The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-15
AII-Star
Hurting Shines
In 4fh Straight
National Win
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CINCINNATI Has the All
utar injury jinx struck again
Casey Stengel was q mighty wor-
ssed man today as he took his
Ieagne.leading New York Yankees
into 81. Louis for > three.game
series.
News that Mickey Mantle found
& painful 10 walk following the
aearayasIon Of . pulled leg mus.
e a yesterdays AllStar Game
waa even more distressing 70 the
arixxled pilot than the American
Leagues 81 defeat at the hands
q the Nationals.
The pain was 50 severe that
Mantle may not be able 70 play
AGAINST the Browns tomorrow
nieiIt. The switch-hitting star won't
. sure until before game time
But al be knows Is that his leg Is
s.hurtin'. "
Stengei was blaming himself to-
day Tor Nantes re-injury. He per-
mitted Mickey TO play IN the ALI
Star Game against his better judy
nent. Il wasn't until five minutes
before the start Of the game that
Casey decided to yield to Nantes
lnaistence On playing.
II the seventh inning, Mickey hit
{ sharp iorce-pIay gronnder 70
ahcrtstOp and. In putting on speed
70 avert = double play. re-injured
dis LEFT led. The young slugger was
playing with ! tapped LEG, hurt for
The first time two weeks ago, and
Fe-injured last Sunday against
Washington.
The crowd Of 90, sl6 cash custom
efs saw 4 game entirely different
from what they had anticipated.
Expecting To see the sIuggers
knock down the crosley Field
fences, the fans saw instead the
pitchers al but completely DOM
mate The hitters. No home runs
were hit for the first time since
1874. There wasn't even q measly
triple. The only extra base hit was
i twObaggeF BIZ Peewee Reese
that could have been held to D
single with sharper fielding.
In al, Is hits were made, 10
~ the yictors. Robin Roberts.
Warren SPAIN, Curt Simmons and
hurry Dickson, Ii that order, held
The American Leagners to Tive
singles. They had two-hit shutoui
until the ninth when singles BY
Ferris Fain, pinch hitter Johnny
Nike and Minnie Minoso off Dick
son provided the only Al run.
The defeat was the fourth
straight for the American League
a well 81 Tor Stengel, who has
yel TO win ah AIl-Star Game. The
Yankee manager has more Iucl
n The falI, however, ID his foul
World Series triunphs attest. The
American League slill holds 4 12LS
edge after the 2Oth game.
The National League attack was
paced ~ Enos Slaughter and
Reese, 4 pair d veteran AlI-Stal
performers. Slaughter now q 10
year.man Ii All-Star play, gave
bis greatest performance. HI
raped two hits, drove in 4 run
and scored two. He also stole /
base and electrified the crowd
with brilliant diving catch il
he sixth inning.
Reese, hltless III eight previou.
AlsStar Games, drove N two run.
with 4 single and double. Stan Mu
sial got two hits but they didnf
figure il the scoring.
The PhIllies' Richie AshburI
also contributed to the Nationa
Leagues scoring. His pinch singl.
OF loser Allie Reynolds drove 4
The first Of two fifth.ihning tallie.
and broke Z scoreless deadlock
Dickson drove IN TIE final Nation
als' run with 1 single off Satche
Paige IN the eighth. The bit fol
lowed singles BY Roy CampaneIl,
and Slaughter.
The Americans received shutou
pitching from sOuthpaw Bin,
Pierce to match three scorelesl
Innings II pitching By Robin Rob
erts. Each allowed only one bit
Spain. who received credit for II,
victory. hurled two hitless inning,
before giving way to pinch hittel
Ashburn. simmons permitted an,