The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-07-08
EYNON RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCCESS OF STAR GAME
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BY FRANK BUCK" O,NEILL


His name doesn't appear in the
box scores of this glamourouS
game that thrilled and de-
lighted a crowd of nearly $4,000,
including President Franklin Del.
ano Roosevelt, Big jim" Farley,
Senator Carter Glass and the rest.
He didn't make a hit, run base
or throw a ball, yet he did more
for that ball game than any other
man in Griffith Stadium.
He's a mild hammered sort OF
man; not the type of Dizzy Dean.
nor Ducky Medwick. His sparsely
settled hair is grey But his blue
eyes light with a kindly smile
when he does folks a favor. He
does favorS all year long and
never stops to think about what
he does for folks.
This No. / man Of baseball Is
Edward B. Eynon, secretary Of
the Washington Baseball Club.
For weeks Edward Eynon sacri-
feed sleep, meals and the creature
comforts to make certain that the
public would get the seats to
which it was entitled, at the prices
set for the game. He declared re"
lentless war on price kiting, and
while some tickets fell into the
hands of spectators, the harvest
was a failure, from their point of
view.
The distribution of tickets was
placed squarely in his hands by
President Clark c. Griffith. The
capacity of the park was over
subscribed five or six times.
From Men Who Count
Bales, and I mean bales, re-
quests bearing certified checks
signed by men who count poured
into the office out at Florida Ave
nue.. All of these were filed in
the order in which they arrived.
When the time came for mailing
the tickets, early applicants were
favored.
It follows logically that certain
men prominent in the affairs Of
State and nation received a GER
tain preference But the state
ment will stand irrefutable that
the public got a 100 per cent
even break from Eddie Eynon.
The glories of the Yankee hit
ting have been extolled. The ter
rifle blasting of Larrupin' Lou
Gehrig is a tWice-told tale. Lefty
Gomez received the applause Of
President Franklin Delano Roose-
welt and the accolade Of the fans.
So lets shop around a bit and see
what happened along the way Of
the game.
Let's look at Red Rolfe Of the
Yankees. He played his first ALI
star Game and he made two er.
rors. Some of the rabble hooted
bit and booed a little bit. Some
wanted him taken out and at least
decapitated.
Didn't Cost a Run
Neither of Rolfe's errors cost the
American League team q run.
You can argue from now until
Tbs eve about what might have
happened, but the fact remains
that the errors did not cost a run.
On the other hand, Red Rolfe
drove in two runs with a triple
and scored two runs himself. So.
if you want to look at Rolfe vs..
National League team from one
angle. the score reads, Rolfe, 4;
National League, 3.
While this Quixotic mood Is
yelling, let's examine the case Of
Carl Hubbell. The Thin Man from
Meeker was knocked out of the box
in two-thirdS of an inning. 1t 10
the first time that such humilia-
ton has fallen upon Hubbell in
four all star games. The Amerl'
cans got 8 runs and hits off him.
But let's look at what happened.
Johnny Mize, who played first
base, should have paid his way into
the game. He, and not Hubbell.
was responsible for those TIRES.
runs. Yet the records of the ALI
Star game will live long after the
memory of crowds has faded, ana
Hubbell will be charged with those
tallies.
In Hubbell's inning Cronin flied
to Medwick-what a player that
guy Island Dickey walked. Up
came Sammy West, left-handed
hitter. Grandstand managers ad.
vocated the substitution of Beau
Bell, a right-handed plaster, and
it seemed logical.
Let Ball Go By
With a runner on base, Mize had
to play close, holding the base run.
ner on the bag. West pulled
ball down the line a little to Mics
right. Your Aunt Kate in hoop
skirts should have fielded that tap.
but Mize isn't your Aunt Kate. He
let the ball go through.
A good first baseman, although
holding a runner close, ordinarily
moves toward second couple OF
steps after the pitcher definitely
commits himself on a pitch to the
plate. Mize stood fast. and Vests
ball rolled past him. Gehringer's
hit tina scored Rolfe in the fourth
inning should have been fielded by
MiZe without difficulty.
For the sake of keeping the rec
ord clear, we hasten to add that
after West was safe when he
should have been the second out.
Bridges famed. If Mize had fielded
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