Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
Cardinals Might Take 1t All
If They Can Click at Home
Redbirds SURGE
Into Second on
liz Road Trip
BY the Associated Press

Frank Lanes collection of the
bought and bartered-plus Stan
Musial-have proved themselves
on the road. Now if these Cardi.
mails can start winning at home.
they may win the five-team Ma.
tional League battle.
Cardinal teams have threat
ened and folded several times
since the league pennant last
went to st. Louis in 1916, but this
is season with all the earmarks
of a new order.
A 7-6, 8-4 double header sweep
of the nose-diving Dodgers at
EbbetS Field yesterday-first time
that's happened in at least eight
years - boosted st. Louis into
second place behind Milwaukee.
The double victory ended one
Of the Cardinals most successful
Eastern trips Q1-2) since the
early 40s and gave the club
a road record of 24-lO, a .7O6
pace. The only item that has
stopped st. Louis short of the
top is a 7-13 show before the
home folks.
Burdette Drops One Hitter
Milwaukee, 1l2 games up on
the Redbirds, split with Phila-
delphia. winning the first. 3-2,
but losing the second to Curt
Simmons, 10. despite a one
hitter by Lew Burdette.
The new look" Giants. with
Don Mueller hitting a three-run
pinch homer. dumped Cincinnati
into third place, 4-3, and
Chicago stopped Pittsburgh Al
in the first of two games at
Forbes Field. The second was
halted by the Pennsylvania cur
few with the clubs tied "A after
So innings.
The White Sox added a half
length to their American League
lead over New York. defeating
Washington. Al and 8-6, while
the Yanks took an 8-6 victory
over Kansas City in a 10-inning
game. Three and one-half games
separates the teams. ~
Improving Detroit, now 51a
games of the pace, edged Boston,
81, on Harvey Kuenns 10th
inning ,homer. Cleveland won
twice from Baltimore, 4-3 and
ST..
Bonus Boy Stars
Won Mcdaniel. 49, year old
bonus pitcher just out of high
school, and the younger brother
OF the Cards Indy Mcdaniel,
allowed the Dodgers only one
hit in four scoreless innings of
relief in the opener. Musial tied
the game at 6-6 with a three
run homer and Ken Boyer won
it with a solo drive into the
stands. Hoyt Wilhelm outdid
that in the second game, taking
over for Willard Schmidt in the
sixth and retiring all IL Dodgers
he faced. Musial, now hitting
1865. stretched his consecutive
game hit streak to Is.
Burdette allowed only a SIXTH
inning double to Joe Lonnett
in the second game at Philadel-
phia. but an infield out and
Richie Ashburn's sacrifice fly
enabled Lonnett to score the run
that beat the Braves. Simmons
permitted six hits in posting his
first shutout since July 6, 1854.
Juan Pizarro won the opener
with five-hitter despite homers
by Willie Jones and Granny
Hammer.
Thomson Hurts Reds
The Giants. with ex-Braves
Bobby Thomson. Danny O'Con-
nell and Ray Crone in the start
ing lineup. trailed Cincinnati,
81. until Thomson's second
single touched off the winning
rally in the eighth. Don Gross
was relieved by Tom Acker,
whose first pitch to Mueller
sailed into the rightfield stands.
Jim Bolger, Ernie Banks and
Walt Moryn homered to back
up Don Kaiser's seven-hitter for
the Cubs at Pittsburgh. The
Cubs had tied the second game
at A and still were batting in
the seventh when the curfeW
forced a suspension.
The Yanks, with ex-Kansas
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