The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-07-10
National
 'SIuggers' Hits

tion hung heavily today upon the once-proud National League.
 Never before in the 13-year his- tory of the Ail-Star Game, nor in the 45 years that the World Series has been played. has one of the major leagues so completely dom mated the other
 When the American League routed the National, 12 to 0, yes terday before 1906 fans at Fen way Park. it was the most one sided shutout in the 244 World Series games and the l3 All-Star contests that have been played in the history of relations between the two major circuits.
 Sewell Out of Class
 Only once before, in the 1886 World Series when the New York Yankees drubbed the New York Giants Is to in the second game, has there ever been a bigger mar gin in inter-league relations.
 And what made yesterdays three hit blanking of the Nationals all the more embarrassing was the fact that in the final innings victory was conceded. Pitcher Truett tRip) Sewell of Pittsburgh who has de- Velped freak delivery which he calls the "blooper ball. used it consistently against the American leaguers in the eighth inning and they tagged him for four solid hits. including Ted Williams second home run of the game.
 SewellS pitch, which arches 20 or more feet into the air before descending upon the batter at home plate, is one which he used on the rarest of occasions as a chance of pace delivery which fooled bat terS expecting fast balls or curves. But terrific Ted the king pin of the Red SoX sluggerS, knew what to expect since Sewell was throw ing 1t almost exclusively. He stepped into the bail and dropped it into the outStre.ehed hands of the bleacheriteS. who had confidently expected him to put it there.
 Sewell had an answer for why he used the "bloopers which seemed to reflect more than any thing else what had happened to the Nationals.
 Wanted Him to Have All
 I figured I had nothing to lose. he said afterwards. Williams was hitting everything else in reach, so I figured I'd give him a shot at that one.
 And that was just about the truth. Humping Theodore smashed two homerS and two singles and drew a walk, driving in five runs for his busy afternoon.
 But while the Boston bopper captured hitting honors, he had to share the spotlight with the three American League pitchers, Bullet Bob Teller of Cleveland. Lefty Hal Newhouser of Detroit, and hand some Jack Kramer of the Browns, who collectively gave up fewer hits than any team ever has garnered in a previous All-Star effort.
 Teller started and gave up only two singles. one to Johnny Hopp of the Braves and one to Walker Cooper of the Giants. That looked like top-flight performance until NeWhouser came along and worked the next three innings, giving up only a one-bas ser to Harry tPea- nutsl Lowry of the Cubs. Then came Kramer, who got into the game only when Spud Chandler of the Yankees begged off, and he topped both of the others, giving up no hits in his tour of duty
 Passeau Serves Up First
 The strong man in the Amer ican League act, Charley Keller of the Yankees, provided ? to O lead in the first inning when he smashed a homer into the right field bleachers about 400 feet away, scoring Williams. who had walked ahead of him. The victim of the blow was Claude PasSeau of the Cubs. the National League starter, who was in little trouble thereafter.
 But Kirby Higbe of Brooklyn, who took over in the fourth, was in hot water as soon as he took the mound Williams belted high hard pitch for his first homer in the fourth. and in the fifth singles by Buddy Rosar of the Athletics and Newhouser. a walk to Stan Spence of the Senators, two-rln. double by Vern Stephens of the Browns, and single by Williams gave the Americans three tallies.
 Rookie Ewell Blackwell of the Reds yielded the next two in the seventh when Joe Gordon of the Yankees doubled to score Williams and Keller. Then came the eighth and Sewells roble experiment with his "blooper.
 Before Williams delivered his anti-climactic smash. George Stirn- weiss of the Yankees, Kramer, and Stephens singled to produce one run and Williams put over three more with his homer. stepping into the pitch and smashing the ball high and deep into the bleachers,
 It was the ninth American League victory against four for the Nationals. The most one-sided game before yesterdays was the last one, played in Pittsburgh in 1914 with the Nationals ' to l victorS. The Americans had to wait two years to square accounts since the l945 game was called off because of wartime transportat difficulties
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