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Thursday, July 23, 193? STEVENS POINT (WISCONSIN) DAILY JOURNAL Pag 6 Avila's 9th Inning Homer Halts Braves Slide 5-4 Homer Greatest Thrill In Baseball-Avila Bv DAVE O'lIARA MILWAUKEE (AP) American League castoff Bobby Avila was the toast of Milwaukee today after a heroic debut enabling the Braves to snap a seven-game losing streak. Avila, acquired from the Boston Red Sox Tuesday, a two-run homer with one out in the ninth inning Wednesday night to boost the Braves back into third place with a 5-4 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. J- Jf I .1 MILWAUKEE (AP) The Milwaukee Braves are smiling again. And so are their loyal fans. A seven-game losing streak is at an end.

The Braves got back on the winning path Wednesday night by edging the Cincinnati Reds 5-4 on Bobby Avila's two-run, ninth-inning homer before a crowd of. 18,843 at County Stadium. The victory enabled the Braves to move back into third place, but they remained 3V games behind the league-leading San Francisco Giants who also Paul's Edges West's 4-3 In City Softball Paul's Bar forced a playoff game with West's Dairy to see which team will enter the postseason tournament next week by scoring a hard-fought 4-3 win over West's in the feature game of the City Softball League at Goerke Park Wednesday night. In the other game Amherst defeated St. Paul Lutheran 8 6.

As a result of their win last night Paul's Bar and West's have Identical 5-4 records to tie for second place in the Class A division behind Consolidated SPD which clinched first place as the result of West's loss. Since only the two top finishers in each league qualify for the post-season tournament, a playoff game between Paul's and West's will be held. A date for the game will be announced in the next day or so. Both teams made only two hits in the game last night as pitchers Dick Redding of Paul's and Gib Zinda of West's battled pitch for pitch. West's took a one-run lead in the first Inning when Marv Worzella's long fly ball to left was lost in the lights by the Paul's Bar left-fielder.

By the time the ball was retrieved Wor-zella was across the plate with an A Day On Sports By DON FRIDAY POINTERS FOR PUMPSIE Elijah (Pumpsie) Green, right, Infielder recalled from Minneapolis farm club to join Boston Red Sox at Chicago, gets ome tips from ThI Williams. Green became first Negro ever to play for Rtd Sox in Chicago. When he was assigned to farm club at start of season, the Red Sox were subjected to protasis from several groups which charged discrimination. Green Nervous In 1st Big League Tilt By CHARLES CHAMBERLAIN CHICAGO (AP) "I was scared To Play Minor League All-Star Game Friday The Little League Minors will hold an All-Star game this Friday, July 24, at 1 p.m. at the Minor League diamond near the Municipal Swimming Pool.

The game will match the Dodgers, winners of the regular season Minor League play, against an All Star team composed of the top players of the other 11 teams in the league. The Dodgers won the Minor League campionship with a final record of 7-1. Following are the team rosters for the game: All-Stars Dave Colbert of Pirates (1st base), Ernest Walten-burg, Yanks (2nd base), Gerald Rasmussen, Braves (3rd base), Pat Spreda, Yanks (shortstop), Larry Zimmerman, Cubs (left field), Bobby Kolinski, Sox (center field), Allen Omernick, Yanks (right field), Ronnie Fortune, Braves (catcher) and Fred Hytry, Indians (pitcher). Alternates for the All-Stars Ken Kazmierczak, Phils (pitcher), Dave Burgess, Pirates (catcher), Dean Zimmerman, Cubs (left field), Billy Wendels, Pirates (2nd base), Mark Brodhagen, Reds (shortstop catcher) and Ronnie Edelson, Cards (shortstop third base). Dodgers Dick Zimmerman 1st base, Rick Hamm 2nd base, Mike Nigbor-shortstop, John Dana 3rd base, Larry Tighe catcher, Tom Tighe pitcher, Robert Giese pitcher, Mike Warzinski outfield, Terry McKnight outfield, Don Rasmussen outfield, Gary Clark outfield, Ned Brunner out field, Ken Nelson outfield, Jack Ostrander outfield, Ken Haka outfield, Jim Pierson infield.

Jim Reetz infield and Andy Barge infield. The only rule governing the game is that all players must see action. Colts' Coach Won't Talk Championship WESTMINSTER, Md. (AP) "Never mind that championship talk," said Weeb Ewbank of the world champion Baltimore Colts. The pint-sized Ewbank shook his head a he said.

"I've just told the boys the honeymoon is over. They've been champions from last December until today. Now it's a new shuffle and we're just looking for the best 35 players to make up a football squad." Things were hardly under wav before Ewbank announced the trade of Colt guard Fred Thurston for linebacker Marv Matus- zak of the Green Bay Packers. A Row ah ii urn Temple 2b 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 Pinson cf Bell rf Robinson lb Thomas tlf Jones 3b Dotterer Kasko ss OToole Total 4 MlIAVAl KEE Avila 2b Mathews 3b Bruton cf Aaron rf Adcock lb Crandall Alt It II Kill 2 112 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 5 Logan ss 3 Maye If 4 Mantilla cf-3b 3 a-Lopata 0 b-Burdette 0 Spahn 4 Total 82 a-Walked for Mantilla in 9th: b-Ran for Lopata in 9th. Cincinnati 020 00? 0004 Milwaukee 001 0U 0028 Kasko.

PO-A Cincinnati 25-11, Milwaukee 27-12 (one out when winning run scoredl. DP -OToole, Kasko and Robinson: Adcock and Avila. LOB Cincinnati 5, Milwaukee 7. 2IV-Robinson, Bell, Jones. HR Jones, Thomas, Spahn, Avila.

IP II Fit HUSO OToole 81-3 7 5 5 5 4 Spahn 9 9 4 4 2 4 WP OToole. Smith, Das-coli. Secory, Dixon. 2:37. A 18,813.

I Major League Leaders By THE ASSOCIATEp TRESS American League Batting (based on 225 or more at bats) Kuenn, Detroit, .339 Maris, Kansas City, .337. Runs Power, Cleveland, 73 Yost. Detroit, and Killebrew Washington, 72. Runs batted in Killebrew, Washington, 80; Jensen, Boston 72. Hits Fox, Chicago, 126; Kuenn Detroit, 118.

Doubles Williams, Kansas City, 27; Kuenn, Detroit, 26. Triples Allison, Washington Kuenn, Detroit, 6. Home runs Killebrew, Wash ington, 32; Colavito, Cleveland, 29 Stolen bases Aparicio, Chica go, 28; Mantle, New York, 16 Pitching (based on 8 or more decisions) McLish, Cleveland 12-3; Shaw, Chicago, 9-3. Strikeouts Score, Cleveland 128; Wynn, Chicago, 113. National League Batting (based on 225 or more at bats) Aaron, Milwaukee, 361; White, St.

Louis, .344. Runs Pinson, Cincinnati, 75; Mathews, Milwaukee, 73. Runs batted in Banks, Chica go and Robinson, Cincinnati, 87. Hits Aaron, Milwaukee, 132; Pinson, Cincinnati, and Cepeda San Francisco, 120. Doubles Cimoli, St.

Louis, 35; Aaron, Milwaukee, 33. Triples Mathews, Milwaukee Pinson, Cincinnati, Neal, Los Angeles, and White, St. Louis, 7. Home runs Mathews, Milwau kee, 29; Banks, Chicago, 26. Stolen bases Mays, San Fran cisco, 17; T.

Taylor, Chicago, 15 Pitching (based on 8 or more decisions) Face, Pittsburgh, 14- Antonelli, San Francisco, 14-5. Strikeouts Drysdale, Los An geles, 154; S. Jones, San Francis co, 134, Mathews Gets Bad Bruise In Redleg Game MILWAUKEE (AP) The Mil waukee Braves anxiously awaited a medical report today on third baseman Eddie Mathews, the Na tional League leader in home runs with 29. Mathews suffered a severe bruise just above his right hip last night as the Braves ended a seven-game losing streak bv de feating Cincinnati 5-4 on Bobby Avila two-run homer. "We're just going to have to wait and see." said Milwaukee trainer Doc Feron.

"You can't tell how an injury like that will be the day after." Mathews was injured when he crashed into the box seat railing in an attempt to grab a foul in the sixth inning. Although in pain, he stayed in the game until he batted in the seventh. With a runner on first, Mathews couldn't swing his mighty bat and grounded weakly to the pitcher tor the start of a doubleplay. Scores Despite Putting muutw uuu, w. J.

(AP) Henry Attas is thankful he dropped his last putt. It gave him a 77 on his home course at White Beeches after a morning round of 74 at Ridgewood Country Club. Attas missed six putts under five feet and had three 3-putt greens. However, he passed the local qualifying test in his bid to play in the National Open. Attas, a printer by trade, is golf coach at Bergen Catholic High School.

One In CINCINNATI "Right now I have to call this my greatest thrill," the 33-year-old second baseman said as the Milwaukee clubhouse took on a World Series atmosphere. "A fan brought in the ball to me," Avila added. "I've never saved one in my career, but I'm going to guard this carefully." Avila's homer was only his 78th since he broke into the major leagues with Cleveland 1949. But it may prove his biggest as it restored some cockiness in the Braves. "It's been a long dry spell," said Manager Fred Haney.

"Avila arrived just in time. We haven't been able to do anything right and it looks like he's just what the doctor ordered. General Manager, John McHale virtually did a jig as he entered the clubhouse to congratulate his newest acquisition, pitcher War ren Spahn and everyone else in sight. "Winning hitter, winning pitcher, winning ball club," McHale said. "And winning pinch runner, too," he said with a big laugh in the direction of Lew Burdette.

Tlje Braves appeared on their way to equalling their longest losing string since 1953 until Avila picked out the first pitch from Cincinnati southpaw Jim O'Toole and lined it some 360-feet over the left field fence. Spahn had hardly reached the dugout bench after fouling off three pitches attempting to sacrifice Burdette to second. Burdette was running for Stan Lopata who opened the ninth with a pinch walk. 'T nearly went through the dugout roof," Spahn said. "I never fought any harder for a ball game.

And it looked bad. Then Bobby came through. It's one of those things you can hardly believe." Avila was sure-fisted In the field and drew three walks and grounded out in four previous trips to the plate before going up in the ninth. "I was going for the long ball and hoping for a good pitch," he said. "It was a fast ball right down the middle.

All I had to do was meet it. It was wonderful." "That guy is really going to help us," said shortstop Johnny Logan who kept advising Avila in the field throughout the game. "He's going to give Us a good NOW SHOWING THE STORY OF FATHER COXROY WHOSE PARISH WAS ALL BROADWAY SHOWN AT 8:40 ONLY T3 ENTERTAINMENT Ljfl THAT PUTS A GLOW IN YOUR HEART! MGH-FIKimi STEREOPHONIC SOUND CO-HIT 'SMILEY GETS A GUN" WALT DISNEY'S "SLEEPING BEAUTY" CHARLIE. BEER KEE BEER WE ALSO S0T CROSBY REYNOLDS 1 II VAGflER Mtij am 'f" ii inn steady game not flashy, but steady." Spahn picked up his 12th victory and No. 258 of a brilliant career.

He now is only eight triumphs shy of the all-time winning mark for a southpaw in the National League. Eppa Rixey holds tht record of 266. But the show was all Avila'i despite Spahn's pitching and hitting, which included a homer and. a single. The Braves figure that No.

is lucky. Avila is the seventh player given a shot at the second bast job this year. Sunset Handicap Ends Racing Season INGLEWOD, Calif. (AP) As the official chart caller saw it, Alfred G. Vanderbilt's ageless wonder, Find, "responded when called upon and held on It was in the $109,800 Sunset Handicap as Hollywood Park closed its summer season Wednesday, and Find finished a gallant third to a pair of 4-year-old youngsters, Whodunit and Day Court.

Find looked for a moment as if he would win the rich $68,700 pot in the mile and five-eighths feature. The Sunset was trip No. 77 to the post for the venerable son of another great Vanderbilt horse. Discovery. Find and his rider, Willie Shoemaker, gave it all they had.

At that he was beaten by only one length. There was no fluke In the win by Mrs. Jan Burke's Whodunit, a Princequillo colt bred in Kentucky. Jockey Ray York kept him in good position, as did Angel Va-lenzuela on Elmendorf Farm's Day Court. The time was 2:40 4-5.

Fight Results By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Portland, Ore. Eddie Machen, 197, Portland, stopped Reuben Vargas, 195, San Francisco, 6. Twin Falls, Idaho Dick Goldstein, 149, Seattle, outpointed Ernie Gipson, 158, Seattle, 10. OUTDOOR THEATRS thru SAT. Wild Comedy at THE WILDEST SNAFU THE ARMY EVER KNEW! GLENN FORD IMITATION GENERAL Co-SUrrinfl RED BUTTOiNS -TAEVA ELG mmmmm.

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The Milwaukee bench clear ed immediately. The players leaped to their leet, waning to greet Avila as if he had just won a World Series game for them. The 33 -year- old Avila, pur chased from the Boston nea sox T.tHsv arrived in mid after- hnttmv practice and then became the Braves seventh econd baseman of the season, virtually clinched the job in first look at the National League. He drew throe walks in addition to his homer as leadoff man and performed flawlessly in the field. His 3fi0-foot blast over the left field fence came after Stan Lopata drew a pinch walk and Levi bur- a sent in as a runner.

SniithDaw Warren Spahn fouled off three pitches attempting to bunt, but Avila took charge. Spahn surrendered nine hits in picking up his 12th victory against in losses. It also was his 258th triumph of his career. A double by Frank Robinson and Willie Jones' eighth homer gave the Reds two runs in the second, and Spahn tagged lefthander Jim OToole, a former University of Wisconsin pitcher, fcr a solo homer in the third. With one out in the fifth, Spahn singled to left, Avila walked and Eddie Mathews lined a hit to right to tie the score.

Cincinnati immediately went ahead again as Gus Bell singled and Frank Thomas connected for his seventh homer in the sixth. The Braves added one in their half of the sixth on a single by Johnny Logan, a wild pitch and Lee Maye's grounder through the That set the stage for Avila's dramatic drive. The lone unhappy note for Milwaukee was the injury of Eddie Mathews, who suffered a severe bruise above his right hip when he banged into the railing while attempting to grab a foul In the fifth. He finally had to retire after batting in the seventh and his status for tonight's game with the Reds was in doubt. Right-hander Joey Jay, who has managed to win only three games while losing six, was Milwaukee choice for the series windup.

The Reds planned to counter with Bob Purkey. who has an 8-10 record. Major League Standings American League Pet. G.B. Cliicago 53 39 .576 Cleveland 51 39 .567 Baltimore 48 45 .516 New York 47 46 .505 Detroit 45 50 .474 Washington 43 49 .467 Kansas City 42 49 .462 Boston 40 52 .435 1 94 10 1U ,2 13 Thursday Game New York at Cleveland (N) Washington at Detroit Boston at Chicago Baltimore at Kansas City (N) Wednesday Results New York 8.

Cleveland 5 Detroit 6, Washington 2 Chicago 5, Boston 4 Kansas City 6, Baltimore 3 Friday Games New York at Detroit (N) Washington at Cleveland (N) Boston at Kansas City (N) Baltimore at Chicago (N) National League V. L. Pet. G.B San Francisco 53 41 .564 Los Angeles 53 44 .546 .528 .521 .505 .484 .446 .402 14 34 4 54 74 11 15 Milwaukee Pittsburgh 47 42 49 45 47 46 45 48 41 51 37 55 Chicago St. Louis Cincinnati Philadelphia Thursday Games Cincinnati at Milwaukee (N) Chicago at Los Angeles (N) St.

Louis at San Francisco Only games scheduled Wednesday Results Philadelphia 11, Pittsburgh 4 Milwaukee 5, Cincinnati 4 Chicago 7, Los Angeles 2 San Francisco 6. St. Louis 1 Friday Games Philadelphia at Cincinnati (N) Pittsburgh at Milwaukee (N) St. Louis at Los Angeles (N) Chicago at San Francisco (N) Shoes Joins Group ELMON'T, N. Y.

(AP) Willie Shoemaker became the third jockey to win two $100,000 horse races this year when he piloted Sword Dancer home first in the Metropolitan mile at Belmont Park. Shoemaker won the Kentucky Derby on Tomy Lee. Tommy Barrow, with Hillsdale, and Sam Boulmetis, with Vertex, were the other riders of two 1100,000 winners this season. Orlikowski Wins 2nd At McCook Ray Orlikowski turned in a very impressive performance for seven innings in his latest appearance for the. McCook, Braves of the Nebraska State League.

Orlikowski was given the start ing nod by Manager Bill Steinecke in an important early-season game against first-place Holdrege Inst Saturday nicht. Going into the contest the McCook team trailed the league leaders by two games In the first seven innings the former P. J. Jacobs High School lefthander permitted the league leaders only three hits and one run The run scored in the seventh With a 10-1 lead Orlikowski either tired or let up a little and the Holdrege team rallied for five runs in the eighth inning. The southpaw weathered the storm but Steinecke put in an other hurler to pitch the ninth Orlikowski, noted for his fine con trol in his prep pitching days, ex- perienced some trouble in this re gard.

One thing is sure. The Hoi drege batters weren't digging against his slants. Five of the Hoi drege hitters were nicked by Or- likowski's deliveries. Ray struck out two in his eight innings. More work, which he will un doubt edly be getting as the re suit of his fine showing, is expec ted to improve his control.

He now has a 2-0 record. An unusual triple play pulled Orlikowski out of a jam in the second inning of the Holdrege game. With runners on first and second, the McCook centerfielder made a sensational catch of i drive to center field. The two run ners had tagged up and advanced a base. The Braves' infielders, taking the throw from the outfield tagged first and second claiming that the runners had left their bases before the catch.

The um pires upheld the claim and the triple play ensued. As a result of their victory over the league leaders, the McCook team narrowed the gap from first place to a single game. Through games of Sunday, July 19, Hol drege had a record of 15-6 com pared to McCook's 13-6. Sports Shorts nr. ana ivirs.

Len jinske, par ents of Wayne, local catcher on the McCook roster, plan to leave Saturday for a week's stay in the McCook area. They are hoping to see Wayne in action since the ex high school star has had little opportunity to catch so far. word has been received that Eugene (Butch) Sorenson, former P. J. Jacobs High School and Central State College football and wrestling star, has accepted a position at Edgerton High School Sorenson will be head wrestling coach and teach general science courses.

He will also coach sports at the seventh and eighth grade levels in the public school and teach social science courses. Ted Scalissi, who recently re signed his coaching post at Mosi-nee to accept a similar job at Two Rivers, was well known in this area. Scalissi frequently brought his teams to Stevens Point for athletic contests and he also appeared many times as an official for basketball and football games at both P. J. Jacobs and Pacelli High Schools and Central State College.

That he was highly regard ed as a basketball official was indicated this past year by his appointment to officiate in the WIAA High School Tournament at Madison. Bob Fisher, head football and basketball coach at Tomahawk High School since 1956, has resigned to accept a position with a Rhinelander industrial firm, it was announced recently. No suc cessor has been named as vet for Fisher. Major League Stars ny I HE ASSOC IATED PRESS Pitching Mike MeCormirlr Giants, young lefty stopped San Francisco's slump at three with a six4iit, 6-1 victory over the Cardinals, his fifth in a row. Hitting Bobby Avila.

Braves. ended Milwaukee's longest losing skid in six years at seen eames with his first National League hit, a two-run homer in the ninth that beat the Reds 5-4. inside the-park home run. West's took a. 3-0 lead In the second when three walks and a throwing error brought in two unearned runs.

Paul's scored their first run in the third without the benefit of a base hit. Three walks and a long sacrifice fly to center field by Joe Drefcinski drove in the run. Three runs in the fourth inning proved to be the margin of victory for Paul's. A two base outfield error started the inning. With two outs, Dick Redding doubled home a run.

A walk and two-base hit by Len Brillowski drove in the tying and winning runs. Brillowski's hit was a short fly to center on which the West's shortstop and roving short became confused as to who was going to make the play and the ball dropped in. West's and Paul's both had a number of scoring opportunities after the fourth but neither team could take advantage of them. Redding walked five and struck out four in getting the win for Paul's. Zinda walked 10 and fanned five in taking the hard-luck loss for West's.

Marv Worzella and Jim Gra-boski had the hits for West's while Brillowski and Redding had the two hits for Paul's Six runs in the third inning gave Amherst its win over luckless and winless St. Paul Lutheran. The losers had a 5-1 lead and seemed on the way to their first win of the season before the roof caved in in the third. Two walks, a pair of errors, fielder's choice and singles by L. Borgen, Bill Frizell, Jack Aldrich and D.

Anderson scored the six runs for the winners in the third. Two walks and a fielder's choice gave the winners one run in the second. Their final run came in the sixth on singles by Tony Mi-gas, Jim Guyant and Don Peters. St. Paul scored two runs In the second on a triple by Dick White, a walk and a single by Jim Bohm.

They got three more in the third when Bob Bohm was safe on an error, Dick Morton sacrificed, Dick White doubled and Ronnie Bohm and Fred Bohm singled. St. Paul got the last run in the fourth on a single by Jim Bohm and a pair of errors by Amherst. Jim Guyant was the winning picher for Amherst. Frizell came on in the fourth inning and held the losers to one run the rest of the way.

Guyant allowed five runs, five hits, walked one and fanned none in his three innings. Frizell allowed one run on three walked one and struck out none in his four innings. Jim Bohm was the loser for St. Paul. He gave up 10 hits, walked cix and fanned none.

Migas, Borgen and Peters all had two hits each to lead the hitting for Amherst while Dick White, with a triple and double and Jim Bohm, with two singles, led the hitting for St. Paul Lutheran. State Boys Lose In Tennis Tourneys SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) Wisconsin players were beaten Wednesday in the Western Open Junior and Boys' tennis championships. Clark Graebner, Lakewood, Ohio, and Warren Daane, Shaker Heights, Ohio, defeated Charles Bleckinger, Oshkosh, and Gary Adelman, Milwaukee, 7-5, 6-1 in an 18 and under doubles match. ONE DAY SERVICE ON ANSCOCHROME and EKTACHROME COLOR FILM TUCKER CAMERA SHOP "Where Experts Show Vou How" DIAL DI4 6224 stiff.

I was nervous and shaky But I think I'll settle down and feel good now." That is the reaction of second baseman Jerry (Pumpsie) Green who Wednesday started his first major league baseball game for the Boston Red Sox. Green, 24-year-old import from Minneapolis, replaced the ailing Pete Runnels as a starter after appearing in his first Boston game as a pinchrunner Tuesday night. He is the Red Sox' first Negro player, and was the center of a controversy when Boston shipped him to Minneapolis just before the season started. He was called up from Minneapolis Tuesday. In his first start Wednesday, Green grounded out twice, lofted to center field and walked, steal ing second, in four appearances.

He performed well afield, han dling three chances flawlessly. "Of course, starting in the ma jors was the biggest thrill I ever had, he told The Associated Press in an interview. "But I was scared stiff. To tell you I wasn't, wouldn't be right. I was and I ad mit it.

"I certainly would like to have gotten at least one hit. But I was pretty shaky." Field Of 33 In Women's Mount Prospect Open MOUNT PROSPECT, HI. (AP) A field of 33 women golf pros lined up today for their biggest gold rush. They teed off on the first lap of the 72-hole $20,000 Mount Prospect Open. The winning bonanza of $6,500 in the richest prize ever offered the distaff side of the tournament circuit.

In addition to the pros, there are nine amateurs in the field. Heading this group are 1958 Curtis Cup players Ann Richardson and Barbara Mclntire and the 1959 Intercollegiate champion, Judy Eller. Competition is on the snug, 6,421 yard Mount Prospect course which carries a women's par of 37-3774. In the field are Mickey Wright, the 1958 Ladies PGA champion and winner of the last two USGA Open titles; Betsy Rawls, Louise Suggs, Marlene Hage, Patty Berg, Joyce Ziske just about all the top touring pros. Walter Millies, former big league catcher, manages Dubuque, Iowa's Packers in the Midwest League, a Class circuit.

The Braves may have lost third baseman Eddie Mathews, the NL home run leader with 29, however, while finding that long-sought second baseman in Avila. Mathews drove in a run with a single, but had to leave the game because of a bruised hip after crashing the fence in pursuit of a foul pop. Young Mike McCormick (9-7) won his fifth in a row and ended the Giants' slump at three with a six-hitter against St. Louis. He had the cards blanked on four hits until the ninth, when Alex Grammas singled and Hal Smith tripled.

Earl Averill's second grand-slam homer of the season touched off a seven-run second inning for the Cubs, making it a breeze for rookie Bob Anderson (6-7). The young right-hander had a five-hitter. The Phillies smacked 19 hits and had a 7-2 lead within four innings at Pittsburgh, scoring two on Ed Bouchee's homer off reliever Ben-nie Daniels after starter Ron Kline (7-9) failed to survive the second inniTig. Frisco Wins, LA Beaten In NL By ED WILKS Associated Press Sports Writer Bobby Avila, the American League transient, has found a home with the Milwaukee Braves At 33, the little infielder found himself shuffled off to Baltimore by Cleveland last winter. The Ori oles used him here and there, even in the outfield, then packed him off to Boston.

Then, after the better part of 11 seasons in the AL, he was peddled to the Braves Tuesday. At the moment, the only ques tion about that deal in Milwaukee minds is why they didn't make it soner. It was Avila who finally put an end to the Braves' losing string at seven Wednesday night with his first National League hit a two-run homer in the ninth that beat Cincinnati 5-4. The home run hoisted the Braves back into third place. 3' games behind the San Francisco Giants, who beat St.

Louis 6-1. Second-place Los Angeles slipped l'g games back in a 7-2 castine by the Chicago Cubs. Last-place Philadelphia skidded Pittsburgh to fourth 11-..