Evening star., 1947-08-11
Little HurIer's Work
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By Joe ReichIer
Associated Press Sports Editor

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Murray Dickson, the slight right
handler with the big heart, is one
reason the st. Louis Cardinals are
right in there fighting to retain
their National League laurels.
The gritty little curveballer, cur
rently pitching the best ball of his
career. was the big man in the
Cards twin victory over the Pitts
burgh Pirates yesterday which
moved them to within 31a games
|of the front-running Brooklyn
Dodgers. Dickson hurled a four
hit SO shutout in the first game
and saved q st. Louis Us second
game victory with an expert bit
Of relief pitching.
Dickson. as much as anyone on
the club, personifies the fighting
spirit of the rambunctious Redbirds.
Similar to the Cards dismal start
this season, Dickson couldn't win o
game until late in June.
Through July 4, the seasons half
way station, the 29-year-old native
OF Tracy, Mo-, won only two games
and Lost nine, both victories COM
ing in relief roles. After five unsuc-
cessful attempts to go the distance,
Manager Eddie Dyer finally had to
remove him from a starting role
and the 155-pounder was used only
in relief.
Now Shows gill Record.
Dickson finally was given another
starting chance on July 6 and he
came through with a 20 seven-hit
effort against Cincinnati. He fol-
lowed with 40 one-hit victory
against the New York Giants. To-
day his record stands at a respect
able eli won and lost mark. In
his two defeats since July 4, his team
failed to score a run for him.
Yesterdays victory was his third
shutout. He struck out seven and
walked only one. The Cards put to-
gether a series of infield hits by Erv
Dusak, Stan Musial and Whitley
Kurowski. following single by Red
Schoendienst and a double by Del
Wilber to score four runs in the
fifth inning to win the opener.
Ken Burkhart held To lead in
the nightcap when he blew up in
the eighth. With three Pirate runs
in, Dickson took over and held the
Bucs to a lone single in the last
12s innings to enable the Cards to
sweep the double-header.
Southpaw Pitcher Joe Hatten and
Outfelder Dixie Walker combined
to lead the Dodgers to 20 triumph
over the last-place Philadelphia
Phillies. Hatten limited the Phils to
five hits to register his 18th vic
tory. while Walker got two of Brook
lyn's seven hits off Blk Donnelly,
each blow driving in a run.
Mize Slams Seth Homer.
The fourth-place Boston Braves
staged tWo-out ninth inning rally
to come from behind and defeat
the New York Giants, rs, in the
second game of double-header
after the Giants had won the opener,
6-2. Big John Mize slammed his
36th home run for the Giants in
the opener and Willard Marshall
his 29th for New York in the night
cap.
Clyde McCullough's eighth inning
single with the bases loaded gave
the Chicago Cubs a 4-3 victory over
the Cincinnati Reds.
With all the runs scored in the
ninth inning, the New York Yankees
nipped the Red Sox in Boston, 81,
to increase their American League
lead over the second-place Sox to
12A games.
Bobby Feller pitched a 60 vic
tory over st. Louis in Cleveland as
the Indians and Brown divided a
double e-header. The Browns won
the second game, AZ. Ed Lopat
pitched seven-hitter as the Chi
cago White Sox dumped the Tigers,
10-2, in Detroit.