BASEBALL'S BIG TEN

So many early-season games got rained out that doubleheaders--to make up for the washouts--are cramming the big-league schedules. In the National League, the Brooklyn Dodgers were sagging a trifle (to .664), but showed no signs of repeating their disastrous 1951 crackup. If Brooklyn keeps winning at the present clip, the New York Giants, trailing by 7 1/2 games, can take the pennant only by winning 38 times in 43 tries. In the American League, the New York Yankees kept on taking the tough ones, thus kept a 1 1/2-game edge on the Cleveland Indians. The league leaders at week's end:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Club: Brooklyn Pitcher: Roberts, Philadelphia (19-6) Batter: Musial, St. Louis (.326) Runs Batted In: Sauer, Chicago (99) Home Runs: Sauer, Chicago (31)

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Club: New York Pitcher: Shantz, Philadelphia (21-4) Batter: Fain, Philadelphia (.333) Runs Batted In: Doby, Cleveland (83) Home Runs: Doby, Cleveland (26)

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