Evening star., 1939-07-12
ofA.L.
Laid 10 Fe||er
And Gordon
HurIer and InfieIder
Hailed Among Comes
AII-Time Greats
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, July l2.-Hav1ng
watched the American Leaguers
(mostly New York Yankees) splatter
the National Leaguers principally
Cincinnati Reds in the seventh an
nual All-Star game at Yankee
Stadium by score of to /, the
following thoughts arise and stay:
Cd That in Bobby Feller of the
Cleveland Indians, who pitched the
final 32s innings for the winners,
baseball is looking at one of the
greatest pitchers that ever gave a
batter chilblains with his fast ball,
and
(2) That in young Joe (Flash>
Gordon, the acrobatic rookie of the
Yankees, there is a star performing
today who can play second base as
brilliantly, perhaps, as it ever has
or ever will be played, and, finally
90 That. otherwise, there still is
no great difference between the two
leagues, even though yesterdays was
the fifth victory scored by the
American Leaguers in the seven ALL
Star games that have been played
for baseball charity.
Feller, Gordon Make Difference.
It was a good game, as some
5000 spectators agreed. But for an
error by Arky Vaughan, Pittsburgh
star playing shortstop for the Ma
tionals, the final count would have
been to /, and the winning score
would have been provided by Joe
Di Maggios home run that just
reached the left-field stand in the
fifth inning. That is a bare margin
of victory, and the Nationals were
not downcast, even though they had
set their hearts on winning.
Feller and Gordon were the differ
ence on this day, and the American
League had both of them.
Feller went into pitch for the
Americans in the sixth inning, when
the battling National Leaguers had
filled the bases with only one out,
and Tommy Bridges was wobbling
all over the place. The youngster
from Cleveland fired only one ball
and Vaughan stacked it into
double play, started by Gordon. Five
National Leaguers batted in that
inning, and Bridges and Feller
pitched only six balls to them.
Feller Is Invincible.
Feller went on to battle the Ma
tionals in the remaining three in
nings. They didn't have a chance
against his fast ball. 1t cut the
plate with such speed that even
George Magerkurth, the umpire who
was calling them, turned sidewise
and tried to shrink. Johnnie Mize
and Stan Hack, the last two batters
to face Feller, we're strikeout vic
TINS. If all pitchers had the Iowa
youngsters smoke a 200 average
would be exceptional.
And Gordon. He made three ter
rife plays. In the sixth he knocked
down a drive by Mel OFT with two
aboard that cut off at least one
run, and few moments later start
ed the double play that pulled the
Americans out of their worst hole
of the day. His greatest exploit,
however, was reserved for the eighth
inning, when he made running
jump into short right field and
speared a line drive by Joe Med
wick, nearly landing on his face as
he did so.
Play for Keeps.
There never was any doubt this
was a battle for blood. Manager
Joe Mccarthy of the American
Leaguers made only one slight con-
cession to the all-star idea when
he let Myril Hoag of the st. Louis
Browns pinch-hit for Red Ruffing
in the third inning. Otherwise he
stood by his starting lineup, and
let men like Jimmy Foxx, Luke Ap-
pling, George McQuinn and Bob
Johnson sit out the hot afternoon
on the bench.
The Nationals, behind after the
fourth frame. made frequent sub
stitutions. Three of their pinch
hitters struck out, and that killed
their chances. They never could
score after the third inning, when
they slapped together three safties
off Rufing
The game brought grief to the
Cincinnati Reds, leading team of
the National League, Ival Goodman
receiving a dislocated shoulder when
trying for a line drive by George
Selkirk in the fourth chapter. He
hit heavily on his left shoulder, and
the doctor who examined him pre-
dicted he would be out of play at
least. 10 days. This mishap very
we'll might decide the National
League flag, as the Reds open a
series with the second-place Giants
here tomorrow.