Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-07-13
Bonham Is Likely A. |.
Moundsman 10 Face
Cooper at Outset
BY SID FEEDER.

putting on baseball's all-star mid
summer nights dream game" to-
night, but the way 1t shapes up 1t
looks as If it is the st. Louis Car
dinals against the military secret"
from the American League.
The National League boss. Billy
the Kid Southworth, is going to
stand or get flattened" with a
powerhouse starting set headed by
five members of his world champion
Cardinals cast. including his right
hand rifieballer, Mort Cooper. But
Yankee Manager Joe Mccarthy,
after looking over his American
League squad, has come up with a
lineup that bears striking re-
semblance to double talk In Braille
AS a matter of fact, from the way
the American Leaguers. notably
Marse Joe, have been making pro-
nomcementS merry-go-round style,
the only thing the junior circuit
campaigners appear at all sure about
is that the game will be played at
Shibe Park at 8 pm. &c. w. t..
Sellout Appears Certain.
It's going to be quite taffy pull,
too, because for the first time in the
11-year history of this interleague
lawn party, the S. r. o. sign will be
out. All signs now point to a SELL
out of some $4,000 cash customers
and a gate of about $4,000 for the
bat and ball fund.
OF course. by the time all the
noses are counted. even Mccarthy
will know who's going to start for
the American League. But when he
announced his lineup. he not only
didn't know his starting elbower-
although the general guess was tina.
it would be Ernie (Tiny) Bonham of
the Yanks-but he was also at a
loss about his catcher; he wasn't
sure about his outfield, and the only
thing definite about his infield was
that there would be one.
Marse Joe had his mind made up
only about his center fielder. who
will be Chef Laabs, the homer
hammerer of the ST. Louis Browns:
his shortstop, who will be fence
busting Vern Stephens. also of the
Brownies; and mis- third sacker. who
will be Ken Keltner. the Cleveland
Indians long-ball better Keltner
was cinch. He was the only third
baseman named on the squad.
Is Fine Guessing Contest.
The way Long-Jaw Joe was
hemming and having, the mystery
of the American Leagues starting
elbower made the s64 question
resemble an I. @. test for g.
year-olds, but to the grandstand
managers there didn't appear to be
any argument at all. Since Spud
Chandler. the Yanks' No. tnrower,
heaved full nine innings Sunday,
they pointed out, there just WASH t
any other able finger Mccarthy
could 60 to except his own sturdy
right handler, Bcnham. provided
Tiny's trick knee isn't acting up.
The California curver has won
eight against three losses this season,
while Cooper has posted IL wins
against five Setbacks and has chalked
up four whitewash jobs.
The National Leaguers, generally,
were as cocky as the town bully as
they surveyed what appeared to be
heir first real edge in both pitching
and power in the IL years of the
series, and they pooh poohed the
tossup betting odds, which the local
bookmaking gentlemen were quoting
as 10 to II and take your pick.
Adams Takes Pollet's Place.
The senior circuit squad lost HOWE
Pollett, the Cards crack lefty, to the
Army overnight. and Ace Adams,
the New York Giants relief special
list, was named to the squad in his
place. However. Cooper is backed up
by the Pittsburgh star Truett Sewell
Claude Passeau of the Cubs and Max
Lanier, the Card southpaw.
Supporting these hurlers, South
worth made up a batting order of
blockbusters whove hit for an aver
age of 30l as group for the season,
except for pitchers. This gives them
big bulge, on paper. over the
American League larrupers consid-
cred most likely to start. for their
par this summer has been a
mere 286.
Such being the case, there was
something to the National Leaguers'
optimism that they were on the way
to their first all-star win since 1910
and their fourth since the two loops
took to slugging each other back in
1888.
A. L. Leads in Homer Hitters.
In tact, the American League
maintained its margin in only one of
its specialties-the home run. The
eight likely opening thumpers for the
Junior circuit have hit the jackpot
Al times this season, headed by the
even dozen Stephens has knocked
out of the lot. The starting Ma
tionals have only % four baggers,
with the Cubs Bill Nicholson show
ing the way with IL.
But from top to bottom, Billy the
Kids gang is loaded with power,
especially with five left-handed bat
tiers against the American Leagues
expected right handed pitching.
Five have seen service in previous
all-star games. among them Gran
daddy Billy Herman. who's having
a grand year at second base for the
Dodgers and who hasn't missed the