The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-06-23
BLACKWELL
 IS PITCHING
 FINE BALL
By JOE EEICHLER
,ooiated Press Sports Writer

Associated Press Sports Writer
 Tall Ewell Blackwell, the lanky Cincinnati side-arm mound artist, although somewhat disappointed over ...s hairline failure to duplicate Johnny Wander Meers record of pitching two consecutive no-hitters, enjoyed the distinction today of be- ing the major leagues "winningest" ! pitcher.
 Blackwell followed his hitless and , runlesS masterpiece of June Is against the Boston Braves with an- other brilliant pitching perform ance against the Brooklyn Dodgers yesterday
 The bony siX-foot, five-inch el- bower came within two putouts of registering his second straight mo- run no-hit game as he retired the Dodgers in the first eight innings without a safety. He got rid of the first man to face him in the ninth to extend his consecutive hitless and scoreless string to 19 innings the began the Braves game with ? 3 hitless innings, but Eddie Stanky drove sharp ground ball past his legs into center field for a clean basehit to spoil his dream Jackie Robinson followed with another single before Blackwell retired the side for 40 victory in the opener of the double header
 Homer-Bases Loaded
 Brooklyn outfielder Carl Furillo Walloped a home run with the bases full against righthander Elmer Rid de and hit two singles against righthanded pitchers to drive in sev- en runs and lead the Brooks to a 9-8 victory in the second game. The split dropped the Dodgers into third place four percentage points behind the second place New York Giants and one and half games away from the National League leading Braves
 The Braves won an ll-inning game from the Chicago Cubs ST when Dick Cutler singled off John ny Schmitz to drive in Phil Masi It was pair of round trippers by Boston's Frank Mccormick and Bob Elliott with two out in the ninth which forced the game into over time.
 Lloyd Gearhart's 1lth inning home run with Buddy Kerr on base gave the New York Giants a 7-5 victory over the St Louis Cardinals, ending the Redbirds winning streak at nine games.
 Another Big Swat
 Rookie catcher Larry tYogi) Ber- ra highlighted a five-run first in ming by hitting a home run with the bases loaded to lead the New York Giants to 6-5 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the Bengals' ninth straight defeat which dropped them into the second division for the first time this season.
 The second place Red SoX and Cleveland Indians divided a double header at Boston, the Indians oak ing the opener 8-2 behind the vet eran Gel Harder and the defending American League champions win ming the second game 6-3 n back of Rookie Harry Fritz Dorish
 The split left the Red Sox two full games behind the league leading Yankees and enabled the Indians to move into fourth place, half game ahead of the Tigers
 1 Gets Shut0ut Carl Scheib, the Philadelphia Ath- letics 20year-old righthander, won { his third successive start and chalk ed up his second shutout by de- feating the Chicago White Sox 3-0 in the seccnd game of a double header after the Sox had won the opener on an unearned run To in 10 innings.
 The Washington Senators and St Louis Browns split a double header the Senators eking out 3-2 victory