The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-07-12
TELLER PROVES STAR OF STARS
 IN 3-1 VICTORY
Cleveland FirebaIler Kills National League Rally;
 } Yanks Stand Out
BY GEORGE KIRKsEY Limited Press Stan COrrespOndent)

United Press Stan COrrespOndent) New York, July 12-(UP)-Troop- ing back to the wars today, the com- batants and non- -combatants of the All-Star baseball game were willing to concede that Bob Teller, the Iowa farm boy with the swaying gait and the blazing fast ball, is the kingpin of pitchers.
 Joe Mccarthy, manager of the world champion Yankees, rushed Teller Into one of the toughest spots any pitcher could be called on to face, and the smooth-faced Cleve- land youngster met it so calmly that he might be accorded with the laurel wreath of the American Leagues g. 1 triumph over the National league.
 With the bases damned, one out, and the American league ahead only 3-l, Teller walked to the mound be- fore 62,802 in Yankee Stadium yes- terday and cut the heart out of a National league rally with just one pitch.
 Bridges Weakened
 Tommy Bridges got himself into the hole so fast that Teller didn't have much time to warm up before Mccarthy waved him in. He tossed few to Bill Dickey, and looked Arky Vaughan, Pittsburg's one-time National league batting champion, right in the eye. He cut loose with his Sunday pitch, and Vaughan hit a grounder to Joe Gordon at second base. Gordon scoopcd up the ball, fired 1t to shortstop Joe Cronin, who stepped on second and threw to first baseman Hank Greenberg to com- pletc double play.
 That pitch and the resultant dou- blc play in the 9th inning crushed the National leagues hopes, sending the senior circut down to It's fifth defeat in seven all-star games
 Then Teller closed out the final three innings, giving up only one hit, single by Mel Ott in the ninth. He famed pinch-hitter Johnny Mize and Stanley Hack for the two final outs. The National leaguers agreed that Teller was faster than Some- what, but manager Mccarthy non- chalantly admitted Teller wasn't having one of his big days.
 I've seen Teller a whole lot faster in our league" said Mccarthy.
 Goodman Hurt
 Sharing honors were three Yank- ces--George Selkirk, Joe DiMaggio, and Joe Gordon. Selkirk drove in the American leaguers' first run with line single to right on which Ival Goodman, Reds outfielder, made desperate diving try but failed to hold the ball. He injured his right shoulder and will be out for 10 days or two weeks. IL was a tough break for the league -lead- ing Reds.
 In this fourth-inning rally. a boot by Arky Vaughan on Joe 0ordons easy roller permitted the American leaguers to get their second run which put them ahead 2-1. But Di- Maggio's homer into the left field boxes. near the foul line, in the next frame would have won the game anyway.
 Gordons fine play on Vaughan's groundcr, which he turned into double play in the sixth, was only one Of his fielding contributions. He knocked Ott's single just before this play which prevented Lombardi from scoring from second. But the topper Of them all was his leaping gloyed hand catch of Joe Medwick's smoking liner in the eighth. This play was one Of the greatest ever seen in the All-Star series. Medwick said, Gordon should be lynched for making q play like that" It was outright thievery.
 Only one game is scheduled in the majors today, the Dodgers playing the Pirates at Brooklyn tonight.