Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-24
Red|egs Eager
Ito Bolster Bid
'AgainstDOdgers
Streoking Braves
Get Another Shot
At Ruben Gomez
By the Associated Press

The Redlegs, the National
Leagues ugly ducklings," stub
bornly continue to hover within
sight Of the pot of gold despite
snubs and sighting references
by their chief rivals, Milwaukee
and Brooklyn.
Although Cincinnati trailed
the front-running Braves by only
21a games today following last
nights 4-3 triumph over the
Pirates, Milwaukee officials still
regard the third-place Dodgers
as the team to beat for the PEN
nant.
The Dodgers, in turn. have
eyes only for the Braves, who
lead them by six games.
Only hours before tonight's
clash between Cincinnati and
Brooklyn at Ebbets Field, E. j.
(Buzzie) Bavasi. Dodger general
manager, was quoted as saying
the only team he feared was
Milwaukee. He didn't read the
Redlegs out of the pennant race,
but the innuendo was there,
nevertheless.
Pointing for Braves
1.-THE club we have to beat is
Milwaukee" BavaSi declared.
I"Cincinnati has a good club, but
Milwaukee has more balance
and finer pitching. Birdie Teb-
belts has handled what he's got
very well. We just don't have
the pitching to stop them as the
other clubs do"
i If the Rediegs take this
statement as a slur on their
ability this is the oppor-
tune time for them to make
Bavasi eat his words. With
three games on tap tonight, to-
morrow and Thursday, the Reds
are in position to capture their
first season series from the Dodg-
erS in IL years. Having won 10
Iof the is played with Brooklyn
thus far, Cincinnati needs only
two more to top the Dodgers for
the first time since 1914 when
they won IA of the % games.
] Johnny Klippstein $50, who
has beaten the Dodgers three
times this season, was scheduled
to pitch for the Redlegs against
the veteran Sal Maglie (2-3).
Gomez Facing Braves
In another important National
League game, the Braves, with
Southpaw Warren SPAIN cd,
were pitted against Ruben CO.
mez (5-9) and the Giants. Spe-
cial interest will be centered on
this game as it marks Gomez
first appearance since his run-in
Cor run-out) with Joe Adcock
after he hit the Braves smuggling
first baSeman with a pitch in
Milwaukee last week. y
Only two games were Sched-
uled yesterday, both at night,
one in each league. In the Amer
lean Leagues only encounter.
the laSt-place Athletics upset
the White Sox in Chicago, 3-2,
to drop the slump-ridden fourth
place club 1872 games behinG
the runaway Yankees. The
White Sox were slated to meet
the Yankees tonight with their
best pitcher, Billy Pierce Q4-4)
facing Tom Sturdivant (8-3).
In exhibitions last night
highlander Bob Trowbridge
held the International League
; All-StarS to one hit as the
Braves scored a 80 victory in
Toronto and Southpaw Hank
: Aguirre pitched the Indians to
a 6-1 triumph over the Dodgers
in Cleveland. Dusty Rhodes hit
two homers to pace the Giants
over Detroit, lilo, in IL in
nings in the annual Hall of Fame
exhibition game in Cooperstown
N. Y. yesterday afternoon.
Cincinnati's victory last night
came when Johnny Temple
singled home Bob Thurman in
the eighth inning with the de-
Gliding run. The triumph went to
Brooks Lawrence in relief. giving
the highlander revenge against
the team that handed him his
only setback of the season. Law
renee, who won his first Is de-
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