Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-18
Grimms Last Move Spurs Braves;
Senators, As Fight for Seventh
Adcock's Blasts,
Cardinal Sweep
Scramble Race
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Charlie Grimm's last official
act as manager Of the Braves
was to announce Joe Adcock
would play both games at Brook
Ign Sunday. 1t was one Of the
best moves Grimm ever made
for the new manager, Fred
Haney.
Before Grimm knew he was
going to resign as boss of the
Braves, he told the players he
was taking Adcock of the bench
and starting him at first base as
a reward for his pinch homer in
Saturdays game. Before the
night was over, he was out and
Haney was in.
Adcock hit three home runs
for Milwaukee yesterday, one Of
them the first ever hit over the
leftfield stands at Ebbets Field,
as the Braves swept a double
header for Haney, 5-4 and 81.
When the days heavy shoot
ing was over, the Braves once
more had frightened the five-
team National League race and
rested only two games OF the
pace.
Cards Sweep Pirates
Despite a double defeat at the
hands Of st. Louis, the Pirates
still held the lead by a half
game over the Redlegs. The
Cards dumped the Pirates, 81,
on Stan Musial's two-run homer
and won the second, 8-3, on
homers by Hank Sauer and
Bobby Del Greco to pull within
one game of the leaders.
Either Cincinnati or Brooklyn
could have sneaked into the lead
by winning a pair. The Dodgers
dropped two and the Redlegs
had to settle for a split with
New York. After successive
homers by Willie Mays and Bill
White gave the Giants the OPEN
er, To. Joe Nuxhall shut out
New York with two singles for
a 10 verdict for the Redlegs.
Robin Roberts ended his per-
sonal losing streak by pitching
the Phillies to his first victory
since May "a with a seven-hitter,
I'll, but the Cubs bounced back
to win the second, IA, on Sam
Jones six-hitter.
Yanks Dump Indians
Rookie Norm Siebern and
Yogi Berra ripped Early Wynn
for pair Of two-run homers in
the first inning as the Yankees
drubbed the Indians, ga, before
4l,765 fans at Cleveland. The de-
feat dropped the Indians into
fourth place. eight games behind
the leaders.
The Tribes sixth loss in seven
starts. including one tie, came
as Whitley Ford, Tom Morgan
and Rip Coleman allowed only
eight hits. three Of them by Jim
Busby. Ford injured his back
while pitching in the second in
ming, and Cleveland pulled up to
AS in the third. However, Cole
man yielded only two hits over
the last six innings and had
no worries after Hank Bauer
clouted his 14th homer in a
four-run seventh.
The White Sox pounded WASH
ington hurlers for 20 hits and a
20-2 romp in the opener and
then settled back to absorb a 1914
beating in the second game. The
results left the White Sox So
games back Of the Yanks.
Red Sox Reach Third
Frank Sullivan beat Detroit
for the 10th straight time with
the help of a 19-hit Boston at
tack in 1872 romp. Ted Lepcio
had a three-run homer and
three singles. as the Red Sox
slaughtered Billy Hoeft and his
successors and took over third
place.
Baltimore's Bob Nieman, a
ABS hitting terror when he sees
Kansas City pitching, hit a
three-run homer with the score
tied in the eighth inning as the
Orioles whipped the AS, To-.
Skinny Brown won his fourth
straight for Baltimore with an
eight-hitter. Billy Gardner also
homered for the Orioles, who
beat Art Ditmar.
The largest Ebbets Field crowd
since June 8, 1851, turned out
for the double-header with Mil.
waukee, and the 34.394 went
home babbling about Adcock and
the death of the Dodgers six
game winning streak.
Last year there were many
skeptics when Cincinnati play
ers claimed their Wally Post hit
one over the leftfield stands in
Brooklyn during batting prac-
tice. There were no skeptics
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