Evening star., 1940-02-15
Writers 10 Pick
Stars for Big
Tampa Clash
Mccarthy, McKechnie
May JuegIe ToIent
As They See Fit
BY GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press sports writer.
TAMPA, Fla, Feb. 15.-The 1899
World Series will be fought all over
again, as far as the managers are
concerned, in the all-star game for
the benefit of the Finnish relief
fund between picked teams from the
National and American Leagues
here on March II.
Joe Mccarthy of the New York
Yankees and Bill McKechnie of the
Cincinnati Reds have been chosen
to pilot the two star-spangled OUT
fits. They were offered the posts
last night and they promptly &C.
cepted, McKechnie displaying q
commendable fortitude in view Of
the lacing his Reds took from Nc
Carthy's Yanks last October.
Bill possibly felt that nothing
worse could happen to him than he
already had absorbed. If his Ma
tional Leaguers should catch 1t in
the neck this time he at least will
be able to blame it on the sports
writer's, who will get together early
in March and select the two squads.
Yankee Power Reduced.
Mccarthy and McKechnie were
agreed upon because March II will
be st. Patrick's Day and because
some one thought it would be a great
idea to have couple of Irishmen
managing the two clubs. Later, 1t
was learned that McKechnie is a
complete Scotchman, and no Irish
man at all, but the sponsors decided
they would stick with Bill, anyway.
The National Leaguers won't have
to tackle quite so many Yankees
this time as they faced in the World
Series and in last years all-star
game.
AS tentatively planned, no more
than four players will be chosen
from each team in the two leagues,
and only one performer will be
brought from each of the five clubs
training on the Pacific Coast.
Tampa Wild Over Game.
Otherwise. the contest here will
follow closely the pattern of the an
nual all-star game. The rival man.
ayers will have full authority to
pick their starting hne-ups and to
juggle their men as they choose.
Commissioner Kenesaw M. Lands
will have absolute control, even to
naming the umpires and frowning
from front box.
Tampa was decided upon as the
site of the game because its park
offered the largest seating capacity
Of any in Florida-about 9,00O-and
because the businessmen of this city
appeared to be more excited at the
prospect of having the game than
did those of rival towns in this sec.
ton.
They plan to conduct a high.
pressure campaign toward getting
maybe 10000 fans out for the con-
test. The parks 1000 box seats will
be sold for whatever exorbitant
prices they will fetch, up to 500
per chair.
Standout Rockies Wanted.
Selection of the two teams will be
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plans of Joe Williams. chairman Of
the sports division of the Finnish
fund. Joe wants all of the baseball
writer's who are in Florida at the
end of this month to get together
and pick couple of squads. His
only stipulation will be that they
include half-dozen or so of the
standout rockies, such as Dom Di
Maggie, who is coming up to the
Boston Red Sox.
The two squads will be gathered
here In one bunch and turned over
to Mccarthy and McKechnie. The
five delegates from teams training
on the West Coast will be flown in.
1t would not be surprising to see the
two starting pitchers the same as
those who faced each other in the
first game of the recent World Series
Red Rufiing of the Yankees and
Paul Derring9 of the Reds.