Evening star., 1939-07-12
Hawkins
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Leagues superiority and that isn't
the aim of National League moguls.
Besides, the National League can
and does point to the fact that Yam
KEGS dominate all-star games just
as they dominate the American
League. 1t is willing to admit the
Yankees constitute base a | Is
smoothest and most powerful club,
but it isn't ready to concede the
American League anything from the
Red Sox through the Browns.
Yankees and Feller OUTSTANDING.
In the tiff here yesterday. for in
stance, New Yorks Joe Di Maggie.
Gordon, Bill Dickey and Selkirk
were outstanding characters, along
with the youthful Feller. The Yam
KEGS figured in the scoring of all
American League runs, with Di
Maggie smashing the games only
homer into the lower left field
stands.
Feller and Gordon, however,
seemed to steal the show and that
was difficult to swallow for the Ma
tional Leaguers for the simple rea-
son they will be viewing those all
star rockies for many years. And if
they continue to click as they did
yesterday the Nationals won't rel
ish it.
Feller grasped the spotlight on
the first pitch he made in all-star
competition. He entered the game
in the sixth inning. with a Ma
tional Lacquer perched on every
base, one out, and the dangerous
Arkie Vaughan at bat. Vaughan
drilled into double play and Fell
Ter finished the game by yielding
only one hit and firing called third
strikes past Pinch-hitter Johnny
Mize and Stanley Hack to end the
game.
Bob earned the privilege of con-
vincing his critics he may be one
of this era's more excellent pitchers.
At least he impressed Walter john
son, regarded as a right fair finger
in another era. that way.
Hes improved 100 per cent since
this time last year." observed the
Big Train. Hes learned. for one
thing, that there are eight other
fellows on team. He isn't trying
to strike out everybody who walks
up to that plate and he's better
pitcher for not attempting it.
Il don't care how fast you are,
if you just keep firing those balls
in there the hitters will catch up
to you in the late innings. And at
a time when you need to bear down
and maybe strike out somebody, you
suddenly discover your stuff has
deserted you.
Relies More on Teammates.
"It's much better to let those
other eight fellows help you. Bob's
not bearing down as hard on every
pitch as he used to, but he's more
effective. He's letting the men be-
hind him field that ball instead of
pressing for strike outs.
When he's in a jam now the
chances are he'll have paced him.
self well enough to have something
on his fast one. When he needs
to apply the pressur. he still has
pressure there"
johnson called the turn before the
game and Feller went out and justi-
fled his summation in every respect.
An indication of that was tanning
Mize and Hack after Mel OFT had
singled to launch the Nationals
ninth. Those were his only strike
outs, but they were inserted into
the argument at time when an
other hit may have been disastrous.
Gordon, also playing in his first
All-Star game, sparkled like rhine
stones in a spotlight. He contributed
the trays most spectacular play in
the eighth. half diving, half leap
ing to spear Joe Medwick's sizzling
liner. He inaugurated that pre-
viously mentioned double play and,
in general, conducted himself as the
star of all stars.
The National League was feeling
pretty pert in the third inning, when
it manufactured its only run on
singles by Vaughan and Hack and a
scorching double to right by Linus
Frey, but the Americans grasped a
81 lead in the fourth and increased
1t to the final margin in the fifth
when Di Maggie poked his homer
among the left field customers aft
er Doc Cramer and Red Rolfe had
been retired.
Those two runs in the fourth were
produced with the Nationals aid.
Dickey worked a walk from Bill Lee
and Hank Greenberg smashed a
single to left, Dickey stopping at
second. Dickey scored on Selkirk's
sharp single to right and Green
berg romped in when Vaughan
fumbled Gordon's grounder.