The daily independent., 1937-07-08
Ee ead American
League All-Stars TO
Their Decisive Win

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league belted Bridges for I hits in
3 frames but got only runs. They
had 5 men left on base and anoth-
er thrown out at the plate during
this span.
: Billy Herman's single and Med
wick's double gave the National
league its first run in the fourth.
'Gabby Hartnett's single, Mel Otis
:double and an outfield fly &C
counted for another in the fifth.
sSingles by Medwick and Demaree
and an outfield fly produced the
last run in the sixth.
?. Mel Harder, Cleveland right
handler who pitched the last three
frames, was raped for five hits,
but the National league couldn't
score. Altogether the National lea
que left II men stranded on base.
Even in the ninth after Vaughan
and Medwick had singled, Dema-
rec weakly rolled out to end the
game.
The play that hurt the Nation
al league most was when Burgess
Whitehead. Giants. running for
Hartnett who had singled, was
thrown out at the plate in the
sixth. The National league trailed.
6-3. and had runners on first and
second when Rip Collins came up
as pinch hitter. He singled
sharply to right, and Whitehead
attempted to score. DiMaggio
made a fast play on the ball and
rifled throw to Dickey. 1t was
high but the YankS' catcher pull
ed it down, and had Whitehead
by 10 feet. That killed off dan
gerous threat and the American
leaguerS went on to build up their
lead and beat back all other Ma
tional league rallies.
BY FRED BAILEY
United Press Staff Correspondent
Washington, July 7-(U.R-To-
days dream game was night
mare to Dizzy Dean. Just one cru
cial pitch to Lou Gehrig did it
all.
Just one more pitch and I
had them shut out he moaned in
the dressing room after the ma
jor league All-Star game.
1t was the last pitch to Gehrig,
slugging American league first
baSeman, that spoiled Deans
dream of a hree-inning Shutout.
One more pitch and Dean would
have been the hero of the day.
Two were out in the American
half of the third. The count on
Gehrig was three balls and two
strikes. Joe DiMaggio was on first
base.
The 1891 cash customers -
President Roosevelt got in free -
were on their feet yelling. Then
there was a sudden hush. Dean
threw his left foot high in the
air and "fogged" one.
Gehrig dropped his bat from his
shoulder and met the ball with
his 2O0-pounds behind the swing.
1t cleared a 30-fOot wall 328 feet
from home plate by 10 feet. Pan
demonium broke loose.
Dean watched the ball diSap-
pear, shrugged, and turned to fin
ish his chore after Gehrig had
followed DiMaggio across the plate
to break a 0-to-0 tie.
Dean was charged with the Ma
tional leaguerS defeat, on that
one pitch to Gehrig.
In the dressing room Dizzy was
morose. He would talk to no one
except himself, and he wasn't even
cordial to himself.
1T was the same pitch I struck
him out on the time before" Dir
zy remarked to Dizzy. 1T was a
fast one, inside. He had missed
four or five like it"
Pulling on his dark brown suit
ahead of his teammates, Dean
dashed for the door. outside were
100 autograph seekers. Dean slam
med the door. He had faced the
American league sluggers, but he
couldn't face the kids outside the
dressing room door.
Il want a police escort, Dean
demanded.
While a police escort formed,
Dean continued his conversation
with Dizzy.
They shouldn't have beat u.s."
he said.
Heck no, the best team didn't
win. We should've beat them,
Dizzy consoled.
BY that time the escort was
ready. Mr.. Dean was still talking
to Dizzy.
1T was the same one I famed
him on before and he ="
The door was flung open.
Hey, Dizzy, sign this will ya?"
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