The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-05-26
(Reg. U. S. Fat. OR.) By JACK GUENTHER

United Press Staff Correspondent)
 New York, May 26.-(UP)-The brightest bit of news on the base- ball bulletin board today is an item heavily underscored with irony. It seems that the forgotten man of that tremendous St. Louis Bro ooklyn trade back in 194O has suddenly be- come the bogey man of this Brook lyn-St. Louis pennant fight of l942. You remember his name = Curt Davis.
 At the moment Davis is celebrat. ing the completion of another phase in his campaign to prove that you can't keep 8 good man down. The gaunt string bean of a man, who is tall as the sphinx and twice, as silent, has just racked up his sixth triumph of the season and, in doing 1t, practically erased the name of Joe Medwick from the hearts of the Dodger rooters.
 As you may or may not recall, Medwick and Davis came to Brook lyn together. Larry MacPhail bought them for four players and $1OO, 900. When they arrived, Med- wick was promptly lionized. His tremendous hitting, the flock shout ed in unison, would win the pen- nant without further delay. As for Davis, he crept into Ebhets field un- noticed. unloved and virtually un- wanted.
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 The lanky Missourian was just the lagniappe of the Medwsck deal. If he won g few games, then all right, they would be accepted as bonus. If he didn't, well, nobody expected him to anyway. He was past 30, he has tossed out his arm a few seasons before and he was in a slump.
 That was the picture of the sum- Yner of 1940.
 There was another picture at Eb- bets field yesterday. In the past two years things have changed in Flatbush. Medwick no longer is hailed as the savior of the flock. Yesterday, for instance, he was booed every time he walked up to the plate. But Davis-ah, there. No boos for him: he is the leading pitcher in the National league and 8 mighty good one.
 Davis is, in fact, the baseball phenomenon of 1942. By all the rules which govern such things, the oldster who never intended to be- come a major leaguer and didn't become one until he passed 28 should have completed the cycle two years ago and be back now at his original trade of felling trees. In- stead, he is right up at the head of the class.
 Success is where you find it. Davis has found his in Brooklyn. Yester- day, while the fans were hooting Medwick, they were heralding the forgotten man. And with good reason. For yesterday Davis let down Philadelphia with two hits. One of them was a blooper over second and the other a grounder which Doiph Camilli muffed and which could have been called an erorr.
 The triumph was about as spec tacular as an early morning fog. The big guy with the buggy whip arm just stepped up and moved 'em down. He struck out the first bat- ter with three pitches, wasn't touched for a hit until the fourth and, after unbending with one more safety in the fifth, retired the cp- position in order. He didn't even give up a walk.
 While the victory wasn't dramatic, 1t was extremely impressive. It was the secodn two-hitter Davis marked up in three starts. Tn his last 27 innings of work, he has been stingy to the poing of niggardllness. The opposition has reached him for ex- actly one run. This streak is cOn- elusive proof that Davis never was better ct throwing q ball past a batter.
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