Evening star., 1952-07-09
Say Both of Rivals Runs
Were Due to Muddy Field
Fans Wunted to See
More Of Bobby Shuntz
BY Burton Howkins
Stcr Stoff Correspondent

PHILADELPHIA, July 9.-The
National League is beginning to
like the AH-Star game.
After years Of embarrassment
by American Leaguers, the repre-
of the older major
league now can boast three
straight victories and have
trimmed their deficit in games to
1877. Furthermore. they can en-
vision domination Of the contest
for some years, it appears now.
It's superior punch the National
Leaguers have these days. In their
last two games with the American
League, they've walloped six nome
runs, including two yesterday in
a 80 conquest called at the end
of five innings because of a hard.
steady rain.
But if the game ended on sour
note for 32,785 fans at Shibe Park
and countless thousands viewing
it on television, Hank Sauer cidn't
mind bit. The Cubs big biaster
decided the game with his two
run homer of Bob Lemon in the
fourth inning.
II hope Burt Shotton was watch
ing and listening today" Sauer
said after the game. II wouldn't
want him to have missed this for
the world" The big slugger was
referring to the 1850 All-Star
game in which Shotton, then the
National Leagues manager. didn't
want to use Sauer in centerfield.
although he led in the fans vot-
ing. ....=
Real Home Run Clout.
Sauer's blast was one of the
more magnificent homers in ALL
Star game history. After Stan
Musial had been nicked by a
pitched ball, Hank rammed a
mighty homer which struck the
roof atop the second deck of the
left field stands and bounded out
of the park.
Earlier Jackie Robinson, with q
first-inning homer into the upper
deck of the left field seats of Vic
Raschi. had demonstrated to the
once power proud American
League that the National League
now owns most of the muscles.
The American League spurted
into a, briefly enjoyed 2-1 lead in
the fourth inning when it nailed
Bob Rush of the Cubs for its only
runs.
Orestes Minoso launched that
uprising with double to right
and AL Rosen walked. Yogi Berra
fouled out. but Eddie Robinson
singled past Jackie Robinson,
scoring Minoso and sending Rosen
to third. Bobby Avila's single OF
|Robinson's glove scored Rosen.
Hustling little Phil Rizzuto Of
the Yankees was the goat on the
next play. He slapped a grounder
to Shortstop Granny Hammer.
who tossed to Robinson at sec.
ond base for the start Of double
play. Jackie's throw to Whitley
Lockman at first base was wide.
but Rizzuto wasn't around to cap
italize on the errant throw.
Rizzuto Slipped in Mud.
While Lockman made a nice
recovery and stepped on first
base, Rizzuto was in the vicinity
Of the plate. Many fans appar-
emily felt Phil didn't give 100 per
cent effort and booed him, but
Rizzuto had slipped in the mud
and couldn't break from the plate.
+ Both teams were lucky to
escape injury on the slick. treach-
erous outf1eld and slippery. mushy
inf1eld. The batters' box afforded
poor footing and pitchers were
having trouble remaining perpen-
dicular.
It was a shame, though. that
the tense battle didn't go the
distance. Bobby Shantz. the
Athletics great left-hander, had
faced Lockman, Robinson and
Musial in the fifth and struck
out the three in succession.
They were the only batters he
faced and the customers were
eager to see him take a crack at
duplicating Carl Hubbell's feat
lin 1884 when the Giants south
lpaw famed five sluggers in a
lrow-Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig.
Jimmy Foxx. AL Simmons and Joe
Cronin.
Among the National LeaguerS
who went out Of their way to
praise Shantz was Robinson, Bob
|by's second strikeout victim. HE
showed me the best curve bali I've
seen all year." Jackie said. oddly
(See ALL-STAR, Page C-3.)
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