn,
Yankees after sweeping q three
game series with the inept Sena.
tors, the White Sox next take |
crack at the team Battling
Washington for last place. Balti.
more moves into Chicago Tor {
four-game series starting today
giving the White Sox q big op.
portunity for the Yankees mus
face the spunky Tigers ant
Cleveland must take on the Red
Sox, who are entertaining pen.
nant visions Of their own.
Then comes the real show
down--the White Sox VS.. the
Yankees in a series starting
Tuesday night in Chicago. New
York could leave Chicago next
Thursday out of first place fol
the first time since June l8. Or
that date the White Sox tool
over by winning the first two
games Of a four-game series from
the Yankees. But New York re.
captured the lead by taking botk
games Of the windup double.
header and have stayed in front
since.
White Sox Move Up
The White Sox moved from
third to second place by edgine
the Senators, Sd, last night after
the Yankees disposed of Cleve-
land. 4-3. in 10 innings in an
afternoon game. Baltimore
moved within a bare margin OF
the seventh-place Senators by
beating Kansas City. 8-5, while
the Boston at Detroit game was
rained out.
In the National League, the
Dodgers, behind Don Newcomb's
18th victory, trounced the Cardi-
mails, 1928; the Giants replaced
the Cubs in third place by beat
ing them. SIS; Cincinnati de-
feated Pittsburgh. 81. and the
Phillies edged Milwaukee, 10.
Home runs by Eddie Robinson
and Irv Noren gave the Yankees
their victory over Cleveland.
The Yankees had made only
four singles of Early Wynn and
were trailing so when Robinson
unloaded his 14th homer Of the
season in the ninth with one
out and two on to tie the score
Noren Gets Sixth Homer
Noren clubbed his sixth homer
over the center field fence In the
10th with two out to provide
the winning margin.
Wynn. who had blanked tht
Yanks SO on three hits in New
York June 26, appeared headed
for his 18th victory and fourth
straight over the Yanks wher
Joe Collins led Of the ninth with
IA single. Mickey Mantle walked
Yogi Berra popped to shortstop
then Robinson connected.
The Indians had hoped OF
to an early lead by scoring two
unearned first-inning runs of
Bob Turley, also going after hi.
18th triumph. These two rum
scored when Second Basemar
Gil McDougald, backing ontt
the grass for a high pop fly b,
lAl Rosen. let the ball squirt from
his hand. Bob Avila, who wal
on base with a single, and Ferrii
Fain. who had walked. crosset
the plate.
The Orioles new formula
Ione big inning--worked for tn
third straight game as they wal.
loped the Athletics. oustint
Bobby Shantz with q seven-ruf
outburst in the fifth.
Orioles Get 13 Hits
The Orioles snacked i3 hit!
with their new-found batting
muscles of five Kansas Cit,
pitchers. All we're singles except
IA pair, of doubles by Dav,
Philley and one by Gus Triandos
Newcombe halted a three-gamt
Brooklyn slump yesterday, botf
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