Evening star., 1943-09-30
Star Packed Combine
To Entertain Troops
Includes -Four Mats
BY TED MEIER,
Associated Press Sports Writer

hoooSldteu fTeSS sports WrlIer.
The cream of the 1o43 crop of
baseball players will play before our
troops in the Pacific after the World
Series.
The lineup of the two 18-man
squads that will participate in the
postseason exhibition tour was an
nounced yesterday by the National
and American Leagues. Only the
name of Mort Cooper, 21-game win
ner for the championship st. Louis
Cardinals, is missing from the star
studded rosters.
Do the boys want some inside dope
on how to throw curve and a slow
ball? They can get the information
first hand from Spud Chandler, 20
game winner for the pennant-
winning Yankees, and Truett (Rip)
Sewell, whose extraordinary slow
ball has won him 81 games with the
Pittsburgh Pirates.
Or perhaps the boys would prefer
some tips on hitting. Who could
answer better than Stan Musial of
the Cardinals or Luke Appling of
the Chicago White Sox, the leading
hitters in the major leagues? For
long-distance clouting they could
ask Rudy York of Detroit, leading
home-run hitter with "a, and
Charley Keller Of the Yanks, run
nerup with 81.
Case Among Four Mats Picked.
For tips on base stealing there is
George Case of the Washington club,
who has swiped Sc bases to top both
leagues, and for behind the bat in
formation there is the veteran
catcher, Bill Dickey Of the Yankees,
and the more youthful Walker
Cooper of the Cards.
The complete squads:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Pitchers-Spud Chandler, Yam
KEGS; Dutch Leonard, Mats; Tex
Hughson, Red Sox; Dizzy Trout,
Tigers; Orval Grove, White Sox: AL
lie Reynolds, Indians.
Catchers-Bill Dickey and Rollie
Hemsley. Yankees; Jake Early, Mats.
1nflelders-Rudy York, Tigers;
Bobby Doerr, Red Sox; Joe Gordon
and Bill Johnson. Yankees; Luke
Appling, White Sox.
Outfielders-Charley Keller, Yam
KEGS; Pete Fox, Red Sox; George
Case and Stan Spence, Mats.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Pitchers-Truett Sewell, Pirates
Johnny Wander Nicer and Bucky
Walters, Reds; AL Javery, Braves;
AL Gerheauser, Phillies; Hi Bithorn,
Cubs.
Catchers-Walker Cooper, Cardi-
nails, and Ray Mueller, Reds.
Infielders-Lou Klein, Cardinals;
Elbie Fletcher, Pirates; Eddie Miller,
Reds; Bob Elliott, Pirates; Dick
Barten, Giants.
Outflelders-Stan Musial, Cardj-
mails; Vince Di Maggie, Pirates;
Augie Galan and Dixie Walker,
Dodgers; Ducky Medwick, Giants.
= Frisch, Cronin to Manage.
Z frankie Frisch, manager of the
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the National Leaguers while Joe
Cronin. manager of the Boston Red
Sox, will be in charge of the Ameri-
can Leaguers.
In addition, Charley Jorgensen of
the Pirates and Ralph Mccarthy of
the Red Sox will go along as train
ers; Leo Ward, Cardinals secretary,
and Earl Hilligan, American League
Service Bureau director. will serve
as team secretaries, and Larry Goetz
of the National League and Bill
Summers of the American League
will do the umpiring.
Both groups will be under the di-
rection of Leslie O'Connor, secre-
tary- treasurer of baseball, who will
make the trip as the representative
of Commissioner K. M. Lands. The
entire party of 45 will leave the
United States as soon after the
World Series as the War Depart
ment gives O'Connor the 60 ahead.