The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-08-24
East Batters
Hammer Patchers
For "A Hits
Leonard And
Easterling Lead
The Attack
BY RUss J. CowANs

CHICAGO-Those ancient and
honorable opponents OF the game
OF baseball as played in the East,
ably assisted by a strong cor1 OF
impulsivc young blades. marshaled
their heavy artillery behind some
effective pitching 10 demolish the
feeble efforts OF the westerners,
winning the eighth annual East
West classic. Ito. before 10000
fans in Comiskey Park, Sunday af'-
ernoon.
The winners. in their march TO
victory, dubbed four veteran hurl-
ers for a total OF IA base hits. in
Guiding a double ny Roy Benson
New York Black Yankees; and a
triple BY Crespo. Cubans.
West Gets Five Hits
AT the same time. the pitchers
attired in the uniforms of the East
were restricting tho liberties OF the
western sluggers TO five scattered
hits. McHenry. Philadelphia stars
Welding one In three; Ruiz, Gu
hans. two in three, and Ray Brown.
Homestead Grave. two in three
While the East was hammering
the offerings OF the four opposing
hurlcrs. the West inheld cracked
wide open, contributing six mis-
PLAYS To SCI the stage for the de-
structive efforts OF their opponents,
John Morney. Chicago American
Giants shortstop. made four errors
at his position. and three OF them
nroved disastrous as they provide
the springboard for runs 10 JUMP
across the plate Jay Green. Kan
sas city Monarchs. and Joe Riddle
Chicago American Giants second
sacker. we're the other members OF
the west team who were guilty q
errors
East Scores Fairly
The East wasted no time In the
manufacture OF runs. After Ben
SON had been retired on long nv
10 left. Roberta Martinez, Cuhaus
slashed single 10 left Eddie
stone. Philadelphia stars, was re-
tired on a rrounder to sampson a.
second. Buck Leonard, Homestead
Crews. walked. and Roy Easterlina
Homestead Greys. shot single
mast short. Martinez scoring, Leo
nard pulling up at third. Joe Bark
or. Philadelphia stars, scored Leo
nard with a single 10 right.
Bill Bremmer. Memphis Red Sax
held the East in check through the
remaining two innings he pitched
Bill Perkins. Baltimore Elites
opened the fourth with a single
over second. but was forced at seq
ond on pick Seay's grounder "a
parnell Woods. Cleveland, Al third.
Morney then gummed up McHenr> :
crounder. and Benson followed
with a single to center, Seay scor-
ing.
Calhoun Chased
After Stone had been retired by
Woods. Leonard singled TO center
stole second and went 10 third
when Green threw wild IN an e.
fort 10 flag the first baseman from
the East. Easterling famed. but
Barker inserted timely single ie
left.
The Fasteners chased Calhoun
in the sixth when four runs were
tailed on three hits. two errors. a
base on balls. and hit batsnIan
Johnson. Toledo. replaced the 81
Louis Star southpaw.
Four hits, including Crespo
triple. a hit batsman, and an error
produced three runs in the eighth
inning
The West let two fine opportnni-
ties to score slip through their I'm
gers. Eddie Mayweather. st, Louis
Stars. opened the fourth with a
walk. hut was forced at second by
Neil Robinson, Memphis Red Sox
Don Reeves. Chicago American
Giants, forced Robinson az second
and Green walked Morney ended
the inning by grounding to Leonard
al first.
With one out in the sixth, May
weather singled TO right Robinson
bounced hit of Easterling's glove.
Reeves forced Easterlng at sec
ond. Robinson going 10 third.
Green forced Reeves at second on
a groundcr TO Martinez.
Leonard and Easterling were the
hitting stars for tho winners. Leo
nard collecting three in four tips,
and Easterling three in five. Scay
and Easterllng were the defensive
bright lights, both turning In
sparkling plays as they scampered
about the diamond 10 smother
grounders from bats OF western
PLAYERS.
The playing field. although COW
cred during the rain which fol-
through the night and most OF the
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