Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-20
Jones Big Gun
In Giants Push
Back 10 Top
Righthonder Wins
Five Of Six in
Spun of Month
BY IN. Associated Press

II you think Sam Jones is
the hero Of the hour now that
San Francisco has showed Mil
waukee out Of the National
League lead. forget 1t. Sad Sam
is the Giants hero Of the month.
It took Jackie Brandt's two
run single in the bottom Of the
10th to put the Giants .006 per-
centage points and q half-game
ahead with q 4-3 victory over
the Braves last night, but it
figures as the least they could
do for Jones.
The big highlander had given
up two runs and five hits in the
first three innings - then al
lowed only three hits the rest
Of the way. Two Of those came
in the 10th and two were by
Billy Bruton, whose fifth homer
gave Milwaukee a 30 edge in
the top Of the 10th.
Then the Giants got busy,
chasing Bob Buhl and ending
Milwaukee's first - place stay
that had begun May 10.
Lost Big Games
Ironically. 1t was Jones who
was the loser when the Giants
fell from first place May 5.
And 1t was Jones who was
beaten Az by Milwaukee May
Is, the day before the Braves
took a 412-game lead over the
Giants.
Since then, q month to the
day. the Giants have won 49,
and Sad Sam has figured in
more than a third of those
victories. Now 8-6, Jones has
won flve of six decisions in
that span and has added two
saves in relief, having Q hand
in seven of the 10 victories in
the Giants comeback.
While the Giants and Mil
waukee w@re having at 1t in the
opener C. q three-game set at
San Francisco. third-place
Pittsburgh closed within two
games of the top with a 60
victory over st. Louis. Los An
geles raped Cincinnati, ca.
and Philadelphia defeated Chi
cago. 81.
Jones Fans Nine
The Giants. who tied 1t 2-all
on Jim Davenport's single. a
walk and two forceouts in the
fifth. put 1t away after Buhl
(6-5) walked Willie Mays
leading of the 10th. Orlando
Cepeda's only hit, a single.
sent Willie scampering to third
and chased Buhl. Reliever
Don Mcmahon then walked
Daryl Spencer. loading the
bases for Brandt's third single
that brought San Francisco's
largest crowd Of the year-22.-
9S4-to its feet screaming.
The Giants, who had IL hits.
now have won three in a row,
while the Braves have lost five
Of their last seven.
Vern Law (7-4). shut out the
seventh-place Cardinals. who
had wone nine Of IL. on four
singles, two by Gino Cimoli.
The Pirates, winning seven of
their last nine, backed him with
eight hits, including homers by
Ramon Mejias and Dick Groat
against rookie Dick Ricketts,
(0-2.
Snider H0mefs Twice
| Duke Snider drove in four
runs with a pair Of homers, his
seventh and eighth, for the
Dodgers. His first, with two on,
triggered a five-run first in
ming that handed Brooks Law
renee (3-S) his seventh defeat
in a row. Roger Craig. a one
time Dodger star just back
from the minors. was the win
ner. He walked only one,
struck out six and allowed only
five hits, two by Frank Thomas,
who hit his fourth home run.
The Phils had homers from
Harry Anderson and Ed Bou-
chez while building a 7-2 lead,
but needed an unearned run
in the seventh to nail 1t. Gene
Conley (4-3 won 1t, but gave
way to relief after Ernie Banks
two-run, 10th homer in the
sixth. Rookie Bob Anderson
(3-6) was the loser for the
sixth time in his last seven de-
cisions.