Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-23
Braves Poised
ToCe|ebrate as
Cards Invade
As Try to Finish
White Sox Tonight;
Ted Hits 4 in Row
BY the Associated Press

Ties OF GROWING the YANKEES
as champions Of the American
League and the Braves as rulers
of the National League remain.
Both Of those details could
be settled tonight when the
White Sox play the Athletics
at Kansas City and the Braves
open their long-awaited slant
against the Cardinals before an
eager throng Of 10000 at Mil
waukee.
The Yankees, who do not
play until Wednesday, will be
in with their third straight
pennant and their eighth in
the last nine seasons If the AS
take tonight's game.
Ready to Celebrate
The big drama comes at Mil
waukee, where the good burgh-
ers hardly can wait to break
out into the biggest celebra-
ton since beer came back. The
Braves need to take only one
of the three games with the
Redbirds to settle the issue and
they're riding a six-game win
ming streak.
Manager Fred Haney has
given tonight's pitching assign
ment to fldgety Lew Burdette
(16-9). while the Cardinals will
start Vinegar Bend Mizell or
Sam Jones in their do-or-die
effort.
If Burdette fails. Haney has
Warren SPAIN. his 20-game
winner. ready tomorrow night
and Bob Buhl, who has won 10.
for Wednesday afternoons
game.
YankS Clinch a Tie
The Yanks assured them
selves Of at least q tie for the |
AL flag yesterday when they
whipped the Red Sox. 5-l. The
Yanks have five games to play. |
The White Sox have seven. II |
the Yanks lose every one of |
their remaining games and the |
Chicagoans win all OF theirs,
the two teams will wind UP
| tied.
While the Yanks were walk
ing" past the Red Sox. the
White Sox kept their faint
hopes alive by stopping the
Indians. 9-5.
The Braves dubbed the Cubs.
81 in 10 innings - but the
Cards stayed with them by top
ping Cincinnati. Us.
Among the also-rans. Brook
Ign defeated Philadelphia, 7-3.
and Pittsburgh vanquished New
York. ST.. In the American
League. Baltimore edged WASH
ington, 6-5. and Kansas City
won a double header from De-
troit. 4-3 and 81.
The Yanks. indeed, walked to
their victory over Boston as
four Of their runs were forced /
in by passes.
Ted Hits No. 81
Ted Williams had hit his 37th
home run in the fourth-the
first hit of the game-and the
Yanks tied it in the fifth. Then
with two out in the sixth. Tony
Kubek and Jerry Lumpe
singled.
Dave Sisler-who had a SO
lifetime record against the
Enthusiastically lost all con- /
troll. He walked. Enos Slaughter. |
Joe Collins. Hank Bauer and Gil |
McDougald. forcing in three |
runs.
Along came George Susce and
issued a pass to Mickey Mantle. |
forcing in the fourth run. Yogi |
Berra grounded out to end the |
parade.
While he was on the losing
side. Williams had cause to
celebrate. His homer was his |
fourth in four consecutive off,
cial trips to the plate with five |
walks interspersedD and put his |
name in the record books
along side a half dozen other
sluggers.
Assured Of Batting Title
Also. he finished his days
chores with a 1888 batting aver
age which virtually assures him
of the batting championship.
Mantle went hitless in three
trips to the plate and his mark
dipped to 1865.
The White Sox presented
Billy Pierce with his goth VIC
tory. but the little lefthander
slipped in the back door. He
was behind. So. when he was
lifted for a pinch-hitter in the
sixth. The Sox went on to
score four runs in that inning,
so Pierce got credit for the
game.
The Braves employed a half
dozen pitchers against the
pesky Cubs and had to over
come deficits OF four and three
runs. Rookie Don Mcmahon,
fifth Of the parade. got credit
for the triumph. although he
needed help from joey Jay
after walking a couple Of pinch
hitters with one out.
The Braves were behind
right up to the ninth when
Eddie Mathews hit his 32d
home run to tie 1t. Then Bob
Halle dashed another homer
in the 10th and the ball game