Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-25
Indians Finally in Spotlight
AfterC Cutting Chicago Lead
Overlooked Tribe
Two Games Back:
Ted Jumps to All
BY the Associated Pres.

BY the Associated Press
The Indians may be the most
overlooked second-place team
baseball has had in Q long time.
But while the White Sox made
OF with the American League
lead with a 10-game unbeaten
streak and the Yankees played
night games in a plush tavern.
the Indians were pussyfooting to
II victories in IA games. virtu.
ally unnoticed.
The Tribe finally caught the
eye last night. knocking OF the
White Sox. 4-3. to creep within
two games Of the lead In the
opener Of a four game set at
Cleveland.
Cleveland began the current
ride by tripping the Yankees
twice after the champions had
won six in a row to gain first
place. But the two-game sweep
was almost overlooked with the
injury to Herb Score in the first
game Of the set.
Wertz. COlavif0 Produce
Since then, the Tribe has
stepped right along with a quar-
tet Of 800 hitters in Vic Wertz
(.33D, Gene Woodling (.324.
Roger Maris (.315) and Rocky
Colavito C31D helping to make
up for the shaky pitching that
has accomplished only one COM
lplete game in the surge.
It was Werts and Colavito who
delivered the payoff singles as
the Tribe scored twice in the
seventh to win last night after
trailing 80.
The victory kept the Indians
a game ahead of the Yankees,
who ended q two-game slump
with an 8-1 breeze past WASH
ington. Boston rallied to beat
Baltimore. 4-3. and gain q
fourth-place tie with Detroit,
5la games back. The Tigers
were rained out at Kansas City.
In the National League. the
Redlegs held on to g two-game
lead although beaten, 9-6, by
st. Louis. Milwaukee, whipped
5-l at Chicago. gave UP q share
Of second place to the Dodgers.
who defeated the Giants, 60.
The Phillies banged four home
runs to beat Pittsburgh, 7-3.
Makes Most Of Breaks
Cleveland made the most Of
breaks for an early 2-1 lead.
scoring in the first on q bases
loaded walk that chased Chicago
starter Jack Harshman, and
again in the fifth when Nellie
Fox. he Sox' second baseman.
was charged with his first error
Of the season. The Tribe
got to Bill Fischer. rookie right
handler. with q single by Al
Smith and a walk in the sew
enth. Wertz then singled OF
reliever Paul LaPalme and Cola
vito singled OF reliever Gerry
Staley.
Dick Tomanek won it, taking
o Ter when Bob Lemon pulled
O thigh muscle in the seventh.
Ray Narleski, appearing in his
18th game, gained his 18th save
and dropped his earned run
average to 0.41 - with o two
inning mop up.
Ted williams continued his
latest hitting spree. boosting his
league-leading average to AIT
with three hits in four at bats
for the Red Sox. His second
double set on the two-run eighth
that beat the Orioles. with Frank
Malone and Gene Stephens hit
ting singles to drive in the runs.
Jim Brideweser. who's been
around for seven years, hit his
first major league home run in
the fifth for all Of the Orioles
runs.
Cards Clobber Nuxhall
The Cardinals, who had lost
five in q row. clobbered Joe Nux-
hall and four Redleg believers
for Is hits. Hal Smith had three
and Don Blasingame drove in
four runs with two. Larry Jack.
son. coming on when Starter
Sam Jones wrenched q knee in
the third inning. won it, but
needed Hoyt Wilhelm's help
when the Redlees scored four in
the ninth.
The Cubs won for only the
second time in II tries at home
this season. with Frank Ernaga,
q 26-year-old outfielder pur-
chased Monday from Portland.
becoming the 9th player to hit
o home run in his first major
league at bat, The rookie also
tripled for q total Of two runs
batted In as Warren SPAIN,
without a victory or complete
game in his last four starts, took
his second defeat. Rookie Moe
Drabowsky struck out I'VE and
left Is Braves on base while
gaining his second victory with
O nine-hitter.
Campy Hits Two Homers
The Dodgers. who have won
six Of their last seven, sprung
Roy Campanella loose after q
five-game stay on the bench with
an 0-for-l4 slump and the big
catcher banged his fifth and
sixth home runs for four RIBS
in three trips. Both were OF
Johnny Antonelli, who had won
three in q row from the Dodgers
and had been tagged for q Campy
home run only once before-back
on May I. 1853. when the south
pay was with Milwaukee. Carl
Furillo had two singles and q
home run. good for two runs that