CHICAGO
COLTS
6-1  --

Opener: Jim Finigan singled home Ernie Banks, and Bobby Avila scored the game-winner on Gene Woodling's throwing error, as the Colts rallied in the ninth to beat Brooklyn 5-4 at Wrigley Field.
   Three of Chicago's first four wins were by one run. Whitey Ford and rookie Bill Henry were both 2-0. Henry struck out 14 and appeared on the league ERA leaderboard. . .  Al Rosen was POW, after hitting .625 (10-16) with 7 RBI in 6 games. . .  Rookie 3B Jim Finigan was 8-for-12 (.667) in his first 5 games. . .  Bobby Thomson homered twice in his first four games after losing a year to military service. . .  Good defense: 8 double plays and only 3 errors (.991 FA) in first 7 games.

WASHINGTON
MONUMENTS
6-1  --

Opener: In a rare turnabout, Stu Miller was outpitched. Miller allowed just six hits and two runs, but was outdone by Billy Pierce's no-hit bid in a 2-1 opening day loss.
   Washington's bullpen has yet to see much work. The starters have thrown four CGs and pitched all but 2.1 innings of the first seven games. Frank Smith already has 3 saves. . .  Rough return: In Duke Snider's first two games in over 18 months, he was thrown out at the plate as a pinch runner that would have scored the tying run in the ninth, and then made an error on the first ball hit to him in the field, went 0-for-2 with a strikeout, and was pinch-hit for by Cass Michaels.

NEW YORK
GOTHAMS
4-3   2

Opener: Beat Boston 6-2 at home. Mike Fornieles got his 30th career win, as Larry Doby hit 3-for-4 with a homer and Vic Wertz drove in three with a bomb in the fourth.
   4-0 at home, 0-3 on the road. . .  Early Wynn was 2-0 in his two starts. . .  Joe Presko shut out St. Louis on 8 hits Sunday. . .  Slow start for Jackie Robinson, who hit only .148 (4-27) with 1 RBI in his first 7 games. . . 10 errors in first 7 games.

ST. LOUIS
MAROONS
4-3   2

Opener: In D.C., Billy Pierce was three outs from pitching the United League's second no-hitter, and then nearly lost the game.  Gil Coan saved the day with a superb throw that nailed Duke Snider at the plate. Eddie Stanky walked three times and drove in a run in his Maroons debut. St. Louis won 2-1.
   Four Maroons in top 10 batting, led by Johnny Wyrostek (.458) and Stan Musial (.444). . .  Eddie Stanky scored four runs with a 3-for-4 day in a 14-4 blowout of Boston Wednesday. . .  Billy Pierce struck out 18 in nine innings of work in a 5 hour, 23-minute martahon that Gene Baker won 2-1 with a two-out single up the middle off Ralph Branca in the bottom of the 15th.  

BROOKLYN
SUPERBAS
3-4   3

Opener: Hoyt Wilhelm let a 4-3 lead slip away, in the first of two blown saves this week. The visiting Brooks took the lead on Whitey Ford's RBI single in the seventh, but blew it in the ninth when Chicago got three hits, and sac bunt, and a game-losing error by Gene Woodling.
   Blowing leads: three of Brooklyn's four losses involved blowing games they led after sixth innings.  The culprits? Hoyt Wilhelm (4.91, 2 BS), Lou Brissie, and Curt Simmons. . .  Run machine: Richie Ashburn is setting the plate as in days gone by. Richie leads the league in batting .516 (16-31), has swiped 4 bases, and scored 7 runs.

LOUISVILLE
COLONELS
3-4   3

Opener: Johnny Antonelli beat Robin Roberts 3-1 at Briggs Stadium. Alvin Dark doubled and homered, and Nellie Fox got three of Louisville's seven hits.
   Louisville's new additions to the rotation were a combined 0-3, 7.53 in four starts. . .  Rookie catcher Ed Bailey leads the team with  7 RBI. . .  Alvin Dark hit three home runs in 7 games, after hitting just 7 in 450 AB last year.

DETROIT
SOUND
2-5   3

Opener: Detroit bats were shut down by Louisville ace Johnny Antonelli, who handed Robin Roberts and opening day 3-1 loss. Right fielder Willard Marshall was a perfect 3-for-3.
   Roberts was beaten twice in the first week (0-2, 3.71). . .  Rookie Don Mossi was crushed for 8 hits and 8 runs in 3.1 innings in his UL debut Wednesday; his next time pitching, he left in the seventh with an inflamed back as Detroit rallied to a 6-3 win over Brooklyn. . .  #2-5 hitters are all batting .304 or better, and Kiner/Priddy have combined for 12 RBI in 7 games.

BOSTON
BEACONS
0-7   6

Opener: lost 6-2 at Yankee Stadium. Frank Hiller was touched for 13 hits. Jim Gilliam had a pair of hits and an RBI, and Earl Torgeson was 2-for-3 with a stolen base.
   Winless in their first week, the Beacons were swept in St. Louis. The club took a $4.5 million gamble on Louisville castoff Ned Garver, and the dice have thus far come up snake eyes on ballsy Quallsy. Garver didn't last three innings and was rocked for eight runs in a 14-4 blowout Wednesday.  Ned pitched better Sunday, holding Washington to three runs in a six-hit CG, but the result was the same.
   Four Boston regulars hit below .200: Zernial (.192), Mathews (.174), Kuenn (.154), Abrams (.136).  3-4-5 hitters have 6 RBI in 7 games.