Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-10
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The Close Shave

EARLY DURING THE SHOW on televison, Casey
Stengel shaving between innings while an
unctuous egged him But the day
oil Casey longer film but live was to be rudgng
from the American League All Stars dugout the mound
replacing pitcher for another in effort to win
victory which had eluded him except for occasion
Stengel finally made out when pinchhitter Gil Hodges
drove liner which Minnie Mnoso caught in left field to
end the game leaving the Americans ahead, to The
score by the way the the pre-game odds
which favored the Nationals.
In the crisis you couldn't get the feeling that it
Yankee triumph The Americans who were leading
by 60 going into the last Of the ninth inning suddenly
found themselves only in 'front.' with the tying
on second base and the winning one Hodges at the plate
Stengel, who more than once has publicly rated Billy
Pierce of the White Sox the best pitcher in the American
League had reluctantly removed Billy short time before
this. Don Mossi Of the Indians to his relief Two
batters later, Casey was hobbng back to the mound
THERE WAS THE TABLEAU stengel, Yogi Berra
ana the onstridng Bob GRIM still another Yankee Some
how Casey had to get Hodges and he chose Yankee
TO do the job instead of MoSS who southpaw anyhow
On this particular TV the old gafer seemed to be
doing lot of rump-thumping to Grim.
"Stenges giving him instructions" spoke uu the
commentator.
However curious the method of giving instructions.
Grim got Hodges to line out and end the game 1t the
18th win for the Americans against 10 losses
On the TV screen, at least it looked as if OF Casev
was taking the A-Star game pretty seriously Pennants
and World Series he wins with regularity but this All
Star game has been his hair shirt stengel to win
this one and he had the horses.
OH, THERE WAS MUSIAL and MAYS and Aaron m
the other side But the Americans pretty we'll loaded
too AS gifted as he is at the plate George Kel was
Stenges No. hitter Berra only No T. Ahead of this
pair Casey had Harvey Kuenn and the bothersome Nellie
Fox and Ted Williams and AL Kane and Mickey Mantle
and Vic Wertz. 1t was terrific batting order and the
wonder is that Curt Simmons, who was the National
Leagues starting pitcher managed to of with only
q 20 deficit during his brief period.
Simmons hasn't got it any more according to National
League informants That good fast ball gone and he's
been trying to get by with breaking stuff scoffers
won't even call 10 breaking stuff" They call it Junk
Any way It's spelled, Simmons doesn't or didn't
nave what takes to battle batting order such as the
likes OF Kuenn Fox Kaine, Mantle, williams, etc.
Curt made good try, give him credit but only
great pitcher one at the peak could have handled those
American Leaguers even short distance
1T WAS A FIRST-CLASS spectacle and 1t could have
gone either way 1t did not and probably will prove
tnat one league is superior to the other.
What you do get whether sitting in the stands at so
much per nch or mooching teevision is the sight of
up TO 40 pros This in itself justihes the AStar game
but meanwhile
On with the National League race!