Evening star., 1933-07-06


the capacity throng started troopiny
into the park hours before game Tina
In center field the Stars and Stripes
waved lazily above the bleacha-s that
were jammed as early as 1890 am,
Central standard time-almost two
hours before the dream game was
scheduled to start.
The Naticnal League stars. attired in
nattv unifo ms With The insignia Ma
tional Leacu-" e, n ed across their shirt
fronts arrived frs. The American
Leaguers wo~e traTel uniforms of white.
LCnnie Warne.-e, ace pitcher for the
Cubs. Grew cheer as he beat the pack
CT stars to thr bat bag, and started to
bat out bunts. Tonv Cuccinello of
Brccklyn. kept the others busy chasing
short smashes.
Cronin Gets Ovation.
Joe Cronin. young boss of the league
first American Lacquer on the field and
responded to salvos of applause by
betting several long ones off Ed ROM
neil of the Athletics. Ben Chapman
of the Yanks stole his stuff Immediately
by parking four successive balls into the
left-field bleacherS as the National
Leaguers watched him with awe. Babe
Ruth drew a big cheer, but failed to
hit ball out Of the infield in five cuts.
Jimmy FoxX of the AS hit three ter
rife drives to the upper left-field grand
stand seats. Babe took a squint at
Jimmy's wallops and followed suit with
even longer drives to the opposite side
Of the field.
John McGraw, drawn out Of retire.
ment to lead the National forces, and
shrewd old Connie Mack held a council
of war with their stars in separate hotels
and then took their time about arriving
at the scene of action. Neither would
give hint as to his starting pitching
selection.
McGraw was real fashion-plate at
tired in a brown sack suit and straw
hat. He grinned as he displayed a
score card.
Comics got nothing on me-" he
beamed as he referred to the veteran
Macks system of score card waving.
Joe Mccarthy. manager of the world
championship Yankees. sat on the
American League home club" bench
ready to assist Connie in the master
mlnding.
Klein Hits Ball Hard.
Bill Walker, Cardinal southpaw,
tossed 'em up for the dazzling array
OF National League stars as they took
their turn at batting practice. Chuck
Klein of Philadelphia was the first to
ram one Of Bills slants out of the park.
Chick Hafey, Cincinnati's bespectacled
outfield star, duplicated the blow. Others
were satisfied to smash hard balls
through the infield.
Connie Mack arrived logged in his
usual blue serge suit and waving the
inevitable score card.
So great was the demand for tickets
that thousands charged around the en-
frances willing to pay any price for a
seat selling for $l.10 or box seat cost
ing $1.65. Spectators had no trouble
in getting rid of box seats at $40 apiece,
while the cheaper seats we're snapped
up at IS.
All seats were sold three days ago
and there were no box Offices open at
the ball park. The unlucky ones
couldn't even climb tree or a tele-
graph pole in the vicinity of Comiskey
Park, because there were no trees or
poles to climb.
Waves Of applause swept the park
as the announcer shouted the names
Va VIC A>oeIoAoi hCo6uciS do tAlCy cIl-
gagged in fast fielding practice. Gabby
Hartnett was catching Bill Terry at
first. Frankie Frisch- at second, Dick
Bartell at short and Pie Traynor at
third. In the outfield were Lefty
O'Doul, Chuck Klein and Paul Waner.
Babe Ruth, after making his appear
ance In the ever shifting panorama of
stars, sat himself down in the Amer
ican League dugout. Ruth took no in
terest in the proceedings, to him it
was just another ball game.
Mack, the American League man
ager, didn't 60 near his players until
just few minutes before the game
started. He remained away from the
dugout, causing the American League
stars to wonder where he was.
John Leonard (Pepper) Martin of the
st. Louis Cardinals, the hero of the
1881 world series, received great
cheer. As they went through their
practice the stars were announced
through amplifiers.
The American Leaguers lined up for
fielding drill, with Lou Gehrig at first
base, Charley Gehringer of Detroit at
second, Joe Cronin, manager of the
Washington Senators, at shortstop, and
Jimmy Foxx at third. Eddie Collins,
vice president and general manager of
the Boston Red Sox, one Of Macks
coaches for the day, batted to the
inflelders.