The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-16
Cards Trim
 Buns Three
 Times in Row

New York, July 16.-CUP)-For a manager who has given up enough players to populate first rate ma or league team. soft-talking but hard-working Eddie Dyer of the Cardinals was doing all right to- day.
 Criticized by the second-guessers almost from the day he assumed the man-sized responsibility of succeed ing Billy SouthWorth at St. Louis. Texas Eddie kept plugging and now that he is getting a little slugging from Cardinal batters to help him out, he may complete a job that would make him manager of the year.
 Last night the Cards romped to a 10 to victory over the jitterv Dodg- CTS at St. Louis, trimming their first place lead to game and a half. Dyer, making good with a gamble, pitched Harry Brecheen out of turn and even though the stylish lefty wasn't up to his usual form, he got by satisfactorily because his team mates banged out 13 hits
 Dodgers Lack Hurlers
 Led by Stan Musial, who made four hits including homer and triple, the Cards batted Hugh Casey out of the box in the first inning and kept up their attack on four other Dodger hurlers.
 While the Cards beat the Dodgers for the third straight time and for the eighth time in II starts this year, one of the most interested spec ators was ex-Cardinals Max Lanier of the Mexican League, Wao used to beat Brooklyn more regularly than any other pitcher.
 The presence of Lanier, visiting in St. Louis, was significant, because he symbolizes the talent that Dyer has lost Others who have gone since he took over are pitchers Blk Donnelly and Al Jurisich to the Phils, Ernie White to the Braves, and Fred Martin to the Mexican League; catchers eKn O'Dea to the Braves and Walker Cooper to the Giants; infielders Jimmy Brown to the Pirates, Emil Verban to the PhilS; Ray Sanders to the Braves and Lou Klein to the Me3cans; and outfielders Johnny Wyrostek to the Phils and Danny LitWhiler and Johnny Hopp to the Braves. To- gether they would make a first rate ball club, yet Dyer has kept the Cards in contention without them.
 The climbing Cubs trimmed the Giants, to l behind the steady pitching Of Hank Wyse. who gained his 10th victory. Dave Koslo's string of five straight victories was snapped when the Cubs touched him for two runs in the third on walk, singles by Don Johnson and Eddie Waitkus and a long fly by Phil Cavaretta. af- ter which they protected the margin.
 Grady Hatton, hard-hitting rock le, won another game for the Reds with his home run hitting when he delivered with two men abase to provide the margin for a 4 to 2 vic tory over the Phillies at Cincinnati. Rookie John Hetki did his part with a steady pitching job.
 CaStof John Niggeling, picked up by the Braves when the Washing ton Senators had no further use for him came through with six-hit, 3 to ? victory over the Pirates at Pittsburgh. The Braves gave him good working margin with three first inning runs.
 Without lifting d bat, the Red Sox. moved Il l-2 games sin front in the American League getting some much unneeded help from the Tigers. wao beat Yankee ace Spud Chandler, 2 to 0 at New York, while Fred Hutch inson turned in tWo-hitter. Hutch- lnson, at last fulfilling the promise that made him greatly publicizad rookie, yielded only two singles and struck out nine in his top perfor- nance of the year It was Cnandler's fifth defeat against 13 wins. He gave up but seven hits, but got no supoprt
 War Hero Phil Marchildon. ey-Ca-