Evening star., 1935-07-07
Line-Ups Still Uncertain.

Line UDS sun
THERE appeared little doubt tooaS
that the park will be packed. al
though most everything else, lnciuo,
ING the starting line-ups, remained
a matter of speculation. Only d lew
of the 50 900 reserved seats remaiieo
unsold. according to walter DaVS'
the stadium commissioner. Bleacner
seats. to the number of lO933, VIII
90 on sale Monday morning. Stanolns
room will be sold for about o'Ooo ao-
djtional fans. A corps of l,5oo ushers
and police will handle the throng.
The record base ball outpourlng IN
Cleveland Stadium numbered 80,2o4
on July 81, 1882, for game between
the Athletics and Indians. OF tnls
total, 1850 were cash customers
Rase ball record books list the all
time record as 1926 for douoie-
header between the Yankees and AIM
letics at the Yankee Stadium on sep
tember 9. 1928, but this total is snroua-
ed in some doubt. The PAID aonlis-
sions that day were slightly more tnan
70 900 On that basis an an-time rec
ord also was set for dead heads
Cleveland's all-star show at any
rate. will overshadow the spectacle Oh
fered either at Comiskey Park, Chi
cago, in 1888, or at the Polo Grounos
last wear. The Ohio metropolis is
making the occasion a civic hohoay.
1t always has been great base oall
town and the home folks will give the
rival dream teams" a thunderouS
welcome.
American League Loses Talent.
TWO of Cleveland's own, Mel Harder
Il and Earl Averill. played major
roles in the American Leagues Secono
straight victory last year. but only
one of them will be back to seek the
center of the stage. Averill, the cluo-
hing outfielder. was put out OF COM
mission recently by an exploding fire.
cracker and will see the game only as
a spectator Harder is MEMBER OF
the flve-man pitching staff selected
bv Manager Mickey Cochrane.
The accident to Averill is one OF
series of mishaps or slip-ups Whlcn
appear to have cost the Americans
considerable of their best strength.
Bill Dickey, star Yankee backstop, has
failed to recover from recent injuries
and been withdrawn from the squad.
His substitute is Rollie Hemsley. haro-
hitting catcher of the st. Louis
Browns. Al Simmons, White Sox out
fielder. and Lou Gehrig. Yankee flrSt
baseman, have suffered such severe
slumps this year that it's questionable
how useful they will be. Meanwhile,
Hank Greenberg, setting the pace 1or
both leagues in home runs as well as
runs batted in, strangely is missing
from the all-star ranks at time
when a couple of his long range blows
would be most welcome.
Cochrane Keeps Rowe.
THE pitching prospects for the Amer
L leans are equally spotty, on the
basis of Spring performances. School
boy Rowe, big Tiger right-hander, has
been highly erratic, but Cochrane yes
terday denied reports he would be
withdrawn Tommy Bridges. big win
ner for Detroit so far, may get the
starting assignment, with Harder as
No. 2 man. The use Of Lefty Gomez
of the Yankees, who was hit hard at
the outset of last years game, or Lefty
Grove of the Red Sox probably will
depend on how many left-handed hit
ters the Nationals send into action at
one time.
frankie FriSch, manager of the
world champion Cardinals, ran into
a series of unforeseen difficulties in
the direction of the National League
squad when the Dean brothers staged
another rebellion" over an exhibi-
tion-game appearance at st. Paul and
Van Mungo Brooklyn pitcher, turned
up with a bruised finger that probably
will prevent his appearing in the
game.
F'risch had planned to use Dizzy
Dean as his starting pitcher, but when
Diz and brother Paul refused even to
show themselves to the crowd at st.
Paul he announced firmly that he
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