The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-09-30
MungerAIso Has BodArm: 3 Games Set
BY STAN MOCKLER United Press Sports Writer

st. LOUIS, Sept. 30-(UP)-The St. ouis Cardinals, playing bad base 3all and admitted by their manager to be lucky to be in the National League pennant playoff with Brook lyn, put their hopes in the doctors hands today as he worked on two of their ace pitchers.
 Howie Pollet, their ace lefthander and top winner at 20 games, has a a pulled muscle in his left shoulder, and the team physician was busy with heat treatments and rubdownS. George Munger, big righthand fast baller, came up with a pain in his arm in yesterdays game as the Cards lost to Chicago, to 3, blow ing a chance to win the pennant outright as the Dodgers bowed to Boston and big Mort Cooper, the former Cardinal who gave his old mates their big opportunity in vain. Manager Eddie Dyer hasn't an- nounced his pitching plans, but Pol let probably will go.
 Dyer's alternative selection is Murry Dickson, a courageous little right-hander whose late season ef- ficiency has given him a 14-6 rec ord.
 Must Win Tuesday
 In spite of Pollet's handicap, how ever, the odds are well in favor of Dyer giving the assignment to his "big" pitcher-the only 20-game winner on his staff. The import ance of taking the first game of the three-game play off series is appar- ent because it will be played here and the final two games are sched- uled in Brooklyn's Ebbets Field where the Dodgers have been vlr- tually invincible all season.
 The location of the games was de- cided when the Brooks manager, Leo Durocher won the flip of coin and made his deicsion to gamble on the first game in order to have the deciding contests played in the Buns ball yard.
 The first game will be played to- morrow, the teams will travel on Wednesday, and the decisive battles are scheduled for Thursday and Friday.
 In blowing their big chance to win over the regulation route yesterday, the Cardinals bowed to their season. long nemesis-south Johnny Schmltz who has won half of the elgnt games the Cubs won from the Cards all year.
 Schmitz. who recently was hos pitalized in Chicago for fungus in lection of his foot, was surprise starter in the series and he held hls usual sway over the Redbirds as he coasted to an easy to win.
 Roof Fell In
 Cardinal starter George Big Red Munger appeared to have all the stuff he needed as he held the cups to four hits and one run for i've innings. The Redbirds put together three hits-including Stan Musiaf sixteenth home run of the year-m the third inning to score two runs.
 They held a 2-1 advantage when tbe Clbs came to bat in the sixth. It was then that the roof fell ln on Munger and his two successors as the Chicagoans put together four hits pair of walks and an error to score five runs and drop the game into the deep freeze compart- ment.
 After that assault, it was just a question of playing out the string and Schmitz moved down the car dinals methodically.
 The Cards scored their one addl- tional run only because Phil Ca varretta misjudged Marty Marion liner to deep center. It went to the wall for a triple.
 Ironically enough, the sixth inning bloy to the Cards chance for clear title to the bunting came just at the moment the fans were cheering the scoreboard news from Brooklyn the 40 shutout by the Braves.
 The crowd of 34,124-a record for the season-voiced it's disappoint- ment a little later when boos and hoots greeted a public address an- nouncement about tickets for the playoff