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Ibening phxt Is Pollet's Hill Roles Make Him Ticket' J£p0f ••• Cards' 'Meal Washington. D. C.. Wednesday. Sept. 18, 1946—A—15 Draft-Horse Pitcher Wynn's Slab Job Robs Alone in Cold as Vf in, Lose or Draw Tepsic Dodgers in to By FRANCIS E. STANN Is First League Griffs of Stick Star; Look Series Melon Division Stor Staff Correspondent ly th» Associated Press by his rights, that he was better BROOKLYN. Sept. 18. — The ! than many of the other Dodgers, To Take 20 Games Bow to and that, furthermore, he could Battery: Louis, Pitching; Mauriello, Catching Bengals Brooklyn Dodgers, still In a hot fight drop for the baseball and make a living out of NEW YORK, Sept. 18.—The battery tonight in Yankee Stadium Sp,cio! Dispatch to Th, Star pennant, today announced By Ralph Roden football. Will be Joe Louis, pitching, and Tami Mauriello, catching. If there's their division of the World Series professional Associated Press Sports Writer CLEVELAND. Sept. 18.—If Early any turnabout, even for a few seconds, it will become an almost un- spoils and. with characteristic gen- Among those receiving full shares They used to call Carl Hubbell Wynn wasn't one of the most prom- believable upset. Even the bookies aren’t hopeful of a big play. They've erosity, voted full shares to 29 play- was Calvin McLish, a right-handed the “meal ticket" of the Giants ising pitchers in the American made the odds as as 12 to 1. when ers. pitcher whose name has appeared in high he would be as one the great New York lefthander was League regarded in Yet its a ngnt. mere win De two targe men Also the full share list were only one box score this year. McLish for of its most feared hitters. The in a each with two two fists and one winning pennants Bill Terry Manager Leo Durocher, Coaches who reported out of the Army in ring, legs, chin, Nats’ who has! about a decade the ex- sturdy right-hander, and the faithful—and even some of the customers ago. Today Charley Dressen and John Corriden, midseason, pitched to two batters in won seven and lost four since perts are the same on games Dr. Harold who swore off for life after the Louis-Conn thing pinning tag Wendler, trainer; Harold a game against St. Louis on the last Howie the emerging from the Army, also has —will be on hand. Pollet, hungry-looking Parrot, rvid secretary; Dan Como- Western trip, got none of them out. portsider of St. Louis who will have compiled a .368 batting average. There is almost no national interest at all in ford, clubhouse custodian, and his and was yanked. to receive a good chunk of the Wynn is recognized as the Nats’ John Griffin. this fight. The big reason Mauriello ever got the glory assistant, Others voted full shares are Fer- if the Cardinals go on to win their top pinch-hitter and also their most At the same time the re- rell match probably is because Tami's a Bronx boy who Dodgers Anderson, Hank Behrmar, ninth National versatile one. He's a switch hitter. vealed a Joe tends a bar hard by Yankee Stadium and is pop- League flag. grievance against Tep- Ralph Branca, Hugh Casey. Augie When the opposition is sic, the Penn State athlete who in Hal ular in the neighborhood. That, plus the fact that Pollet hurled his 20th win of the employing Galan, Gregg, Carl Furillo, Jo? a bats left- midseason he's never been knocked out. season yesterday as the Cards ham- right-hander. Early received a $17,000 bonus Hatten, Ed Head, Kirby Higbe. Art handed and when he’s required to for with But if you laid end to end all the fighters mered the Giants, 10-2, to protect signing Brooklyn. Tepsic Herring, Gene Hermanski, Harry their swing against a southpaw, he bats drew of a who'd never been kayoed until they fought Louis two-game first-place margin only one-eighth share, Lavagetto, Vic Lombardi, Peewee over right-handed. He's all he has been with the you'd have several tons of beef in a long roW\ the Brooklyn Dodgers, who doing right although Reese, Stan Rojek, Howie Schultz. on both sides of the and on since 12. Ed Mauriello has been knocked down, but up to now downed the Chicago Cubs, 4-2. plate Dodgers July Stanky, Ed Stevens, Dixie the mound. Walker. Dick he's always climbed off the floor. Yet when Louis First to Win 20 Games. Tepsic Is Unco-operative. Whitman, Bob Ramaz- Francis E. Wynn is no scratch hit specialist. zotti. Rube Rex Stann. is pitching it's just a little different. Thus, the slim portsider became The cause traces to Tepsics re- Melton. Barney, He can give a baseball a long ride, Bruce the first hurler in the league to win fusal to go to the minors and thus Edwards, Ed Miksis and Joe as evidenced by his grand slam Medwick. When Galento Connected, the Bomber Fell 20 games, and also the first left- make room for another player who homer at Detroit the other day, and would have been for The man was Max hander in the to reach the brought up Also Promised Autos. only to beat Louis Schmeling. who caught Joe loop in his last 11 efforts he has collected select mark since Hubbell pinch-hitting duty. Tepsic, still All these men, as well as the afore- at one of the rare times when the Bomber was undertrained and over- and Rube five hits. Melton of the Giants green, has been used almost solely mentioned of confident. Schmeling was a good boxer with a crushing right hand performed the Hank group nonplayers, feat FOR HEAVY Greenberg provided most of as an emergency runner. not and plenty of savvy. Mauriello is not a boxer at all and he doesn't in 1937. It also was his 21st (WEIGHT) DATE—Tami Mauriello’s last-minute only receive 100 per cent cut the punch yesterday at Detroit, A clause In addition to chores before in Tepsic's contract stip- but also 1947 automobiles as begin to have the exoerience of Louis now. Tami is a wild puncher- complete game. his meeting Champion Joe Louis at New York tonight when the gifts however, towering Tigers' ulates that he is not to be farmed of Branch some in his to be sure—but a numerous starting assignments,: included a | Rickey and the Brooklyn packing authority glcves, essentially just good clean shave—to avoid getting hit on the first baseman rammed a three-run Pollet, like Hubbell, has i out without his consent. Six weeks ball club. wild puncher. appeared whiskers, maybe. —AP homer off Chick Pieretti in the first often in Wirephoto. ago Durocher put the question to Tom Yet one other wild puncher fought Louis and made it an exciting relief roles. Last Sunday,1 Brown, infielder who was inning to give Detroit a 3-1 lead ! Tepsic, and the former base- drafted with brawl before he was knocked out. That was Galento, who sent Manager Eddie Dyer called Pollet in college the start of the season, Tony from which never re- ball Washington and football star flatly turned and Mike Sandlock. who was Joe to the floor. He was just a fat, fearless man (another bartender, to save a game for Cotton A1 Brazle, option- covered en route to a 6-4 defeat. him down. He said he was a ed the he could hit with hook and he and he promptly halted the big out in midseason, were voted in by way) but his left dumped Joe opposing Greenberg’s homer, his 38th of rally. Louis, Overweight, England's Ring Stock leaguer. for half shares. A quarter sharp with a decisive thump. the tied him for year, the leadership Durocher offered Tepsic a sub- went to Jean Pierre as as nor does he hit as Roy, Montreal Mauriello isn't fat Galento, quite hard Enos "Country” Slaughter supplied with Tea Williams and was his 300th i stantial bonus if he would accept pitcher who several times was re- With any one fist as Tony did with his left. On the other hand. Galento most of the batting power as Pollet of his Is Puzzled While Rises as Woodcock major league career. It was 1 some minor league seasoning. He ported on the of coasted to verge jumping to fought the young, pantherish Louis; Mauriellos foe is 32 years old. his 13th win (against two his seventh homer seven in games j explained that Joe only would be the Mexican League. Galento talked a brave fight before entering the ring and he defeats) over the Giants during his and was delivered after Sherry I aiding his own chances of staying Five-eighths of a share will be fought as he talked. Mauriello is talking an equally fearless battle, career. The North Carolina belter Robertson had Tami Enthuses Lesnevich poked the Nats into jin the big leagues next year. But divided among the batboy and club- to wade into Louis at the bell. But then Conn, batted in five runs on a homer and 1 threatening opening Kayoes a 1-0 advantage with a home run off Tepsic insisted that he would stand house attendants. Lou Nova. Max Baer and others talked big and fought little: and unless single to boost his league-leading Ey th» Associated Press By th« Associated Press A1 Benton, leading off in the first are never know what a man's going to do until he runs-batted-in figure to 124.
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