Evening star., 1957-04-29
Griffith Again Seeks Deals
To Fill Three Gaping Holes
Braves Start
Recalls Breeze
By IS Dodgers
BY the Associated Press

The season Is just two weeks
old, but Milwaukee's determined
Braves have won nine Of 10 and
the rest of the National League
teams. particularly Brooklyn and
Cincinnati. may find out it's
later than they think.
Milwaukee's record, padded
with a 30 victory at Cincinnati
yesterday that completed q
Ithree-game sweep from the Red
legs, has provided a two-game
lead. This may not seem par
ticularly impressive at this early
date. but Brooklyn had only a
Ithree-game lead after sweeping
its first 10 games in 1955-the
year the Dodgers won the PEN
nant by 13Ha games.
II the Braves are to be stopped,
the time is now as they head
into the East for the first time
They open the tour with a
night game against the Giants
tomorrow.
In IS, the Dodgers were 11-2
when they first met the West
in chummy Ebbets Field-and
by the time the invaders had
left the Dodgers stood 21-2 with
a nine-game lead. They didn't
have to play even 900 ball the
rest Of the way to win the flag.
No Homers Needed
The Braves won without a
home run yesterday for the first
time in four games. dumping the
Redlegs 5l2 games behind. They
did it by punching their nine
hits and killing the Redlegs with
four double plays. \
Doubles by Bill Bruton and
Del Crandall. a bunt single and
a sacrifice fly wrapped up Mil
waukee's fourth in a row in a
two-run fourth. Red Murff
nailed the victory in relief of
Taylor Phillips. Tom Acker was
the loser.
The second place Dodgers fell
another game behind. shut out
by Pittsburgh's Bob Friend, 80.
St. Louis swept two from Chi
cago. 6-2 and 40. with Lindy
Mcdaniel. Tom Cheney and
Herm Wehmeier allowing the
Cubs just five hits in the double
header. Philadelphia raped the
Giants. ll-2, but trailed 81
when curfew suspended play In
the second game after 6i2 inn
ings.
White SOx One Ahead
+ The White Sox hold a one
game edge in the American
League after defeating Kansas
City. 5-3, as the Yankees and
Red Sox leave for their first
trip to the West. The Yankees
stopped Boston's winning streak
at five games. 3-2, on Yogi Ber-
lra's l0th-inning home run.
1 Detroit and Cleveland split
their twin bill, with the Indians
winning, 30 in 10, after the IT,
gers had won. 20. Washington
defeated Baltimore, 7-6 in 10
innings. but lost the second
game, 3-2.
Friend handed the Dodgers
their first 1857 shutout by leav-
ling IL runners stranded after
giving seven hits and four walks
Roger Craig lost 1t. although CIV
ing UP just one run in six in
Inings. The other two came of
the usually reliable reliever. Glen
Labine.
Cardinal Hurlers Hot
| Mcdaniel. backed up by Star
Musial. who drove in three runs
with his first home run. granted
the Cubs only three hits in the
Iopener. Then Cheney and Weh-
meier went to work. Cheney al
lowed two hits. both in the fifth
and gave way to Wehmeier, who
pitched perfect ball the rest ol
the way.
Rookie Jack Sanford held tn,
Giants to one hit for seven in.
nings in the opener. then lef'
in favor Of Bob Miller in a two.
! run eighth. The Phils, with Ri
: Repulski and Chico Fernando.
! each slugging homers and driv
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