Evening star., 1941-07-09
Pro|ongsGan1e
By Preventing
Twin Killing
Herman Throws Wild
To First After 'Timid
Cecil Bumps Him
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

| Cecil Travis of Washington may
relapse into milquetoast manner
for the remainder of the season.
| but for one f1eeting second here
yesterday he was a vicious char
acter. His flash of naStineSS set
| the stage for the American Leagues
| dramatic 7-5 victory over the Ma
tional League before 54,674 All-Star
game patrons.
Towering Ted Williams naturally
is being hailed as the glory guy OF
the American League for ricochet-
ing a tremendous homer off the
facade atop the second tier of the
right field stands with two out ano
/ two on in the ninth, but baseball
men aren't Understanding Travis
trick IN prolonging the game to that
point.
Noted as an extremely polite. even
meek, player. Travis aStounded
those who know him by displaying
his first sign of brutal but sensible
baseball. The gangling Georgia
farm boy deviated from that polite
pattern for the first time in his
career and later developments in
stalled his ineleganJ humping of
Second BaSeman Billy Herman as
the key to American League til
umph.
Travis Payes the Way.
1t was Travis who opened the
door for Williams payoff poke, for
l. i
in the ninth the Yankees Joe
Di Maggie bounced what resembled
all easy game-ending double play
ball in the direction of Snortstop
Eddie Miller of the Braves.
Miller's flip to Herman forced
Travis, but Cecil slid heavily into
Herman as the Brooklyn second
baseman pivoted to throw to First
Baseman Frank Mccormick. Her
mans off-balance throw thus pulled
Mccormick off the bag. allowing
Dl Maggie to reach first safely,
Ken keltner to score and Joe
Gordon to shift to third.
Into that tense situation stepped
the lean, good-natured Williams
and delivered the pulsating crusher
to Pitcher Claude Passeau anG the
National LeaguerS. At that, though,
Williams sock. while more thrilling.
seemed less surprising than Travis
In knockdown, dragout role.
Travis brought a measure Of
prestige to the floundering Mats. for
Joe Di Maggie and Williams were
the only American Leaguers in ad-
dltion to Cecil who played the en-
tire game. He handled three field
ing chances in polished style and
inserted the initial American League
hit, blistering double to left center,
with one out in the fourth inning.
Williams scored him with a double
10 right after Travis had taken
third on Joe Di Maggio's deep drive
TO Center Fielder Pete Reiser.
Cecil Lines to Herman.
With better break in luck Travis
might have obtained TWO more hits.
In the first inning Reiser came in
fast for his looper and in the sixth
inning Cecil lined to Herman at
second. He fouled to Third Base
man Stan Hack in the eighth and in
the ninth he walked to fill the bases
after Keltner and Gordon had sin
gled successfully.
Travis premeditated collision with
Herman and Williams soaring
homer rescued Pitcher Sid Hudson
of Washington from sharing the
role of goat with Pitcher Edgar
Smith of the White Sox. for despite
entering the engagement with eight
days of rest Sid was no fascinating
figure.
PoSSeSsor of 2 to l lead when he
strolled to the mound in the seventh
inning, Hudson and the American
League shortly thereafter were trail
ing by run. Enos Slaughter of
the Cards greeted Hudson with
single to left, continuing to second
as Left Fielder Williams fumbled
the ball
Vaughan POkes Long One.
At that juncture Floyd (Arky)
Vaughan of the Pirates plastered a
Hudson pitch into the upper deck
of the left field stands. Herman
doubled to right for the third
straight hit off Hudson, but after Al
Lopez sacrificed him to third Her.
man was stranded as Pinch-hitter
Joe Medwick grounded out and
Hudson whipped third strike past
Moore after Hack walked.
Pitcher Dutch Leonard of the
Mats, one of the few members of
either club who didn't view action,
would have been the next American
League pitcher had the junior cir
cult merely tied the score. Dutch
was warming up furiously in the
bull pen but Williams blow crushed
his hope of breaking into the line
up.