Evening star., 1958-05-12
WIN, LOSE OR
DRAW ;, FRANCE, ,rAuu
Beating the Bio Ones


were on trial choke-up suspects because of their
September swoon in 1885, They made their critics choke
Having won not only the National League pennant
but the World Series from the Yankees they're still doing
right fair As matter of fact 1t perhaps is high time to
realize the Braves do the thing as the Yankees
They beat their tough rivals
That was trick the Yankees mastered years ago
all those seasons when it necessary to beat
Cleveland in head-to-head games . and Boston
and Chicago Like the Have-Nots of these years-the
Tigers Senators and Athetics-the contenders saved
their big pitchers for the Yankees
The Indians invariably tossed Lemon Wynn Garcia
and Feer at New York Somehow the Yankees invariably
took each series The White Sox tried with Pierce and
Donovan and the Red Sox always had Willard Nixon ready
1t still didn't do much good.
AL LOPEZ FIGURED that if his White sox had
broken even with the Yankees in 81 it would have been
an al-MidweSt World SerieS-Mwaukee VS.. Chicago
I'VE beat everyone except the Yankees" AL pointed out
after the season. "Our record almost identical with
New York But we lost IA out of % against the Yankees
and that was the story"
The Braves, you'd have to say are developing the
same trait. 1t is all very well chew up the Have-Nots
but nearly good club do that The Yankees and
Braves believe in licking 'em ALL
This is the year the Red Sox as we'll as the White
sox and Tigers, hopeful. Nothing much
as yet has happened to the latter two clubs possibly
because New York and Chicago haven't met and the
Yankees and Tigers only twice. But the poor Red Sox
gameS-IOur
The club that Milwaukee mauls is Cincinnati The
Braves thrive the and the more Birdie Tebbetts
and his gang try to knock them down and accuse Lew
Burdette of throwing spittes the messer the scalp job
by the Braves.
LAST SEASON MILWAUKEE, wrecked the Reds by
winning l3 of 90 Oh they licked the Dodgers and Phies
too and broke with the Cards but they clobbered
the Reds
Over the winter Vice President-General Manager
hat waS ujt,
hitterS and lacked pitching foundation He shook up
his personnel trading like mad for pitchers but up
now the Reds haven't been doing much better against
the Braves.
Nor have the Philles, who have lost all four to Mil
waukee and the Cardinals who have dropped three
with the world champs The other preseason contender
Los Angeles, is having rough month but perhaps the
Dodgers have been lucky at that They haven't met
the Braves yet.
When Milwaukee by eight games in 81 it was
to wonder how could have suspected the Braves
to be chokeup club. At stage in July they had
five regulars the injured list There was a point in
September when critics sensed another collapse Here
the Braves lost eight of II games and their sat 82game
lead suddenly was reduced to 2 We Cardinals
THAT WAS THE TINE to wilt if they were going
to do IL again, but then the Braves in
and clinched the pennant like title team-by beating
the Cards Az in an thinning game September 23
I'VE could have waited a day So" Manager Fred
Haney explained during the winter, but didn't. We
were playing the club had to beat, so we did"
At this point both the and Yankees could be
running more favoraby than in 81. On last July Mil
waukee better than third behind ST. Louis and
Cincinnati, although only game back.
AS for the Yankees they took the American
League lead for keeps until July S. Indeed late
June they were five games back the White Sox and
looking part of winners.
AT LAST LOOK at semiohicial figures the SO season
is producing odd Through last week the Reds
highly touted Vada Pnson hitting only 200 and all
four of his batted in his only homer.
Willie Kirkland of the Giants, another highly
garded young man. was at 1877 and hadn't had to
play in major league park yet AS for the Dodgers,
they really miss the Roy Campanela of old, and that
Coliseum fence is running the pitchers earned-run
averages
Rube Walker, Campys successor, was Ill hitter
and looking if he'd forgotten how to play after so
long the bench Los Angeles pitchers who Brookyns
led in team earned-run averages last had four of
the last five in the National League. Give look New
combe $780, Erskne 643 McDevitt 729 and Drysdae 1852
Their best was Johnny Podres, No. 16, at $50