Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-09
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GNAV By FRANCIS sTANN
Near the End of the Line

PARTLY BECAUSE CASEY STENCIL and Fred Haney
are senmentaS at heart and partly because the clients
in the Los Angeles will expect it, Ted Williams and
Stan Musa likely to be for the second aStar
game on August But that appearance likely to be the
last time the old warehouses; face in formal combat
In the Pittsburgh All-star game, Williams and Musial
rode the benches until they called to pinchht Tech
nica neither deserved his place the respective teams
Williams hitting PIT, with five home runs Musial,
while doing fairly well at 270 and hoers is only
a shadow of his former self. =
The tip out that Musial wanted retire now the
halfway mark of the season. but diSsuaded by GuSSe
Busch of the Cardinals who repeatedly has prom
ised Stan the Man public relations job in 1860 with his
brewery Williams to date has revealed plans beyond
this season. but those who have watched him daily
writing Ted off as a player
Hes still got the best eye for pitch in the business"
of the Red Sox baseball writer's put it recently "but
when Ted connects the ball doesn't to go any,
where He is liability the bases and only his expert
ence enables him to get by in the outfield
WHEN THIS PAIR CALLS it quits it will be to the
sorrow of both American and National League cubowners
for whom Williams and Musial have made quite bit
of money during their long They paid hand
Somey perhaps but they worth drawing cards
Some day expert baseball account is going to
appraise the feats of Williams and Musal and perhaps
offer opinion to who the greater Until that
day it is just here at least to call If Ted
outhit Stan lit was S49 lifetime, to $40 the
started) and if he hit longer ball. Musia was the more
versatile the complete balplayer
OF the dozen all-time St. Louis batting categores,
MuSia leads runnerup the other two The Man
is tops in most games most at bats most runs hits
most singles most doubtless most triples most home runs
most total bases and most extra base hits The al-time
Cardinal batting leader the great Rogers Hornsby whose
1853 tops STAINS mark, and only Johnny Mize with 900
leads MusialS 578 Sugging percentage
In the history of the National League only Mel OFT
hit more homerS and batted in Only HonuS
Wagner hit doubles and only Honus Paul
had hits Likewise, only OFT and Wagner scored
more and nobody has bettered STAINS record for
total bases.
WILLIAMS DOESN'T HOLD quite so many all-time
Red SoX records but must be remembered that many
great baayerS played in Boston and that Fenway
suited to of them than to Williams Ted
has hit 43 homers in season. but the Red Sox
leader Jimmy Foxx who hit so in 1888 Foxx tops
in batted in with ITS.
The immortal Iris Speaker accounted for 300 hits
in 1872 but Teds 406 average in 1941 is BoStons ate
high, his 159 in 1949 Shared with Vernon
Stephens and the 1852 bases balls he drew in 947
in 1949.
Musial has won seven batting titles Williams six
Three times Stan the NILS valuable player Ted
the AIS twice.
The Man was luckier than Williams during wartime
MuSa spent 945 in the Navy but Williams lost three years
in World War II Marine flyer virtually all of two
more during the Korean 1t conceivable that
Williams might have 10 batting if his career
had not been interrupted.
ASSUMING THIS WILL BE Teds swan song what next?
Some reports have that Williams will turn baseball
radio and TV commentator Could be- He is artcuate
intelligent although he may be too forcefu to rate guild
card from the mill apoogStS so carefully
screened by the ball clubs.
Managing? We never heard Williams express desire
TO manage, although it might be in his thoughts When
Pnky Higgins let out last week Teds figured in
the speculation, naturally only because it is the twi-
hght OF his career and Owner Tom Yawkey thinks so
highly of Williams
But the appointment of Bill urges the new pilot
would seem to put off any managing Williams in Boston
ior an indefinite time urges wasn't named sopgap
pt was given contract through 1860 Ted might be around
at that time, just in Yawkey makes another man
agerial move, but whether he will be pulling his weight
is something else.
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