Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-11
StengeI Depending
On Nine HurIers 10
End Losing Streak
BY The A..esia,sd Pres.

Series and never won an ALI
Star Game, gets his fifth chance
at the pick Of the National
League Tuesday in Municipal
Stadium when he will try to lead
the American League out Of q
four-game losing streak. A crowd
of about $1,000 is expected.
Despite its recent misfortunes
under the Yankee skipper, the
American League still holds a
1913 adge going into the 21st
game Of the series. The All-Stars
haven't played in Cleveland since
1885, when Jimmy Foxx's home
run helped Mickey Cochrane's
Americans beat frankie Frisch's
team.
Once again the power-laden
Nationals are 7-to-5 favorites to
reverse the World Series trend
by f1exing their home-run mus
cles in, mid-season. The Nation
ais Of course, haven't won q
World Series since 1916.
Stengel was caught a little
short Of pitchers with a six-man
stan last year at Cincinnati. so
he crowded his roster with nine
pitchers, two lefthanders and
seven righthanders.
First Look for Aston.
Walter Aston. the new Brook
lyn manager who gets into the
All-Star game on a raincheck as
a replacement for the departed
Chuck Dresser, has we'll
stocked bullpen with two left
handlers and five righthanders,
including Marv GriSSom, the
Giants relief ace. Aston will be
seeing his first major league ALL
Star game after many years of
playing and managing in the
minors.
The game will start at 1880
, pm. with full network coverage
on radio CMutuaD and television
(NBC and MutuaD. The $4,000
radio-TV fee and the gate re-
ceipts go into the central fund
out of which the player pension
is paid.
Commissioner Ford Prick has
protected the game with series
of rain dates. If it should be
bad afternoon, they'll play Tues
day night at 8 pm. If it still is
raining, the game will be re-
scheduled for Wednesday at IL
am. 2 pm. or 8 pm, depending
on the weather.
The Weather Bureau expects
D.. clear skies for the game, al
though showers are expected to-
morrow and Monday.
- The starting lineups, with the
exception of pitchers, were Sc
lected by a poll of 4,272,47 fans.
Each starter must 60 at least
three innings, except pitchers,
who cannot pitch more than
three except in case Of an extra
inning game.
Roberts Likely to Start.
Because the American League
starting batting order contains
only two lefthanded batters,
Catcher Yogi Berra and SWITCH
hitting Mickey Mantle in center
field, Aston is expected to open
with Robin Roberts, the Phillies'
ace Highlander. Roberts record
isn't up to his brilliant 1853 start,
but he has started three of the
last four All-Star games for his
league.
When Stengel shifts his line
up, as he is certain to do with
his fair for the two-platoon SyS-
d TEN, Aston will be able to use
lefthanders Johnny Antonelli Of
New York and Warren SPAIN
of Milwaukee. To finish up, he'll
have Grissom, Carl Erskine of
the Dodgers and Gene Conley,
6-foot-8 rookie and Jim Wilson
Of the Braves.
II Stengel knows whom he'll
start he hasn't told anybody.
Chicago's Bob Keegan and Virgil
Trucks, Cleveland's Mike Garcia
and Bob Lemon are available.
So are Bob Porterfield of Wash
ington and Bob Turley Of Bal
timore. If he wants to open
with a southpaw he can pick
from Whitley Ford of the Yanks
an drookie Dean Stone Of WASH
ington.
First Baseman Ted Kluszewski
of Cincinnati, Centerfielder Duke
Snider of Brooklyn and Right
fielder Stan Musial of St Louis
give the Nationals terrific left
handed punch at the start. STEM
gel might try to counter balance
that power with a southpaw.
= National Has Slugging Edge.
: In the days of Babe Ruth, Lou
Gehrig and Foxx. the home run
, used to be known as an American
League weapon. Now the Ma
= tional has the edge In the long
ball. Five men on the National
squad have hit 20 or more homers
and the only one with a chance
to reach that mark by Tuesday
In the American is Mantle,
The tipoff on the National
League team is this: Willie Mays
of the Giants is on the second
team" After watching the Gil
ants spectacular centerfielder in
the last two series, Aston viii
get Willie in there IN a hurry
Among the missing will be
Enos Slaughter, who was traded
to the Yanks by the Cardinals
in the spring. He was star last
year in his 10th All-Star game
= but has been sidelined by q
broken wrist.
Ted Williams of Boston is
another reserve" who will be
in action as soon as the rules
allow. Stengel's bench also will
include Mickey Vernon Of Wash
ington, Larry Dolby of Cleveland.
Nellie Fox and Sherm Lollar Of
Chicago. Harvey Kuenn Of De-
troit, Jim Piersall of Boston and