The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-11
POUet And. Harris Face Hard Htters

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 if somebody had dynamited 8 juke box the way the Cardinals and Red Sox broke records in the fourth game of the World Series. But things promised to be differ rent today with the two ace left handlers, Howie Pollet of St. Louis and Mickey Harris of Boston, mak- ing an effort to stop the hit parade.
 That both teams came out with full dress demonstration of hit- ting power was to be expected since the first three games of the Series were strictly pitching shows. Excels Previous Mark
 The Cards in making a record tying 20 hits topped their total number of hits for the previous three games in which they made 19 in all. And even in losing, the Red Sox with nine hits made as many safe blows as they had made in any of their previous games.
 The 20-hit total of the Cards equalled the previous mark for 8 single game set by the New York 0AdLAvo eS dAsoV bk1C NCW 1O1h Yankees in the 1921 classic.
 And when three of the Cardinals, Enos Slaughter, George Kurowski and Joe Garagiola got four hits apiece, they set record, for never before had one club supplied three batters who got that many hits each. Wally Moses, leadoff man for the enemy Red Sox collagorar for the enemy Red Sox collaborated with them in another record with his four singles. Never before in a World Series game had four players each gotten four hits.
 There was touch of irony con- nected with Slaughters four hits, a homer, double, and two singles. Because when he came to bat for the second time in the big four-run Cardinal ninth inning, Plate Um- pire George Berry of the Amer ican League told him that he had a chance to break two records. Just Pops Up If he hit safely he would be the only player in the World Series history to get five hits in single game and the blow would have been nupmber 21 for the Cardinals which would have put them over the Giant 1921 mark.
 "Clem DFeisewerd, the Red Sox pitcher, served one in to me big as balloon, the best pitch I had all day long and I went after it. he said. "But I was trying too hard and I just opped up, If Berry hadn't told me that I probably would have whaled the ball out of the park"
 However, Slaughter managed to tie g record when he scored in the ninth with his fourth run. He be- came the fourth player in World Series history to make four runs in one game, the others preceding him being three Yankee stars, Babe Ruth in 1926, Earle Combs in 1882 and Frankie Crosetti in 1936. Thus it was 8 National League record.
 The combined total of 29 hits set new mark for the total number ot base knocks in a single game wip- ing out record set in 1921 by the Yankees and Giants, and equallet in 1926 by the Cardinals and Ykees in 1882 by the Yankees and Cubs and in 1945 by the Cubs and Tigers
 Pitchers String a Record
 That Red Sox boss Joe Cronir found 1t necessary to use six pitch CTS, Tex Hughson, Jim Bagby, Bill zuher, Mack Brown, Mike Ryba and Dreisewerd provided another record.
 And they put on a serio-comie touch in the ninth inning when the Cards had their four-run, five hit finish.
 In came Brown, who was the first of three to take punishment in thai stanza. He slammed down his glove and growled Hell I couldn't gel 'em out"
 He hardly had his pants off wher Ryba trouped in.
 T didn't have any luck, I couldn't stop 'em," he said.
 Then it was Dreisewerd's turn Comnig in with the rest of the team he spat on the floor and said:
 Tt was merry-go-round, just dad-gummed merry-ogo-round, thu way they were hitting