Evening star., 1960-09-03
Orioles Win
ProvesCasey's
Warning Right
Poppqs' 3-Hitter
Pushes Baltimore
String to Five
By the Associated Press

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if you men do not know 1t
now, you're likely to find it out
by Sunday"
These quotes belong to
Casey Stengel. This note Of
warning was part of a speech
made by the New York man
ager to his Yankee players be-
fore last nights game in Bal
timore.
Casey was right about the
Orioles and his players don't
have to, wait until Sunday.
They saw first hand just how
good those Orioles are. With
a crowd of 44,518 roaring ap-
provingly. Paul Richards Baby
Birds won the opener of the
vital three-game series, SO.
Extending their winning streak
to five games.
''I can see why they're up
there in the race" Stengel
told his players. Their pitch
ers pitch four and five hitters."
Pappas Holds Yankees
The or Professor miscal-
culated slightly. Milt Pappas,
Baltimore's 21-year-old flame
thrower. allowed the Yankees
only three hits-all singles
and permitted only one rum
ner to reach second.
THAT infield of theirs does
WE'LL" Casey preached. They
have good speed and you can't
execute the way you want to
because they keep you from
getting on base"
Score a bulls eye for the willy
old manager. Baltimore's in
field not only played flawlessly
but erased the only Yankee
threat with a double play. Ex-
cept for Cletis Boyer and Tony
Kubek, who got two hits. no
other Yankee reached base.
Pappas saw to that by walking
none and striking out nine.
The victory left the Orioles
only three percentage points
behind the league : leading
Yankees.
Get Revenge on Ford
Chicago's third-place White
Sox defeated Detroit. Us;
Cleveland conquered Kansas
City, 60, and Washington
swept a twi-night double
header from Boston. 5-1 and
80.
Baltimore gained revenge on
an old nemesis, Whitley Ford,
getting six of its eight hits on
the veteran southpaw who had
beaten the Orioles in four Of
five previous decisions. Walt
Dropo and Brooks Robinson got
two hits each, Dropo contribut-
ing a home run. The victory
was Pappas' 18th against eight
defeats.
WOOdling Goes Hitless
The turnout pushed Balti-
more's season total to 1,079, 1892.
record. The crowds only dis
appointment was the failure of
Gene Woodling to prolong his
17-game hitting streak. The
popular outfielder went hitless
in four times at bat.
Pinch-hitter Earl Averills
bases-loaded single in the
eighth inning broke up a SIS
tie and set up the White Sox
victory which lifted them to
within three games of the
front-running Yankees. Gerry
Staley, in relief, was credited
with his 18th triumph. Herb
Score, who started for Chicago,
was knocked out of the box in
the first inning by the Tigers.
Harvey Kuenn's two-run
homer in the eighth broke a
2-2 tie and enabled the In
dams to win their 18th game
in 13 meetings with the Ath-
letics. Bobby Locke, although
4 tagged for 10 hits, turned in
his second victory since his re-
call from the minors June S
MilWauk e e. S second-place
Braves kept their slim National
League pennant hopes alive
with a 9-6 triumph over Cincin-
natl that pulled them up to 6K
games of the first place Pitts
burgh Pirates. Chicago's Cubs
thrashed st. Louis 1914 and Sar
Francisco shaded Los Angeles
"A. PHILADELPHIA and Pitts.