Evening star., 1940-07-01
Foxx,Lone Selection
Seen in All Past
Dream Games
Many Aces Overlooked
By Piekers; Edge Seen
With Junior Circuit
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
Associated Press Sports Writer.


NEW YORK, July mo matter
who makes the selections, surprises
never cease in the annual choosing
of sides for baseballs big all-star
game.
The major leagues took the task
away from the fans and turned it
over to the managers. but the Ma
tional and American League squads
announced today for the eighth an
nual spectacle July at Sportsman S
Park, st. Louis, are bound to make
lot of the fans wonder why.
There is no question but that Bill
McKechnie and Joe Cronin, the re-
spective pilots, will have capable
crews to send into action as well as
adequate reserves.
But some of the people who have
been steamed up about Bobby Doerr
Of the Boston Red Sox being the
best second baseman in the game
at present are going to be disturbed
by his absence.
The American League managers,
who evidently ignored both the
team standings and the batting
averages. selected seven of the fall
tering New York Yankees for the
squad. They overlooked Rip Rad
cliff of the st. Louis Browns, who
as of Saturday was tied for the
league lead in batting, and Barney
McCosky of Detroit. who is playing
magnificent ball in the Tigers out
field and is third among the leagues
hitters.
Leading Hurlers Omitted.
The National League managers
passed over the senior circuits three
leading pitchers, rated on won-and-
lost records; Outfelder Dixie Walker
OF Brooklyn, who is second among
the hitterS, and all of the loops
rookie talent.
All eight managers in each league
participated in the selections.
The National League reelected Is
OF the rs players who represented it
unsuccessfully a year ago in Yam
kee Stadium, chose four stars who
had been named in other seasons
but missed out last year, and gave
half dozen players their first as
slgnments to the big attraction.
This latter group included Pitch
ers Hugh Mulcahy and Kirby Higbe
and Third Baseman Merrill Nav of
the Phillies, Pitcher Larry French
of the Chicago Cubs, Second Base
man Pete Coscarart of BROOKLYN
and Outfelder Max West of the
Boston Bees.
One choice certain to meet with
approval was Carl Hubbell, the
southpaw star of the New York
Giants, who was named to every
All-Star squad except last years.
., The National League will have no
member who has appeared in every
game. Gabby Hartnett, who was
one of the catchers for the first six
years and the manager last July,
dropped out this time. -s,''
Foxx Only Charter Player.
The American League still will
have one charter player, durable
Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red Sox
on first base.
On the National League team will
be no less than four players who
nave participated in every All-Star
game except the flrst-Bill Herman
OF the Cubs, Arky Vaughan of the
Pirates, Joe Medwick of the Dodgers
and Mel OFT of the Giants-while
the American League will have lust
one seven-year man, Bill Dickev of
the Yankees.
The American League turned to
new faces this time, dropping Lefty
Grove of the Red Sox, Lefty Gomez
OF the Yanks and Charley Gehringer
OF Detroit for the first time since
the game was conceived. The Junior
circuit will have nine players max
Ing their All-Star debut. four OF
them from the Cleveland Indians
The rookie infield sensations, Lou
Boudreau and Ray Mack, were
named, along with Pitcher AL Mil.
mar and Ken Keltner from the
Tribe. The other newcomers will
be Pitchers Dutch Leonard al
I
Washington and Monte Pearson Of
the Yanks and Outfielders Charley
Keller of the Yanks and Lou Finne,
and Ted Williams of the Red Sox
Americans Rating Better.
The American League will have
a big edge in pitching strength or
the basis of games won and lost
The composite record of it's staff
OF seven pitchers is 56 and 27, while
the National League hurlers havs
a combined mark of so and 80.
The junior circuit will have 6
similar superiority in batting power
Only one of the National Leaeu,
outfielders, Joe Moore of the Giants
was batting over 800 on Saturday
while all but one of the American
Leagues gardeners were above tina
figure.