Evening star., 1942-07-07
Junior Loopers
Settle A||-Star
Quickly
Old League Knocked
Out by Boudreou's,
York S Home Runs
By GAYLE TALBOT,
Associated Press Sports Writer.

NEW YORK, july 7.-BetCer all
star games possibly will be played
than last nights spectacle at the
Polo Grounds, in which the Ameri-
can League once again slugged the
National into defeat, 81, before
benefit crowd of 1854, but it is
difficult to imagine one more dra-
matte.
One minute after big Ernie Lom-
bardi of the National Leaguers
lifted a lazy fly to right field to
end the contest, pitch darkness
closed over the big arena as part
of New York City's second wartime
blackout. For % minutes the crowd
that had cheered itself hoarse for
two hours sat tense and almost
silent.
They sat as at a wake for the
blasted hopes of the National
Leaguers. who had entered the 10th
annual struggle with a burning de-
termination to win and had seen
their chances vanish almost with
the first pitch.
Where the National Leaguers had
W lilFddC SACNCAnhia Ava :"
climatic appearance against ths
service all-stars in Municipal Sta
dunn tonight, they found themselves
instead returning chastened to their
respective clubs. while the triunn-
phant Americans headed for, the
Ohio city.
Boudreau Blasts N. L. Hopes.
Last nights game was over to all
iptents and purposes when Lou
Boudreau, Cleveland's handsome
young manager. laced the second
ball pitched by Mort Cooper Of the
st. Louis Cardinals into the deep
left-feld stand. The National
Leaguers from that instant must
have felt it was hopeless. The
crowd did, anyway.
Here was Boudreau, who Is not a
distance clouter and had, in fact, hit
only one previous home run this
year, blasting for the circuit of
Cooper. The senior loopmen must
have recalled with sudden chill
that Ted Williams had closed last
years All-Star battle at Detroit With
homer.
Boudreau's blow must have url-
settled Cooper, who had been Man
ager Leo Durocher's game-time
choice to start instead of Claude
Passeau OF the Chicago Cubs, his
original selection. For the next
American Lacquer. Tommy Heinrich.
bumped double into right-center,
and after the next two men vent
down big Rudy York of the Detroit
Tigers lofted homer into the upper
deck In right field. ~
Owen Averts Shutout.
From there on, with the Americans
boasting a three-run lead and their
pitcher-Spud Chandler OF the
Yankees and big Al Benton Of De-
troit-setting the National Leaguers
down inning after inning, there
never was much doubt that the
junior loopers had won their seventh
victory in 10 Ail-Star duels.
Mickey Owen, the Brooklyn catcher
whose failure to stop third strike
made him the goat Of the 194l World
Series. saved his side from shutout
with pinch-home run of Benton
in the eighth. He had first tried to
bunt. He was the only National
Lacquer to get past second base, as
Chandler and Benton issued only
six hits.
The Americans gave their two
pitchers brilliant support. York and
Boudreau, not content with batting
the National Leaguers into sub
mission, each contributed fielding
gem
Durocher's big mistake, as 1t
turned out. was in starting Cooper
instead of either Johnny Wander
Nicer Of the Cincinnati Reds or
Passeau. Both the latter proved to
be in dazzling form.
Gordon Stars Afield.
Vandy. his southpaw curves fair
ly cracking, allowed only two sin.
giles in the three innings he worked.
and one of those was an extremely
scratchy one by Joe Di Maggie.
For two frames Passeau yielded only
one single, that also by Di Maggie.
Bucky Walters for the Reds sat the
winners down in order in the ninth.
striking out Ken Keltner Of the
Cleveland Indians.
Joe Gordon, the Yankees great
second baseman. found the Nation
al League hurling particularly puz-
zling, striking out his first three
times at bat and rolling out weakly
on the fourth. His fielding. how
ever, made up for his lapses at
the plate.
The start OF the game was de-
layed nearly an hour by weather
conditions.