The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-18
Ernie Botted Out Early
 By Ex-Motes

emn, black-haired Howie Pollet and blond, fun-loving Ernie White, two old left-handed pitching pals, paused briefly today at baseballs 'fheartbrealk junction" and won- dered when they would meet again.
 At the crossroads where the stars going up pass the "has beens" com- ing down, it looked bright for crafty Pollet of the Cardinals and all but hopeless for White, who is still in the Majors only because the faith of his old boss, Billy South worth, now manager of the Braves
 Southworth, who brought White to Major league stardom when he directed the Cardinals, picked him up for another chance when St. Louis cast him adrift because of a chronic arm ailment.
 And yesterday, as the Cards and Braves squared away in a Bunker Hill day holiday double header in Boston. Southworth. chose White to make his first start in a Braves uniform against his old mates. The S0-year-old southpaw from Pacolet Mills, s. C., had been working out easily for weeks for this big day and t would have been nice to write that he gave his ex-mates a good beating.
 Early Shower
 But that wasn't the way that the baseball gods decreed 1t and before he had retired a man in the first inning he was through-perhaps for good.
 Two batters got hits and two others got walks before Ernie put his glove in his hip pocket and walked away, sadly. He didn't look like the same jaunty kid, who in sheer hilarity at pitching a ? to 0 World Series slTutout against the Yankees in 1942, dragged a nattily- clad sports writer pal under cold shower with him.
 That his bad start enabled the Cardinals to bang out a 14-hit, g to 6 triumph in the opener and that tight-lipped Pollet went on to pitch a brilliantly fashioned, l to 0 sec- ond game victory for the Cardinals N3a1y 0AAOu O b1G 0OL1ys
 For 1t was White who came to the Cards first and who showed the greater promise after both got their start down on the teams Texas League Farm club at Houston. Both were expected to do great for the Cardinals when they returned from military service, but some thing had happened to Whites al- ways sensitive arm.
 He realized 1t this Spring when the Cardinals broke camp in their picturesque Florida training layout and he remarked graphically:
 T wonder if I'll ever see St. Petersburg again."
 Pollet's victory was vital, coming after he had been batted out in four straight starts. He had to be good to shade oldster Bill Lee, who gave up only seven hits. Pollet singled to start the winning rally in the sixth in which Fry Dusak doubled home the lone run. In the opener, Stan Musial had the hot test bat, getting homer, double and two singles. The Cards by winning twice, cut Brooklyn's league lead to two games.
 The PhilS, making game bid to get out of last place, climbed to within six points of the Giants by beating the Pirates, 2 to 3. The Bucs made IS hits but left F men on base while Philadelphia concen- trated it's nine-hit attack. Skeeter Newsome drove in four Philly runs, two on a homeR.
 Red SOx Lose
 Jack Kramer of the Browns be- came the first American league pitcher to beat the Red Sox twice, topping them to on five hits at St. Louis. It was Boston's fifth loss in six games and reduced its lead over New York to seven and half games. Kramer, who shut out Bos- ton with three hits on the last Red Sox road trip, would have had an- other whitewash last night, but for two errors which permitted an un- earned run. The Browns tagged Ace Lefty, Mickey Harris for five runs in the third when Vern Stephens and Johnny Berardino hit | homers. It was Kramer's seventh | win against one defeat.
 YESTERDAYS STAR - Jack Kramer of the Browns, who beat | the Red Sox, on five hits, T to to become the first American league pitcher with two wins over the