Evening star., 1937-07-07
President on Hand
With Hundreds of
Other NOtables.
$1,000 CROWD
SEES CONTEST
Scalpers Besieged
for Last-Minute
Admissions.

guest and before a crowd of more than
81 900 fans the select National and
American League teams were battling
for base balls supreme honors in Crit
fifth Stadium this afternoon in the fifth
annual renewal of the all-star game.
In the third inning with the game
q scoreleSs tie, Gehrig hit tremendous
home run high over the right-ficl
fence, scoring Di Maggie ahead of
him.
The score in the fourth inning was
Leaguers.
FIRST INNING.
NATIONALS-Gom threw the
FIRST pitch wide of the plate, probably
on purpose, as a dozen cameramen
surrounded Batter Paul Waner in dan
gerous proximity. After the first
pitch, Umpire-in-Chief Bill MCGOWAN
shooed them away and Waner tapped
to Rolfe who threw him out. Herman
took a ball and fouled to Dickey.
Vaughan hit the first pitch to center
held for a clean single. MedWick
forced Vaughan, Cronin to Gehringer.
No runs.
ANERICANS-H took Rolfe's
hard smash and threw him out.
Gehringer, with two strikes and two
balls on him. lined to Bartell Di
Maggie worked Dean to a tWo-and-
three count, and then watched a wide
curve ball miss the plate for a base
on balls. Gehrig missed the first two
pitches for strikes, and then looked
at oal, fouled or two pitches and
then went down swinging No runs.
SECOND INNING.
ATIONALS-Demaree hit the
first ball pitched and flied to Averill.
Mize also hit the first pitch and hoisted
20 West Hartnett slapped an easy
Frounder to Gehringer, who threw him
out. No runs
AMERICANS-Wi three and two
on him. Averill lined single to right.
The arst ball to Cronin was a pitch
out, Cronin hit the next one on a
line to Demaree. Dickey took strike
and on the next pitch scratched a
single off Herman's glove, putting
Averill on second West flied to
Demaree. Gomez was called out on
strikes. No runs.
THIRD INNING.
NAT1ONALS-Bar slapped a
tVo-and-two pitch down to Cronin,
who threw him out Dean fouled off
the first pitch and then flied to Dl
Maggie. West took Waner's high
short fly. No runs.
ERICANS-Bartell threw out
Rolfe. Herman took Gehringers high
bounder and tossed him out. Dean
whipped over two strikes and a ball
to Di Maggie, who then singled sharp
ly through the box Dean and
Gehrig dueled to three-and-two
count. and then the Yankee slugger
lifted tremendous home run high
over the right-fleld fence, scoring Di
Maggie ahead of him Averill hit the
first ball pitched back to Dean and
struck him on the heel, and caromed
to Herman, who threw him out. Two
runs.
FOURTH INNING.
NAT1ONALS-Bridge now pitching
for the Americans. His first two pitches
we're wide of the plate. He got the
next one over, and Herman slapped it
into left field for single The count
on Vaughan was three and one, then
he topped a slow roller down the
first base line and was thrown out by
Bridges. Herman taking second on the
play. Bridges had two strikes on Med
wick, who then doubled down the left
field line, scoring Herman. Gehringer
backed into short right for Demaree's
short pop. Mize hit the first pitch
down to Cronin, who threw him out.
One run
AMERICANS S-Hubbell now pitch
Ing for the Nationals. Cronin flied
to Medwick. Dickey walked West,
with count of three and two, smashed
a single through Mics legs and
Dickey raced to third Bridges famed
on three pitched balls Rolfe let two
balls go by, and on the next pitch,
smashed triple to the right field
scoreboard, sending Dickey and West
across the plate. Gehringer singled
sharply past Mize, Rolfe scoring
Hubbell was taken out of the box and
replaced by Blanton of Pittsburgh.
Di Maggie struck out after the count
had gone to three and two. Three runs.