The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-06-12
BARRETT HAS
 COME THROUGH
 FOR CARDINALS
BY CARL LUNDQUIST

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 New York, June 12. (UP)-On the basis of early returns today it looked as if owner Sam Breadon of the Cardinals, one of baseballs foxiest traders, came out on top again when he swapped peevish Morton Cooper to the Braves for Charles Barrett and a bundle of cash.
 It has happened before, so often in fact that other baseball owners have been reluctant to deal with Breadon because it seemed they al- ways wound up on the short end of the bargain. u-
 This time, however, comparing the previous records of the pitchers, it appeared as if the Braves might have done the out-slicking even though they came through with a considerable amount of money along with Barrett to get the Ma tional Leagues number one hurler.
 So what happened? Both pitchers checked in with their new owners and established themselves as the most consistent winners on their respective staffs. And because Bar rett has been available more often he has been of more help to Cards with badly depleted pitching staff than Cooper has to the Braves.
 Barrett, coming back only two days after suffering his first defeat with the Cards, turned in his best effort last night, blanking the Reds at St. Louis, to 0, on seven hits to move the world champions back into the first division ahead of the idle Cubs. It was his fourth victory since joining the team and his sixth this season. The Reds started Bucky Walters, number one nemesis Of the Cardinals, who beat them eight straight times before losing to them earlier in the season, Walter rid- ing a three-game winning streak, was a better than even bet to beat the briefly-rested Barrett, but "Chuckin Charley" had other ideas. He didn't walk a man, gave up only puny one-base hits, and struck out three.
 Another key player in Cardinal deal this season, Elvin (Buster) Adams, drove in the first run against Walters with a double. Adams, just an ordinary play with the Phil lies, has been the teams most con- sistent long ball hitter, setting the pace in homers with eight, and ranking next to George Kurowskl in runs batted in with 31.
 Although volumes have been writ ten about the talent-studded farm clubs which produce stars for the parent Cardinal ArganiZatiOn, Breadon has contrived just about as often to swing deals which bring in helpful players from other major league teams. He obtained Danny LitWhiler from the Phils to bolster his draft-depleted outfleld last year and Litwhiler acquired the Cham pionShip Cardinal touch, helping them to their third straight pen nant.
 Before that 1t was lean Lon Warneke, who came down from the Cubs and was a consistent winner for several seasons before Breadon returned him to Chicago via the waiver route. Letting Lonnie go at the bargain basement price of ST. 800 was a little unlike Breadon since the Arkansas right-hander still was winning his share of games. How ever, the Cardinal David Harum" probably felt a little sympathetic to the Cubs for the best of all the deals the Red Birds ever completed.
 That was in 1888 when they sold the incomparable Dizzy Dean to the Cubs for S185 900 and pitchers Curt Davis and Clyde Shoun. Deans arm went bad and he pitched only spasmodically before retiring for good after a stretch in the minors. Both Davis and Shoun were winners and made good trading material in later Cardinal deals.
 No other major league games were scheduled yesterday.