The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-07-18
RED BARRETT
 NEW CARDINAL
 CHEER LEADER
By CARL LUNDQUIsT United Press Staff Correspondent a -.

OAAAWC0 ACoD 0b&AA NVAACSRVAAAACMs New York, July 18-(UP)- The rollicking Red Birds of St. Louis, who like mountain music almost as well as baseball, found a tailor made" candidate for their current Cas- gang when Singer Pitcher Charley Barrett moved over from the Boston Braves.
 To be sure they lost a talented Gas-Houser in Mort Cooper, who was able to give accomplished ren- ditions of such Cardinal hill-billy favorites as willie, My Toes Are Cold" and "The Chill On The Hill"
 But if Billy Southworth, the doughty little Cardinal pilot had made house canvass of every player in baseball, he prob ably couldn't have found one that fitted in better with the spirited, hard-driving and fun-loving play CTS on his club than Red" Bar rett.
 Cheerleader
 The talkative barber" from Santa Barbara, Calf, has become the Cardinal cheer-leader, needing opponents both when he is pitching and when he is lolling in the dug out. And on top of that he has be- come the clubs top pitcher with nine victories and three defeats since joining them late in May. Yet he was supposed to have been merely lagniappe in the big cash transaction for Cooper, because his record of nine wins against 16 loss- es with the Braves in 1944 should have led no one to believe that he would develop into big win ner.
 Although Cooper, meanwhile, has compiled fine percentage rec ord of eight wins and one loss, he also has acquired arm trouble and hasn't started game since June 27. So all around the Cards figure to have profited in the deal for Chatterbox Charley.
 They let the juke box boom out in his honor last night because he finally got chance to beat his ex-mates, 3 to 2, with a workman like nine-hit job for his 18th vic- tory of the season. It was the first time that Barrett's turn to start had come during a Brave series and he took advantage of the situation with some brilliant pinch hitting. However, it took a ninth inning rally for the Cards to win. Emil Verban singled in Ray Sanders, who had hit a double.
 The Cardinal victory reduced the lead of the Cubs to three games be- cause of their 3 to loss to the Giants at Chicago. Bill Voiselle out pitched Paul Erickson in a duel in which each gave up five hits. Vol selle. who appeared to have lost his pitching heart when he dropped six straight games after winning his first eight, had the courage of lion yesterday. In three different innings Cub hitters led off with doubles but failed to score as big Bill bore down to strand them on base.
 Nick Blasted
 The Dodgers broke Nick Strince- vich's winning streak at six straight 6dA4ACc WAt4A d O u1SIlL t1CLOTy over the Pirates at Pittsburgh. Strincevich also had won four straight night games in which he had allowed total of four runs, but the Dodgers pounded him hard, Goody 2osen and Luis Olmo getting three hits each. Hal Gregg gained the Dodger victory, his 11th.
 Rookie Dick Mauney outpitched veteran Joe Bowman to give the Phils to victory over the Reds. Mauney gave up three hits while Bowman yielded only four.
 Steve Gromek won his 11th game of the season ct Boston as the h. dians topped the Red Sox, 6 to 1, behind his nine-hit pitching. He had shutout going into the ninth when Johnny Lazor spoiled it with homer. He issued no walks and struck out six.
 All other American League games were rairled out.