Evening star., 1951-07-16
Other Unsung Mound Stars
7 axe Cue From Ned Carver
By Joe ReiehIer
Associated Press Sports Writer

/ Ned Carver :. BOD hooper
Sam Zoldak Conrado Marrero
|. .Murry Dickson-unsung pitch
ling stars all!
| : All fine pitchers, all fierce COM
petitors, all stricken by the same
mist sfortune-an toll for second
division clubs. @
i There are many observers who
rate Carver the best pitcher in
the American League. The 25-
Iyear-old highlander has won IL
|games for the cellar-dwelling st.
Louis Browns.
i Carver does not pick his spots,
either. Seven Of his dozen tri-
umphs have been against the con-
tenders. He whipped the league
leading Red Sox 81 yesterday as
the Browns held Boston to split
in their double-header.
The Red Sox won the nightcap,
9-5. to widen their lead to two
games over the Chicago White
Sox, who suffered two stunning
upsets at the hands Of the Phila-
delphia Athletics. 81 and SO.
Stands 3 and 3 with Red sox.
It was Garver's third win over
Boston. He has beaten Chicago
twice and Cleveland twice. He
has yet to win over New York.
having faced the Yankees only
twice. Carver has lost but four.
The Red Sox beat him three times,
once by a 20 score.
Ned surrendered only five hits
yesterday. In his last three starts.
he has allowed only three runs.
Doubles by Buddy Rosar and Dom
IDiMaggio in the third inning ac-
counted for Boston's lone run.
Billy Goodman's four-for-four
paced the Red Sox to their sec
Iond-game victory as Ray Scar
borough got his sixth win.
Hooper. 29-year-old righthand-
er, mastered the White Sox for
the third time this season, and
Zoldak yielded only one hit as
the seventh-place Athletics twice
humbled Paul Richards crew. The
only hit of Zoldak was a third
inning single by Chico Carrasquel,
who was Immediately picked of
first.
Hooper not only held the White
Sox scoreless until the ninth. but
lit was his home run in the top
of the ninth with two on base
that won for Philadelphia. Until
then, he had been locked in a
scoreless duel with Randy Gum
lpert.
Was Groomed by Richards.
Oddly enough. Richards groomed
Hooper for the majors. Bob was
one of his pitchers at Buffalo in
l949.
| Zoldak, making his first start
since suffering a sore arm July 4,
faced only % men. He walked
one and struck out one.
Chicago's one bright spot was
the fielding of Carrasquel. Chico
set a league record for errorless
chances at shortstop, 289. in 81
games. The old mark of 288 was
set by New York's Phil Rizzuto.
who still holds the record for
errorless games. So. The As lost
Ferris Fain for a month when the
star first baseman suffered a
broken foot in the opener.
Marrero, colorful Cuban right
handler, won his ninth game
against only five losses for Wash
ington as the sixth-place Mats
split with Cleveland.
Reynolds to the Rescue.
The Yankees divided a pair in
Detroit to move up within three
tenths Of a percentage point of the
second-place White Sox. After
Fred Hutchinson had pitched the
Tigers to a So victory. the
Yankees eked out an 81 nightcap
win. 1t took a nifty relief job by
Allie Reynolds in the ninth to
snap the Yanks' losing ways.
Reynolds strode in after the Ii
gers had tailed three times on
Charlie Keller's pinch-hit homer
with two on. Allie yielded a single
and q walk, but got the last two
outs, tanning Dick Kryhoski to
end the game with runners on
first and third.
Vic Wertz, who homered in the
second game. won the opener with
a two-run triple in the first off
Bob Kuzava, late Of Washington.
Double Loss for Dodgers.
In the National League, the
other contenders gained little as
BrookHn's league-leading Dodgers
lost a double header for the sec
ond straight day. Cincinnati
spanked them. So and 6-5, as the
Reds ran their winning streak to
seven. The Brooks lead was
shaved only one game. to eight,
as both the st. Louis Cards and
New York Giants were held even
in twin bills.
Dickson. Pittsburgh's little right
handler, held the Giants hitless
in four superb relief innings to
register his 11th win as the last
place Pirates won the first game,
7-6, in IL innings. The Giants
took the second game. 8-3, as Jim
Hearn hurled his eighth victory,
his fourth over the Pirates.
Erv Dusak'S single with two out
scored Gus Bell with the winning
run in the first game. The Pirates
tied the score at 6-6 in the ninth
on George Strickland's triple, an
infleld out and Pete Castiglione's
homer. Sal Maglie sought his 18th
victory for the Giants. but failed
to get 1t for the fourth straight
time.
Ewell, Blackwell limited the
Dodgers to seven hits in winning
his ninth game for Cincinnati in
the opener. He also walloped his
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