The daily monitor. (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1940-1942, 1941-07-09
Last Minute
Homer Robs
Arky Of Glory
bokev Well ploosod
with Americans;
Proisss WilIiems

Proisss Willioms
BY GAYLE TALBOT
Q DETROIT. July 9-(R1-Of MI
the National Leaguers whoee
wives and relations should keep
them out Of tall buildings for
the next few days, the one with
the most legitimate complaint
about the way yesterdays ALI
Star game turned out u Arky
Vaughan, Pittsburgh's veteran
shortstop.
Arky, not anywhere near fam
Gus as q distant hitter, rose q
the heights In the cause Of the
League md hit two
SCATTERING home runs In success
sive innings, each time with I
man on base. It was tremendous
and should have been enough TO
place Vaughan in the All-Staf
hall Of fame with something %
spare.
But what happens3 A tall Cali
fornia boy named Ted Williams.
employed by the Boston Red
Sox, comes up with two out and
two on in the ninth inning md
slams . homer to give the Amer.
lean Leaguers q 2 to 3 victory
and relegate Vaughan's two pre-
ceding clouts to the aih can.
Looking around, Vaughan en-
lay such Q tough break a that
to q couple Of things. In the first
place, why wasn't Williams
hitter Of the American
League, given . walk % that
the fading Claude Passeau could
get at Dominic d lGaegie. Any
body would have been better
than Williams.
Yet. last night, Manager Del
Baker Of the victorious Ameri-
can said II would have heon poor
strategy to pas williams, for
that would have put The winning
run on second haoe.
Secondly, with one out In that
terrible ninth Joe rDi Maggie
slapped q perfect double play
hall to shortstop. Eddie Miller
grabbed the pill and Tipped it u
Bill Herman, forcing Cecil Trav-
is q second and setting up tn
twin-killing that " oul a haN0
closed out the game with the Ma
tionals ahead, 3 10 3. Is
N was in tn hag. Hut HsT4
m6n hurried his throw, pul1im1I
Etonk Me CO. lick o6 6rse -
"A run dented the plata, two $3.50
on base and Willia N was u
there swinging his wason-tonglnS
with . crowd az 8l,e7l a odoa
Such things happen. and
Vaughan, who should have 49,
. hero, was Just another unfoet.
innate who almost hit the joe1s.
pot. The American Leaguers n0
hold . Iced Of 8 TO ; In tn All
Star classics. 81
Late last night the NatiGn1l
League magnatss still were ~
ting oil by themse1yes a ~.
lighted staircases In local hotG1k
holding their heads md eiv1nt
no mind to missed train roooTy1iY n
tons. That II the literal tutlIt
They take this thlne sogiG
The American Leaeuoee 1870
celebrating the Fourth q Ju13
and Christmas All 90 o4ee. p0
Baker said jubilantly {hnt h1
believed II the two tsonne -
ten times In . row that ~
Americans would win oovon c.
them. II.
did you - williama 49,
he hit that ball?" h GhoutoC1.
II turned out tkat evorybo =
except Del apparently ~ -
watching the flight g - han
itself. s.
WELL" Del explained srn1
didn't even start xlznmfna. H
knew he had hit e Slrhk H
stood there md wateho0 & ~
and clapped his hando until -
hit the stand. Then ~ stnFtod
running. He had been es,G1hng
those, National >LoQGnaee m
through the game. and whit ~
said wasn't nice, elthof.~ !;
Ted was the hero, III .riokh
He knocked In tour q hin clnos6
runs. In the fourth frome. Wt11t
Paul Derrineer pitchinG ~
slammed q ball - riCh1 G6a
that Bob Elliote q - HeEUeo
misjudged. alloHEing = I'm ~
count. Ted dfuve a. -four -
Vaughan drove IN 1our, but tnoy'
paid of on 1od \,
Outside q thnoo hig punchoo;;
IL was pitchsrss hatll0s eGpselal4
ly in the oarly S11GUo. N.Y.
fans wished that Bobby Yel1ee o.
Cleveland and Whit Wyatt O.
Brooklyn, leading pitcAers = ln9
American and Nationot I1oonona1
respectively, might hANe Ooq9N1;
and fought q out. lgst1Ane 4y.'
ed any sion @ bo1ng oeoto1 ~.
But q rule G ~ AlE6onR 49,
says . pitcher may - snIys th6o1I