Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-08-13
Bull Gets Call
To Nail Down
Red|eg Series
Dodgers SIuggers
Keep Pressure On;
Mantle Gets No. Al
BY the Associated Press

With the Dodgers continuing
to apply pressure in the three
way National League race. Man
ager Fred Haney of the Braves
plans to call on recently crippled
Bob Bull tonight in an effort
to make the league leaders stand
against the ambitious Redlegs a
victorious one.
The index finger of Bulbs
pitching hand was broken by a
liner at Pittsburgh nine days
ago. The 14-game winner tested
the finger in a scoreless two
inning relief job last week and
thinks he's ready to make it
three out of four over Cincin-
natl. If he's not. Haney will turn
to Rookie Taylor Phillips, who
handcuffed the Cardinals in a
clutch game last week.
The Reds, trying to get a
Standoff in the series, have nom
mated Johnny Klippstein, the
WaShingtonian who has a 1913
record. Cincinnati won the series
opener. 81. but was handed a
6-3 defeat by Warren SPAIN Sat-
urday night and bowed to Lew
Burdette yesterday, 80.
Another Chapter Coming Up
If Klippstein can square &C.
counts tonight, the Reds will
move back within two games of
the pace and the two contenders
Will resume the battle in a four
game series which opens at Gin
cinnati Friday night.
Neither team is forgetting
the Dodgers, however. Brooklyn
stayed only a game and a half
behind Milwaukee yesterday by
whipping Robin Roberts and the
Phillies. 7-3, and opens a series
with the eighth-place Giants to-
night.
The Giants dropped a pair to
the Pirates. 80 and l1-3, and
the Cubs beat the Cards 6-2, in
the opener and settled for a
nine-inning, scorelesS tie in the
nightcap.
Mantle Goes Is Ahead
In the American League,
Mickey Mantle smashed his 4lst
home run. going Is games up on
Babe Ruth'S record pace as the
Yankees whipped the Orioles
twice, 6-2 and Az. That put the
Yankees 8l2 games ahead of the
Indians, who defeated the Ath-
leticS. 6-3. and 10 games in front
OF the Red Sox, who saw their
record against Washington drop
to 4-9 as the Senators took an
80 decision.
Frank Bolling's three-run
homer gave the Tigers a So win
over the White Sox and settled
a southpaw duel between Billy
Hoeft. who won his 14th and
Billy Pierce, now IT'S.
Mantle connected OFF Don Fer
rareSe with one aboard in the
first inning of the opener. After
two innings the Yanks led, 60,
and Don Larsen breezed to his
seventh win with a six-hitter.
Yogi Berra came through with a
two-run triple to beat Bill Wight
in the second game. Bob Nieman
hit his 18th homer for the Orioles
to set a new club record.
Herb Score struck out IA AS.
nine of them in the first four
as the Tribe swept the
three-game set on homers by
Bobby Avila, Rocky Colavito and
AL Smith. Colavito's blow-his
12th-snapped a 3-3 tie in the
eighth and pinned the loss on Lou
Kretlow.
Another throng of 41,000 saw
Burdette DAD hurl a five hitter.
one of the blows was
Wally Posts 21st homer. The
Braves made short work of Brooks
Lawrence $3.50, running up a
SO lead before he departed in
the third. Bobby Thomson and
Danny O'Connell shared half the
Braves eight hits, and 10 walks
helped out.
FurillO Blasts Two
Carl Furillo slammed two of
Brooklyn's four home runs as
the Dodgers defeated Roberts for
the fourth time this year. Pee
wee Reese and Randy jackson
got the other two. Roger Craig
won his 18th, although he needed
help from Glen Labine in the
ninth.
Homers by Jim King and
Monte Irwin accounted for five
OF Chicago's six runs as Bob
Rush scattered nine St. Louis
hits for his 18th triumph. One
of the Cardinals hits was a
double by Stan Musial. 1t gave
him a career total of 1.071 extra
base hits and tied him with Mel
OFT for the National League
record. Herman Wehmier of
the Cardinals and Jim Davis
waged the scoreless second game
duel.
Frank Thomas singled four
times to spearhead a 17-hit Pi-
rate attack against three Giant
pitchers in the second game after
Pittsburgh had unr tho nyapor