Evening star., 1961-08-01
Richards Says
AIS Outlook
WaslmprOved
He's Still Unhappy
At Unsatisfactory
All-Stur Outcome

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mittedly unhappy over what he
called an unsatisfactory end
ing" perfectionist Paul Rich
ards, the American League ALL
Star manager, today expressed
pleasure over at least one as
pect of yesterdays rained-out
ii tie at Fenway Park.
II am happy to report that
the American League team, to
a man, certainly is deserving of
no criticism" he said.
"The boys had a little diff
ferent outlook on this game.
I thought could detect a lit
tie more determination (than
in the first game)."
Was Richards implying that
the American League stars had
not given their best efforts in
the first All-Star Game, won
by the National League, 5-4, in
San Francisco, two weeks ago?
WELL" Richards said slowly,
measuring every word, "it
might have been mere imagina-
ton on my part, or perhaps I
felt the way I did because it
was my first All-Star Game
as manager and I wanted so
badly to win it, but honestly
felt there was not as much
anxiety and determination as
in this second game"
All Great Competitors
Did Richards lay the law
down to his players, or per-
haps give them a pep talk be-
fore yesterdays game?
II did talk to them" he
acknowledged. ''It was no at
tempt on my part to give the
boys the Knute Rockne type
Of fight talk. I merely pointed
out how much the game meant
to the American League and
asked them to play it up to the
very hilt. I told them athletes
Of their type have got to be
conscious of their ability,
standing and prestige. I more
or less appealed to their pride
and they have a great deal of
that. They didn't have to be
cajoled. They're all great COM
petitors.
Did Richards think the
American Leagues earlier lack
adaisical attitude was largely
responsible for the National
Leagues winning march which
produced 10 victories in IA
games, cutting the American
Leagues once-huge margin to
1914?
II would say the attitude
might have helped a little" he
replied.
Fav0rs One Game
Was he in favor of the con-
tinuance Of the two-game set
UP, which has been in vogue in
the last three years?
II am opposed to the two
game idea," Richards said.
zone All-Star game a year is
a spectacle unmatched by any
other in the world of sports.
A second game is merely an
anti-climax.
Actually and realistically,
neither league can afford to
lose two All-Star Games in one
year. 1t would be a terrible
thing, prestige wise, for the
league that lost both games.
Such a possibility should not
be permitted to take place."
Richards went all out in an
effort to win yesterdays game
for a standoff in the two
game series. He stacked his
starting team with eight right
handed hitters in an effort to
take advantage of the chummy
leftfield wall, and, except for
necessary pitching changes and
a catching switch, he made mol
substitutions. National League
Manager Danny Murtaugh, in
contrast, used 10 players.
Tie Disappointing
The tie was a bitter 6isap-
pointment to Richards.
"a high hopper and an in
field scratch single was the diff
ference between a brilliant 10
shut out and an unsatisfactory
tie," he said. tits too bad the
game could not have been
played to a conclusion. I am
not criticizing the commission
er'S decision to call off the
game, however. There was no
other decision he could have
made"
The "high hopper and the
scratch single" to which Rich
ards referred took place in the
sixth inning when the Ma
Eonals overcanne a 10 Ameri-
Gan League lead built up by
Rocky Colavito's first inning
home run off righthander Bob
Purkey of Cincinnati.
After Henry Aaron had
grounded out to open the sixth,
Eddie Mathews walked. Willie
Mays flied out but Don Sch
wall, Boston's precocious rookie
righthander, hit Orlando Ce-
peda with an errant pitch, and
Eddie Kasko beat out a high
bouncer to short. Bill White,
who got two of the Nationals
five hits, then singled behind
second base to score Mathews
with the tying run.
Miller Most Brilliant
Until then, the Nationals had
been held in check by Detroit'S
Jim Burning, who pitched three
perfect innings, and Schwall,
who kept the MI. from cross
ing the plate despite three hits
in the fourth and fifth innings.
MinneSota's Camilo PaScua1