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This broadcast is of the 1935 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
The third annual All-Star Game was played in front of nearly 70,000 fans at Cleveland Stadium, which had just opened up a few years earlier.
Babe Ruth did not play in this game, having retired mid-season just a month earlier, but Hall of Famer Lefty Gomez made his third consecutive start as pitcher for the American League.
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Our message is here now from the U.S. Municipal Stadium, here on the shores of Lake Erie, in Cleveland, Ohio.
From where today, the mutual broadcasting system is pleased to bring you the All-Star Game.
Well, it certainly is a wonderful sight here in Cleveland today, in this huge stadium with seats between 80 and 85,000 people.
We'll see it up here now, just back at the home plate, up in the upper deck of this stadium, looking down on the field.
As the players of the American League and the players of the National League are getting ready for the third edition of one of baseball's greatest classics, the All-Star Game.
All morning long, there have been lines outside this stadium at the entranceways, waiting for the unreserved seats to be put on sale.
We came into the stadium this morning around 9.30, and at that time there were several thousand people waiting out there outside the bleachers, just waiting for the gates to open up.
And now exactly one-half hour before game time, I say there are, in the neighborhood, between 55 and 65,000 people already on hand.
The expected crowd today of around 80 or 85,000 people.
I wouldn't be at all surprised from all reports, but what the stadium today will be absolutely jammed, and that is the capacity of somewhere around 85 to 88,000 people.
Right now the National League team is putting on a workout down here on the field.
You see a lot of familiar faces. There's Bill Terry, working out his first base.
R.P. Vaughan, the famous shortstop of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is over his short.
Here at third base, one of the greatest players in the game today, Kevill Martin, the wild horse of the old days, who's been the star of many important games, World Series and regular scheduled games of the St. Louis Tigers.
There at second base, one of the finest second basemen in baseball today, Billy Herman, who we should call the Cubs.
Who's going to make the fourth member of the starting infield of the National League team today.
Behind the plate will be the manager of the Philadelphia entry of the National League, Jimmy Wilson.
He's going to catch.
Now while we're talking about the starting lineup, I know that many thousands of you would like to follow the play of this game today by the old scorecard method.
That is if you'd like to keep right in touch with us here in Cleveland and have your own scorecard.
And so I'm going to give you now, even though it is 25 or 26 minutes before the actual start of the play, the starting batting order and lineup for the National League All-Stars and the American League All-Stars.
I might tell you too that it's been rather stressful here in Cleveland all day today.
It's very cloudy overhead now, but it just doesn't seem like it's going to rain.
And I certainly hope that it doesn't rain, and in any way, Ma, the pleasure and the happiness of this great crowd is going to get out of what should be a court and good ball game out here today.
Now for the official batting order and lineup.
And first we'll take the National League team.
I'm going to put it to you slowly so that you'll have plenty of time to write it down.
The batting order and the lineup.
The National League, Keppel Martin, St. Louis, third base.
Keppel Martin, St. Louis, third base.
Archie Vaughan, Pittsburgh, shortstop.
Mel Otz, New York, right field.
Medwick, St. Louis, left field.
Bill Terry, New York, first base.
Wally Berger of Boston will play center field.
He's out there now, dragging flies, getting himself acclimated out there.
Wally Berger will play center field.
Billy Herman of the Cubs will be at second.
Billy Herman of the Cubs at second.
Wilson of Philadelphia will catch.
And here's a surprise.
The starting pitcher for the National League All-Stars will be Bill Walker of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Bill Walker, a left-hander, will start the game for the St. Louis Cardinals.
He's a late entry in the National League team, a sort of a dark horse as it were,
and he's taking the place of Van Lingo Mungo of Brooklyn,
sustained an injury just a few days ago, which necessitated his not taking part in this great baseball class.
Mungo is not at second.
He's at second at St. Louis.
The left-hander is going to start the game for the National League All-Stars.
Now that's the batting order in line-up for the National League.
Here's the batting order in line-up for the American League.
Bosnick of Cleveland, right field.
Bosnick, Cleveland, right field.
Gellinger, Detroit, second base.
Gellinger of Detroit at second.
Gehrig of New York at first.
Gehrig at first.
Fox of Philadelphia at third.
Fox at third.
Johnson, Bob Johnson of Philadelphia, will play left field.
Bob Johnson left field.
Al Simmons of Chicago will play center field.
Al Simmons center.
Nicky Cochran, the manager of the American League All-Stars, will be back at the plate.
Nicky Cochran will be the catcher.
Joe Cronin, the manager of the Boston Red Sox, will play short.
Cronin at short.
And the starting pitcher for the American League will be Mel Hider of Cleveland.
Mel Hider will be the starting pitcher for the American League team.
Now there you have it.
That's going to be the faceoff today in this great game here at Cleveland
between the pick team of stars of the American League and a pick team of stars of the National League.
Right now the reserve infield of the National League is getting a workout.
There's Lip Collins of St. Louis over to first base in his great cardinal uniform.
There's Burgess Whitehead, utility infielder of the National League working out at second base.
I also want to tell you that the players are wearing their own uniform.
The first, Al Simmons, is wearing the White Sox uniform.
Wally Berger is wearing the uniform of the Boston Braves.
Mel Hider of the New York Giants.
So the boys are all out here today in uniform of the club that they represent.
The grand side, I want to tell you, in several spots here in the stadium,
there are bands located and now one has just been striking it up behind us here
and the crowd left out of order.
There's a regular festive spirit out here today and I hope it will be a grand game and that you all enjoy it.
This 1935 meeting between the All-Stars, the National and American League,
marks the third playing of this feature game.
The American League with victorious in both games,
winning in 1933 at Chicago by a score of 4-2 and in 1934 at New York by a score of 9-7,
the margin of victory in each game being two runs.
This year at Cleveland, the outstanding players of the National League
are hopeful of breaking into the winning column.
The player who largely threw his own efforts from Northampton to the American League in 1935
made his own effort to draw victory to the American League in 1933,
Babe Ruth, the well-known Bambino, is down there in a front row box seat.
It was carefully expected by the American League that the 1933 event
would develop into a glorification of any particular player, but it did.
This game, for all intents and purposes, was made to order for Babe Ruth,
and he didn't overlook a single opportunity to star both at bat and in the field.
All-Ruth did, you remember, in the 4-2 victory,
the 1933 meeting was to make two of the nine hits registered by the American League
won a home run into the right field stand.
That provided the necessary margin enjoyed by the American Leaguers
at the finish of the battle in what had been labeled by the sports writers as the game of the century.
In the field, the Maid made a one-handed stab of a line drive
that would have put the National Leaguers in the ball game had it gone safe.
In the 1934 game played at the Polo Grounds in New York,
the National Leaguers hoped to leave an account,
but were disappointed when the American Leaguers put on a six-run barrage in the fifth inning
at the side of the old ball game, the final score being nine to seven.
The National League had gotten away to a commanding lead in the first three innings,
scoring four runs off the great Leslie Gomez,
while Kyle Hubbell was shutting down the American Leaguers without a run.
In the three innings that Hubbell worked, he was the sensation you remember,
striking out six men, getting five such great hitters as Ruth,
Gehrig, Fox, Simmons, and Cronin in succession.
The hitoff bubble was made by Geren Gervais of Detroit, the first man to face it.
From an American League angle, the two outstanding players were Earl Aberl and Mel Harder of the Cleveland Club,
neither of whom were honored in a starting role.
Harder was latched to the rescue of Bruffing in the fifth inning
after three hits on the base on balls that scored two runs and left two men on the bases,
one of whom scored on a double steal.
He blanked the National Leaguers from then on, allowing only one hit.
Aberl is a pink hitter in the fourth triple, driving in a run,
and in the big six-run rally in the fifth,
his double with the bases filled scored two more runs.
There's a bit of a resume on what has happened in the two previous all-star games
between the National League and the American League.
Now most of the players have completed their practice down here.
Photographers have banked all over the infield, that is, outside of the diamond and sculp,
getting pictures of all the stars in some spots, getting them one at a time,
and then getting them in groups so that they'll be...
They're having an awfully busy time down here to the right at the American League side.
Right now they're shooting some of the players who are taking part in the game,
getting pictures of them with Dave Roos, the great San Vino, who's down there in the front row.
There are celebrities here in Cleveland galore today.
Down in the front row is Governor Mark Nel Davies of Ohio.
Mayor Terry O. Davis of Cleveland will throw out the first ball.
Jack Dixie, the home and after-mourner, Mark Oaks, the Wilderweight champion of the world.
Dave Roos, Eddie Collins, one of the greatest second basemen, one of the greatest infielders of all time.
Ford Flick is lending an official touch to the game today by his presence.
As you know, he is the president of the National League.
We're awfully sorry to say that our good friend Will Herridge,
president of the American League, is not here today.
He's ill in Chicago, and I know that he sadly feels awfully sad right now that he's not here.
I know that all the ballplayers and everybody connected with the game certainly miss his will,
and we wish you could see here.
In his place, Black-Navon of Detroit is acting as Major Domo for the American League.
Now the American League is going out there on the field, getting some practice.
There's Al Simmons going into center field.
Around the infield, Luke Gehrig is at first, Gellinger is at second,
Sonnen is at short, and Jimmy Foxx is at third.
And now, ladies and gentlemen, before this ballgame gets underway,
the announcer who's assisting me in the broadcast today from Cleveland
and who I'm very happy to work with in this mutual broadcasting system story of the game,
Ellis Vanderpyl of Cleveland is right here at my right in the stadium.
He has lots of dope for you on the players, somewhat of a history of what they've done this year,
what they've done before.
He also has a lot of dope on the other two games,
and I'm sure that he has a lot of interesting things to say to you before we get this broadcast
of this great game from Cleveland underway.
Ladies and gentlemen, I want to introduce to you from Cleveland, Ohio, Ellis Vanderpyl.
All right, Ellis, take it away.
Thank you, Bob Elson.
This afternoon Cleveland is indeed proud to be host to this great galaxy of stars representing the American and National League.
Bob Elson has given you the starting lineup for the afternoon,
and in order that you may be properly informed before this great game gets underway,
I'm going to repeat the lineup for you and give you a thumbnail sketch of all the players who will participate in the opening play.
Leading off for the American League, let's skip over to the National League first because they will lead off this afternoon.
Leading off for the National League, Pepper Martin at St. Louis playing third base.
This is the third all-star game in which Pepper Martin has taken a five.
Joe Pepper Martin of St. Louis Cardinals is one of the great players in the National League today.
The players who witnessed the 1931 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Philadelphia Athletics
saw John Leonard Martin exhibit some of the most sensational base running ever recorded in a fall classic.
Five stolen bases were topped up to his credit.
To make his feet more spectacular, he usually completes his actions by sliding in on his stomach.
His nickname of Pepper described very well his play on the diamond.
He was listed as a pitcher when he launched his professional career in 1923.
The Cardinals acquired him from Rochester, the International League in 1930 and stationed him in the outfield.
There he played until 1932 when he was out with injuries and Joe Medwick took over his job.
This caused Martin to try the infield in 1933 and there he has stayed ever since.
Pepper, 31 years old, was born in Temple, Oklahoma.
Five feet, nine and a half inches tall and weighs 175 pounds.
He backs and throws right-handed.
The second in the National League lineup is Aki Vaughn of Pittsburgh, shortstop.
Floyd is his real name, Floyd Aki Vaughn.
When the Pittsburgh Pirates went into spring training at Paso Robe, California, 1931,
Odd Drake, the manager of the Wichita Kansas Club, a pirate farm,
squad with him a kid shortstop by the name of Vaughn.
A quiet kid, he was inconspicuous around the camp, but he speeded on the diamond spoke for itself.
He was too green for Major League then, but after one more year at Wichita,
Aki came up to give Pittsburgh some of the best shortstoppings for many years.
Aki is still quiet, but his stellar all-around play makes him now a most conspicuous member of the team.
He's only 23 years old, but he has put in three full seasons as short for the Pirates.
In those three years, he has averaged 322 at the back and 934 a field marked that any man can shoot at.
He was born in Clifton, Arkansas, and it's from that state that he gets his nickname.
Five feet, ten and a half inches tall, weighs 175 pounds.
He backs left and throws right.
Third, Mel Ott. Mel Ott playing right field for the National League team this afternoon.
Mel Ott, there are very few players, if any, who can boast at the age of 26 that they have ten years of Major League experience under their belt.
That, however, is Mel Ott's record.
The late John McGraw saw a possibility to assign him to a giant contract when the latter was a mere kid of 16 years.
Mel reported to New York the next year and has been with them ever since, never having done time in the minors.
Mel is a natural hitter with tremendous power.
Left hand is at the plate and is what is known as a full hitter, as most of his balls are hit to right field.
Some people wonder where Ott gets his power, for he's only five feet, eight and a half inches tall, and curbers the beam at 168 pounds.
Mel has a lifetime batting average of 316 and has batted in more than a share of runs for the Giants.
Born in Brentland, Louisiana, bats left and throws right.
Playing left field for the National League team this afternoon, Joe Medwick of St. Louis.
Wherever Ducky Medwick has a good day for the St. Louis Cardinals either at batterer field,
the folks back in Catterette, New Jersey get that satisfied look on their faces.
Ducky is their home-town boy making good.
Back in 1929, Medwick's a star fullback in football, poet on the cages, and man of all trades in baseball at Catterette High School.
Three years later he was stepping in the outfield position with a card made vacant by Kevin Martin's injury.
There he has been ever since. Joe acquired the name Ducky while swimming.
Someone remarked that he swam just like a duck. A stocky young man weighing 187 pounds, standing five feet, 10 inches tall.
He is a slashing hitter and a possessor of a real home run wallet.
He has hit better than 300 every season of his big league career,
and it was his timely plotting that helped the Card to capture the World Series last fall.
Medwick gets 24 years old, bats, and throws right.
Bill Terry is on first base for the National League this afternoon.
William Harrell Terry, that's his name, the strategic manager of the New York Giants,
and he's playing his 22nd season of professional baseball,
and it's just about as active as he was when he signed with Atlanta the Southern Association in 1914.
Bill came to the Giants, the only major club that he's ever played with, in 1923 from Toledo and the American Association.
Since that time, he's been one of the senior circuit's leading batsmen.
During his 12 years in the big leagues, he has the enviable batting average of 342.
In 1930, Bill wrapped the pills for a temptation average of 401.
When John McGraw gave up the management of his Giants in 1932, Terry was made his successor.
In the following year, he led his team to the Panadol World Championship.
Last year, they were barely known as out by the St. Louis Cardinals.
Now today, they're leading the league by a margin of almost nine runs.
Bill was born in Atlanta, Georgia, October 30, 1898, six feet, one inch tall, and weighs 200 pounds, bats, and throws left.
Playing center field today, Wally Berger, the hard-hitting, brave from Boston.
No other Boston brave name has appeared on the home run list as many times in recent years as has that of Wally Berger.
The big outfielder was a natural hitter and packed dynamite at the plate, especially in the pints when runs are needed.
Wally was born in Chicago, October 10, 1905, but he spent his boyhood in San Francisco, a city that has turned out lots of good ballplayers.
He joined the San Francisco Seals in 1923, but was injured and did not play organized ball again until 1927.
He went to Boston in 1930 from Los Angeles, and there he's been ever since.
Wally claims he got his greatest thrill in his second game in the majors against the Brooklyn Dodgers when he cracked a home run with a base as full to win the game.
Berger, six feet, two and a half inches tall, weighs 200 pounds.
He bats right-handed and throws from the same side.
Billy Herman playing at second base. Billy Herman off the Chicago Cubs.
Chicago's young second back of Billy Herman broke into the baseball limelight in 1933 when he handled a 466-foot out with a keystone cushion to break the old record made by Billy Sweeney of Boston in 1912.
Herman first came under the appraising eye of a Cub scout when the farm was playing with Louisville in the American Association.
The scout very readily approved of Billy's play, and the Cubs bought him for $50,000 in 1931.
He was immediately put to work filling the spot just vacated by Rogers Hornsby, today serving as a coach on the American League team.
And he soon had the Windy City fans forgetting that Rogers' farce fielding was concerned.
Of course, he was unable to duplicate his predecessor's work at bat, but he has averaged better than 300 since joining the Cubs.
Herman, now 25 years old, was born in New Albany, Indiana.
Five feet, 11 inches tall, weighs 172 pounds.
Bats and throws right-handed.
To catch her today, Jimmy Wilson, the popular manager of the Philadelphia National League Ball Club.
Jimmy Wilson, who was certain to break into the star play today, is rated one of the best catchers in the business.
Aside from doing most of the catching for the Philadelphia Nationals, he manages the club as an added responsibility, making him a rather busy young man.
Wilson broke into the big show back in 1923 with the Philadelphia Nationals.
After spending better than five years with the Phillies, he was traded to St. Louis in May of 1928 for Virgil Davis and home appeal.
After six years with the Cardinals, Jimmy was handed a return ticket to Philadelphia, being traded on November 15, 1933 for Virgil Davis, the same Virgil who figured in the other deal.
And Philadelphia also came to Philadelphia in that same deal.
Under Jimmy Wilson's direction, the Phillies have made much progress, even though they have not as yet reached a very lofty perch in the league standing.
Wilson has developed a number of mighty good-looking youngsters during his short-regime as manager and as high hope for a future Phillies.
And now, for the pitching today, is Walker, Walker or Bill Walker of the St. Louis, an added starter when Van Mungo was hurt.
He has won six games, lost two this year, a left-hander, and came to St. Louis from the Giants in 1931 in a deal which sent Gus Manchusore Ketcher to the Giants.
And now for the American League lineup, Joe Bartmik, popular Cleveland player, playing in right field.
Second base, Charlie Gehring of Detroit, who is playing today in his third All-Star game.
First base, Lou Gehrig of New York, Columbia Lou, one of the greatest first basemen of all time.
A hardworking player, a money player, and a man who can always be counted to give his best in a pitch.
Third base, Jimmy Fox, versatile Jimmy Fox, Ketcher, first baseman, and today third baseman, another fine player that Connie Mack has brought into baseball.
Left field, Bob Johnson, Cherokee Indian, one of the pair of brothers that has made its mark in the American League.
Bob Johnson of Philadelphia playing left field.
In center field, Al Simmons of Chicago, for many athletics, now playing left field in the regular Chicago lineup, but in center field today for the American League All-Star team.
But catching Mickey Cochran, Detroit. Mickey Cochran before the game when we were down on the field getting the official lineup.
Roger Hemsley and Mickey Cochran together, Bob Elton and I approached, and Mickey started to give the lineup until he came to his own place.
And then he turned to Roger and said, I guess I'll star Hemsley this afternoon. And Roger said, no sir, you'll get behind the bat.
So Mickey Cochran is going to be catching for the American All-Stars this afternoon.
Shortstop, Joe Cronin, the youthful manager some years ago who brought a pennant to Washington, now managing Tom Yockey's team at the Red Sox clock in Boston.
Picking Mel Hata, Mel Hata the young Cleveland A's who is one of the stars of baseball.
The star of last year's 1934 game. And now here's Bob Elton with some additional dough.
Thank you very much Ellis. The ladies and gentlemen it's almost time now for the ballgame to get underway.
One of the bands out here has just marched across the field.
And now out there at the flagpole in center field in front of the bleachers, which is about 462 feet from the home plate, are going to raise the flag.
Here comes Mayor Davis of Cleveland walking out onto the field.
He's going to throw the first ball. The umpires have just walked up to the plate.
There may be a last minute change in the American League pitchers.
That's the Gomez. It's starting to warm up out here.
Off here to the right in front of the New York bench.
And it may be Gomez starting in place of Harder.
But we'll have all that dough for you in just a very few minutes.
Now the band out there in center field is standing with tension.
The American flag is going to be raised out there.
Now they're playing the Max and the Lens for the All-Star game.
There we go.
You can hear that cheer. Flag of Duffin Glades out there in center field.
The umpires are up.
By the way, the umpires in the National League are Sears and Major Kurtz.
The American League, Ormsby and Geiso.
The pitchers warming up now are Walker for the National League
and Gomez for the American League.
And it looks as though Mickey Cochran may have changed his mind about his starting pitcher.
He told us down on the dugout a little while ago that he was going to start Mel Harder,
but he evidently has changed his mind.
Now the boys working out on the infield, getting it all in shape for the start of the game.
Gee, this is a huge place.
I want to give you just a thought of a picture before the ballgame starts
of just what it looks like from up here.
We're seated up here behind the plate, off the upper deck,
just a little bit off to the left, a little bit off to the third base side.
This municipal stadium here in Cleveland is a huge double-deck affair.
It circles right around here to our left, down the left field line,
and then branches off and then peers off at an angle out across left field
and out towards center field so that the stand, as it moves out from the left field
and from the end of the left field line and moving out towards center field,
is backing away.
That is, every foot farther out is farther away from the home plate.
And it's the same way down the right field line,
to the very extremity of the right field line, it's 320 feet.
And then the stand shoots out the same way it does in left field,
in the right center.
Remember, it's a double-deck affair, and it seats approximately 85 to 88,000 people.
And all the way across center field, there is a huge bleachers.
This is one of the largest bleachers we've ever seen at any ballpark,
and I believe it is the largest.
It accommodates, I imagine, in the neighborhood of 15,000 people.
That extends all the way across from where the double-deck grandstand ends,
in left center, right across, all the way across center field,
meets the double-deck grandstand again in right center.
Then right in back of the bleachers, we're looking right out there now,
right over second base, out towards center field,
there is a huge scoreboard across the top.
It says Cleveland Stadium, and there's a flagpole
and a small American flag up on top of that pole.
And off to the left, down in the field, there's a very high pole
with a huge American flag, and that is a flag that has just been raised.
Now the band has marched again off the field,
coming out right field and across the right field foul line,
and they're being seated at the end of the boxers,
right down there near the end of the right field line.
Ty Perkins of Detroit, another captain who spent many years
with the Philadelphia Athletics, is captain Lepty Gomez,
who's warming up for the New York team.
Bill Walker of St. Louis is the starting pitcher for the National League.
Now we're going to run over the official batting order
and line up again for you quickly, while the managers and the captains
and the two teams go over the last minute rules and so on and so forth
with the umpires right down here below us at the home plate.
National League, Martin, third base, Vaughn, shortstop,
Potts, New York, Medwix, left field, Perry, first base,
Berger, center field, Herman, second, Wilson, catching, and Walker pitching.
Left field, fifth, center field, Hockman, catching,
Stonin, short, and either Gomez or Harder will do the pitching.
Harder has won 12 games this year and lost four.
Gomez has won eight games and lost eight.
Starting pitcher for the National League, Walker has won six games and lost two.
The coaches for the National League,
the American League coaches, the coaches for the National League are
Charlie Grimm, the manager of the Chicago Cubs,
and Chuck Dressen, the manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
The ball game should be underway now, ladies and gentlemen,
in Cleveland in just about three or four minutes.
We're going to pause now briefly for station announcements.
This is a mutual broadcasting system.
This is WG and the Chicago Tribune stations on the Drake Hotel.
Now the American League team is out on the field.
There's Bob Johnson in left field.
There's Al Simmons in center field.
Joe Vodnik is in right field.
Third base, Jimmy Fox.
Shortstop, Joe Cronin.
Second base, Charlie Geringer.
First base, Lou Gehrig.
Lefty Gomez is going to start.
Gomez is the starting pitcher.
Also a last minute change.
A catcher for the American League will be Raleigh Hemsley.
Mickey Cochran changed his mind on two points here in the last few minutes
and is starting Gomez with Raleigh Hemsley of St. Louis doing the catch.
Mayor Davis of Cleveland is down there now.
He's going to throw the first ball.
Other catch for the photographers who are banked all around down there to get set.
Charlie Gressen is touching it third.
Cincinnati manager Charlie Grim of the Cubs is touching it first.
The ball game will be underway in just about one minute.
This is certainly a glorious time here today in Cleveland.
I certainly do wish you could all be out here.
The weather is warm, still very cloudy, but I don't think there's any chance of rain.
I certainly hope not.
Here's the announcement.
The public address system isn't working very well.
In fact, it's pretty hard to hear from up here just what they are saying.
We have our mutual broadcasting system microphones right out here in the open in the upper deck.
It's a swell spot to see the ball games, and I certainly do hope that you all enjoy it.
The announcer on the field is announcing the official starting order lineup through the public address system.
I heard that one, Medwick left field.
The third baseman, Jimmy Fox, is over talking to the pitcher.
Mayor Davis is standing down here at the plate.
He's going to throw the ball, and then the ball game will be underway.
The umpire back on the plate is Ormsby of the American League.
At first base is Major Terz of the National League.
At second base is Geisel of the American League.
And at third base is Ziggy Sears of the National League.
First man at the bat is Peppermarkin, the wild horse of the old state.
Here he is up at the plate.
And Al Simmons is playing a little bit close for Martin.
First pitch, he hits a pop fly just back of a short stop.
Conan's going back. He may not be able to get it.
It's locked for a hit.
Peppermarkin drops his Texas Leaguer.
Hits back on a short stop. He went back very fast.
Conan and the left fielder Johnson came in very fast.
Neither one of the boys could reach it, and at the first bit of the ball game, a hit for Peppermarkin.
Now the next man to come up is Archie Vaughan, fighting 406 for the Pittsburgh Pirates.
A left-handed hitter and a mighty dangerous fellow up there at the plate.
There's a man on first. There's nobody out.
The ball game has just started here in Cleveland.
The All-Star Game. Gomez is getting his sign.
First pitch was high and inside for the ball. All one.
Now the catcher is walking out toward the mound.
The toss of the pitcher while the umpires are shagging the photographers away from the baseline.
Here's Hemsley coming back behind the plate.
Raleigh Hemsley is back at the plate.
Not a ball run on the batter.
Here's the next pitch. It's a little bit outside and low for the ball.
Ball two.
Two and nothing now.
O'Rourke is on with Peppermarkin on first.
Next pitch is a fastball that comes in across his lead.
And it's a strike. Now it's ball two and strike one for Archie Vaughan.
The batting average today, as we told you, is 406.
Here's the next pitch and it's in low and very close for the ball.
Makes it ball three. Three and one now for Vaughan.
Some of the latecomers walking down here in front of us.
The aisle just obstructing our view a bit.
Peppermarkin is on his way down on the hit and run play.
There's a fly ball in the left field. Johnson comes in. He's under it.
And he hides it for the first out.
The hit and run play with Peppermarkin starting for second with the pitch.
And the batter ball hit it in the left field.
Johnson came in and made an easy catch of it for the first out.
One gone.
Now the next man to come up is Melout of New York who's playing right field.
And today it is batting 324.
Melout batting. Peppermarkin on first base with one gone.
On the first half of the first inning, the game is just started.
The pitchers are Gomez for the American League. Bill Walker for the next.
Again the umpires at ball and play.
Several photographers, three or four, are wanting to take six points of advantage
just outside of the third base line.
And the umpires go into a huddle and now they're allowed and Melout steps into the batter's box.
Here's the first pitch.
And it comes in Rowan inside for a ball. Ball one.
Man on first and one gone. Gomez pitching to Melout of New York.
Third man up.
Here's the next pitch. Duggles a runner down to second base.
Here's the throw and it's a stolen base for Peppermarkin.
Dolly Hensley's throw was a little bit high and to the second base side of the bag.
And Croman, the shortstop, took the throw and had to lean over the bag to get the throw.
And in the meantime, Peppermarkin hooks around inside the bag and he's safe at second.
It's a stolen base for Peppermarkin.
He's on second base with a count of ball two on the batter.
Melout, here's the next pitch.
It's a strike. It's a fall. It was a fastball right in their way tie.
Ball two and strike one for Melout.
Man on second, remember, with one gone in the first half of the first inning and the National League team batting.
American League is talking up out there in the infield. Lots of Peppermarkin.
Shawty words of encouragement to Gomez.
Ball hits it on the ground. Out to the shortstop. Corland has been fast.
Gets it over to first base and he's out for the second out.
And Peppermarkin advances from second to third.
There's two gone. Melout went out from Corland to Gary.
Two gone now and a man on third.
And Ducky Medwick of St. Louis is the batter.
His average today is 362 and he's one of the most dangerous batsmen in baseball today.
Here's Medwick up with a chance to drive in the run.
If he comes through with a blow here in the first inning.
Here's the first pitch. It's a slow curve and it broke.
Jumped a little bit too close to a right hand batter and backed him away from the plate a bit.
It's ball one.
If he's taking his time, starts that slow windup again.
Here's the next pitch. Medwick jumped away from a fastball.
It almost hit him in the leg. It's ball two.
That was a fastball.
Gomez is winding up again. Here's the next pitch.
That was a fastball around his neck and Medwick swung hard and lifted.
He swung so hard he fell down.
Medwick batting with Pepper Martin on third and two gone in the first inning.
Here's the next pitch. He hit the high foul which is going back into the grandstand off there to the right.
There's the first go-hate from the fans and believe me they're having a wild scandal for that ball up here in the upper deck.
The National League team is batting. There's a man on third.
There's a count of ball two and strike two on the batter who is Medwick.
And there is two gone.
Here's the next pitch. Fastball high. Medwick swung and got a piece of the ball and fouled it back into the screen.
And the count is two and three.
Ballyhamsley gets another new face ball.
Lumpai Longsley goes it out to the pitcher.
Gomez wipes his hands across the front of his uniform a bit.
Pulls the pick of his cap and gets all set.
How he's starting that windup of his.
Here comes the next pitch to Medwick. It's a slow curve.
The first pitch that foul off there to the left has almost hit one of the photographers kneeling on the ground there with his camera.
And the count is two and two.
Ball two and strike two for Medwick.
A man on third. Two gone in the first half of the first inning.
Gomez, a lefty pitching for the American League.
And Walker, a left-hander, will pitch for the National.
Next pitch is way outside. Almost a wild pitch.
Tensley has to go way outside and jump up to grab that one.
And the count is three and two.
Next man to come up will be Bill Terry.
Ball three and strike two.
Next pitch is a fastball.
He's started to swing at the ball.
Tried to stop. And the umpire says, you're out on strike.
Medwick is putting up a beat down there.
The pitch is high and outside.
Medwick started to swing. Tried to stop his swing before he went more than halfway around.
But the umpire says, no, you swung at it.
And you're out on strike.
And Martin is left down the base.
No runs.
And one hit.
Now we're going into the last half of the first inning.
Now these three or four fans who have parked out at different spots around the stadium.
Strike up the three.
First man to bat.
Tony Martin is in the middle of the offense.
Stephen Boyd is in the center of the offense as he comes up to the plate.
Jimmy Wolfson of Philadelphia is back on the plate.
With an action lead team.
Barry is at first. Billy Herman at second.
Archie Vaughn at short. Pepper Martin at third.
Medwick in left field.
Wally Berger in center field. And Mel Aude in right field.
That's the picture now.
As we look down on this field.
Here in the stadium at Cleveland, Ohio.
As we go into the last half of the first inning.
There is no score.
The American League is coming up now at their first set.
Here's Bogsnik, a Cleveland boy up at the plate.
Right-handed hitter.
Waiting for Walker's first pitch.
Bill gets his sign. And here it is.
The fastball that backed him away from the plate.
In close for a right-hand hitter.
And it's ball one.
Roger Hornsby is coaching at first base.
Del Baker of Detroit is coaching at third.
He's getting his sign again.
Here's the next pitch. And he hits the ground ball.
The team first to the second.
It's slow-goal. Billy Herman comes in fast.
Zaps the ball over to first base.
And he's out.
Billy Herman to Terry for the first shot.
A nice fast play.
One-gone.
And it's batting average today.
There's 341.
Walker looks him over carefully.
The infielder's talking up out there.
Here comes the wind-up on the first pitch.
It's a fastball.
It's outside of the way for ball one for Geringer.
A left-handed hitter.
One out.
Nobody on the bases.
Last half of the first inning.
And it's a fastball.
Last half of the first inning.
No score on either side.
Walker gets his sign again.
He, too, has a very slow and deliberate sort of a wind-up.
There's a fastball.
It's in a little bit low.
It was over the plate, but low.
And it's ball two for Geringer.
Walker turns around.
Looks around the infield and the outfield.
Let's see that everybody's in place.
Center fielder Berger is moving over a little bit toward right center.
And his left-handed batter.
Here's the next pitch, and it almost hit him.
Geringer has to back out of the way in a hurry to get out of the way of a pitch ball.
And it's ball three.
Next man to come up will be Columbia Lou Gehrig, the first baseman.
Walker takes his time.
He's just taking it easy out there now.
Comes to wind up in the next pitch.
He's waiting out the string, and there's a perfect pitch right over the heart of the plate.
A called strike.
Three and one.
Now we'll see whether Charlie will wait out the string.
Hoping to get a fourth ball.
Or whether he'll poke it, knowing that Walker's going to try to get it in there.
Wind up, and here's the pitch.
Geringer backs away from ball four.
Puts him on first base.
Next man to come up is Lou Gehrig of New York.
He's batting 314.
Left-handed hitter.
Lou has been sort of slow getting started this year.
He's recognized by everyone as one of the greatest hitters in baseball.
Walker's getting his time.
Here's the first pitch.
The curve ball, he hits it down the first base line to Terry.
Up with the ball, gets it over to second base.
Out of second, back over to first base, but safe at first.
The play went from Terry to Vaughn, forcing Geringer at second base.
From Vaughn back to Terry, hoping for a double play, but they miss.
Gary gets by a foot.
So Geringer is forced out at second base.
Terry to Vaughn.
Here's the man on first base.
Brings up Jimmy Fox.
Third base, who's batting 322.
This fox up at the plate, a right-handed hitter.
Medwick is playing very deep in left field for this fellow.
First pitch to Fox has been low and close for a ball.
Ball one.
Boys out there in the infield talking up.
You can hear them all the way up here.
Lots of scatter, lots of pepper on both sides.
Both want to win this ball game, want to win it fast.
Two great teams out here today.
Walker kicks the dirt around out there in the mound, getting it all smoothed down to his liking.
Run around first, it's two off.
Jimmy Fox is batting with a count-out and ball one.
Walker's ready, here's the next pitch.
Fox takes one right over the plate.
It's a called strike.
And Wilson takes the ball down to first base to Terry, trying to take Gering off the bag.
But he's back there safely and the count is one and one.
Two-one and strike one.
A man on first with two outs.
Walker draws the times up in front of him, watching the man on first base.
Now he's ready.
Here's the next pitch to Fox.
It's outside, a fast ball at the knee.
Makes it fall two and strike one.
Two and one.
Pepper marks the third.
Archie Vaughn short.
Billy Herman second.
Terry at first.
That's the National League infield.
Walker's getting his sign again.
Here's the next pitch.
It's a slow ball and a beauty.
Gee, that was a nice one.
Right in there and the count is ball two and strike two.
Walker threw a slow ball into Jimmy Fox.
That was a beauty.
Just came in below the shoulders, right over the plate.
It's a called strike and the count is two and two.
Run around first base.
He's taking a short lead off.
He's ready again.
Here's the next pitch.
It was a slow curve outside, below the knee.
And it's ball three.
Makes it three and two now.
And on first with two off, three and two on the batter.
Now, Garry will break for second base with a pitch.
Three and two on the batter and two going.
Garry on first base.
Watch him now.
Walker's getting ready.
He throws the ball over to first base trying to pick Garry off,
but he's back in the bag safely.
Bill didn't have a very long lead off.
He just bleeds back onto the bag.
Walker pulls at the peak of his cap, gets ready out there again.
He has a three and two count on Fox.
Garry is edging off the back.
There he goes.
Here's the pitch.
And the batter is long by the rim.
Back, back, back, back.
Home run.
Jimmy Fox just did a home run over Medwick's head into the stands in left field,
out there where the marker says about 385 feet.
Jimmy Fox just did a home run over the left field fence
in the lower grandstand out there in left center field.
Put the American League in the lead by a score of 2 to nothing,
and believe me, that was some wallop.
Score Garry go ahead of him.
Now the next man to come up is Bob Johnson.
The right-handed batter.
Nobody on the bases.
Two runs are in here.
Here comes the next pitch.
High, way over the batter's head.
Ball one.
Fox really got a toehold on that one.
Slammed it way over Medwick's head.
Lucky started to go back fast, but then saw there wasn't a chance
and watched the ball sail into the crowd.
Walker's ready.
Here's the next pitch.
It's a curve ball and he hits a high, short fly into right field.
Near the first baseline.
The second base when Billy Herman comes over and takes the ball.
A nice catch retiring the drive.
Johnson made a high, short fly near the foul line.
Just a short distance back into right field.
Billy Herman cuts back behind Terry over to the foul line
and caught the ball in fair territory to retire the drive.
At the end of the first inning, New York made two runs and there was one pitch.
Rodnick, you remember, went out and Gerringer walked.
Was forced to second base by Gary.
And then Gary scored ahead of Jimmy Fox on his home run into the left field stand.
Going into the first half of the second inning now with the score, American League 2, National League nothing.
Now the American League players are up there on the field.
Jimmy Fox in third baseman puts the American League in the lead with a well home run.
The first man to bat for the National League is Phil Terry, the first baseman.
Terry is 341.
A little left-handed hitter up there in the plate now.
Gomez looks him over carefully.
Nobody on and nobody out.
We're just starting the first half of the second.
Here's the pitch.
Fast ball, a little bit slow.
Ball one.
Gomez wasn't sure of that.
He takes a look back at the scoreboard to make sure that he's got the call right.
Here's the next pitch to Terry.
Terry claps the fly ball near the foul line.
The left field, Johnson is over under it.
He has the ball for the first out.
Terry hits the ball hard, a fly ball.
He's a left field over near the foul line.
Johnson came over fast and pulled it down for the first out.
One gone.
Next man to come up is Wally Burger who's playing center field for the National League team.
His batting average today is an even 300.
He's a big fellow, right-handed hitter.
Stands well over six feet tall.
Here's the first pitch from Gomez.
Burger takes a big swing and misses over the strike.
Strike one.
Nobody on the base.
This is the first half of the second.
National League is batting one out.
Next pitch to Burger is a well-curved right over the heart of the plate and it falls.
Strike two.
It broke in there beautifully.
It looks like it was going outside and then the ball broke sharply in over the plate at the weight and it's two strikes.
Gomez is getting a sign.
Here's the next pitch, a fast ball and Burger gets a peek of it and knocks the ball back into the screen.
Still two strikes.
There's a great example for the ball again in the crowd, boys.
They certainly do want these baseballs today as souvenirs of this all-star game.
Gomez has a count of strike two on Burger.
Next pitch to get the ground ball followed just outside the bank on the third base line.
It's rolling down the line.
That was just following a foot.
A hard hit ball on the ground just outside the bag at third.
Charlie Dressen with Cincinnati is coaching at third base for the National League team and Charlie Grimm of the club is coaching at first.
Burger is batting in the first half of the second inning with one out.
A count on him is strike two.
Gomez gets a new ball, rubs it up in his hands a bit, getting some of the shine off it.
Now he's ready.
Here's a fast ball.
He hits a high foul fly just outside of Burke's base.
I know Gary gets under it and he catches it now in fair territory.
It came down just inside the first base line, just about 10 feet down from the bag at first base toward the plate and Gary caught it.
It came down just inside the line in fair territory, an infield fly for the second up.
Now the next bat to come up is Billy Herman.
He's batting 295, second base today for the National League team.
Right hander to hitter.
Al Simmons, the center fielder of the American League team, is coming in and moving over a little bit toward right center.
First pitch is high and outside for a ball.
Ball one.
Simmons, center field.
Bosmick, right field.
Bob Johnson, left field.
Here's the next pitch to Billy.
Billy swings hard and fouls the ball back into the tree.
Ball one and strike one.
Duvall is nobody on the bases in the first half of the second inning.
The American League is leading 2-0.
Fox did a home run with a man on.
Gomez is getting his sign.
Here's the next pitch.
Billy takes him a little bit high and close for the ball.
Next man to come up after Herman will be Wilkinson, the catcher.
Ball two and strike one.
Next pitch he hits a high foul fly which is going over there into the box deep.
Raleigh Hemsley tosses off his mask and comes back fast to see if there's a chance to get the ball.
But he sees there is no chance of going into the crowd and he goes back to the plate.
The umpire crosses the new ball into play.
Ball two and strike two is a count on Billy Herman batting for the National League team with two gone.
There's a fast ball.
He hits the track of the pitcher.
He knocks it down.
It's going behind him.
He gets over, picks it up, gets it over the first base.
It's low for the job.
On a fast play Gomez to Gary.
Billy Herman hit a hard smash on the ground back at the pitcher.
He knocked it down but it's all past him.
He went back fast and grabbed the ball and got it over the first base.
And Billy Herman was out on a fast play Gomez to Gary.
Three up and three down.
No runs.
No hits.
And no errors.
Now the game is going into the last half of the second inning.
We're going into the last half of the second inning of this game at Cleveland, Ohio.
Three in the stars of the National League and the stars of the American League.
One of baseball's two great annual classics, the World Series and the All-Star Game.
A crowd of over 80,000 people are out here today in Cleveland to see this game.
Bill Walker is the starting pitcher for the National League and Leslie Gomez is the starting pitcher for the American League.
The first man to bat for the American League in the last half of the second inning is up at the plate now.
It's Al Simmons with the White Sox who's batting average today is 260.
He's had a sort of a tough time getting started.
Here's the first pitch.
Simmons backs away from a fast ball that came in across his knees and it's a called strike.
Al turns around to talk to one prior arm's base.
Al Simmons didn't like that one.
Now he's up in there again.
Walker's getting his time.
Here's the next pitch.
It's a fast ball in across his knees and it's strike two.
Again Al Simmons turns around and says something to the umpire.
Nobody on and nobody out in the last half of the second.
Wind up in the next pitch to Simmons.
Strike three.
Swung at a fast ball outside and high and struck out.
Simmons struck out.
One gone.
Now the next man to come up is Raleigh Hemsley.
Batting around 325.
Right handed hitter.
The first pitch is a slow ball that broke in over the plate but too low.
It's a ball.
Ball one.
Walker's getting his time again.
Here's the next pitch to Hemsley.
It's a slow ball and he pops it up.
It's coming back here toward the railing.
It's going into the stands.
He can't get it.
Cather came back fast but couldn't get to it.
Ball one and strike one for Hemsley.
Jimmy Wilkins of Philadelphia is the starting catcher for the National League.
Raleigh Hemsley's starting average is 327.
He's a right handed hitter.
Here comes the next pitch to Raleigh and he flams the fly ball down the left field line.
Let's see if the members are going back.
The ball goes over his head.
It goes up against the wall.
Hemsley's coming into second base.
He may try for third.
He's on his way down to third base.
It's going to be very close.
Here comes the relay.
He slides in and he's safe at third.
It's a three base hit for Hemsley down the left field line.
The relay came in from Medwick to Aki Vaughan to the third base from Pepper Martin and Raleigh Hemsley came sliding into third base and he's safe at third.
It's a three bagger.
Hemsley on third with one out in the last half of the second inning.
The American League leading by a score of two to nothing.
Now the next man to come up is Joe Coleman, the shortstop, the manager of the Boston Red Sox.
His batting average today is 260 but he's a dangerous man up there in a pinch.
Now the National League team is drawing in close to the infield with a possible play and view here at the plate.
Walker takes a look around to see that everybody's in place.
Coleman batting, a man on third, one out, last half of the second inning, a score of two to nothing in favor of the American League.
The manager's getting his sign, here's the pitch for Joe, outside, waist high for a ball.
A hit of a long fly now would bring in a run.
National League infield, Pepper Martin, Aki Vaughan, Billy Herman and Terry playing in close hoping he hits the ball on the ground and will have a chance to cut off this man at the plate.
It's a nice curve ball right in over the plate and it's a called strike.
Ball one and strike one.
Hensley drove the ball over Medwick's head in left field for a three-bagger.
One gone and a man on third.
This is getting his sign again, here's the next pitch.
He hits a high fly back in the left center field, Wallie Berger getting back, he's under it, he has it and here's Hensley coming in toward the plate.
Here's a crawl but they can't get in and Hensley scores from third.
The American League is leading three to nothing.
Joe Coleman drove a long fly ball into left center field which is taken by Wallie Berger.
Berger got the ball back into the infield rather non-concomitantly because he saw he didn't have a chance to get the man scoring from third.
Two gone now, another run is in and the score is three to nothing.
Next man to come up is Gomez, the pitcher.
Here's Gomez up the left center batter.
He swings at the first pitch and looks at the first strike, strike one.
Nobody on the bases, one run in, the last half of the second.
Walker's ready, here's the pitch, it's a curve ball that breaks outside of the knee and it's ball one and strike one.
Gomez batting.
He's won eight games and lost eight games this year for the Yankees.
Walker's getting his sign again.
Here's the wind up in the next pitch.
It's a fast ball, it's a little bit slow.
It's the ball, makes it ball two and strike one for Gomez.
Walker turns around and looks around the infield.
Bill didn't like the call on that one so much.
Said something to the umpire but now he knows about his work again.
Standing there on the rubber getting his sign from Wilson.
Here comes the pitch to Gomez and he backs away from one in close to the knee for a third ball.
Ball three makes it three and one.
Manager Frankie Frisch of the National League team is watching the game from the dugout.
Next pitch is right over the plate.
Call strike and the count is three and two.
Billy Herman is playing second in place of Frisch.
Billy Herman is playing back on the edge of the grass for this fellow.
Three and two count.
Here's the next pitch to Gomez.
It's a fast ball and he's struck out.
He's swung hard at the fast ball below his shoulders and struck out.
At the end of the second inning, the American League made one run and one hit.
One run and one hit.
At the end of the second inning and the score at the end of two innings in this all-star game at Cleveland, Ohio,
the American League three, the National League nothing.
We're going to pause briefly now for station identification.
This is the Mutual Broadcasting Center.
This is WGM, the Chicago Tribune station on the Drake Hotel.
Now we're going into the first half of the third inning.
The American League is out there on the field.
National League coming to bat and the first man to come up will be Jimmy Wilson, the catcher.
The right-handed batter.
His batting average today is 259.
Big number 12 in the back of his gray uniform.
Here's the windup in the first pitch.
Swings with a fast ball, shoulder high and misses like one.
American League is talking up out there.
This is getting his sign again.
Here's the windup in the next pitch to Wilson.
It's a slow ball outside at the knee.
Wilson batting out of one and one.
The first man up in the first half of the third.
Scores the American League three, the National League nothing.
Next pitch comes in low and close for the ball.
Makes it ball two and strike one.
Two and one.
Windup again in the next pitch.
He hits a high foul which is going back into the crowd in the lower boxes.
Ball two and strike two.
Now the new ball is tossed into the game and Goal Nice takes his glove off out there.
Walks behind the mound, rubs the ball up in his hands a bit, getting some of the shine off it.
Now he's ready.
Here's the next pitch to Wilson and he reaches for one and fouls it directly back into the screen.
The count is still two and two.
Ball two and strike two.
Goal Nice takes his glove off, rubs the ball up in his hands a bit again.
Here's the next pitch to Wilson with the fast ball. He hits it on the ground out of the second baseman, Garringer.
He's up with the ball, gets it over to first base and he's out.
Garringer to Gary.
It was a hard hit ball that hugged the ground all the way out to Charlie Garringer.
He grabs it to
the right finkiller here for Walker.
I believe somebody is coming out to bat for Bill Walker.
This means we'll have a new National League pitcher next inning.
Can't see who it is but we can't see the National League dugout.
It's down below us here and we're way up here in the upper deck with 15 or 16 rows in front of us.
Mancuso is coming out to bat for him.
Duff Mancuso, a right-handed hitter, regular catcher for the New York Giants, coming out to bat for Walker.
He's a right-handed hitter.
Here he is up at the plate.
Gomez is getting his time.
Burch pitch is outside.
Wait time for a ball.
Ball one.
Mancuso up at the plate.
His batting average today is 290.
Here's the next pitch. It's a fast ball.
Low and outside.
Ball two.
Nobody on the bases.
One out.
First half of the third inning.
The National League gets back.
The American League leading three to nothing.
Next pitch is a fast ball.
Right over the outside corner at the knee is a called strike.
The count is ball two and strike one. Two and one.
Here's the next pitch.
He hits a high foul up into the upper deck.
Back of third and the count is two and two.
Ball two and strike two for Mancuso.
Gomez is getting his time.
Here's the next pitch. He's flying outside for the ball.
The count is three and two now for Gutt.
That's Mancuso.
Gray uniform of the New York Giants.
Up here at the plate. Right down here in front of us now.
Gomez is winding up. Here's the next pitch.
He hits a high short fly in the left field.
The shortstop opponent is going back.
The left fielder is coming in. They may collide.
They both jump for the ball and Coleman gets it and holds it.
The boys collide but neither one of them are hurt at all.
And Mancuso is out for the second up.
Mancuso hit a high short fly in the left field.
Over near the foul line. Joe Coleman went back fast.
Bob Johnson came in. The boys bumped each other.
But Coleman grabbed the ball and held onto it and they're too long.
Now the next man to come up is Pepper Martin, the leadoff man.
He's single the first time up.
It's over hitting the left field.
First pitch is outside for the ball. Ball one.
Comes the next pitch to Martin. He swings hard and misses.
That was a fastball around his neck.
And the count is one and one. All one strike one for Pepper.
Two out and nobody on the bases in the first half of the third.
Here's the next pitch from Gomez. It's a slow ball and it's outside.
Martin started to jump up on that one as though he was going to cloud it.
It was a slow ball and the crowd roared. He left it go by.
National League is warming up Schumacher in the bullpen in the left field.
There's a foul up into the upper deck right off here to our right.
Martin swung so hard he fell down.
This ball by the way up here in the upper deck was practically caught by Luke Sewell,
the white-talk catcher who's up here enjoying the game.
And it popped right out of his hand.
Martin swung at a slow curve in around his knees and struck out.
Pepper Martin swung at a slow curve in around his knees and struck out requiring the side.
No runs and no hits.
At the end of the first half of the third and now we're going into the last half of the third inning,
American League three, National League nothing.
Bill Walker allowed two hits while he was in there.
He issued one base on balls. He struck out two and two runs were scored on it.
Al Schumacher coming into pitch now for the National League.
Schumacher's got a great record this year. He's won 12 games in a loss too.
Al Schumacher, one of the best pitchers in the National League, coming in now.
Charlie Grim of the Cubs, passed him on the back as he walked by him, saw the center of the diamond.
Catcher Jimmy Wilson is out there talking to him.
And the last half of the third inning is about to get underway here in Cleveland, Ohio,
with the American League leading by a score of three to nothing.
National League is on the field.
Red Week in left field. Berger in center field. Melod in right.
Pepper Martin at third. Vaughn at short. Billy Herman at second.
And Bill Terry at first.
And the new pitcher, the second pitcher for the National League, is Al Schumacher.
Pepper Martin has his glove off. He's standing out there behind Schumacher talking to him.
Billy Herman is also just at the edge of the circle talking to Bill Terry.
Now the catcher tries to whip and takes the ball down to second base to Arke Vaughn.
He takes it around the end field, takes it around the end, and for the last time it's back to the pitcher.
And now the last half of the third inning is getting underway with Joe Bosnik of Cleveland, up at the plate.
Bosnik bounced off the first time up.
He hits the ball on the ground to Billy Herman and was thrown out.
Now he's coming up with the second time inside the last half of the third.
Schumacher's having some trouble getting the dirt out there on the pitcher's circle.
All smoothed onto his liking. He kicks it all around out there.
Finally he has it all set. And now he's on the rubber. He's getting his sign.
Here's the windup on the first pitch to Joe Bosnik.
Bosnik gets the ground ball down the first base line. It's Bauerl outside the line.
Bill Terry comes in toward the plate, but Wilson gets the ball first and takes it around the back to Lee Ginfield.
Terry, Billy Herman, Arke Vaughn, to Pepper Martin, and Martin carries the ball all the way over to the pitcher's box and hands it to Schumacher.
There's something to him.
The last half of the third inning, nobody on and nobody off.
The American League batting and leading, greed enough.
He comes to wind up in the next pitch. The fast ball is blowing outside. The ball.
Makes it ball while on strike one.
Great crowd here today to see this game.
He's getting his sign again. Here's the next one.
The fast ball, he hits it right back at Schumacher, jumps up, grabs it in his left hand and throws him out.
Schumacher to Terry. One gone. Bosnik is out. Pitcher to first.
Next man to come up is the second baseman, Charlie Geringer, who walks the first time up.
Geringer, left hand hitter is batting. One gone in the last half of the third.
Actually, talked it up out there in the infield. Lots of pepper on both sides today.
Here's the first pitch to Geringer, and it was a fast ball in around his knees, right over the heart of the play to call strike a beauty.
Roger Hornsby coaching it first.
Del Baker of Detroit, coaching it third.
Wind up in the next pitch. The fast ball in low, almost into the dirt.
Ball one and strike one. One out and nobody on.
It takes his time getting ready.
Fast ball low, outside the ball, makes it ball two and strike one.
The umpire back of the plate today is Ormsby of the American League.
Major curses of the Nationals at first. Geisel of the American League is at second, and Sears of the National League is at third.
Schumacher at the count of ball two and strike one on Geringer.
Got him here in the last half of the third. Here's the next pitch.
Fast ball right over the plate, hits it on the ground off to Billy Herman.
He came up with a nice stop that time, gets it over to first base, and he's out. Billy Herman to Terry.
That ball was really hit hard. Billy Herman came up with the ball nicely and threw him out on the fast play.
Herman to Terry. Two gone.
Now the next man to come up is the first baseman of the American League team, Lou Gehrig.
Gehrig hit into a fourth play the first time up.
And scored on Jimmy Fox's home run in the first inning.
Here's the pitch, it's a fast ball right across his knees, it's strike one.
Left hand hitter, Lou Gehrig batting.
Too out of it, nobody on the bases here in the last half of the third.
Here's the next pitch. Gee, that was a nice one, but it was a little bit low.
Should have seen the break on that curve ball.
Just a little bit low, and the count is one and one. Hello.
Schumacher starts his windup.
Here comes the next pitch to Gehrig, and it's a fast ball.
It just misses the corner at the knee outside, or the ball makes it ball two and strike one.
Billy Herman is playing back at the edge of the glass.
Lou Gehrig, a hard hitter.
The outfielder in right field is playing way back. Hell off.
Here's the next pitch to Lou, and he hits the ground ball directly back at Billy Herman.
He's up with the ball over the first base, and he's out retiring the side.
Three up and three down, no runs, no hits, and no errors.
Two assists for Billy Herman that inning.
At the end of the third inning, and now the game is going into the first half of the fourth inning.
The American League going out of the field, and the National League coming to bat.
Here's Gomez coming out.
Score the American League three, the National League nothing.
The commander, Fyler, was working on this broadcast with me today.
He tells me that nobody ever hit a ball in that creature from center field.
And I can imagine that some wallop.
Seems like blocks and blocks away out to that center field wall.
The creature extends all the way across center field from right center to left center field,
where it is met by a double-deck grandstand.
Well, we're starting the first half of the fourth inning with the National League at bat,
three runs, and Archie Vaughn is going to be the first man up.
Flied out to Johnson the first time up, left-handed batter.
As far as the batting average goes, he's the leading hitter in the game today, batting up around 400.
Now the first pitch to Vaughn.
He hits one right over the second base and is led out into the right center field.
It's a safe hit.
Right fielder Vosmic fumbles the ball momentarily, gets it back into the infield fast.
He's flying for second base and he slides in safely.
It's called a two-base hit.
He slammed that ball into right center field, right over the second baseman's head.
Vosmic came over fast, caught the ball in the second bounce, fumbled it momentarily, dropped it,
picked it up again, and got it back into the infield.
But Vaughn hadn't hesitated.
He was flying for a double, and the official scorer calls it a two-base hit.
It's a double for Archie Vaughn.
Next man to come up is Mel Ott.
First pitch is inside for a ball.
Ott bounced up to Colton the first time up.
Man on second and nobody out.
Here's the next pitch.
He hits a high infield fly just to the left of the plate.
Robbie Hensley is going down the third baseline.
He's under it and he has it.
He caught the ball in third territory midway between the plate and third base and about a foot
inside the third baseline for the first stop.
It was a high infield fly caught by Hensley for the first stop.
One gone.
Now the next man to come up is Medwik, a left fielder.
He struck out the first time up.
Right-handed batter.
Gomez is getting his sign.
First pitch, he swings that right around his knees and misses for a strike.
Strike one.
The American League infield is playing back.
Gary, Garinger, Colton, Ott.
Here's the next pitch.
He follows it directly back into the screen.
It's two strikes now for Medwik.
His batting average to date this year is 362.
Right-hand hitter and a great hitter.
Gomez is looking down at Robbie Hensley, getting his sign, draws his arms up in front of him,
taking a long lead off, a slow ball comes in a little bit close at the shoulder,
and Medwik backs away.
Gil Cronin, shortstop of the American League, is tapping things up out there, talking it up.
Here's the next pitch to Medwik, and he hits a high foul, which is coming back.
The catcher is coming back, but I don't think he can get to it.
He's going back, but he can't.
It goes into the crowd, and the counter's ball runs strike two.
Armsby gives Robbie Hensley a new baseball, and he throws it out to Gomez,
who proceeds to rough it up.
He gets some of the old sign off it so the pitcher can get a firmer grip on the ball.
The All-Star game from Cleveland, Ohio, with the American League leading by a score of 3-0
in the first half of the fourth, and the National League has a man on second.
Medwik jumps away from a curved ball that goes into the dirt, in close, and the counter's 2-2.
Ball two and strike two.
Gomez has handled all the pitching for the American League.
The National League has used two pitchers so far, Walker and Schumacher.
Next pitch is a slow ball that's outside, makes it ball three and strike two.
Crowd roars with that slow ball.
It came in so slow you could almost read the old pavement.
There's a ball that's outside, a fast ball, and it's ball four,
and it puts National League runners on first and second.
Medwik draws a pass.
Next man to come up is Bill Terry, the first baseman.
He's a left-hander to there.
Here's Terry up at the plate.
Terry flied out to Johnson and Leftfield the first time up.
Now he has a chance here to help the National League crawl along the first pitch.
He hits hard through the box to the center field.
Here comes Vaughn around third base with a scoring.
The first run for the National League in the score is 3-1.
Bill Terry hits the first ball, hits down the ground,
right through the box to the center field.
Simmons gets it back in fast, and Medwik stops at second.
National League has runners on first and second.
One run is in, and there's one gone, and the next man to come up is Berger.
Vaughn has scored.
That was a hit, a sharp smash back into center field on the ground.
Here's Berger up.
He's out on an infield flyer the first time.
First pitch is a strike in across his knees.
American League warming up Mel Harder in the bullpen and right field.
A ball that's in close.
Hand-handed hitter, and backs Berger away from the plate.
Two men on the bases.
Wally Berger batting.
One run is scored in the first half of the fourth, and now the score is 3-1.
A sharp swing to the slow curve up around his shoulders and missed it,
and the count is ball one and strike two.
Medwik on second, Bill Terry on first.
Vaughn has scored.
There's one out.
It's the first half of the fourth inning.
Score of the American League three, the National League one.
Next pitch is a slow curve, and he's out on strike.
It was right over the heart of the plate.
A beauty has came in outside and cut right in over the plate,
waist-high, and Wally Berger is called out on strike.
The score.
Next man to come up is Billy Herman, the second baseman.
Billy bounced out the first time up.
He's going out by the pitcher.
First pitch is outside, knee-high for a ball.
Ball one to Billy.
National League is scored here in the first half of the fourth
on Bill Terry's sharp hit to center field.
Next pitch to Billy is in low and close.
It's a play from the plate and it's ball two for Herman.
A man on first and a man on second.
Ball two is the call on Billy Herman.
There's two out in the first half of the fourth.
Goalman takes his time, wipes his hands across the front of his uniform,
gets ready, here's the next pitch.
Billy hits a high fly into left field.
Johnson is under it and should get it.
He's moving in just a few feet.
He's camping under it, and he has it, retiring the side.
Two men are left down the bases.
The National League made one run and two hits.
One run and two hits.
Billy Herman fly it out to Johnson in left field,
and two men are left down the bases.
Now we're going into the last half of the fourth inning of this All-Star game.
The American League leading the National League by a score of 3-1.
Al Schumacher's out there in the mound.
Hellot going into right field, Berger to center field, Medwick to left field,
Kebba Martin third, ball on it short, Billy Herman at second and Terry at first.
We keep repeating the lineup to both teams every once in a while.
For the benefit of all, those of you who may be tuning in late,
so that you can get right up to just what's happening out here at Cleveland in the All-Star game
and know Jeff Soon-Poo on both sides.
The American League is leading 3-1.
The game is going into the last half of the fourth inning,
and Jimmy Fox, who plays third base for the American League team, is the first man up.
His first appearance at bat today, he drove a home run over Medwick's head,
scoring Gerrig ahead of him for the first two American League runs.
Here he is up at the plate now facing Schumacher.
That homer was hit off of Walker.
Now to wind up on the first pitch, Fox swings hard and misses.
He's got a good round on that one, trying to give it a ride.
Jimmy Fox, far outhouse to the Philadelphia Athletics.
Here's the wind up on the next pitch.
It's a fastball over the outside corner at the knee.
It's called strike two.
Schumacher of the National League is just blazing him in out there now.
Nobody on the bases.
Nobody out in the last half of the fourth.
Here's the next pitch to Fox.
He's playing, but he pulled his bat and the ball broke outside at the knee,
and it's called a ball.
Fox started to go after that fastball, but it broke outside, and the count is one and two.
Jimmy Herman is playing way back on the grass at second base for Fox.
Here's the next pitch, and it's in low and then close, almost into the dirt.
Makes it fall through and strike two for Jimmy.
It's his third base.
He's playing over pretty close to the foul line.
The outfield has shifted pretty far around to the left with Medwick playing real deep.
Here's the next pitch.
Fox takes one right down the middle, and he's out on strike.
It was a fastball right over the heart of the plate.
Fox is out on strike.
National League are taking it around the infield from third to short,
from second to first, and back to the pitch.
Now the next man to come up, a right-handed hitter, is Bob Johnson, the left fielder.
He's flied out to Melovin the first time up.
He's batting now in the last half of the fourth inning with one gone.
Here's the pitch to Bob, and he swings hard and clouds the ball back into the screen.
Strike one.
Still cloudy out here, but it's clearing up nicely.
Not warm, not too cool.
It's very split.
Bill Terry came over at the edge of the grass, say something to Schumacher.
He goes back to his position at first.
Counter-strike one on Johnson.
Here's the next pitch.
He hits a long foul way back there to the right and up into the upper deck,
back of first base, and it's strike two.
Johnson is a right-handed hitter.
Now the new ball is tossed into the game, and Wilson tosses it down to Peppermark in the third,
who proceeds to give the ball a good roughing up.
That's number to shine off it.
American League batting in the last half of the fourth.
Nobody on the bases, one out, and they're leading three to one.
Schumacher, right-handers, getting a sign again.
Starts his wind up.
Here's the next pitch.
Johnson swings and misses, striking off.
Johnson swung at a slow curve in around his knees and struck out.
National Leaguers take it around the infield again.
That's two gone.
Here's Al Simmons up.
Al Simmons is batting.
The right-handed hitter.
Schumacher looks him over carefully.
Al struck out the first time up today.
That was against Walker.
The first pitch is inside.
It's very close to Simmons and back them away, ball one.
Here comes the next pitch to Simmons and he hits a foul ball.
Back on the plate.
It's ball one and strike one for Al.
Jimmy Wilkins picks the ball up, looks it over.
The umpire says it's okay, and Wilkins takes it back to Al Schumacher.
Al Simmons is batting with two off and nobody on the bases in the last half of the fourth inning.
Here's the wind up in the next pitch, a fast ball, and Al swings hard and misses.
Gee, he certainly did burn that one in there.
It's ball one and strike two.
Al Schumacher has cannonball speed out there today and he certainly is blazing that ball in.
Here's the wind up in the next pitch.
There's the ground ball past the pitcher.
Shortstop and third base from both after.
Kupfer-Martin gets the ball over to first base, throws the ball away.
Al Simmons goes down the plate to second base.
Perry picks the ball up, hits it back into the infield, but Al is at second base safely.
It's a hit and an error.
A hit and an error.
A hit for Simmons, it's been a slow roller past the pitcher.
To the third base side of the pitcher's box.
A shortstop and a third base from both went for the ball.
Ball in Martin. Martin picks up the ball and threw the ball over Terry's head.
Al Simmons gets the hit and Martin draws an error.
It's an error for Kupfer-Martin.
The first error of the ball game.
It puts Al Simmons on second base and the next man to come up is the catcher, Raleigh Hemsley.
He tripled over Medwick's head the last three first time up.
Now he's batting with two gone and now Simmons on second.
Al Schumacher takes a look around to see that everybody's in place.
Hemsley batting.
First pitch to Raleigh is too high at the ball.
Ball one.
Left fielder of the National League, Medwick, moves over playing over close to the foul line.
Berger in center field is playing in left center and Melod in right field is playing in right fielder's regular position.
Here's the next pitch.
He swings and hits one right in front of the plate.
The catcher picks it up.
Hags Hemsley who stood at the plate and he's out.
Repairing the side.
Raleigh Hemsley bounced one right in front of the plate.
He didn't run.
He thought it was foul.
The catcher picked it up and tagged him and he's out.
Repairing the side and Al Simmons is left down the base.
Well, at the end of the fourth inning, now the game is going into the first half of the fifth inning.
Raleigh Hemsley thought that ball was foul.
Both who picked it up right in front of the plate and tagged him and the umpire says you're out and Al Simmons is left down the base.
At the end of the fourth inning, the score of the all-star game at Cleveland, Ohio is the American League 3, the National League 1.
Each of a ball game out here today and it's still anybody's ball game with anything likely to happen at any time because of the great hitters on both sides.
Now we're going to pause briefly for station identification.
This is Bob Elson giving you the play-by-play description of the all-star game from Cleveland, Ohio.
This is the Mutual Broadcasting 6.
This is WG and the Chicago Tribune station on the Drake Hotel.
Now we're going into the first half of the fifth inning. Dolmez out there on the mound.
Left-hander out there at the right field both hands.
Mel Harder is warming up.
The first man to bat for the National League is the catcher, Jimmy Wilkins.
Right-handed hitter.
He bounced off the guarantor the first time up.
Batting now to start the fifth. Nobody out, nobody on. First pitch is way over his head and Dolly Hensley has to jump up and outside for it.
Dolmez, the pitcher.
Fastball right over the plate and it's called a strike.
Makes his ball run and strikes one for Wilkins.
National League trailing by two runs.
He did bat here in the first half of the fifth inning.
Dolmez is getting his time again.
Here's the windup in the next pitch.
He bounced it down the third base line. It's a beauty.
All it's going foul now as the third base from Fox comes in fast.
It was a punt, a slow roller down the third base line.
Just about a half a foot fair and it was rolling along the line and Fox saw that he didn't have a chance of getting the man.
He left the ball roll and it went foul.
It's a foul strike and the count is one and two.
Here's Wilkins coming back to the plate.
Now Dolmez is waiting for Wilkins to get back to the plate.
Up in there now, right-handed it there.
Dolmez is pitched all the way for the American League.
The National League is used Walker and Schumacher.
Here's the pitch and he hits a long fly.
Back in the left underfield, Johnson is going back.
He went over, he's under it and he has the ball for the first half.
Wilkins slammed a long fly ball into left center field.
Bob Johnson went over fast, got under it and pulled it down for the first half.
One going.
Now the next man to come up is the pitcher, Hal Schumacher.
Schumacher's getting a nice hand from the crowd.
Pitchy swings hard and misses.
What a strike.
Strike one.
Right-handed hitter up at the plate.
Here comes the next pitch to Schumacher at the curve ball inside.
He started to go for it but stopped and hit the ball.
Broke in very low.
Ball one.
Strike one.
This is the third annual All-Star game being played this year in the great stadium at Cleveland, Ohio.
A fast ball right over the plate and Schumacher took a big swing and misses.
Ball one and strike two now for Hal.
Gomez moves his left foot across the rubber out there.
Now he starts his windup again.
Here's the next pitch.
The curve ball, he hits it hard.
Down on the ground to Cronen, big bounce, gets it over to first base and he's out.
Cronen to Gehry.
He took a big bounce.
Cronen came up with it and threw him out on a nice play.
To Gaughan.
Now the top of the batting order with Pepper Marks coming up the plate.
Marks has hit up twice.
He singles the left field the first time and the second time he's struck out.
Here's the windup by Gomez and the first pitch is out to try.
There's that tantalizing slow ball again.
Pepper looked it over and the crowd roared.
Nobody on the bases and threw out.
There's a hard hit follow fly way down the right field line.
Right fielder coming over fast but can't get it.
Posnick made a nice play for the ball but he couldn't get to it.
A new ball is tossed back in around the American League infield and Pepper Marks,
who was on his way down to first base, is coming back to the plate.
We've made plenty of baseball history with the St. Louis Targets.
Third baseman for the National League All-Star team this year.
These are fellows in there huffing all the time.
Right hand batter on the count is one and one.
There's two out here in the first half of the fifth.
American League leading three to one.
Fast ball up around his neck.
Pepper swung hard and fell down and it's ball one and strike two.
One and two now for Pepper Marks.
The American League are talking up out there in the infield.
Here comes the wind up in the next pitch.
It's outside and high for a ball.
Makes it two and two for Pepper.
Next man to come up will be Archie Vaughn.
He's needing off here to the left, a little bit to the left of the plate.
Here comes the wind up in the next pitch.
It's a fast ball low for a ball, ball one.
The American League has the dugout behind first base
and the National League has the dugout behind third.
Ball three and strike two is the count.
Here's the next pitch.
He swings hard and he lifts it, striking out.
Pepper Marks is swung at a fast ball, shoulder high,
and he's struck out for the second time.
That's the end of the first half of the fifth inning.
Three up and three down, no runs, no hits, and no errors.
Now the game is going into the last half of the fifth inning.
National League is going out in the field
and the American League is coming to bat.
Al Schumacher is just walking into the pitcher's circle.
Jimmy Wilson is just adjusting his mass as he comes up toward the plate.
El Baker is crossing the plate, going down the third base line to coach his third.
Joe Cronin coming up toward the plate swinging a couple of bats.
We're starting the last half of the fifth inning of the All-Star Game at Cleveland
with the score American League three, the National League one.
American League scored two in the first and one in the second.
American League scored one in the fourth.
There's a conference over in the American League dugout now.
They're still conferring over at the American League dugout.
Right now Joe Cronin is talking to Roger Hornby, one of the American League coaches.
He's been in his face and he's talking to Joe.
Cronin went over to the American League dugout to talk to manager Mickey Cochran.
Hornby also went over there and they held a short conference.
And now Cronin is coming back toward the plate swinging two light bats, light colored bats.
Cronin will be the first man up in the last half of the fifth inning,
scoring American League three, the National League one.
Now there's a slight delay here.
Two of the umpires have disappeared.
The umpires are just waiting for the umpires to come back.
Now Schumacher's out there in the mound whipping over a few of the catchers.
Joe Cronin is standing off there to the left side of the plate.
Starting the last half of the fifth.
So far the American League total in the first inning, two runs and one hit.
In the second inning, one run and one hit.
In the third, no runs and no hit.
And in the fourth, no runs and one hit.
The National League total for five innings, the first inning no runs and one hit.
The second, no runs and no hit.
The third, the same.
The fourth, one run and two hit.
And the fifth, no runs and no hit.
Well the National League couple of marksmen has made one hit.
Bill Terry has made one.
And Archie Vaughan has made one.
They have a total so far of three hits.
Well the American League, Jimmy Fox has made one a home run.
Al Simmons has made one.
And Raleigh Hensley has made one a three-bagger, a long smash over the left fielder's hit.
So the total as the game goes into the last half of the fifth inning,
the American League has three runs and three hits.
The National League has one run and three hits.
This complete double-deck stand is completely jammed out here in Cleveland today.
There are a few vacant spots way out there in center field in the upper tier of the center field bleachers.
But the grandstand, a double-deck deep affair all the way around from right center field down here,
down the right field line of the plate, and then along the left field line and cutting back again off into left center field is completely jammed.
I don't think there's a seat to be had.
The delay is because they're going to change umpires now with half of the game over.
And the umpires are changing their equipment.
As you know, the umpire back at the plate wears his test detector, buckled on under his coat,
and he's taking a little time and going back up into the rooms to get all set, go back at the plate.
One of the National League umpires will come down here behind the plate,
and the American League umpires will be out there on the bases when players resume here in the last half of the fifth inning.
The American League was behind the plate and at second for the first half of the game,
and the National League was at first and third.
Now they're just going to change positions, and the National League will be behind the plate and out of second base,
and the American League will be at first and third.
Now the crowd doesn't like the delay.
Well, here's umpire Major Chert.
He went back in.
He's going to be out, going to bulge you now with that test detector under his coat.
The Northland umpire is working his game today.
Credit to their respective leagues.
Major Chert and Sears.
Dice of an arm.
The last half of the fifth inning is getting underway now, ladies and government.
The All-Star game is Cleveland-Milwaukee, and the first man to bat a right-handed hitter.
The first man to play is Joe Kuhlman.
Here he is.
Mel Harder still warming up.
Down there at the right field line, we may have a pinch hitter fall the pitcher.
First one's right over the plate across Joe's knees for the called strike.
Umpire still exhibiting that dazzling fastball of his, and believe me, it's fast today.
Getting his sign again.
And he falls the ball into the grandstand off there to the right, and it's two strikes.
Nobody on the bases, nobody out of the last half of the fifth inning, the American League batting,
and the American League leading in this game by a score of three to one.
If he takes his time again, here's the windup in the next one.
The fastball, and he reaches out and swings and misses. Kuhlman is out on strike.
Now the next man to come up, Kuhlman, coming up the bat for himself.
Here he comes up toward the plate.
The crowd is a little bit surprised, almost expected to see someone come up the bat for him,
but Kuhlman's coming up the bat for himself.
The left-handed hitter.
The pitch is getting ready.
Here's the windup in the first one.
It's a fastball adjustment, the corner, knee-high for the ball.
Nobody on, one gone in the last half of the fifth.
The pitch is getting his sign again.
Here's the windup in the next one, the Gomez outside, knee-high for the ball, makes it ball two.
Top of the batting order will be up next.
Joe Woznik.
American League Chief Mel Hodder warming up out there in right field bullpen.
If he's getting his sign again, here's the next one.
It's a fastball right over the heart of the plate for a called strike, and the count is two and one.
Pepper Martin, Archie Vaughan, Billy Herman, Bill Terry talking up around that National League infield.
Lots of pepper on both sides today.
Here's the next pitch, and he swings sort of a lazy sort of a swing at that one.
Came in close, shoulder high, and he missed it on the count of two and two.
Ball two and strike three.
Now he made up his mind a little bit late to swing at that one.
Schumacher's getting his sign again from Wilson.
Here's the next pitch, a fastball, he hits it on the ground after the shortstop,
ball in fast on the ball, gets it over the first base, and he's out for the second out.
On to Terry.
Oh, man, I like to eat.
On the top of the batting order is Joe Woznik, hometown boy,
playing in right field, up at the plate.
Woznik bounced out the first time to the second baseman,
the second time he bounced out to the pitcher, and now the crowd is pulling for him to hit one.
Schumacher looks him over carefully.
The score is three to one in favor of the American League in the last half of the fifth.
Fastball right over the outside corner, knee high.
A called strike on Joe.
Delbaker coaching his third, Rogers Hornsby over his first.
Schumacher starting his windup again.
Here's the next pitch.
It's outside and low, a ball, and the count is one and one for Joe.
He wears number six from the back of his white uniform.
He's getting his sign again, starts his windup.
Here's the next pitch, and there's a hit.
He's got the first baseman down the right field line, Nelot is over fast,
gets the ball back into the infield in a hurry, and Woznik is content with a single.
Nelot got over fast with that ball.
It was hit just past the first baseman between first and second out in the right field.
Ott picked up the ball and got it into the infield fast, and Woznik stays at first.
It's a single.
He's got a teammate on first base with two off, and Geringer comes up.
That sounded better.
First pitch is right over the plate for a called strike.
Geringer walked the first time and bounced out the second time.
He's fighting for the third time now with a teammate on first base and two gone in the last half of the fifth.
Woznik increasing his lead.
Schumacher watches him over.
He throws the ball over to first base and he's back on the bag in a hurry.
Left-handed hitter up at the plate, Charlie Geringer, the second baseman.
The outfield moves around a little bit to the right.
Schumacher's getting his time again.
Here's the next pitch.
Geringer swings at the ground ball to the right of Terry.
Second baseman Billy Geringer goes along to the right field, and the winner Bosnick coming along.
The third base falls down between second and third, but gets up covered with dirt and gets to third base baseman.
It's all a hit.
It was a hit by Geringer.
A ball that just hit the ground, hit pretty hard between first and second.
Bill Terry couldn't reach it, and Billy Herman came over fast running for third base back in the grass.
Made a great play for the ball, but he couldn't stop it.
And the American League has runners on first and third.
Runners on first and third with two gone, and the next man to come up is Columbia Luke Gering.
Here's Geringer, left-handed batter.
He hit into a fourth play the first time, and the second time he bounced out to Billy Herman.
He's outing now with two gone, the last half of the fifth inning, and runners on first and third.
First pitch is low for the ball, ball one.
Great crowd seeing a great game out here today in Cleveland.
Pitch is getting his time.
Gauze his arms up in front of him.
Here comes the next pitch to Gering with the fastball low into the dirt.
Lose who went down to stop that one.
It's ball two now for Luke.
Al Schumacher is the second pitcher for the American League.
Walker's got it.
Gomez is pitched all the way for the American League.
Again the pitcher's getting his time.
Keep an eye on the runners on first and third.
Here's the next pitch to Gering, and Gering swings and misses.
Gives the curve ball in close at the knee, and the count is ball two and strike one.
Two and strike.
Back to the leagueers out there on the infield.
Walker's shot words of encouragement to Schumacher.
The American League has runners on first and third with two gone.
Here's the next pitch to Gering.
Fastball is low for a third ball, and the count is three and one.
The next man to come up will be Jimmy Fox.
Man on first and a man on third, Gering batting with a count, ball three and strike one.
The pitcher's getting his time again.
Here's the next one, and it's outside, ball four, filling the bases.
Here's Gering gets a pass, filling the bases, and it brings up Jimmy Fox.
Getting a big hand from the crowd.
Fox did a home run the first time.
The second time he struck out.
The right-handed hitter.
Up in the batter's box now with American League runners on first, second, and third.
Three men on the bases, two out.
Jimmy Fox, Jimmy Curry comes over to talk to Schumacher.
The outfielders move around a little bit to the left.
Berger is playing deep in left center.
Three men on, Jimmy Fox up at the plate.
He's made one hit today, a home run.
Here's the wind up on the pitch.
The swing's hard for the first one and misses his first strike.
Fox's going to the fastball right over the plate, waist-high, and misses.
Strike one.
National League is talking up out there.
Here's the next pitch.
It's a fastball right across his knees.
A beauty at strike two called on Fox.
National League is warming up Derringer in the bullpen in left field.
Gabby Harknett of the Cubs is out there tapping him.
Two strikes on Fox.
The bases are filled.
Here's the next pitch and it's outside a ball trying to make him go after a bad one.
Schumacher tried one outside and low.
Jimmy refused to go after it and a count is called one and strike two.
The bases are filled.
There's two out.
It's the last half of the fifth inning and the American League is leading by a score of three to one.
Winding up again.
Here's the next pitch.
Outside and low and Wolfsmeister at the ground.
The night stops.
That was a wild pitch way outside and low and they catch her at the dive down and out to the right to get the ball and he came up with it and the count is two and two.
Nice work by Wilkins.
Pepper Martin, Archie Vaughn, Billy Herman and Terry talking it up out there.
Schumacher has a count of two and two on Fox.
Batting with the bases filled.
Here comes the next pitch.
He hits the ground ball through the box.
He hit it off for a hit.
It was a ground ball right through the box.
The pitchers slowed it down.
Pepper Martin came running over to pick up the ball but by the time he got to it he wasn't able to make a play any place and it's a hit.
It scores a run and the American League is leading four to one.
That was a hard smash on the ground right back at Schumacher.
It just seemed to sort of hand pump him and the ball got away and rolled a few feet behind him.
Pepper Martin came over fast to pick up the ball but it was too late to make a play.
The bases are still filled and a run scores.
The bases are filled.
Bob McStord.
Geringer is on third.
Fox is on first.
Bob Johnson, the left fielder, is up.
First pitch is right over the plate for a tall strike.
Strike one.
Johnson has been up twice.
He flied out the first time and the second time he struck out.
Three men on the bases.
Next pitch is in low and outside for a ball.
Ball one and strike one.
American League batting in the last half of the fifth.
Two gone and one run in and they're leading now by a score of four to one.
Here's the next pitch.
Outside, just a little bit outside at the knee, makes it ball two and strike one for Johnson.
He's the left fielder of the American League team.
National Leaguers are warming up Geringer, the great pitcher of the Cincinnati Reds.
Down there along the left field line.
Three men on.
Schumacher's taking his time getting ready out there again.
Here's the next pitch to Johnson and it's a fast ball over the outside corner.
Waist high for a tall strike and the count is two and two.
Ball two and strike two.
Schumacher stands on the mound, draws his arms up over his head.
He's ready.
Here's the pitch.
Fast ball and he's struck out.
He was right over the plate in there around his knees and Johnson took a hard swing at the ball and missed it striking out.
And three men are left down the bases.
At the end of the fifth inning, the American League made one run.
There were three hits and there were no errors.
The hits that inning were by Vosmic, by Geringer, and by Fox.
It was also a pass in that inning to Gehry.
All the action that time was after two outs.
At the end of the fifth inning and now we're going into the first half of the sixth inning of this all-star game at Seasons, Ohio.
Game played before one of the greatest crowds ever to see a ball game of over 80,000 people.
The American League is leading the National League by a score of four to one as the game goes into the first half of the sixth.
Here's Archie Vaughan, a great shortstop for the National League coming up to the plate.
Made one hit today and two times at bat.
Archie Vaughan up at the plate.
First pitch is a slow ball, way outside and low for the ball.
Gomez, still out there in the mound for the American League.
Pitch is getting inside again. Here comes the next one, the ball.
A fast ball outside at the knee, ball two for Archie.
Gomez is starting his windup.
Here's the next pitch, a fast ball inside and back, falling away from the plate.
It's ball three.
One of the greatest natural hitters in baseball today, Archie Vaughan, a shortstop of the National League team, is up at the plate.
The putty on and nobody off.
It's the first half of the sixth.
Gomez is ready.
Here's the next pitch.
Ball four and he's out and away.
The next man to come up is Mel Hart, the right fielder.
Hart bounced out the first time and the second time hit an infield fly.
Nicky Cochran is leaning out of the American League dugout, looking out toward the right field both hands.
Mel Hart of Cleveland is warming up.
The first pitch, Diwati hits foul up into the upper deck, strike one.
There's that familiar stance that is down at the plate when he gets ready to swing the old left foot up into the air and bang.
He gets that one foul.
The man on first and nobody off.
Here's the next pitch.
It's a slow ball inside high and back from away from the plate.
It's ball one and strike one.
The pitch is getting ready again.
Here's the next one.
He swings hard at the fast ball inside and high and it's ball one and strike two.
Ball one and strike two, the left hand hitter up.
Archie Vaughn edging off of first.
The next pitch is outside of ball, makes it two and two for Ops.
The batting average this year is 324, left-handed hitter.
Right up there in the homerun parade.
The next pitch he hits hard, a fly ball into right center.
Al Simmons is over, he's under it and he has the ball for the first out.
Millot hit a fly ball into right center field and Al Simmons takes it for the first out.
One's on.
Next man to come up is Medwik.
Here's Medwik up at the plate, a right-handed batter.
He struck out the first time and he walked the second time.
Batting now with a teammate on first.
Like Vaughn the first one, came in close just below the shoulder and he swung hard and missed it.
Center is edging off of first base.
Here's the next pitch, low and in close for the ball.
That was a fast ball, right in close to Medwik.
A gray and red uniform for St. Louis Cardinals.
Here's the next pitch, there's a high foul going up into the upper deck back of first.
An account of ball one and strike two for Medwik.
Man on first base, Archie Vaughn, one gone in the first half of the sixth.
The score, the American League four, the National League one.
Next pitch, comes in very close, backs out of the way.
An account of two and two on Medwik.
The umpire major first wants to look over the ball, calls to Gomez and throws the ball in to major first and then he OKs it and throws the track.
A runner on first base, an account of two and two on Medwik.
Pitch is getting a sign again, here's the next one.
Inside, too close for a ball, makes it fall free, three and two now.
American League is talking up out there in the infield.
Again Gomez is getting a sign, there goes the runner down on hits and runs play and the batter fouls it on the ground, back of the plate.
And Vaughn is coming back from second to first.
It was the old hits and runs that time.
The runner starting for second base with the pitch and Medwik swung hard and fouled it.
The count is still three and two, one gone.
Gomez looks down at the catcher, Raleigh Hemsley getting his sign.
He throws the ball over to first base trying to pick the ball off but he jumps back out of the bag safely.
Fox third, Cronin short, Geringer second, Gehrig first.
Here's the next pitch.
There's a high foul which is coming up here into the upper deck off a little bit to our left.
Another scramble for a baseball souvenir.
Vaughn who was on his way to second is again back at first.
Three and two count on Medwik, a man on first base.
Here's the pitch, there he goes down again, there's a high fly into right field.
Bosnik is under it and should get it easily, he has it for the second off.
Medwik hit a high fly into right field which is taken by Bosnik.
Luke's only just a foot or two out there to get under it and there's two gone.
Next man to come up is Bill Terry.
He's been up twice and has made one hit.
Terry flight out to left field the first time, the second time.
Flash to hit into center field to drive in a run.
Here's the first pitch, a little bit outside at the waist for a ball.
Ball one.
Gomez is pitched all the way for the American League.
Walker and Schumacher have handled the pitching for the Nationals.
The American League is leading by a score of 4-1.
The National League is at that in the first half of the sixth.
Next pitch is Lowell inside for a ball, makes it ball two for Bill.
Next man to come up will be Wally Berger.
This is getting ready again, here's the next one.
He hit the ground ball back at the pitcher.
He puts his glove up but can't get it.
But the ball goes right out through the box towards second base and Gerringer picks it up.
Steps on second base and forces Vaughn to retire the side.
It was a ground ball which the pitcher slowed up but not enough to prevent the ball from keeping right on going out towards second.
Charlie Gerringer picks it up, steps on second base and Vaughn is out coming down from first to second to retire the side.
It's the end of the first half of the sixth inning, no runs and no hits.
It was one pass in that first half of the sixth inning.
Now the game is going into the last half of the sixth.
Rip Collins of St. Louis is going to play first base now in place of Bill Terry.
Rip Collins of St. Louis is going to first base in place of Terry.
The center fielder and the great hitter.
Breaking into the all-star lineup now of the National League at first base in place of Bill Terry.
First man to bat for the American League in the last half of the sixth inning is the center fielder Al Simmons.
He's hit up twice and has made one hit an infield hit.
The American League four, the National League one as we go into the last half of the sixth.
Here's Al Simmons up.
Al Schumacher gets ready, here's the first pitch.
Al swung at a fastball up around his neck and missed it.
Strike one.
Right-handed hitter.
Schumacher's getting his sign again, here's the next pitch for Simmons.
It's a fastball right over the outside corner.
Waist high and it's two strikes now for Al.
Nobody on and nobody out in the last half of the sixth.
National Leaguers talking up out there in the infield.
Simmons takes one low and outside for the ball, makes it ball one and strikes two for Al.
Schumacher ups the ball around in his hands a bit, getting some of the shine off it.
Strike three.
Al Simmons swung all the way around and missed the ball, striking up.
Al Simmons struck out for the second time today, starting the last half of the sixth.
Now the next man to come up is the American League catcher, Raleigh Hemsley.
Raleigh Hemsley's been up twice, he's tippled the first time.
Second time he's struck out.
Here's the first pitch.
He hits a high fly just back up first base.
Collins is backing up, backing up.
He's under it and he has it for the second up.
Hemsley hit a high top fly just back on the grass behind first base.
Collins backed up.
Delis Herman came over alongside of him and Collins took the ball for the second up.
Next man to come up is Joe Coleman.
Coleman has been up twice, he's flied out the center field the first time and he's struck out the second time.
Schumacher getting ready to pitch to him.
There's a hard hit ball way out in the right center field.
Joe Vosmic, a rather odd, is going over fast.
He's under it and he has the ball to retire the side.
Collins hit a high fly into right center field.
Nellott went over fast and pulled it down to retire the side and it's three up and three down.
No runs, no hits, and no errors.
The score at the end of 6-8, the all-star game between the stars of the National League and the stars of the American League,
the game being played in the huge municipal stadium at Cleveland, Ohio, is the American League Four, the National League One.
We pause now for station identification.
This is the mutual broadcasting system.
This is WGM, the Chicago Tribune station on the Drake Hotel.
Now we're going into the first half of the seventh inning.
Nell Harder, star pitcher of the Cleveland team, is coming out there in the mound and getting a big hand from the crowd.
Nell Harder, a right-hander, coming in to do the pitching now for the American League.
Harder has won 12 games this year and has been defeated four times.
This thunder right-hander who stands about six feet tall, Gomez, hit six innings of baseball out here today,
he allowed the National League One run, just three hits.
He issued two passes and he struck out four in six innings.
Now Mel Harder taking over the pitching duties for the American League as the National League comes to bat in the first half of the seventh inning
for the American League leading four to one.
Joe Moore of New York is coming to bat.
Great left fielder of the New York Giants is coming up now.
Slim fellow and a great hitter.
He's one of the unsung heroes of baseball, plays bang-up baseball for the New York Giants out there every day.
First pitch is right over a called strike for Joe.
Harder, a right-hander, is pitching.
Joe is not the sensational type of player that's in the public eye so much, but he's a real, steady, first-rate performer.
A great player.
Here's the wind-up in the next pitch for Joe Moore.
Inside and in close for a ball makes it one and one.
He's batting for Wally Berger in the first half of the seventh.
Mel Harder is pitching.
Harder gets his sign again from Raleigh Hemsley.
Next pitch and Moore hits a fly ball into center field.
Al Simmons is under it waiting for it and he has it for the first stop.
Moore hit a fly ball into center field which is taken by Al Simmons for the first stop.
One gone.
Next man to come up is the second baseman, Billy Herman.
The outfield moves around out of the right for Billy.
Number two in the back of his gray uniform.
Here comes the wind-up in the first pitch for Bill.
The ball hits his bat as he flies it back away, goes out to the pitcher and he's an easy out.
Harder to Gary.
Billy Herman tried to back away from a pitch inside and high.
The ball hit his bat and rolled out toward the pitcher and Harder threw him out.
Harder to Gary.
Two gone.
Billy Herman was up three times today without a hit.
Here's the catcher, Wilton, up now.
He's been up twice, bounced out the first time and slide out the second time.
He's batting with two gone in the first half of the seventh inning.
First pitch is a strike, fast ball right over the plate.
Strike one is called.
National League has made just one run and three hits so far in this game.
Next pitch is low and outside for a ball, makes it ball one and strike one.
Nobody on the bases and two gone in the first half of the seventh.
Royce talking up out there on the infield.
Here's the wind-up in the next pitch.
There's a fly ball down the right field line.
I don't think anybody can get to it.
It's dropping for a hit.
Wilton is running first base on his way to second.
Here's the throw from Bogmick and he's safe at second.
It's a two-base hit.
Fly ball down the right field line and hit in short right field about five feet fair
just inside the right field foul line.
Lou Gehrig, the first baseman, and the right fielder Bogmick chased the ball.
Bogmick picks it up, got it back into the infield, and it's a two-base hit for Wilton.
Somebody's coming out to bat for the pitcher.
Paul Wehner, the great outfielder of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is coming up to the plate to bat for the pitcher.
Paul Wehner, a left-handed hitter and one of the greatest hitters in the National League.
Score is four to one in favor of the American League.
National League is batting in the first half of the seventh.
There's the announcement through the public address system.
Paul Wehner batting for Schumacher.
Here's the runner going out for Wilson.
Whitehead of St. Louis, Burgess Whitehead, is going out to run for Wilson.
Burgess Whitehead is running for Wilson.
He's out in the bag at second.
He's been playing second base for the St. Louis Cardinals, you know,
while Frankie Fritz has been laid up with an injury.
Here's the announcement now on Whitehead.
There it is.
Whitehead from St. Louis running for Wilson.
A man on second and two gone and Paul Wehner up.
Harder's getting his time.
First pitch to Paul is in low and close for the ball.
Ball one.
Paul Wehner batting.
His batting average today is right up around 300.
A man on second base and two gone.
The next pitch to Paul is a strike right in across his knee.
The count is ball one and strike one.
One and one.
Whitehead on second base is taking a long lead off.
Here's the next pitch from Harder.
Wehner swings and misses.
Ball one and strike two.
He's going to fastball right in across his waist and missed it.
And the count is one and two.
Again, Harder gets his time.
Looks down at Raleigh Hemsley.
Whitehead extending his lead.
A long lead off of second base.
Now the pitcher's ready.
Here it is.
He hits the ground ball between first and second.
Geringer's over fast.
Gets the ball over to Gehrig.
Wehner is out.
The power in the side.
And Whitehead is left on the base.
At the end of the first half of the seventh inning,
the National League no runs and one hit.
No runs and one hit.
Paul Wehner batted all the pitchers.
Paul Geringer's coming in now from the bullpen left field.
Star pitcher, right-hander of the Cincinnati Reds.
Walking in from the left field bullpen.
Geringer's won 11 games and lost seven this year to Cincinnati.
The number he started his Major League career in the National League with the St. Louis Cardinals.
Al Chumacher allowed four hits.
He issued one pass and he struck out five in five innings.
Al Chumacher's record.
He allowed four hits.
That's been four innings rather.
He issued one pass and he struck out five.
Paul Geringer's coming in to handle the pitching now for the National League
as the game goes into the last half of the seventh inning
and the American League is leading by a score of four to one.
Now this great crowd standing here in the stadium in Cleveland for a bit of a seventh inning stretch.
The National League is on the field,
the Indian field, Rip Collins is playing first now,
Billy Herman you know is at second,
Archie Vaughan is at short,
Pepper Martin is at third.
Geringer is doing the pitching.
The crowd gave the announcer a bit of a bonk cheer when he inadvertently said that the pitcher was from New York,
Paul Geringer, but it's all in fun and he corrects himself and says that he's from Cincinnati.
Paul Geringer, the right hander, is doing the pitching.
Gabby Harknett, the great catcher of the Cubs, is back on the plate.
Geringer and Harknett is the new National League batter.
Here's Harder up on the plate batting right handed.
First pitch he swings out of the fastball right up around his neck.
Strike one.
American League leading by a score of four to one.
The game is in the last half of the seventh inning.
Harder is the first man up.
There's nobody on and nobody off.
Geringer's winding up again.
Here comes the next pitch.
It's a strike right across his knees over the outside corner and it's called strike two.
Geringer wipes his hands across the front of his uniform.
Geringer's a tall fellow, stands about six feet two.
He's winding up.
He hits the harder and he swings with a fastball and strikes out.
Geringer struck out harder and got the last half of the seventh.
Here's Joe Bosnik.
He's been up three times and has made one hit.
He's single to right the last time up.
Bosnik batting.
He's the regular left fielder for the Cleveland Club.
Batting 342 this year.
Geringer's ready to pitch to him, the first one, and it's a strike shoulder high over the outside corner.
Strike one is called.
Marquis Vaughn, the shortstop, and Billy Herman, the second baseman playing back for this fellow.
He hits that ball hard.
Next pitch, a fastball a little bit outside and it's ball one and strike one.
Gabby Hartner is catching and Geringer is out in the last half of the seventh.
Ball gets a sign again from Gabby.
He comes to wind up in the next pitch.
He follows it right over near the American League dugout.
Hits him in front of the railing and several of the customers in the front row lean over,
try to pick up the ball, and two of them lose their straw hat.
Ball gets a laugh.
Jimmy Fox did a home run today, you know, in the first inning with the man on.
Osnick gets the ground ball back at Billy Herman.
He comes in fast, gets it on a big bounce over the first base and he's out.
Billy Herman to Collins, one gone, or rather two gone.
Next man to come up is Charlie Geringer.
He walked the first time, he bounced out the second time, and the third time he singled a right.
He's up now for the fourth time with two gone in the last half of the seventh.
Ball Geringer's getting his sign.
Here's the windup on the pitch.
He swings hard at the fast ball inside at the waist and hits a foul, like one.
Another new ball is tossed out to Geringer and he takes his glove off, picks up the rousing bag,
rides his hands off thoroughly and opportunities to rub the ball up a bit.
Here's the windup in the next pitch.
It's a fast ball and he hits a long foul into the lower boxers down the left field line.
Peppermarkin starts to go back there fast, sees that he hasn't a chance for the ball,
and now comes back to third.
It's two strikes for Charlie Geringer, batting with two gone and nobody on the bases.
Pitch is getting his sign again.
There's the windup and here's the next pitch.
It's a fast ball and he hits it right up this way.
Just dropped here below it.
Two strikes.
Well, I almost had a souvenir myself.
That comes just a little bit closer.
Here comes the windup in the next pitch.
Breaks in a little bit low and it's a ball.
Left hand hitter, Geringer batting.
Ball one and strike two for Charlie.
Geringer's a very refreshment.
They're swinging their way up and down the aisles.
Comes the windup in the next pitch, not a Geringer.
It's a fast ball and he bouts it way down the right field line, but foul into the boxers.
Geringer hits that ball hard, but foul down the right field line.
Another new ball is tossed out to Geringer.
Geringer is the batter.
All Geringer's getting his time again.
Here comes the windup in the next pitch.
Fast ball and he hits it foul up into the upper deck back at third.
Ball one and strike two.
One of the boys down there on the field brings a loose fly of baseballs up to umpire major service.
Filling the pockets of his blue shirt suit now.
One and two is the count on Charlie.
Here's the windup again in the next pitch.
Ball and he fouls it back at the plate into the screen this time and the count is still one and two.
Nobody on the bases, two gone, the last half of the seventh inning, the American League leading by a sort of four to one.
The all-star game being played in Cleveland, Ohio, here on the shores of Lake Erie in this giant stadium.
Here's the windup in the next pitch.
A slow ball and Geringer hits it high into the air.
First baseman is a liner, jumped up and tried to get it but he couldn't.
The goal passed into the right field and Geringer is at second base.
It was a liner right over the first baseman's head.
Hollins leaps into the air, cuts the ball with his glove and slowed it down a bit.
It rolled out into right field and it's a two-base hit.
Geringer kept right on going to second base.
Hollins slowed the ball up so much that he had to chase it and get the ball.
He got it before Melott got in.
He's got a second base with two off now and the next man to come up is Lou Gering.
That's the second hit for Geringer today.
Now the next man to come up is Lou Gering.
The man on second and two gone.
First pitch is a tight call.
Jimmy Fox and Geringer have each made two hits today.
Paul Geringer's getting his sign.
Here's the next one to Gering.
Inside a little bit close.
Ball one and strike one.
One and one.
National League team talks it up out there in the infield.
The American League is leading by a score of four to one.
Paul Geringer's getting his sign again.
Here's the next pitch to Gering.
Fast ball inside and back slow away from the plate to keep from being hit.
On the count of ball two and strike one.
Golly Geringer out on second.
Geringer gets his sign again.
Here's the next pitch to Gering.
And he hits a long fly way back in the right center field.
The center fielder, Moore, is going back fast and he grabs the ball to retire the side.
Lou Gering, slam one way out into right center field.
And Moore, who you remember about it from Berger last inning and then went into center field,
goes back very fast and pulls the ball down to retire the side.
One man is left on the bases.
No runs and one hit.
That was a smash of over 400 feet, about 425 feet, way out in the right center field.
And a pull down by Joe Moore to retire the side.
No runs and one hit.
Moore is getting a nice hand from the crowd as he comes in along fast third base
toward the National League dugout.
Great Jerome Dixie Dean is starting to warm up in the bullpen in left field.
Well, we're going into the first half of the eighth inning and the first man to bat for the National League
in a couple of months.
Dean is getting a big hand from the crowd out there along the left field power line.
The famous pitcher of the St. Louis Cardinals is getting a big hand from the crowd.
The score is the American League four, the National League one,
and we're going into the first half of the eighth inning.
Mel Hodder is pitching for the American League and Peppermark in the third baseman
is going to be the first man up.
Here's Mel Hodder, limb right-hander out there on the mound.
Dixie Dean was warming up standing over the left field power line in fair territory
and umpire arms the motions to him to get over the line back into foul territory
and off the playing field proper.
Pepper has made one hit today in the first pitch of the strike right over the plate at goal.
Martin single the first time up and then struck out the next two times at fast.
Dolly Dressen is poking down here at third.
Dolly Grim of the Cubs is over to first.
Here's the wind up in the next pitch to Pepper.
He hits the ground ball off toward the shortstop.
Joe Cronin's in fast on the ball, gets it over to first base
and he's out at first base on a close play and boy how he can run.
Joe Cronin to Gehrig and Martin is out at first.
Here's the next man to come up at the shortstop, Aki Vaughan.
Vaughan's right out to left field the first time,
second time he's doubled in the right center and the third time he walks.
Starting now with one gone in the first half of the eighth.
Mel Hodder's getting his sign.
Here's the pitch and it's in low and in close.
Forces the left-hand hitter away from the plate.
Ball one.
Boy's talking up out there in the infield.
He's got a lot of power on both sides today.
Here comes the next pitch.
Fast ball, he hits it hard to the ground off to Cronin.
He's up with the ball, it goes over to first base
and he's out on a close play.
That was real close at first base.
The play went from Cronin to Gehrig.
Two gone.
Next man to come up is Mel Hodder, right fielder, left-handed batter.
Two out of nobody on the bases in the first half of the eighth.
Both teams have plenty of the old hustle and the old fighting spirit out here today.
Here's the windup in the pitch to Mel.
Forces the old left leg up a little bit and that's characteristic batting wave is up there at the plate,
but he did his swing of the ball.
That was a little bit outside.
Here comes the windup in the next pitch.
The slow ball and not fast and hard, way back but foul down the right field line.
That was a wallop way down the right field line, but it was foul.
In the American League bullpen, schoolboy roll, the great pitcher of the Tigers, is warming up.
Schoolboy roll and lefty goal, the warming up on the bullpen.
In the National League bullpen, Dizzy Dean is warming up.
Next pitch to Mel and he swings hard, misses the ball, and strikes up.
Mel Hod went down on strike to retire the side.
He swung at a fast inside around his knees and struck out at a three up and three down.
No runs, no hits, and no errors.
Now the American League team is coming off the field.
The National League team is going out of the field from the third base side of the infield.
And here comes Jerome Dizzy Dean.
The game is going into the last half of the eighth inning, ladies and gentlemen, at Cleveland, Ohio.
And Dean, Jerome Dizzy Dean, is coming into pitch now for the National League All-Stars.
Derringer fits one inning.
He allows one hit and he struck out one.
Paul Derringer fits just one inning.
And now Dizzy Dean is coming in from the bullpen and left feet.
We're going to pause now for station identification.
This is the mutual broadcasting system.
This is WGM, the Chicago Tribune Station on the Drake Hotel.
Now we're going into the last half of the eighth inning.
Dizzy Dean, the call right-hander, out there on the mound.
Whipping over the cue to the catcher.
First man to face him will be Jimmy Fox.
Dean has won 12 games and lost six this year for the Cardinals.
He's one of the most colorful figures in baseball today.
He's just a little bit erratic at times as far as settlement concerns, but no one can deny he's a great pitcher.
Cover marking.
Team-mate of the St. Louis Cardinals comes over to toss the dizz.
Tops the ball up front for him and then tosses it to him.
Jimmy Fox in the meantime steps into the batter's box.
Gabby Hartnett, the National League catcher, pulls his mask down over his face,
gets down the back of the batter, and the last half of the eighth inning is underway.
The score, the American League four, the National League one.
The first pitch to Fox is a fastball, low and outside.
Ball one.
Medwick in left field, Moore in center field, Nellard in right.
Here's the windup in the next pitch and he swings hard with a fastball,
way high and missed it, and the count is ball one and strike one.
One and one.
Dizzy Dean pitching for the National League now.
The last half of the eighth.
Fox is the first man up.
He's made two hits today.
Next pitch is right down the middle at the tall strike.
That was a beauty and the count is one and two.
Here's the next pitch, outside for a ball.
Fox did a home run the first time up.
He struck out the second time and the third time he singled off the pitcher's glove.
Ball two and strike two for Fox.
Dizzy's winding up again.
Here's the next pitch, a fastball that's high and outside.
Ball three now, three and two for Fox.
National League infielders talk it up out there.
They come to wind up in the next pitch, inside and high, and Fox hits a fast.
Jimmy Fox draws a fast to start the last half of the eighth inning.
The next man to come up is the best fielder of the American League team,
Bob Johnson of Philadelphia.
Here he is up at the plate, right-handed batter.
A man on first, nobody out in the last half of the eighth inning,
and a right-hand hitter up at the plate.
First pitch inside, a little bit close there for the ball.
Ball one.
Dell Baker coaching at third for the American League and Roger Thornsby at first.
He's backing it up, facing up and down on the Foxes there.
Here's the next pitch, inside and low for the ball, makes it ball two.
Two and nothing now as it counts for Johnson, batting with Fox on first.
Dean gets his sign again.
Here's the next pitch, hits a ball inside and high, and the count is three and nothing.
Here's Collins, the first baseman comes over to talk to Diz.
Gabby Hartman walks out in front of the plate, rubs the ball up in his hands
and says something to the pitcher.
Collins is over now, standing in the pitcher's circle talking to Dean.
Diz has his glove off and he rubs the ball around in his hands a bit.
There's Collins going back to first.
Fox is on first, remember, there's nobody out.
It's the last half of the eighth.
Johnson is up and the American League is leading four to one.
Here's the next pitch, a strike over the inside corner right above his knees,
and the count is ball three and strike one.
Johnson steps out of the batter's box, drives his hands off carefully.
Now he's getting ready again.
There's a foul ball on the ground down the right field line.
Ball three and strike two.
One of the fans jumped over the railing and got out of the field,
got a foul ball and then over the railing into the box deep.
He wanted a souvenir of this great game and he has it now.
This is getting his sign again.
He turns and throws the ball over to first base trying to pick the runner off,
but he's back in the bag safely.
Ball three and strike two.
Another quick throw over to first base and the runner hustles to get back in the bag.
Another quick throw by Dean trying to pick Fox off of first base,
but he's back on there safely.
Jimmy's not taking a very long lead off.
Dean has a count of three and two on Johnson.
Here's the pitch.
There goes the runner down at the foul, hits down the first base line
past the coach at first base, Hornsby, who stuck out his hand
to try to stop the ball but couldn't get it, and rolls along the right field line.
Fox who is on his way to second base is now coming back to first,
and the count is still three and two on Johnson.
The American League gets that in the last half of the eighth.
American League score two in the first, one in the second, and one in the fifth.
American League scored their one in the fourth.
Jimmy takes a lot of time out there.
He keeps watching the man on first base over his shoulder,
and the batter gets impatient, so he steps out of the batter's box now
to kill a little time on his own account.
Nobody out of the man on first.
Two runner down, and he fouls another one up into the upper deck.
Well, a lady caught that one.
She gets a nice hand from the crowd up here.
Right-handed hitter, top of the plate, Bob Johnson,
with a count of three and two on it.
A man on first base, and nobody out.
Dizzy Dean is getting his time.
Here's the next pitch, a fastball, and he's struck out.
It was right in around his knees.
A fastball right around his knees, and Johnson's struck out for the first out.
Swings up Al Simmons.
Johnson was struck out three times today.
He's right out the first time. He's struck out the next three times.
Here's Simmons up.
He's struck out the first time, singled the second time,
and he's struck out the third time.
A man on first with one out, and Al Simmons up at the plate.
He's made one hit.
Nine American League batters have gone down on strikes.
The first pitch is inside and high.
Nine American League batters have gone down on strikes.
It's six to nine, the run over on first base.
Five National League batters have struck out.
Simmons flams a long one down the right field line, but it's foul.
Bob starts to serve on second base.
Al Simmons got a hold of the ball and gave it a long ride down the right field line,
but it goes foul into the boxes, and the count is one and one for Al.
Dizzy Dean pulls with his belt, pulls his cap down firmly on his head,
kicks the dirt around a bit out there in the pitcher circle.
Now he's ready.
Runner on first base is taking a short lead.
The next pitch, Simmons hits the ball up into the upper deck to the right,
and the count is one and two for Al.
Simmons has made one hit today.
The umpire back of the plate is calling for a new supply of baseballs.
One of the bad boys brings them over to him.
Dean has a count of one and two on Simmons.
The next pitch he hits hard way down the right field line.
It's going back, back, back.
It hits the wall in right field.
Here's Fox coming around third base.
Al Simmons pulls up at second.
It's a double.
Fox came around third base, but the coach at third base, Del Baker, held him up.
It's a two-base hit for Al Simmons right down the right field line.
That's two hits for Al today.
It was a double right down the right field line, and there are runners now on second and third.
One gone.
Next man to come up is the catcher, Raleigh Hemsley,
and the National League infield draws in close for the possible play and view of the play.
Al Simmons hit a double off the right field fence.
Here's Raleigh Hemsley up.
He's been up three times and has made one hit.
First pitch he hits fouled on the first baseline.
It's like one.
The infield is playing in close.
There's the same fellow.
Comes over the railing again and gets another foul ball.
He'll be distributing souvenirs himself pretty soon.
Now the next pitcher is the ground ball to the shortstop.
He comes in fast, gets the ball into the plate.
They caught Fox now between the plate and third base, and they're running it back toward third.
Gabby Hartnett tags him.
Al Simmons and Fox are both standing on the bag here at third base.
Hemsley is on first.
And Jimmy Fox was back on the bag when Gabby tagged him, and he tagged both Simmons and Fox.
Fox is entitled on the bag, and Al Simmons is out.
So there's two going.
Al Simmons figured that Fox was going to be caught between the plate and third base.
Hartnett ran him all the way back to third base, and Simmons was down to the bag too,
and both runners were on the bag, so Gabby made sure and tagged them both.
Al Simmons is out.
Fox was back on the bag, and he was entitled to it.
There's two going now, and the American League has runners on first and third.
The man to come up is Joe Corn.
Scored that as a fielder's choice for the batter for Raleigh Hemsley, who's on first.
There's a foul, a long smash way back up into the upper deck.
Down the right field line, it's strike one.
Another new ball that's tossed out to Dizzy Dean.
The American League is batting in the last half of the eighth inning.
They're leading by a score of 4-1, and they have two men on the bases with two going.
Dean is pitching off with a National League guard.
Now he's ready.
A slow ball comes in a little bit low for the ball, and the count is 1-1 for Joe.
Corn has been up three times.
He's flied out the first time.
He's struck out the second time, and he's flied out the third time.
Uppermark is talking it up over there at third.
Dizzy is getting his sign again. Here's the next one.
Fastball inside, up around his head.
Coeman falls out of the way in a hurry.
The last half of the eighth inning.
Dean is getting his sign now.
The next pitch comes in close, shoulder high for a ball, and the count is 3-1 for Joe.
Strike one.
The American League has used two pitchers today, Gomez and Harding.
Now the pitcher gets ready.
Here's the next one.
Coeman swings hard and fouls the ball off of Gabby's mass.
The count is 3-2.
That was a fastball right down the middle.
Coeman swung hard and fouled the ball off of Hartnett's mass.
The umpire throws another new ball into play.
The National League has used four pitchers today, Walker, Schumacher, Geringer, and Dean.
The American League, Gomez and Harding.
Fourth National League pitcher is on the mound now, Dizzy Dean.
He has a count of 3-2 on the batter, two outs, runners on first and third.
The pitch hits one hard down the left-field line.
I think it's going foul. It is foul.
Coeman hit one hard down the left-field line and the ball went foul.
And the count is still 3-2 for Joe.
Next year, you know, the National League will have the choice of the city in which the All-Star Game will be played.
First game was played in Chicago in 1933, the second game in New York last year in 34,
and the third game we're watching here today in Cleveland, Ohio.
Here's the next pitch. Joe hit the high foul, which is coming up into the upper deck off here to our right.
Ball three and strike two.
Somebody's got to lean over the railing to catch that ball after it bobs around in three or four hands.
One of the boys working up on the press box off here to our right caught it.
Here's the next pitch. There's a foul up into the upper deck again off to the right.
The count is still 3-2.
Riders from all over the country are here today to cover this game.
The pitch is getting ready now.
Fans have also come from all over the country to see the game.
Here's the next pitch to Cronen. It's a slow pitch down the third base line. It's foul.
Pepper Martin comes over the bag and outside the foul line to get the ball, but it gets past him,
and Major Kerr throws a new ball down the third base line,
and Pepper starts to rough the old ball up before giving it back to D.
The 3-2 count on Joe Cronen and the American League has runners on first and third.
It takes a lot of time out there getting ready again.
Here's the next pitch. There's a hock.
Huck stop caught it over near third base.
Martin just stood there watching him grab it, and he retires aside, and runners are left on first and third.
The American League made no runs and one hit.
No runs and one hit.
Now the game is going into the first half of the ninth inning.
The American League is going onto the field. The National League is coming to bat,
and they're going to make three runs, score is 4-1.
The boys will do their best to get a rally started now.
Ozzie Bluge is playing third base in place of Jimmy Fox.
Ozzie Bluge is in there at third base in place of Jimmy Fox.
Roger Kramer is playing center field. Roger Kramer is playing center field in place of Al Simmons.
Mel Hodder is whipping over a few to the catcher.
Roger Kramer is out in center field. Mel Hodder is still whipping over.
Roger Hornby is down here at the play catching a few while Raleigh Hensley puts on his mask.
Here comes an announcement.
Bluge of Washington playing third. Chapman of New York and Kramer of Philadelphia are also in the outfield.
Ben Chapman is playing left field and Roger Kramer is playing center.
Roger Kramer is in center field and Sam West of St. Louis is playing left field.
Here's Medwick up at the plate. National League will try hard to get a rally going here in the ninth inning.
First pitch is in low and close, 4-1.
Some harder. Nobody on and nobody out. It's the first half of the night.
Medwick up. He has made a hit yesterday.
Next pitch is a strike over the outside corner, knee high.
Ozzie Bluge of Washington is playing third. Roger Kramer of Philadelphia is in center field.
Ben Chapman of New York is in left field.
There's a wild one way over the catcher's head and back up to the strike one for Medwick.
It's the first half of the ninth inning with the American League leading by a score of 4-1.
The catcher takes his time. Getting ready out there.
Here comes the lineup in the next pitch for Medwick.
It's a hard hit foul ball way down the right field line and it's going up into the upper deck.
The count is 2-2 for Medwick.
Al Harder gets a new ball out there, takes his love off, wraps it up in his hands a bit, getting some of the shine off it.
National League batting in the first half of the ninth.
Al Harder is winding up again.
Here's the next pitch. There's a high foul over near the American League dugout.
The first baseman, Gary, is coming over fast, fast. He's under the ball and he has it for the first down.
Medwick fouled out to Gary for the first down.
Next man to come up is the first baseman, Rip Coller.
He's in the first base in place of Perry, a left-handed batter.
Here's Collins up at the plate, a great hitter, a left-handed batter.
Boys near the American League infield talking up out there.
Here's the windup in the first pitch to Rip, a left-handed batter, and it's outside at the waist for a ball.
Ball one, nobody on, one gone in the first half of the ninth.
Here's the windup in the next pitch. He hits the ground ball down the first baseline.
Gary has it, comes over to first base, and he's out to Gary unassisted.
It is a ground ball, but Gary picked up and stepped on first base, and Collins is out to Gary unassisted.
Next man to come up is Moore.
Here he comes up to the plate.
Proud is starting to head for the exits now, figuring it's just about over.
Mel Harder seems to have the situation well in hand here in the ninth inning,
but you never can tell until the last man is out.
Yo Moore is up.
Here comes the windup on the pitch, and it's a strike right over the plate, knee high, and it's called.
Had a left-handed batter.
Nobody on and two gone in the first half of the ninth inning.
Certainly hates to see this great game drawing to a close.
Here's the next pitch as a ground ball between first and second.
Geringer's up with it, over to first. The game is over, and the American League wins 4-1.
He hit a hard smash on the ground between first and second.
The second baseman, Geringer, came up with the ball and threw him out.
Geringer to Gary, and it retires the side. No runs, no hits, and no errors.
So the American League, ladies and gentlemen, is victorious in the third of the annual All-Star Games.
Played, started, you'll remember, in 1933.
First game was played in Chicago and last year in New York and this year in Cleveland, Ohio,
and the American League wins the game by a score of 4-1.
For the American League, four runs, eight hits, and no errors.
For the National League, one run, four hits, and one error.
American League, four runs, eight hits, and no errors.
National League, one run, four hits, and one error.
The crowd, heading out of the huge stadium, coming and running across the outfield and heading for the infield.
Heading for all the exit waves out here.
And now I want to turn the microphone over to fellow Sander Pyle,
who has very kindly assisted me in the broadcast today of the All-Star Game,
who has all the statistics and all the dope for you, and he'll give you his resume right now.
For the afternoon, of course, was asked on by the American League players,
who held a very heavy-hitting battery of National League.
The National League has had four pitches on the mound.
Bill Walker opened, gave two hits and two runs in the two innings he pitched.
Hal Shoemaker followed, Schumacher followed, gave four hits, struck out five men,
and permitted no runs, and Paul Deringer followed, giving one hit, one struck out, struck out one man.
Paul Dean, Jerome Dean, Jerome Dean, Dizzy the Great, Dizzy Dean, ended the game,
pitching the last inning for the National Leagueers, and passed one man, gave one hit, and struck one man out.
The runs batted in, Pots was a star in this stage of the game.
He batted in three of the four runs scored by the American League.
Joe Cronin batted in the fourth.
Bill Terry, the first baseman of the New York Giants, the New York Giants manager,
batted in the only run made by the National League this afternoon.
That's on bases, the American League had seven, the National League four.
The stolen bases, just one stolen base, that in the first inning by Pepe Martin of St. Louis.
He sold second base in the first inning.
That's on the first, Pepe Martin, an error in the fourth inning, which permitted no damage to be done.
The scoreboard, one by Martin.
The ball game, the runs, the American League coming in the first inning,
Gehringer walked, Gehrig forced him a second, a home run, followed by Jimmy Fox, going the first two runs.
With one out on the second inning, Hemsley, triple, scored on Cronin's long fly to center.
Score then three to nothing.
And then the fourth American League run came in the fifth inning.
At that time, Schumacher was pitching with two men out, two hits to base on balls, filled the bases,
and then Jimmy Fox smashed the single off Schumacher's glove, which scored the fourth and final American League run.
In the National League, the one run scored came in the fourth inning.
Cronin opened with a double, and Hock popped up, Medwick walked, putting runners on first and second.
And Bill Terry drove a single to left, bringing in the National League run.
The score, four to one, and the summaries again, American League, four runs, eight hits, and no errors.
The National League, one run, four hits, and one error.
A finely played game, a grand game for everybody here, and here's Bob Elson.
Thank you very much, Ellis.
We just heard Alexander Plow give you his resume, all the dope in this great ball game,
which we've watched here today with over 80,000 people in this great municipal stadium at Cleveland, Ohio.
He told you the American League is victorious again for the third successive year,
winning a fine ball game today by a score of four to one.
Hock says a mighty tough ball game for the National League to lose.
Somebody has to win and somebody has to lose, and the National League at heart
are going to be disappointed again for the third time.
But next year is another year, and I hope we'll all see the, or hear the ball game,
which will be played next year, the fourth annual All-Star game.
As we told you before, the National League next year will have the choice of the city,
and that site will be determined, I imagine, in six or seven months.
Well, we certainly hope you enjoyed the ball game, ladies and gentlemen.
We've had the pleasure of watching and bringing to you from here in this stadium at Cleveland, Ohio.
I want to say goodbye now for the announcer who's assisted me on the broadcast,
Alex Vanderpyl of Cleveland, who I've had the pleasure of working with,
and I certainly hope that you've all enjoyed our broadcast.
And Bob Elston saying goodbye from the stadium at Cleveland, Ohio,
and bringing to close our broadcast of the All-Star game,
which came to you with a presentation of the Mutual Broadcasting System.
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