Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-13
Braves Rivals
Get Chance 10
Reverse Script
Schedule Presents
RepIuy Of Leaders
Devastating Week
By the Associated Press

II you don't believe wha
happened in the Nationa
League race last week, sticl
around. They're going to pla.
it over this week.
And If the Cards, Dodgers
Reds and Phils are not dead
now's the time for them to star
breathing.
In six days last week, tn
Braves swept three at HON,
from Cincinnati, then tool
three of three at st. Louis
moving from a half-game be
hind into a 51a-game lead. Thi
week, the Braves play three a
Cincinnati, startin g tonigh
and four with st. Louis, begin,
ming Friday night at Milwau'
lkee.
The second-place Cardinals
who skidded from the top will
a six-game losing streak thai
started with three losses to tn,
Cubs in st. Louis. open a three.
game series at Chicago today
before the return shot at the
Braves.
Cubs Save Reds
Cincinnati, in fourth place
seven games back. shook Of
that three-game set at Milwau.
kee (which left the Redlegl
Pill VS.. the Braves) to SWEEP
the Cubs in three at weeks
end. This week, the Redlegs
again wind up against the
Cubs. with four at Chicago be.
ginning Friday.
Third-place Brooklyn was
only 2l2 games behind a week
ago. then lost three of four tC
the sixth-place Giants anc
split four with last-place Pitts.
burgh to trail by 6la. This
week the Dodgers play three
with the Giants, beginning to-
night at New York, and an
other four with the Pirates, al
Jersey City and in Brooklyn.
Philadelphia, nine games
back and in fifth, split two al
Pittsburgh and lost two OF
three at New York last week
Now the Phnls are at home
playing the first of two with
the Pirates tonight and Their
beginning a four-game set with
the Giants Friday.
Runaway Possible
In short, it's a schedule that
could give the Braves a pro.
hibitive lead when they open
their last swing through the
East next week. It's also q
week that could snarl up the
race again.
AT the moment, the Braves
are rolling. winning seven in a
row (their best drive of the
year,. IA Of Is and 81 of 26
They're the best in the league
against contenders 80 : q
(.633 VS.. the Cards, Dodgers
Reds and Phils.
This is only the second time
the Braves have held as much
as a 512-game lead since NOV
ing to Milwaukee in 1853. They
led Cincinnati by 51a anc
Brooklyn by six on July rs last
year, but they finished a game
behind Brooklyn.
There's only a 5ia-game
spread between first and Sec
ond at the moment in the
American League. too, but it
looks like a mile and a half.
The Yankees have the bulge
after holding a seven-game
margin a week ago. The
Yankees were only ga for the
week. but the second-place
White Sox won. only four Of
seven. That's not the kind OF
ball that beats the Yankees.
Yanks Play Red SOx
New York has three games at
Boston against the third-place
Red Sox (12 games behind)
beginning tonight. then fin
ishes the week at home with
four against the surprising
Orioles, now tied with Detroit
for fourth. 1871 games back.
The White Sox are at Cleve-
land for three, starting tonight,
then move to Detroit for four
Behind the Yankees an6
White Sox there's not much tC
be had in the way Of a race
Even Cleveland, the annual
contender, is long dead. Stun
bling in sixth place for the
first time in a decade.
In fact, things are so bac
with the Indians they just
dropped four in a row to Kan
sas City. Being swept by thu
Athletics is bad enough, but die
you notice the four pitchers
Cleveland used in an effort tt
salvage Sundays final game?
They were Don Mossi, as 9
starter, Bob Lemon, Mike
Garcia and Early Wynn as re.
levers. That's how things are
with the Tribe.
A year ago Wynn was 6-C
against the AS. Lemon 20
Mossi 10 and Garcia 81. Ii
IL shots the AS beat one Of
the four only once. Now they
whack EN- all at one time.