Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-05-11 | Page 16 | Mel Harder Wins 200th Victory with 5-4 Verdict over Red Sox

M Mel Harder Wins fins h Victory li With 5 4 5 Verdict Over Red Sox By Glen Pcr Perkins ins NEW YORK May 11 UP UP- UP Mel Harder ace and dean of the Cleveland Indians' Indians mound sta staff today had achieved what no other active major league hurler can hope for this year year his his majar major major ma ma- jor jar league victory Harder became the forty forty- ninth forty to major leaguer in all history reach the charmed victories circle by beating the Boston Red Sox 5 4 yesterday and although he wasn't there at the end of ot the game he joined such immortals ls as Red Ruffing and Ted Lyons of the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox respectively J as s one of the bet better r junior unior circuit has produced 4 Dizzy Trout 20 game 20 game winner I f the he Detroit Tigers last iut y Ji spoiled polled President Ed Ba sc birthday and ager ger Joe McCarthys McCarthy's home homec by pitching and batting D Det t to to o a 4 2 victory victori over oyer th the New Ney Id Yoi Yankees i iThe The Philadelphia Athle cs K Luke Hot Potato Hamlin support and nd defeated t the e Chic White Sox 9 fl In the leagues league's first the V Washington Se Senators tors hu I th the d leading circuit St SU r ri r. Browns 5 5 1 1 b behind hind th l hurling lurling of nd inifi nd 1 Brownie John Nigg In the National league th the driving and surprising g pi phia Phillies extended the CM go jo Cubs' Cubs losing streak to i 13 g gm elm the longest in the Bruins Bruins' by trouncing them 5 51 1 Mart Mort ort Cooper won wont his lils first a as the St. St Louis Cardinals th the Brooklyn D Dodgers 4 2 1 th though ugh hit for 10 safeties co Coe was presented with a four run I i In five ive innings off Whit w wand Wj and managed to last through the decision his first of the u p In Ina a night g game mc the Pirates benefited from the f hit hurling of Nick ich won from the Boston Braves The rookie right hander b bAl bAl Al Javery In a pitching v through seven Innings and a arun th run rally by the Bucs in the tig frame offset the two scored ed by Braves in their half halt of th the i Ii inning Bucky Walters making start as a Cincinnati 1 batted in the winning run to over the New York GlI 3 2 in another night game 1 ter hit came in the bottom oj I ninth inning and beat rookie who was charged his third loss after winning straight