The Washington times., 1935-07-08
AlEStarS
Await
Game
BY ED PRELL


Baseball's mid-season spectacle,
the annual major league all-star
battle, show staged with the
flair and dash to do a Barnum
credit, was ready for the $4,000 ex.
pected to see it this afternoon in
the vast Municipal Stadium.
Mel Harder, of the Cleveland In
dams, last years hero, and grim
faced Hal Schumacher, the col.
lege-bred STA: of the New York
Giants. were overnight selections
to start on the mound.
The weather prediction for this
third all-star game was fair and
moderate" Last nights light rain
caused a scare, but the skies
cleared later. In event of a post
ponement today, the game will be
played tomorrow.
Both Manager frankie Frisch,
of the Nationals, and Mickey
Cochrane, head man of the Amer
lean League forces, delayed an.
nouncing their official lineups
until 1890 a. m. today.
Cochrane wired baseball writer's
here last night, however, he would
start Harder, the 25-year-old Ne
braskan on the mound. The big
cornhusker saved last years game
by pitching one-hit baseball in the
final five innings to give his team
a 9 to 7 victory.
Winning Blow
In the 1888 game at Comiskey
Park, Babe Ruth's two-run homer
was the winning blow, the final
score being AZ, so the National
LeaguerS are looking for their
first triumph today.
Frisch, although star in the
last two games, has been i'll for
several weeks. However, the 81.
year-old star, noted as a great
money player" may forget his in
firmities to play.
Frisch. although a diamond
enemy of Jimmy Wilson, manage"
Of the Phils-the feud dating back
to when they were teammates at
st. Louis-declared the Quaker
leader would be behind the bat.
It wasn't until late last night
that the National Leaguers Sc
lected their fifth hurler. He is
Bill Walker. veteran southpaw Of
the Cardinals, giving the world
champions six players on the ALL
Star squad. Ford Prick. president
of the National League, announced
Walkers name after comforting
with Frisch and getting the per-
mission of Will Harridge, Ameri-
can League president.
Harridge Absent
Harridge was the only baseball
parsonage absent. He is i'll in Chi.
cago. All the other bigwigS were
here, including Kenesaw Mountain
Lands. baseball commissioner.
Lands last night gave his permits.
sion for placing the overflow on
the field of the stadium. He de-
clared:
"The field is so large that
play will not suffer with a
crowd in the fringes of the out
field. We want just as many
fans to see this game as is pos
Sible."
Schumacher and Harder are the
outstanding pitchers of their
leagues this season. The 24-year
old Schumacher has won IL games
and lost only two, having a cur
rent winning streak of 10. Har-
der one year his senior, and a
native of Omaha, Neb., likewise
has won dozen victories, but he
has been defeated four times.
Both right-handers, they employ
the same speciality, a "sinker." It
is a fast ball delivery, pitched
low. that falls away from the bat
ter and causes him to top it. For
all their youth, they have been
tested under fire and came
through with colors flying.
Grove Waiting
When, and if, Harder turns
over the pitching burden, Robert
Moses Grove, now making a
grand comeback with the Red
Sox, probably will succeed him.
The No. 2 pitching man Of the
Nationals is Paul Derringer, a
baseball derelict until he sud-
denly executed a right ',out face
this reason. He is a right
handler.