The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-05-29
CARD PITCHERS
 LAY BE GIVEN
 FULL CAME JOBS
Lanier Blanks Cubs 50 as Butcher Wins for
 Pirates-Red SOx Up
By GEORGE KIRKEY United Press Stan COrrespondey


 United Press Stan Correspondent)
 New York, May 2o (Up) - Ray blades group pitching plan was under heavy fire today.
 For the second time in four days Q St. Louis Cardinal pitcher has gone the route and won. During the first month and Ave days of the season only two Cardinal pitch. CTS went the distance. Blades had 70 pitchers in the box In the Cards first "A games during the first month, an average of nearly three pitchers Q game. The Cards staff reSembled an uns0lved jlgsaw puzzle.
 Miracle Man
 Max Lanier, @ sunny lefthander out Of Denton, N. O.. assumed pro- portions Of c miracle man yesterday when he became the first Cardinal pitcher to achieve Q shoutout. The rookie southpaw let the Cubs down with four hits in beating them, 70.
 Frankie rTisch's pitching night. mare also abated somewhat when Max Butcher, who was dropped four straight decisions, hurled Pitts. burgh to 6-2 victory over the Reds. Butcher let the Reds down with five hits, one . homer by Bill Werber. The Pirates drove Junior Thompson to cover in four innings. Veteran Knuckleballer Fred Fitz- simmons gave up only six hits as ehe pitched the Brooklyn Dodgers to Q 4.2 win over the Philadelphia phillies in a night game played be- fore 2B,oi8. The win, Brooklyn's fifth straight, strengthened their grip on the National league lead, c half game ahead of the Reds. Fitz. simmons won his fourth straight victory as Babe Phelps, with two doubles and a triple, paced the Brooklyn ii.hit attack.
 Cronin "SqueeSe" Won The Boston Red Box increased their American league lead to two full games over the runner-up In- dians as they walloped the Philadel- phia Athletics, 4.i before a night crowd of 27,i6i. Dennis dalehouse became the first Red sox pitcher to 90 the route in II games as he doled out eight hits. The only As run was unearned. Manager Joe CFonin's squeeze bunt in the eighth scored Ted williams to put the Box in front to stay.
 The Tanks knocked of the 6ena- tors twice, i2-4 and 3-i, to move Into fourth place and ran of their 9th victory in their last i2 games. Bill Dicgkey hit his first homer with two on of Hudson in the opener. Joe Gordon also hit . homer and two doubles. Marius Russo, with some relief aid from Johnny Mur' phy, won the opener and Marvin Breuer outpitched Ren Monteagudo to win the nightcap. Only run of Breuer was Lewis homer.
 Detroit made 1t two in c row over Cleveland with an 8-B victory. Char. lie 0ehringer, with two doubles, led the Tigers ii-hit attack of five Tribe pitchers. Al Benton, holding the Indians to one run and six hits In c 2-4 innings, was the winning pitcher.
 Two homers by George McQuinn and one by Myrili Hoag led the Browns to Q i0-D victory over the White sox in the first game of a double -header. The losing White Sox made i6 hits. The Browns twice came from behind to win the night cap, 7-6, rapping three pitchers for i2 hits. The double loss dropped the White sox into fifth place.
 YESTERDAYS HERO--Max Lan- fer, Cardinal rookie southpaw, who pitched . so shutout over the QuhG.