Evening star., 1942-06-18
10YanksNanled
By Nat Leader
For A||-Stars
Newsom, Detected by
indions, Lone Griff
Picked by Harris
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff CORRESPONDENT.

Star Staff Correspondent.
CLEVELAND. June l8.-With no
attempt to conceal his admiration
Of the Yankees, Manager Bucky
Harris Of the Mats has nominated 10
of them to participate in next
months all-star games, plucking
three pitchers, two .catchers, three
outf1elders and brace Of inflelders
from their midst.
Harboring no lofty opinion of his
own ar-shackled club, Harris
has selected only the necessary one
from the Mats. choosing Buck New
son of a member of his eight-man
pitching staff that otherwise in
cludes Ernie Bonham, Red Rufiing
and Spud Chandler of the Yankees,
Tommy Bridges and Al Benton Of
the Tigers, Ted Lyons of the White
Sox and AL Smith of the Indians.
To represent the American
League, Harris is willing to send
into action an all-Yankee outfield
of Charley Keller, Joe Di Maggie
and Tommy Heinrich and supple
ment that trio with Ted Williams
and Dominic Di Maggie Of the
Red Sox and Bob johnson of the
Athletics. williams, hero of the
l94l al-star game with his dra-
matte ninth-inning homer, is cer-
tain to be starter.
Pitching Weak Spot"
The Yankees second-string catch
er. Buddy Rosar, Is better than
most regular catchers in the
league, in Bucky's estimation,
so he selected him as one of. his
three receivers, with Bill Dickey of
the Yankees and Birdie Tebbetts OF
Detroit as the others.
Around the infield, Harris has
named Rudy York of the Tigers
and George McQuinn of the Browns
at first base, Joe Gordon Of the
Yankees and Bobby Doerr of the
Red Sox at second base. Lou Bou-
dreau of the Indians and Phil Riz-
zuto of the Yankees at shortstop
and Ken Keltner of the Indians
and Harland Cliff of the Browns at
third base.
Pitching will be our weak spot
this year." appraises Harris. prob
ably the weakest staff we've ever
had. Fellows like Rufing, Bridges,
Lyons and Newsom can pour 'em
in there for a few innings. though,
and williams, Di Maggie, York, etc,
ought to give them few runs to
operate on"
- Newsoms selection is indexed
under the heading of mild surprises,
for Buck has won only one Of his
last. eight starts, including last
nights 5-4 defeat by the Indians
before 6,708 fans. He has been
hurting a creditable brand Of ball
in his last three starts, but in five
previous efforts he was hammered
hard and often.
Choice Overlooks Spence.
1t generally was felt Harris would
choose Outfelder Stan Spence as
the Mats representative. Spence
virtually carried the club on his
back early in the campaign and it
was believed he would rate the nod
despite his recent batting slump.
Speaking of slumps, the Mats car
ried a three-game losing streak INTO
todays engagement with the In
dians, with Early Wynn hoping to
snan the string at Vernon Ken
nedy's expense. Washington has
lost six of it's last seven games
and Is of its last 20.
Newsom owned a Al lead entering
the seventh inning last night, but
the Indians staged three-run up
rising to grasp a 5-4 lead that Iom
Ferrick protected.
Washington snatched a 10 ad-
vantage in the second inning when
Jake Early belted home run into
the right-field stands, then boosted
it to 40 in the third on singles by
Ellis Clary, Spence, Mickey Vernon
and Bruce Campbell to drive jim
Bagby from the mound.
HOPE IN EiSH DSShco'
The Indians nicked Newsom Tor
a run in the fourth on Les Fleming s
single and Boudreau's triple, then
reduced the Mats lead to 4-8 in the
sixth on Oris Hockett's single, Kelt-
ner's sacrifice and another Fleming
single.
With cue out in the seventh Ray
Mack and Otto Denning singled
successively and Newsom walked
pinch hitter Chubby Dean to PACK
the bases. Mack scored and Den
ming and pinch runner Russ Peters
advanced as Roy Weatherly ground
ed out to Vernon and after Hockett
walked, Keltner drilled game-win-
ming single to left, scoring Denning
and Peters.
Roy Cullenbine's single and Ear
Tvs double with two out in the
eighth breathed hope into the Mats,
but Weatherly contributed a spark
king diving catch of Bob Repass'
liner to stymie that threat. In the
ninth, Washington twice placed the
tying run on base with one out,
but pinch hitter George Case was
out attempting to steal second and
Clary then walked and also was
out trying to steal.