Show Bonus B nus Baby Begins Paying Returns to Braves Wins by 5 0 B By Norman Miller Iiller I NEW V YORK July 31 UP UP- UP I Lefty Johnny Antonelli wh whose se chief claim to fame thus far Is that he pays a staggering income tax I paid off the first installment on a standing long debt to the Boston Bra Braves and the bi big cs Monday payoff payoff pay pay- off could be the pennant pennan t. t paY paY-I For more than two t seasons the slender year old fast bailer i from Rochester N. N Y 1 who received a bonus in 1948 has spent most of his major league career I warming the bench gathering few fe I victories but plenty of pitching know I Until Sunday Antonelli had won only three games over two seasons a meager return for the huge bonus paid him by the Braves Manager Billy Southworth desperate desper desper- I desper-I ate for a fourth starter to go with Johnny Sam Sain Warren Spahn and Vern Tern Bickford called on the baby- baby laced raced southpaw Sunda Sunday and Antonelli Antonelli Antonelli An An- came through with a brilliant brilliant bril bril- hit five shutout that stamps I abril-I him the logical man for the job If Johnny can keep it up he he could easily give the Braves a mound staff that means pennant I Antonellis Antonelli's 5 0 victory in the second second sec see ond game of a n header double-header gave Boston a clean sweep over the Cin Cm- i Reds after Bickfords Bickford's four- four hit 4 2 victory in the opener The twin triumph moved the Braves into third place in the National lea league ue standings and kept them 3 games behind the setting pace-setting Philadelphia Phillies Clean Sweep Homers by Earl Luis Luls Olmo and Bob Elliott helped Bickford Bickford Bickford Bick Bick- ford to his victory in the first game Sid Gordon hit a homer two doubles and a single to lead Boston to victory in the nightcap The Phils opened a l three game lead on the up runner-up St. St Louis Cardinals by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates in both games of a doubleheader doubleheader doubleheader double- double header 10 0 and 4 Robin Roberts gave up only four hits for his victory in the opener and reliever Jim Konstanty pitched two hitless Innings to clinch the second game Del Ennis hit a grand slam homer homerin in the opener and a two-run two game- game winning homer in the second game Seven Hitter Gerry Staley pitched a sev seven seven- n- n hitter and Enos Slaughter drove in three runs with a single double and triple as the Cardinals snapped I the New York Giants' Giants nine-game nine winning streak with a 6 3 victory Al Red National league fielding record for second baseman ended after 57 games and chances when hen he made a wild throw in the thc ninth inning Don Newcombe pitched a neI five five- I j hitter and Pee Wee Vee Reese and Roy noy j I Campanella hit home runs to give i the Brooklyn Dodgers a 7 2 victory over o the Chicago Cubs A run five-run fifth inning against Bob Rush clinched the decision In the American league the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Yankees crept to within two vo percentage percenta e points of ot the place first-place Detroit Tigers by beating the Chi- Chi cage White Sox twice 7 15 and 4 3 The Tigers won a single game from the Philadelphia Athletics s 12 Joe DiMaggio Johnny Mize Larry Berra and Jerry Coleman hit home runs for the Yankees in the opening game slugfest Fred Sanford's Sanfords Sanfords Sanford's Sanfords Sanford's San- San fords ford's seven-inning seven shutout relief j pitching and home runs by Di DiMaggio DiMaggio gio and Berra clinched the night night- cap Run Eight-Run Inning Detroit overcame a run five-run deficit with an run eight-run fifth in inning inning in- in ning fling to beat the As Each team collected collected col col- col- col 16 hits and used four pitchers pitch pitch- ers with Ith Freddie Hutchinson 1 the winner and Alex Kellner the loser Cleveland and Boston divided a header double-header the Indians winning winnin the opener 6 5 on Larry Dobys Doby's sin single le through the box in the inning and the Red Sox taking the second game 5 3 as lefty Mel Parnell Parnell Parnell Par- Par I nell came to the aid of rookie Willard Vil Wil- VilI Villard lard Nixon in the ninth inning and I put out a Cleveland rally Outfielder Sam Mele drove in four runs in each game as the I Washinton Washington ton Senators trimmed the St St. Louis Browns in both games of header double 9 5 and 13 0 i a |