Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-07-08
American Legion Stars
Again Favored, but
Rivals Hit Long Ball
THE STARTING LINEUPS.
By the Associated Press

lyn-dominated Nationals for the
18th All-Star game Tuesday att
Detroit's Briggs Stadium.
Minus Cleveland's Bobby Teller
and other top pitchers like Vic :
Raschi and Allie Reynolds because !
of a league rule limiting pitcher
picks to one from each club, the
rely on the old home
run power to do the job.
Actually, the long-ball power is
on the National League side in the
starting lineups, decreed by vote
of 4,274,978 fans in a poll con-
Quoted by newspapers. radio sta
tons and magazines.
Each starter, except the pitcher
named by the manager, must go at
least three innings. After that,
Casey Stengel of the Americans
and Eddie Sawyer of the Nationals
are on their own.
Sawyer Has Hodges, Musial.
The Nationals open with such
fence busters as Gil Hodges of
Brooklyn, who leads both majors
in homers; Stan Musial of st.
Louis, Del Ennis of Philadelphia
and Bob Elliott of Boston. The
American starting crew includes
Boston's Ted Williams, Detroit's
Vic Wertz and New York's Yogi
Berra. Yogi, bothered by al
sprained back, may not be able to
make it.
\ Sawyer can bring on Ralph
!. Kiner of Pittsburgh, just back
from his three-day suspension.
Wally Westlake of ST. Louis, Duke
Snider of Brooklyn. Willie Jones
of the Phillies and Bruce Edwards
of Chicago, all of whom can blast
= the ball into the seats. To say
:. nothing of Red Schoendienst. the
st. Louis second baseman who
broke up the 1850 game at Chi
! cago's Comiskey Park with 14th-
inning homer for a 4-3 National
, win.
But tradition and 1875 record
O in the series dating back to 1888
= stand on the side of the American
! League.
, Williams Homer Won in 1941.
!, The last time they played at
Briggs Stadium in 1941, Williams
doomed a three-run homer off
: Claude Passeau in the last of the
ninth for a rs edge.
For an idea of the way things
! change in 10 years. only Elliott
a and Enos Slaughter of st. Louis
,; made both the 1941 and 81 Ma
! tional squads. The American has
9 more followers with Boston's Dom
9 DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr and Will
Q liams, plus the Yankees Joe Di-
9 Maggie, making the grade for the
! 18th time.
Dodgers Dominate Squad.
Seven Dodgers dominate the
National squad, three in the start
8 ing lineup with Hodges at first,
Jackie Robinson at second and
Roy Campanella catching. The
J champion Phils have Richie Ash
burn in center and Ennis in right
E. Musial will play left, Elliott third
v base and New York's Alvin Dark
: short.
d Don Newcombe, Dodger pitching
4 husky. may open the game. His
/ stablemate on the leading Dod-
r. gers, Preacher Roe, is slated to
4 pitch tomorrow.
}. Sawyer has an eight-man staff
with only two lefthanders-Roe
and Boston's Warren SPAIN. Ir
addition to the two Dodgers, he
has Larry Jansen and Sal Maglie
of the Giants, his own Robin Rob.
erts, Ewell Blackwell of Cincin.
natl and Dutch Leonard. veteran
Chicago knuckleball ace for relief
re The starting pitchers won't b.
IS announced until Monday, bu
t, Stengel is said to be lowering be-
ID tween Eddie Lopat of his Yank
and Ned Carver, st. Louis right
is handler.
or Mel Parnell of Boston ant
le Bobby Shantz of Philadelphia ar
f. the other southpaws. Back o
t. Carver, Stengel has Randy Gum
S, pert of Chicago, Bob Lemon o
Cleveland, Freddie Hutchinson o
III Detroit and Connie Marrero o
-" Washington.
r. Chicago's surprising White So,
III grabbed two starting jobs will
Nelson Fox at second base ant
ic, Chico Carrasquel at short. Ferri
n. Fain of the AS beat out Eddi
n. Robinson for first base. Georg
Kell of Detroit is the third base
rs man, naturally. Williams, Don
IS, DiMaggio and Wertz are the start
he ing outfeld.
il Stengel has power on the bencl
n, in Boston's Vern Stephens an
rs Doerr. Chicago's Minnie Minos
at and Robinson and Cleveland
j., Larry Dolby. His second catcher
ce Jim Hogan of Cleveland, also ca
hit the long ball.
he The game will be preceded b
on a series of meetings by bot
majors tomorrow and Monda,
The reserve clause situation an
television are expected to take u
most of the time.
M Jim Hogan Due to Replace
n Berro in AH-Stor Game