Evening star., 1947-07-07
.Cronin and Dyer LIST
Lineups for Battle at
Tomorrow
By Joe RaichIer
Asssciutsd Press Spertx Writer

Ewell Blackwell and the New York
Yankees spud Chandler will be the
starting pitchers In tomorrows
major league AI-star game ut
Wrigley Field, the managers Of the
National and American
League Clubs announced today.
Both pilots. Eddie Dyer Of the st.
Louis Cardinals and Joe Cronin Of
the Boston Red Sox, adhered to
sentiment in the fan All-Star poll In
designating their starting lineups.
The two teams will line up for to-
18th annual midsummer
classic as follows:
National League.
Harry Walker, Philadelphia, CT.
Dixie walker, Brooklyn, rf.
Walker cooper, New York, C.
Johnny Mize, New York, 1b.
Enos Slaughter, st. Louis, IT,
Frankie Cuisine, Pittsburgh, 3b.
Marty Marion, st. Louis, SIS.
Emil Verban, Philadelphia, 2b.
Ewell Blackwell, Cincinnati, p.
American League.
George Kell, Detroit, 3b.
Buddy Lewis, Washington, RI.
Ted williams, Boston, If.
Joe Di Maggie, New York, CT.
Lou Boudreau, Cleveland, SIS.
George McQuinn, New York, 1b.
Joe Gordon, Cleveland, 2b.
Buddy Roser, Philadelphia, c.
Spud Chandler, New York, p.
Both Blackwell and Chandler will
have four days Of rest for the game.
Blackwell, the hottest pitcher in
baseball at the moment, has won IA
games and lost 2, and Chandler,
whose last appearance was against
Washington last Friday, has won 9
and lost 4.
For g. baseball team that has been
fattened nine times in 13 starts, the
National Leaguers were a confident
lot today on the eve of the game.
Frick's Chasrin Recalled.
It may be recalled that last year
National League President Ford
Frick, chagrined over the ease with
which the American League ALL
Stars ronped over the Nationals,
1910, made one of his inspirational
talks to his hirelings and out Of it
came the announced determination
of the older league to 60 "all-out"
for this years tussle. Frick was
especially vehement in his de-
nouncement of certain players who
had asked to be excused from the
1916 game.
What Frick felt on being informed
that Cincinnati's Eddie Miller, who
was the No. 1 choice fore the short
stop post in the fan poll, had bowed
out, might well be imagined. Miller,
who played throughout the holiday
week end for the Reds and who has
not missed one of the Reds rs games
thus far, asked to be excused because
of g. sore right shoulder.
Another choice of the fans, Third
Baseman Bob Elliott of the Braves,
also Withdrew because OF an injury
to his index finger in Saturdays
game with the Dodgers.
Frick's players, pointing with
pride to Blackwell, whom they term
"the best pitcher in baseball right
now and to Mize and Cooper, the
slugging twins of the New SYork
Giants, actually would have you be-
lieve they are sorry that Bob Feller,
Cleyeland's great pitcher, has been
forced to withdrawn from the classic
because of a back injury.
Regret Feller Won't Pitch.
Honestly, we regret that Feller
won't be in there tomorrow a per-
son close to Frick conf1ded. Mind
you, I'm not trying to take anything
away from Bob. He's the best the
American League has to offer. But
he's never had to face such a power
laden nine as the National League
can put on the field this year. I
honestly feel that we would have
knocked him out of the box. This
squad is 100 per cent stronger than
last year."
For the record. Feller, Newhouser
and Jack Kramer of the st. Louis
Browns held the National Leaguers
to three singles last year in admin
istering the worst druhbing of the
series. Feller allowed two of the
hits both scratch tnfield Safeties.
He famed three and walked none.
In looking at Feller's fast ball In
four games, the Nationals have been
able to get only five hits and one run
of him in 1125 innings.
There can be no argument against
the National Leagues claim that 1t
has one of the most powerful teams
ever to participate in an All-Star
event. The team as a whole boasts a
combined batting average Of close to
1n0