Evening star., 1943-07-06
10 Home Runs Socked
By 5|uggers Chosen
For Dream Game
BY JUDSON BAILEY,
AsSociated Press Sports Writer.

Associated Press Sports Writer.
Now that baseball's booming
Fourth of July bombardment Is over,
the major leagues can turn their
attention toward next Tuesdays
annual all-star game-and some OF
the stars already have.
In the holiday celebration yester-
day no fewer than 10 Of the sluggers
selected for the dream game at
Philadelphia fired home-run rockets
for what might be considered sig
mails to Managers Billy Southworth
and Joe Mccarthy that they are
ready for all-star action.
The most spectacular fireworks
were set of by Augie Galan of the
Brooklyn Dodgers, who would like
to start in center field for the Ma
tiOnal League next Tuesday night.
He pulled the Dodgers out of flve-
game losing streak by hitting 4
triple with the bases loaded in the
flrst game and grand slam homer
in the second for . double victory
over the Chicago Cubs, 6-3 and 80.
Bill Nicholson of the Cubs, Stan
Musial OF st. Louis, Mel OFT of New
York and Vince Di Maggie of Pitts
burgh we're other National League
all-star nominees who punched
round-trippers.
Musials Homer Decisive.
Musials blow in the seventh in
ming decided the second game of q
double header st Philadelphia In the
Cardinals favor, 4-3, and gave How
ard Krist his seventh victory against
one defeat after the world cham
pions had been shellacked, 1872, in
the opening contest. The Phillies
scored seven runs In the second in
ming and altogether made l6 hits,
including two homers by Coaker
Triplett and one by Rookie Catch
er Bob Finley
The split shaved st. Louis Ma
tional League lead to three games
and perhaps was a let-down to be
expected after the Cards swept their
crucial three-game series Saturday
and Sunday at Brooklyn.
In the days other National League
show Pittsburgh punched six runs in
the third inning to beat the New
York Giants. 8-4, and then was shut
out, 30, by Lefty Ken Chase on six
hits in the nightcap, when OFT hit
his 18th homer of the season and
fourth in four days for the Giants.
Cincinnati at Boston was post
poned because Of the weather.
Yankees Reinforce Lead.
In the American League the New
York Yankees reinforced their grasp
on first place by sweeping two games
at st. Louis, 80 and 8-5, but the
first affair was not won until Joe
Gordon smacked his ninth homer in
the 1lth inning.
AS a matter Of fact, the Browns
thought they had bagged the game
with two runs in the ninth and were
In the clubhouse eating ice cream
when they learned that they hadn't
They thought they had Tailed the
winning run on John Lindell's throw
into the st. Louis dugout, but aftel
first allowing the run, the umpires
yielded to the protests OF Joe Nc.
Carthy that Milt Byrnes was entitled
only to go to third and called the
Browns back onto the field.
This proved a lucky break for un.
lucky Charley Wensloff, who pitched
flve.h ball over the thinning rout.
and won on Gordon,s four master
Gordon also made three hits in the
second game and Nick Etten battec
in four runs, one homer.
Besides Gordon, Chet Laabs anc
Vernon Stephens of st. Louis, Rudy
York OF Detroit and Bob johnson oil
Washington, all American League
al.-stars, hit homers.
Chisox, Bosox Split.
The Chicago White Sox split two
with the Boston Red Sox, beating
Tex Hughson, AZ. in the opener with
the help of four Boston errors which
let in three unearned runs. ther
losing the second. 6-1, on six-hit
hurting by Yank Terry.
A pair of four-hit pitching per.
formances by Don Black and Lunar
Harris gave the Philadelphia Ath.
letics twin triumphs over the Cleve.
land Indians, 2-1 and TO.
The seven double headers Sunday
attracted 131058 paying customers
and the same number yesterday
brought out 123,960, with inclement
weather holding down attendance al
some parks.