Evening star., 1947-06-18
Wins His 5ih in Row !,
Walks but Two Men
In 45-Inning Span
By Joe Reichler
Assocjoted Press SPORTS Writer

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Charley Barrett, who is being
hailed as the No. Comeback of
1947, today owes his success to his
remarkable control pitching.
The rambunctious redhead, whose
decline from a 23-game winner in
1945 to a three-time winner last
season caused his banishment from
the World Champion st. Louis Car
dinals to the Boston Braves last
winter, currently is the hottest
hurler in the majors. Including yes
terday's ILL triumph over the Gin
cinnati Reds, Barrett has won five
straight to bring his season record
to six wins and three defeats.
The amazing part of his mound
work is that in his last As innings,
Barrett has issued only two bases on
balls. Through the season, Red has
pitched five games in which he did
not give up pass. He won four of
these and lost the other. He dropped
the latter only because his opposing
moundman, Larry Jansen of the
New York Giants, did not walk a
man either.
Keeps IL Hits Scattered.
Barrett was tagged pretty solidly
by the Reds yesterday, being dubbed
for IL hits, but his stinginess with
Annie Oaklies'' stood him In good
stead as Cincinnati left 10 men on
the basepaths. In fact, 1t took a
home run by Grady Hatten to pro-
duce the Reds ONLY run.
Since he dropped HIS last game to
the Giants May Is, Barrett has
yielded only four runs and 80 hits to
Brooklyn, st. Louis, Chicago, Pitts
burgh and Cincinnati in 45- innings.
The Braves one-sided triumph,
their fourth straight, increased their
first-plaee margin in the National
League pennant race to full
game over the Giants. Third Base
man Bob Elliott led the Boston
attack with three hits, including
triple, and drove in three runs
to raise his batting average to 1886.
The Braves practically sealed the
victory in the first inning when
they blasted Rookie Kent Peterson
from the mound with a three-run
attack.
Cards in Fifth Place.
The upsurging Cardinals gained
their sixth consecutive victory last
night, when they came from be-
hind with three-run uprising in
the last Of the ninth to exc out
7-6 triumph over the Phillies. A
triple by Stan Musial, with the
bases loaded and one out, brought
in the runs. The win put the Cards
into fifth place, five and half
games off the pace.
Leading, ga, Righthander Charlie
Schanz of the Phils walked Joe
Caragiola and Pinch Hitter Erv
Dusak to lead off the last Of the
ninth. Manager Ben Chapman re-
placed Schanz with Blk Donnelly,
who retired Red Schoendienst but
walked Terry Moore to load the
bases. Donnelly was derricked for
Lefty Ken Heintzelman, who faced
one man. Musial, and fed him the
triple. s s
Carl Scheib, 20-year -old right
handler from Gratz, Pa, pitched
the second complete game Of his
career in organized baseball, and
for the second time within week
defeated the Detroit Tigers when
he pitcher the Philadelphia Ath-
letics to So win.
With Scheib hurting five-hit ball,
the AS struck from behind, scoring
four runs in the bottom half of the
seventh to overcome a 81 Detroit
lead. Alton Benton was the victim.
Elmer Valo and Sam Chapman each
doubled in two runs in the big
inning.
Red Sox Win 7th In Row.
The defending American League
champion Boston Red Sox registered
their seventh victory in a row by
defeating the st. Louis Browns, 6-5.
The win put the Sox in undisputed
possession of second place, one game
behind the New York Yankees.
Dave Ferriss gained his sixth win
against five defeats, although he
weakened in the eighth inning when
he was relieved by Earl johnson.
A home run by Rookie Outfielder
Sam Mele with two mates aboard
provided the big punch for the Red
Sox.
Second Baseman Johnny Berardino
of the Browns was struck on the left
forearm by Ferriss pitch in the
second inning and was forced to
leave the game. Preliminary x-ray
examination indicated a possible
fracture.
The scheduled night game between
the Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates
in Pittsburgh was postponed by rain
as was the day game between Brook
lyn and the Cubs in Chicago. The
Yankees and Chicago White Sox
were not scheduled.