The Wilmington morning star., 1940-03-18
DEFEAT AMERICAN
LEAGUE CLUB, Il
Crowd OF $4,000 Fans At.
tend Finnish Relief Con-
test At Tampa
BY Y TALBOT

M March lf.-0I7-1He ma
tional league finally bristled up and
licked the American league, z to 1,
in \ corking good All-star game at
Plant field today before an exultant
crowd Of over $4,000. The contest
realized more than $4,000 for the
Finnish Relief fund.
Deadlocked / to 1 going into Che
last of the ninth inning after a
sparkling and sustained exhibition
of pitching, the Nationals showed
across the deciding run before a
man was retired on two sharp sin
giles and an error by Hal Trosky,
Cleveland Indian Businessman.
AL Lopez, Boston Bees catcher
and Tampa's only representative In
the big leagues, crossed the rubber
with the big run as his neighbors
in the packed stands cheered. He
had to battle his way through them
to reach the dressing room.
Opens With Single
AL opened the frame with = SHARP
single to center off Bob Teller,
Cleveland's young fireballer. Terry
Moore. st. Louis Cardinal, dumped
a bunt in front Of the plate, which
Rollie Hemsley nabbed and pegged
to first in plenty Of time to retire
the runner.
But Trosky muffed it beautifully
and Lopez tore all the way to third
before Bobby Doerr, the Americans
second baseman, recovered the pill
Trosky received an accidental raI
on the head from Terry Moore ir
the general mix-up, and was stag
gering around for some time holding
his noggin in both hands.
Pete Coscarart of Brooklyn then
delivered the pay-off punch. Il
was a hard one through short stol
that Frank Crosetti tried for but
couldn't quite spear. Lopez merely
walked In, and Feller, the losing
pitcher, shambled off. The Ameri
can leaguers, who were heavy pre-
game favorites, looked glum as the,
departed.
The Nationals victory was vel
deserved. Their five pitchers al
lowed their smuggling oponents onl.
five hits, Of which Bill Dickey ant
Crosetti each contributed two. Jim
mic Foxx, Of the Red Sox, was tn,
only other American to rap safely
Harry Gumbert Of the Giants hurl
ed the last inning and gained credi
for the win. Feller was the fourtl
moundsman used by Manager 10,
Mccarthy of the losers. o.
Americans Run,
The Americans scored their onl,
run in the second inning off bis
Paul Derringer Of Cincinnati whel
Joe DiMaggio walked and counte,
on successive singles by Dickey AM
Crosetti. Thereafter Kirby Higbe
Luke Hamlin, Bucky Walters an.
Harry Gumbert took turns blankint
the big boys. Their support was ex
cellent all the way. The Nationals
also scrambled thei- lineup well
ony Frank Mccormick at first ant
Bill urges at shortstop going tn,
route. Johnny Mize, Card slugge1
who was to have held down first
was too ill to play. Neither did 10,
Cronin feel up to playing shortstoI
for the Americans.
1t was a game Of remarkably few
long drives, demonstrating that thu
pitchers are far ahead of the bat
ters at this stage of training. Hanl
Greenberg did, however. make one
fine catch in left field off Ton,
Cuccinello in the seventh. Bill Jur
ges made perhaps the fielding gen
OF the game in the third when hi
knocked down a torrid blow by Di
Maggie and turned it into a doubl.
play.
There was a bit of unschedulee
excitement in the late stages wher
2 colored spectator fell from tn.
ton OF the lofty score board in cen
ter Held and struck the paving or
the street outside. 1t later was re.
ported that he had died from hi.
injuries.
The game otherwise was PLAYED
IN a fine festive atmosphere witt
Comedian Al schaeht cutting hi.
monkey shines before hand ant
Judge, lands posing for the photog
rapAers, American and Finnisl
haas fluttered alternately al
around the field. Several. hundred
spectators stood Throughout the con
test, The exact receipts were M,