Evening star., 1946-05-23
Lanier and PoIIet Out
To Emulate Hubbe|,
Melton Of Giants
By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Writer.


Barring unforeseen developments,
the st. Louis Cardinals, knee e-deep
in southpaw strength ON the mound,
may turn up with a pair of left
handed 20-game winners. Only once
since the turn of the century has
a National League club boaSted two
left-handed 20-game winners in one
season.
In Max Lanier (6-0) and HoWie
Pollet (4-2), the Cards have two
of the most accomplished portsiders
in the league. Having already won
more than half the teams total
between them, the pair stand a good
chance to emulate Lefties Carl Hub
bell and Cliff Melton, each of whom
gained 20 or more triumphs for the
New York Giants in 1887.
In fact, only one Cardinal left
handler ever has been able to win
as many as 20 games in one season
He was Wee Willie Sherdel who
notched 81 wins in 1928. Slim Sallee
missed the charmed figure by one in
1918 and 18 years later Wild Bill
Hallahan did likewise.
Pollet's four victory last night. a
IL win over his pet cousins" the
New York Giants, came at most
opportune time, since it enabled the
Cards to regain their first place Ma
tlonal League deadlock with the
Brooklyn Dodgers The Brooks had
moved half game ahead by shad-
ing the Chicago Cubs 81 in 13 in
nlngs earlier in the day.
Mize's Homer Prevents ShutOut.
| The lean left-hander from New
Orleans, who had beaten the Giants
eight times in nine previous starts
before he went off to war in 1943
narrowly missed getting his second
| straight Shutout before a paid at
tendance of 45,755 at the Polo
Grounds. The lone Giant run came
in the seventh inning on home
run by Big JaWn Mize, his eighth
of the campaign. A 3-run homer
by Enos Slaughter followed i'm
mediately by another round-tripper
by Whitley Kurowski, sewed up
Pollet's victory in the first frame.
| Dixie Walker, Brooklyn's idol
gave his worshippers plenty to cheer
about when he belted long double
off the right-held wall to score
Dick Whitman in the 18th inning
and give the Dodgers 81 edge over
the Cubs. The blow broke up a
tight pitchers duel between Chicago S
Johnny SchmItz and Brooklyns Joe
Hatten and Kirby Higbe. Hatten
worked the first u innings and gave
up only four hits.
Boston S American League leading
Red SoX retained their 6-game
margin over the New York Yankees
by winning a 12-inning game from
the Cleveland Indians IA. A home
run by Ted Williams with one on
in the 18th broke a A deadlock
Johnny Lazor starting at right field
in place of Di Maggie, who was
benched with pulled leg muscle
sent the game into extra innings
with a nintn-inning home run. He
also drove in three other runs.
Yanks Come from Rear.
The Yankees overcame 80 def
cit as a result of Hank Greenberg' s
first-inning home run, to defeat the
Detroit Tigers So and hand Fred
Hutchinson his first loss. Until the
Yanks Tailed four runs on him in
the fifth, Hutchinson had run up 18
consecutive shutout innings. A
triple play. with everybody in the
Yankee infield taking part, helped
the New Workers out of a big hole
in the eighth.
In third place for a few hours as
result of Detroits s loss, the Wash
ington Senators fell back to fourth
when they dropped night tussle
to the st. Louis Browns 81.
Johnny Sain pitched the Boston
Braves into virtual third-place tie
with the Cubs by trouncing the
Cincinnati Reds 81 for his fifth
triumph.
q. A double by First Baseman Muir
rell Jones in the ninth scored Don
Holloway with the run that gave
the Chicago White SoX 5-4 verdict
over the Philadelphia Athletics. Earl
Caldwell, pitching the last three
frames for the SoX, gained his first
triumph.
With Schoolboy Rowe starring
both at bat and on the mound, the
Philadelphia Phils upset Pittsburgh,
6-2 for the Quakers second straight.
Rowe drove in two runs with pair
of doubles and scored twice himself