Evening star., 1951-07-11
National League
Forecasts New
Era Of Power
We're the Big Guys. ;
Kiner Says After
AH-Stur Victory
By the Associated Pres,


DETROIT, July 1.-THE Ma.
tional League inner circle today
saw an end to the American
Leagues "reign of terror" and pre-.
dicted new cycle shifting the
batting power to the senior cir
cult.
Gil Hodges, strapping Brooklyn
first baseman and the Nationa,
Leagues hcme run leader, sale
after yesterdays 8-3 triumph ovel
the Americans:
1T is the National that has the
nome-run hitters now. not the
American. Yes. sir, times have
changed "
Ralph Kiner, the National.
Ihome-run king for the last five
years, echoed this sentiment.
Were the big guys now anc
they are the little boys" he said
II could see that before the game
when we lined up for the Nationa
Anthem. / looked over at ths
American League bunch ane
thought: Gee. what a bunch o.
little guys compared to few year.
ago. For the first time our boy
looked like the big men,"
Nationals Get Biggest Run Total
Hodges and Kiner hit two of the
Nationals four homers as they
bombarded five pitchers for 6
dozen hits and ran up the biggest
run total ever made by a Nationa
League All-Star team.
Stan Musial of the Cards anC
Bob Elliott of the Braves alse
smashed homers for the winners
Those of Hodges and Elliott came
with man on base. George Kel
and Vic Wertz of Detroit hit solt
Ifour-baggers for the Americans.
"It's a brand-new cycle" Charlie
Segar, National League publiciSt
beamed. Watch us from now on
We're going to do the same thine
in the World Series"
Previous World Series and pre-.
1850 All-Star games bring bacl
bitter memories to the Nationals
Victimized for years by sucf
dynamiters as Babe Ruth, Lol
Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, Hank Green
berg, Joe Di Maggie and Charlie
Keller, the Nationals had won onl,
five of the II previous All-Stal
games and had dropped 80 of A.
World Series. They haven't wor
a World Series since 1916. Las
year they had to go IA inning!
to win the All-Star game, 4-3.
Better Batting and Pitching.
The Nationals entered the gam.
with the more robust batting
averages and better pitching tha
lbelied the 7-5 odds favoring tht
Americans. The results bore then
out. Not only did they outslus
the Americans, but they out,
pitched and outfielded them.
The emphasis was strictly OF
the home run, but little Richie
Ashburn, f1eet-footed Phillies out.
fielder. brought the huge Brigg.
Stadium crowd of 52,075 to it's fee
with brilliant leaping catch il
the sixth inning to rob Wertz O.
Ia near-homer. Ashburn caugh
the ball in front of the right cen.
terfield screen, 40G feet distant
after a long run.
National League pitching wasnr
bad. either. Except for an un.
steady two-inning stint by Robir
Roberts, youthful Phillies' right.
handler, and a couple of home rur
tosses by Sal Maglie of the Giants
the Nationals four-man hurline
corps was excellent.
Don Newcembe Superb.
Don Newcombe. Brooklyn's bis
righthander, was superb as h,
moved the American Lacquer.
down with two hits and no run.
in his three-inning venture.
He was especially brilliant il
the eighth when, after yielding {
a humping three-base hit to Tee
Williams, he retired the next thre,
batters without allowing the Ret
Sox slugger to bulge off third
Newcombe, flashing a burning fast
bail, famed three.
| Ewell Blackwell. the whip" from
(See ALL-STAR, Page C-2.)