Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-13
|Bruves' Play
Blasts Charge
Choke-Up
Continued From PAGE O.

club in the league with an edge
(8-10) over Milwaukee.
But the Dodgers. idle today,
had a point. too: ut didn't hurt
us. We were one game down
when they came to town, and
we're only one game down now.
They had to win it. But SO
what? There's Is games left.
If any club was hurt by the
decision, it was Cincinnati. The
Ithird-place Redlegs, also with
IS games lett. fell three games
behind while being held to just
three singles by Johnny An
tonelli in an 30 loss to the
Giants.
The Cubs defeated Pittsburgh
80, in the only other National
League game.
The Yankees and Athletics
walloping three homers between
them. erased the American
Leagues season home run rec
ord set in 1850 at 973 as the
AS beat the league leaders, IA
Early Wynn helped set the
mark, smuggling his first home run
of the season for his 18th vic
tory as second-place Cleveland
beat Baltimore, 81. Boston took
third place from Chicago, de-
feating the White Sox Al. De-
troit made it six in a row, beat
ing Washington, 80.
BrutOn, AdcOck Lead
| Billy Bruton, a 1858 disappoint-
ment with only As runs batted
lin for the Braves, and Adcock, a
regular Dodger tormentor, drove
/ in five runs between them as
Bob Buhl, one of IL pitchers in
the game, came back in relief
after losing Az Tuesday night
to gain his 18th victory and be-
come the third ever to beat
Brooklyn eight times in one
year.
Bruton's eighth inning single
cracked a Tall tie, driving in
Adcock to beat Roger Craig. His
ltwo-run triple shelled 23-game-
winner Don Newcombe in a four
run second inning. after the
Dodgers mad taken a 30 lead in
the first while knocking out Lew
IBurdette.
Adcock's 37th home run. with
a man on. broke a 4-all tie in
the sixth. 1t was his 18th against
the Dodgers, matching the league
record against one club set by
lChicago's Hank Sauer against
Pittsburgh in 1854.
Roy Campanella hit his 18th
for the Dodgers and Del Gram
dali smacked No. Is for the
Braves, who wound up with a
1910 edge in the season series
between the two clubs.
Plenty Of Chances
The game, tense and nerve
Iracking from start to finish, Of
lfered plenty Of chances for the
Braves to confirm their critics
choke-up charges. They had
gone into the showdown with
only two victories to show fol
their previous eight games
five-game losing streak. two up
hill decisions over the lowly Cubs
and a Az loss to Sal Maglie
Tuesday night.
When Burdette was blasted in
the first inning, their prospects
iof overhauling the redoubtable
Newcombe looked about as hope
less as Cleveland's chances Of
catching the Yankees. But they
came up with their rousing at
tack to chase the league-leading
Ihurler Immediately.
Another crisis came in the
Dodgers seventh when Gene
Conley, who had pitched splen-
didly since the first. fell apart
suddenly. He gave way to Taylor
Phillips after yielding three
straight hits. good for one run,
without getting a man out. At
this point Crandall came through
with a perfect pickoff throw on
IA missed bunt attempt to ease
the tension. But walk. a hit
batter and O'Connell's muff of
Sandy Amoros' routine grounder
produced two more runs and
the score was tied at TT.
Here was another time for the
Braves to yield to the pressure.
Instead, they came back in the
eighth to move in front again.
Now it was the ninth. Ray
Crone, the Braves fifth pitcher,
retired the first two batters, but
Jackie Robinson kept the Dodg-
ers' hopes alive with a single
Amoros, with a % count,
smashed a hard grounder to the
right Of second base. O'Connell
darted to his right and made a
spectacular backhanded stop
Tipped to Shortstop Felix Man.
ltilla while of balance ano
Inipped Robinson at second fol
the game-ending out.
If there was still any doubt
concerning the Braves facing ur
to pressure. the last play erased
it completely.