Evening star., 1936-06-09
Crosetti Held Most Likely.


MR.. McCARTHY'S three astound-
A'A ing Eyetalians are Antonio Lag
Eeri, Franco Crosetti and Giuseppe
Paola Di Maggie OF these, Signor
Crosetti is the most likely candidate.
You won't find a better shortstop
in the league than frankie. on sea
sons record or current FORM" said
Mr.. Mccarthy. Hes doing every
thing right-fielding. hitting, base
running, fighting. He's heads-up
player and a great money player.
"LaZzeri is doing as well as ever
around second base, but I guess it
will be pretty hard to get him on the
all-star team with Charlie Gehringer
hitting the way he is. People just
vote for Gehringer as a matter Of
course.
LAS for Di Maggie, he's going bet
ter than any outfielder in the league
Just now. OF course, it's against ira
dition to put busher on the all-star
team, guess, but if anybody is stuck
for candidate they should give a
lot OF thought to Di Maggie"
Is men on a team and at least one
performer from each Of the big league
ball clubs. With William Dickey
eliminated from the ballot through
injury, the outstanding Yankee can
didates are CroSetti and Monte Pear
son. I agree with Mr. Mccarthy that
CroSetti is the most likely shortStop
in the league at present. However,
the voters may not agree with him at
all. Some of them are bound to fancy
Luke Appling and Joe Cronin or Eric
McNair
The balloting in the American
League will be hottest around first
base, where Gehrig, Foxx and Trosky
are all going at fast clip. Gehrig
has the highest batting average and
probably the soundest fielding equip
ment of the three, though none of
them is Sisler on defense.
Gehringer, Lewis Stand Out.
CEHRINGER is standout at sec
ond, and Buddy Lewis, the WASH
ington rookie, is the warmest candi-
however. you have the same busher
argument that may hurt Di Maggio's
chances. The fans are likely to string
along with a trusted veteran like
Jimmy Dykes or Bad News Hale.
The leagues leading pitchers at
the moment are Grove, Pearson, New
som, Bridges and Harder-leading
pitchers on form, mean, and not
necessarily on their records. With
Dickey ruled out of competition by
his manager. the catching favorites
are Ferren. Hemsley and Young Bill
Sullivan. The outfield crop must be
harvested from a batch including
Averill, Moses, Goslin, Radcliff, Sol
ters, Chapman. Di Maggie and, if you
go by past performance, Cramer,
Simmons and Vosmik.
The American League has been
steady winner in all-star competi-
ton, chiefly because its managers
attach considerable Importance to
the game and are willing to contrib
state Of preservation. The National
League managers have kicked the
game around for three years, saving
their stars as much as possible for
regular season play.
Grimm Apt to Do Better.
THE all-star game is worth q bet
- ter effort than that There's no
reason why Hubbell, Dizzy Dean,
Schumacher or Mungo shouldn't start
the game and stay in there, II effec-
tive, till his teammates give him a
good margin. Last year Frank FriSch,
handling the National League all
stars, shelved his own star, Dean, and
started one Of his weaker sisters, Bill
Walker. Charlie Grimm is manager
this time, and, since none Of his own
pitchers is particularly eligible, he |
probably will operate less canntly |
than Frisch and give US a good |
starter.
The standouts on the National
League ballot, aside from the pitch
ers, include Infielders Jordan, Has
sett, Collins Herman, Norris, Bartell, |
Myers, Terry, Martin, Brubaker and |
Durocher; Outfielders Medwick, Paul |
Waner, Demaree, Berger and assort-
ed Moores, and Catchers Hartnett,
MancuSo and lombard.
There's no doubt at all the voters
will give Manager Grimm and his |
assistants q good, substantial roster |
to work on. If Mr.. Grimm makes |
proper use Of it, the National League |
will not have to be foot ball for its |
younger brother for the fourth sue
cessive year. s.N:e e..
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