Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-07
|kIu and Gross
Keep Cincinnati
lin First Place
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
Things look great for Cincin-
natl. Ted Kluszewski's hammer
ing home runs as though he
can't do anything else and Don
Gross, real wrong arm" has
the look of guy who could
make the pitching staff pennant
size.
Big Klu, who has raped seven
home runs among his nine hits
in the last six games. made his
21st of the season a three-run
shot in the fifth inning to hoist
the Redlegs into a GA victory
over the Cardinals last night.
With it Cincinnati preserved its
3-percentage-point lead in the
National League race.
And Gross, a 25-year-old lefty
recalled from Havana last week,
picked up his second victory with
a pretty fair eight-hitter, a.
though he needed help from
bullpen whiz Buster Freeman in
the seventh inning.
All southpaws are wrong
arms" in baseball, but Gross,
who topped the International
League with a 1873 earned run
average at Havana, fits that de-
scription to.a The was a nat
ural highlander until he was
Z, when an arm injury forced the
switch.
While the Redlegs were max
ing it 10 victories in IA games,
Second-place Milwaukee bopped
the Cubs. SO. behind Warren
Spahn's four-hitter to stay 3
points ahead of the Dodgers,
who beat Philadelphia, 81.
Threatening weather postponed
Pittsburgh at New York.
Busby Socks Again
1
The Yankees kept their four
game American League lead,
winning their third straight
without Mickey Mantle in an
"a decision over Washington.
Second-place Chicago socked
Detroit, 14-0. And Cleveland de-
feated Kansas City. Az, as Jim
Busby, who hadn't hit a major
league grand-slammer before
Thursday. made it two bases
loaded homerS in two straight
games to tie a major league
mark held by Babe Ruth. Bill
Dickey and Jimmy Foxx.
Rain postponed Baltimore at
Boston.
Gross, one of four southpaws
to beat Brooklyn's world champs
last season when he was a AS
rookie. gave up one walk to the
Cards-his first in 1919 innings
this year. A lefty with control
could be just what the Redlegs
need to go with righthanders
Brooks Lawrence, Johnny Klipp-
stein. Art Fowler and southpaw
Joe Nuxhall.
4 Ed Bailey. the National
Leagues All-Star catcher, tagged
his 14th homer off loser Tom
Poholsky for a 20 Cincy lead
in the fourth inning. But the
fourth-place Cards. down to SOC
again. made four hits for three
runs in the fifth, setting uI
Kluszewski' chiller. Klu, now
tied with Chicago's Ernie Banks
for the National League homer
lead, also hit three homers SUM-
day, incidentally, when Gross
made his first start since his
recall and went all the way tc
beat st. Louis. I'll.
HOmers Help SPAIN
SPAIN, winning his seventh
with his 37th career shutout
allowed only one Cub runner as
far as second base as the Braves
got home runs from Joe Adcock
and Hank Aaron and touched
Bonus Kid Don Kaiser for his
third defeat. Four walks and
Johnny Logan's two-run single
gave Milwaukee a 80 lead in
the first inning.
Randy Jackson's two-run triple
in the sixth inning handed Robin
Roberts his 10th defeat as the
Dodgers Carl Erskine went all
the way for the first time since
his May IL no-hitter against the
Giants. Both Robin. $40, anc
Erskine. 6-6. gave only five hits
with the Brooklyn highlander
striking out seven.
Busby's bustup blast, his eighth
home run of the season, came in
the fourth inning of Troy Her.
riage. now 1-8. as the Indians
made it seven-out-of-eight over
the AS this year. Kansas City
whacked Mike Garcia for five
hits and both runs in the first
inning. but he held out for his
sixth victory with Don Mossis
relief help.
Jack Harshman, Ga, picked UP
his fourth shutout of the season
with a seven-hitter against the
Tigers, and smacked a three-run
homer for a SO lead over Steve
Gromek 1851 in the second in
ming. Minnie Minoso also
homered for the White Sox, who
are 60 VS.. Detroit.