The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-24

SIX POSSIBLE
 WINNERS OF 20
 GAMES IN SIGHT
BY CARL LUNDQUIsT United Press Staff COrrespOndent)

Bx CAkL LUNDQUAST United Press Staff COrrespOndent)
 New York, April 24. - UP) - What are the chances of a pitcher winning 20 or more games in this talent-rationed major league base ball season?
 Using 1944's wartime standards as a yard-stick the outlook is pretty slim. even though the batting isn't as sharp or as consistent as the pre- Pearl Harbor variety.
 Last year in the American League only two of the 75 pitchers who were in 10 or more games passed the golden 20" mark, ratio of less than one man "a every 37. In the National there were only four who got beyond 20 victories out of the 75 pitchers who appeared in 10 or more games, and average of one man in every 19.
 Today, with the season less than a week old, there are six bonafide hopefuls, three in the American and three in the NaticCal, who have a definite edge because each has won two games already. All of them Hank Borowy of the Yankees, Russ Christopher of the Athletics, Paul (Dizzy) Trout of the Tigers, Bill Voiselle of the Giants, Paul Der ringer of the Cubs and Curt Davis of the Dodgers, pitched creditably enough to indicate they aren't just early spring bloomers".
 May Repeat
 All but Voiselle went the route in both games and he had to have help in only one .'!ning. He and Trout are the only members of the sextet who got beyond 20 victories last year. Voiselle, who won 21 games, is right on schedule as compared with 1914 when he won his second game April p. Trout is more than two weeks ahead of last year when he didn't notch victory number two until May 10. then made up for lost time and f'lished with 27 wins.
 Two of the other six big winners of 1914 may be left at the post unless they get going. Neither Nor ton Cooper of the Cardinals nol Bucky Walters of the Reds has turned in a victory as yet and the others, Hal Newhouser of the Tigers and Truett (Rip) Sewell of the Pi- rates have only one each, coupled with a defeat apiece.
 Of the six 1945 early birds, Chris topher the "Sl'ing-Bean" right handler of the As is farthest ahead of his 1914 schedule, when he didn't win his second game until June Is He went on to capture IA victories The big surprise is 40-year-old Der ringer, the Spark Plug" of the Heads Up" Cubs. In 1914 he wor only eight games all year and didn't get his second victory until May 26 Davis, probably the only pitcher ot major league caliber with the non- descript Dodgers, got his Secc,lt 1914 victory on May 2 and went or to win 10 for the year.
 Borowy, a consistent winner never has reached the 20" rnarl but believes this may be his year His second victory in 1914 was or April 26 and he went on to pick uf IT wins.
 More Winners
 Although nose pitchers haven't fared as well as they did in the first week of 1914 there are more two game winners. Last year there were only four at this time. In addition to Voiselle there were Harry Bre- cheen and George Munger of the Cardinals and Jack Kramer of the Browns.
 For pitchers who aspire to IS ol more victories the chances are bet ter although only a few of the 15l in the 10 games or more category made the grade last year.
 In the Americsn League there were seven, Newhouser with 29 Trout 27, Borowy IT, Kramer IT Cecil (Tex) Hughson of the Rec Sox 18, Nelson Potter of the Browns 19, and Bill Dietrich of the White Sox 16. In the National Il pitchers won 15 or more. They were Walters with g, Cooper 22 Sewell q, anc Voiselle q, Ted Wilks of the Cards IT, Max Lanier of the Cards IT Brecheen IS, Claude Passeau of tht Cubs 15, Hank Wyse of the Cubs 16 Jim Tobin of the Braves IS, anc Nate Andrews of the Braves 16. T'hat was a ratio of one pitcher in every seven in the National and less thar one in 10 in the American.
 There were no games scheduled in either league yesterday.