1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:07,000 This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history. 2 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:14,000 The 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Game took place at the Polo Grounds in New York on July 6, 1942. 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:23,000 While the game had been scheduled for a twilight start at 6.30, rain delayed the first pitch for an hour, leading to the first All-Star Game contest played entirely under the lights. 4 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:32,000 The American League was managed by Joe McCarthy, who led the Yankees to the World Series over the Dodgers in 1941, two months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. 5 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,000 McCarthy would send his own ace, Spud Chandler, to the mound to start the game. 6 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:43,000 Spud had a record of 9-2 and helped the Yankees reach 50 wins and establish a four-game lead over the Red Sox by the break. 7 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:50,000 The National League was managed by Leo DeRosier, who led the Dodgers to the first World Series appearance in over 20 years in 1941. 8 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,000 Leo would send the Cardinals' Mort Cooper to the mound to face the American League. 9 00:00:54,000 --> 00:01:02,000 Cooper had a record of 11-4, trying to help the Cardinals keep pace with the Red Hot Dodgers, who were in first place with an eight-game lead at the break. 10 00:01:02,000 --> 00:01:08,000 This audio recording is from the Mutual Radio broadcast featuring announcers Bob Elson, Mel Allen, and Jim Britt. 11 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:20,000 At this time, WGM joins the Mutual Network for the presentation of the All-Star Game, which is in progress at the present time. 12 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:32,000 Leo DeRosier, who will guide the destinies of the National League All-Star team this year, has for outfielders such game-breaker uppers as Mel Ott, Joe Medwick, and Pete Reiser. 13 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:36,000 Pete Reiser leading the National League in hitting with an average of.361. 14 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:41,000 These men are fortified by Seth Stalwart's Hizina Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals. 15 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:49,000 Young Willard Marshall, freshman sensation of the New York Giants, making the All-Star team even before he's completed his first year as a major leaguer. 16 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:55,000 Then there's Terry Moore, pretty good with that willow and considered as one of the finest defensive centerfielders in the history of the game. 17 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,000 And then there's Danny Lippweiler of the Philadelphia Fills. 18 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:06,000 In the infield for the National League, there's Archie Vaughan, who hit two home runs in last year's All-Star Game, you remember, hit them in succession. 19 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:17,000 And when he had hit his second one in the National League ahead, it looked as if Archie Vaughan would be the hero of the 1941 All-Star Game. 20 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:26,000 It took Ted Williams' ninth inning home run, which won the game for the American League, to rob Archie Vaughan of being the hero of the 1941 Midsummer Classic. 21 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:29,000 Then there's Jimmy Brown of the St. Louis Cardinals, a switch hitter. 22 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:33,000 That's right or left, depending on whether a right-hander or left-hander is pitching. 23 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:35,000 Always a dangerous little man up at that plate. 24 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,000 Eddie Miller at shortstop, hits a long ball. 25 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:44,000 Frank McCormick of the Cincinnati Reds, another long ball hitter and a good hitter. 26 00:02:44,000 --> 00:02:51,000 And, of course, last but certainly not least, one of the biggest power men in the major leagues, Johnny Mize, who's become very fond, incidentally, 27 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:56,000 of those short right field stands here at the polo grounds since he's become a member of the New York Giants. 28 00:02:56,000 --> 00:03:01,000 The distance from home plate to the right field stands, 294 feet. 29 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:09,000 Not a very long distance, and John has learned how to pull that ball closely, which you have to do to get them into that right field stands, and is very fond of them. 30 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:19,000 There's a 100-foot drop away from that 294-foot sign as the wall out there fades away toward deep right field to the bullpen. 31 00:03:19,000 --> 00:03:25,000 It's a 100-foot drop so that in order to get that ball into the right field stands, you do have to learn how to pull them closely. 32 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:29,000 The men back at that plate for the National Leagues tonight can hold their own with a bat, too. 33 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:32,000 Walker Cooper, Ernie Lombardi, and Mickey Owen. 34 00:03:32,000 --> 00:03:43,000 And as for pitchers, looking at it from a defensive standpoint, what more could you want than such men as Morton Cooper, Whitlow Wyatt, Claude Paso, Johnny Vandermeer, Bucky Walters. 35 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:51,000 Ray Starr and Carl Hubbell have been added to that list since Cliff Melton, who was originally scheduled to perform for the National Leagues tonight, came up with a sore arm. 36 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,000 Morton Cooper's won 11 games. 37 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:55,000 Whitlow Wyatt has won 8. 38 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,000 Claude Paso has won 12 games. 39 00:03:57,000 --> 00:03:59,000 Johnny Vandermeer has won 8. 40 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,000 Bucky Walters has won 9 games. 41 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:10,000 And Ray Starr, a veteran sensation of the Cincinnati Reds, a veteran from a standpoint of age rather than service, has won 12 games. 42 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:21,000 That group of pitchers, all in all, have won 52 games while losing only 26 among them, or an average of some 667, and that's pretty good pitching. 43 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:28,000 Morton Cooper, who's scheduled to start for the National Leagues tonight, has appeared in 16 games for the Cardinals this year, has won 11 of them. 44 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:33,000 He pitched 134 and two-thirds innings, allowed 88 hits, walked 37 men, and struck out 71. 45 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:38,000 And in his string of 11 wins, there have been 6 shutouts. 46 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:45,000 So if he certainly, if he performs up to par this evening, it's going to be perhaps a little bit too bad for those sluggers in the American League lineup. 47 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:47,000 Of course, that is strictly conjecture. 48 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:49,000 It remains to be seen. 49 00:04:49,000 --> 00:04:55,000 Looking at the starting lineup for the National League, Jimmy Brown, who leads off and will play second base, is a switch hitter. 50 00:04:55,000 --> 00:05:01,000 And of course, with a right-hander ready to go against them, Bud Chandler of the Yankees, Jimmy Brown will bat left-handed. 51 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:10,000 Leo DeRosier, as a matter of fact, has for his first 6 men in the lineup all left-handed hitters playing that percentage angle of a left-handed hitter against a right-handed pitcher. 52 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:15,000 Brown, Vaughn, Reezer, Mize, Ott, all bat left-handed. 53 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,000 The first 5 hitters, I should have said. 54 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:22,000 Jimmy Brown has a batting average of 267 to bring into the ballgame with him. 55 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:25,000 Ike Vaughn hitting it 262. 56 00:05:25,000 --> 00:05:30,000 Pete Reezer will bring into the ballgame an average of 361 on the season. 57 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:35,000 And Johnny Mize has come up over the 300 mark, hitting it 301. 58 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:37,000 Mel Ott hitting it 261. 59 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:39,000 Joe Medwick, who follows, hitting it 344. 60 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,000 Walker Cooper, who will catch, hitting it 286. 61 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,000 Eddie Miller batting it 270. 62 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:50,000 And these boys are pretty good in the matter of home run production, too, to give you an idea on their slugging propensities. 63 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:52,000 Jimmy Brown has had only one homer. 64 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:54,000 Pete Reezer has 6. 65 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:57,000 And Johnny Mize, the National League leader in that department, has 14. 66 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,000 He'll be followed by Mel Ott, who has 12 home runs. 67 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:07,000 And, of course, Mize and Ott are very, very accustomed to these stands here at the polo grounds, this being their home lot. 68 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:10,000 Between them, they've hit 26 home runs this year. 69 00:06:10,000 --> 00:06:12,000 Joe Medwick has 3 home runs to his credit. 70 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:13,000 Walker Cooper, 4. 71 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,000 Eddie Miller, 4. 72 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:20,000 So that the first 8 men in the lineup for the National League have accounted for 44 home runs between them this year. 73 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:25,000 And the matter of runs batted in to give you an idea of the hitting strength of this National League team, 74 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:29,000 which in the past has been noted especially for their defensive propensities. 75 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,000 Jimmy Brown has batted in 43 runs. 76 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,000 Archie Vaughan, 23. 77 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,000 Pete Reezer, 38. 78 00:06:34,000 --> 00:06:39,000 Johnny Mize has driven in 63 runs this year, leading the National League in that respect. 79 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:41,000 Mel Ott has driven in 44. 80 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:45,000 Joe Medwick has driven 55 runs across the plate. 81 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:46,000 Walker Cooper, 26. 82 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 Eddie Miller, 25. 83 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:55,000 And so with the first 8 men in the lineup, they have accounted in runs batted in this year, a total of 317. 84 00:06:55,000 --> 00:07:02,000 So all in all, you can see from what Jim Britt has told you and from my brief analysis of the National League lineup, 85 00:07:02,000 --> 00:07:05,000 the two teams tonight are pretty evenly matched. 86 00:07:05,000 --> 00:07:12,000 And one team cannot be said especially to have any advantage over the other one way or another in so far as pitching, 87 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,000 defensive strength, or offensive strength is concerned. 88 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:21,000 So what we shall see will be a game in which the cream of the crop for the major leagues, pretty evenly matched, 89 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:27,000 will go to it in this tenth meeting of the National and American League All-Stars. 90 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:30,000 All right, here's Bob Elson. 91 00:07:30,000 --> 00:07:32,000 Thank you very much, Mel. 92 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,000 Well, friends, from what my two colleagues have told you, Jim Britt and Mel Allen, 93 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:39,000 you can gather that this is going to be quite a ball game. 94 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:44,000 We have two evenly matched squads here tonight, and it should really be a swell game. 95 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:47,000 We're going to pause now for station identification. 96 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:51,000 We're happy to say that our mutual stations from coast to coast have set aside their time, 97 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,000 canceled programs with the cooperation of sponsors, 98 00:07:54,000 --> 00:08:01,000 so that the mutual broadcasting system could bring you an exclusive presentation of one of America's greatest classics, the All-Star Game. 99 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:04,000 You're listening to the broadcast from the Polo Grounds in New York City. 100 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,000 This is the mutual broadcasting system. 101 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:12,000 WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago. 102 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:15,000 Well, friends, here we are back at the Polo Grounds in New York City. 103 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:23,000 One thing we wanted to tell you about was that the ball game tonight cannot run past 9.10 New York time. 104 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:30,000 There's going to be a test blackout in New York tonight at 9.30, so the ball game will not run past 9.10. 105 00:08:30,000 --> 00:08:35,000 If because of any circumstances, beyond the control of everyone, there should be no ball game tonight, 106 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:39,000 this ball game would be played here in New York tomorrow afternoon at 1.30, 107 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:43,000 and the Cleveland game would be played in Cleveland on Wednesday night. 108 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:47,000 In the event that something should prevent this broadcast tonight or this ball game tonight, 109 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:51,000 it would be played here in New York tomorrow afternoon at 1.30, 110 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,000 and then the Cleveland game would be set aside, would be set back just one day. 111 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,000 In other words, we're anticipating a game in Cleveland tomorrow night at 9 o'clock, 112 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:03,000 and don't forget that your mutual station will bring you that great game, and boy, that should be a classic. 113 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:11,000 From that huge bowl, that big municipal stadium in Cleveland, your mutual station will bring you the story of that game tomorrow night at 8.45. 114 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:16,000 Now I know that some place across the country there might be some of you fans who are tuning into our mutual broadcast late. 115 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:21,000 The game has not started as yet. There's been a delay of a bit here, 116 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:24,000 and I'm going to run down the batting order and line up again slowly for you. 117 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:30,000 Some of you are perhaps keeping a scorecard on this ball game, and so we'll give it to you slowly in their teams. 118 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:35,000 So those of you who want to keep an actual card, an actual rundown of the ball game, we'll have plenty of time to get it in. 119 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:39,000 Let's take the home team first, the National League team. 120 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:44,000 Jimmy Brown of St. Louis, second base. 121 00:09:44,000 --> 00:09:48,000 Archie Vaughn of Brooklyn, third. 122 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:53,000 Petey Reiser of the Dodgers in center field. 123 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:57,000 Johnny Mize of the Giants at first base. 124 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:01,000 Mel Ott, the manager of the Giants, will start in right field. 125 00:10:01,000 --> 00:10:07,000 Medwick of Brooklyn, and by the way, Medwick has really been playing marvelous ball for the Dodgers this year. 126 00:10:07,000 --> 00:10:12,000 I think that Joe's comeback, although it wasn't exactly a comeback because he played good ball last year, 127 00:10:12,000 --> 00:10:16,000 but the baseball he's played this year has really been something. 128 00:10:16,000 --> 00:10:20,000 As you know, he's right up there hitting around 3.45, is driven in a flock of runs. 129 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:24,000 He hits safely in a long stretch of ball games, and Joe's having another great year. 130 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:30,000 Medwick will start in left field. Walker Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals will catch. 131 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,000 Eddie Miller of the Boston Braves is going to start at short, 132 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:40,000 and Morton Cooper, the ace of the St. Louis Cardinals staff, who's won 11 ball games and lost 3, 133 00:10:40,000 --> 00:10:42,000 is going to start for the National League. 134 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:47,000 By the way, looking over Cooper's record, we see that he won 11 games and lost 3. 135 00:10:47,000 --> 00:10:53,000 He pitched 12 complete games, and one thing you notice about Cooper's record is that he pitched 6 shutouts. 136 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:58,000 Morton Cooper has 6 shutouts out of the 11 games he's won. 137 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:03,000 Now turn around on your scorecard, and here is the American League starting lineup. 138 00:11:03,000 --> 00:11:08,000 Lou Badrow of Cleveland, the manager of the Indians, will start at shortstop. 139 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:14,000 Badrow at short. Tommy Henrich of the Yankees will start in right field. 140 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:19,000 Henrich, H-E-N-R-I-C-H, Henrich, right field. 141 00:11:19,000 --> 00:11:24,000 Williams of Boston, left field. 142 00:11:24,000 --> 00:11:28,000 Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees in center field. 143 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:32,000 As I told you before, little Dominic of the Boston Red Sox is laid up with a bum back, 144 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:35,000 and he's in uniform but will not play in the ball game. 145 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:41,000 So Joe DiMaggio will bat fourth and play center field, then Rudy York of Detroit will bat fifth and play first base. 146 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:45,000 Gordon of the Yankees, second base. 147 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:48,000 Kenny Keltner of Cleveland, third base. 148 00:11:48,000 --> 00:11:55,000 Bertie Tebets of Detroit, that's T-E-B-B-E-T-S, Tebets will catch. 149 00:11:55,000 --> 00:12:01,000 And Spurgeon Chandler of the New York Yankees, a right-hander, who's won nine ball games and lost two, is going to pitch for New York. 150 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:07,000 There were three fans, there were three late switches in the rosters today. 151 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:13,000 As you know, Paul Derringer was laid up and could not take part in the ball game, 152 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:18,000 and we also had another late withdrawal from the ball game, and that was Melton of the Giants, 153 00:12:18,000 --> 00:12:23,000 their outstanding left-hander who had a sore arm and couldn't come into the ball game. 154 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:27,000 And so there were two other pitchers nominated, and they are Carl Hubbell of the Giants, 155 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:33,000 who's down here in uniform for the National League, and also Starr, the great right-hander of the Cincinnati Reds. 156 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:37,000 He was also nominated in place of Paul Derringer. 157 00:12:37,000 --> 00:12:42,000 The other nomination concerned the American League squad, and that was that Bill Dickey dropped out of the lineup 158 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,000 and Wagner of the Phillies stepped into his spot. 159 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:50,000 Wagner, as you know, is a catcher, a left-handed batter, and a very good hitter, and he stepped into Bill Dickey's spot. 160 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Bill has been ailing for a couple of weeks, hasn't been in the Yankee lineup, I don't think at all, until the Boston series, 161 00:12:55,000 --> 00:13:00,000 and he's not well enough to get into the ball game, and Wagner has taken his spot. 162 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:09,000 The umpires, when the ball game gets underway, will be Ballon-Fance, B-A-L-L-A-N-F-A-N-T, of the National League, back at the plate. 163 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:15,000 This is the National League game, this is the, National League is the home team. 164 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:20,000 At second base will be Barlich, B-A-R-L-I-C-K, of the National League. 165 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:29,000 At first base will be Stewart, of the American League, and at third base will be McGowan, of the American League. 166 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:37,000 Now there you have the pitchers, there you have the umpires, there you'll have the starting lineups, and the squads. 167 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:46,000 Al Shaq, by the way, is just walking back from center field, he's coming out here toward the infield, and the crowd's giving him a hand. 168 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:49,000 While we have time, let me tell you something about this Polar Grounds layout. 169 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,000 It's a complete double deck to fair. 170 00:13:51,000 --> 00:13:57,000 Our mutual broadcasting booth is in a swell spot here, right back at the home plate where we can see those balls break in over the plate. 171 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:03,000 It's in a great spot to see the ball game, and there's a complete double deck all the way around the park. 172 00:14:03,000 --> 00:14:09,000 It has often been referred to as the left-hand hitter's paradise because it's just a short poke down that right field line. 173 00:14:09,000 --> 00:14:16,000 As I look down that line right now, I can see the mark is around 290 feet, which isn't very far for a good left-handed pull hitter. 174 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,000 It's a little bit farther, however, down the left field line. 175 00:14:19,000 --> 00:14:27,000 It's a poke of something like 330 feet, and from there on out in the left center field to deep center field to right center field, it is a real wallop. 176 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:32,000 In fact, it's one of the longest drives to the center field fence of any ballpark in the majors. 177 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:39,000 Something from here to the center field wall is something like 483 feet, and that is really a wallop. 178 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:44,000 483 feet to the center field wall, so you can tell what a poke that is. 179 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:49,000 The only spot where the hitters get a break in this park at all, I really think, are down this right field line. 180 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:55,000 Of course, that is the left-hand hitters, those pull hitters, who can pull that ball into those stands, 181 00:14:55,000 --> 00:15:01,000 which are only 290 feet distant here from the home plate in the ground. 182 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:06,000 There's been an unavoidable delay here in the start of the ballgame. 183 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,000 It hasn't gotten underway as yet. 184 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:10,000 Right below me here is the American League squad. 185 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:15,000 I might tell you, too, that all the American League players are wearing their home team uniform. 186 00:15:15,000 --> 00:15:23,000 The American League teams are the visiting team, so the American League players are wearing their road uniforms. 187 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:29,000 And right below us here, below our mutual booth, a little bit to our left, is the Yankee team, or is the American League team. 188 00:15:29,000 --> 00:15:34,000 Joe McCarthy, who just recovered from an unfortunate illness, is back. 189 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:36,000 I talked to him today. He looks in good shape. 190 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,000 He said, Bob, we have a great squad this year, and I think we're going to beat the National League again. 191 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,000 Joe is all set right in the pink for this ballgame. 192 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,000 I also had a chat around noon with the fine manager of the National League squad, Leo DeRosha, 193 00:15:48,000 --> 00:15:50,000 who's done such a splendid job with the Brooklyn Dodgers. 194 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:54,000 And he said to me, Bob, we've got the best National League team that we've had in years. 195 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:59,000 This year we not only have National League pitching, but we're going to show those guys some hitting, too. 196 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:03,000 And as you can see from the figures that Mel Allen has given you on the National League, 197 00:16:03,000 --> 00:16:06,000 the National League team this year does carry a lot of power, 198 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:12,000 and anything is going to have to happen in this ballgame when it finally gets underway. 199 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:15,000 Friends, there is going to be a delay. 200 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:20,000 Circumstances beyond our control are going to delay the start of this ballgame. 201 00:16:20,000 --> 00:16:23,000 And so we're going to leave you here, take leave of you now for just a little while, 202 00:16:23,000 --> 00:16:27,000 stand by, however, we'll be standing by in our mutual broadcasting booth here in New York, 203 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:33,000 ready to bring you this ballgame, the All-Star Game, play-by-play, just as soon as the ballgame starts. 204 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:39,000 So just stay right with your mutual station, and just as soon as the All-Star Game gets underway, 205 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,000 we'll bring it to you. 206 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:46,000 And so for just a while at least, this is Bob Elson saying goodbye to you from the Polo Grounds in New York City 207 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:50,000 and returning you to our New York studios. 208 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:54,000 Our program service will continue in just a moment. 209 00:16:54,000 --> 00:16:57,000 This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. 210 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,000 This is WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago. 211 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:05,000 Stay tuned to WGN for the broadcast of the All-Star Game between the American and National Leagues, 212 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:08,000 which will begin shortly from New York City. 213 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:12,000 We rejoin the Mutual Network. 214 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:15,000 How do you do, baseball fans across the country? 215 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,000 This is Bob Elson talking to you again from the Polo Grounds in New York City, 216 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:23,000 and we're all set now for Mutual's exclusive coverage of the 10th Annual All-Star Game. 217 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:27,000 You hear that announcement through your radio? 218 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:31,000 That's the public address announcer here in the Polo Grounds in New York City 219 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,000 calling the official batting order and lineups around here to the people in the stands. 220 00:17:35,000 --> 00:17:40,000 He just completed it, and now I'll give you the rundown again for those of you who might be tuning in late. 221 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:45,000 Here is the starting lineup for the National League, and the National League team will very shortly take the field. 222 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:48,000 And then Jim Brett will describe the first three innings for you. 223 00:17:48,000 --> 00:17:53,000 Mel Allen of New York will describe the middle three, and I'll describe the last three. 224 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,000 The announcer has just called the official batting order and lineup. 225 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:59,000 I repeated it to you before. There has been an unavoidable delay, 226 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:01,000 and the ballgame is going to start now any minute. 227 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:06,000 And here is the lineup for the National League Brown of St. Louis at second base, 228 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:09,000 Archie Vaughan of Brooklyn at third base, 229 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:11,000 Petey Reiser of Brooklyn in center field, 230 00:18:11,000 --> 00:18:14,000 Johnny Mize of New York at first base, 231 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:16,000 Mel out of New York in right field, 232 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Joe Medwick of Brooklyn in left field, 233 00:18:19,000 --> 00:18:22,000 Walker Cooper of St. Louis is the catcher, 234 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,000 Eddie Miller of Boston is the shortstop, 235 00:18:25,000 --> 00:18:28,000 and Morton Cooper of St. Louis is the pitcher. 236 00:18:28,000 --> 00:18:32,000 His record, as we told you before, he's won 11 ballgames and lost three. 237 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:37,000 11 of his wins have been shutouts, and he's been one of the outstanding pitchers of the year. 238 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:40,000 You stop and figure 11 wins and 6 shutouts, you've got something. 239 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:45,000 Here is the lineup for the American League. 240 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,000 Cooper has just come out of the National League dugout, 241 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:51,000 which is down here to the right of our mutual broadcasting booth, 242 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,000 and he is going to warm up now with Ernie Lombardi. 243 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,000 Ernie Lombardi of the Boston team, he's going to take a few throws, 244 00:18:57,000 --> 00:19:01,000 and the rest of the National League team is out on the field just tossing the ball around, 245 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:05,000 not on the diamond, they're on the field, they haven't got out on the diamond as yet. 246 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:08,000 And Cooper is going to try a few practice throws from the mound. 247 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:13,000 He's walked out to the center of the diamond now, and here is big Ernie Lombardi of Boston, 248 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,000 who is one of the reserve catchers for the National League, 249 00:19:15,000 --> 00:19:18,000 standing just back at the plate taking Cooper's practice throws. 250 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,000 Here's Spud Chander of New York, who's going to start for the American League. 251 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,000 He's come out, and he's going to get a few practice throws. 252 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:29,000 Well, let's get on anyway with the American League lineup. 253 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,000 Lou Badrower of Cleveland, shortstop. 254 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Here's another announcement. 255 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:39,000 This game will proceed until 9.30 a.m. 256 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Officials contacted Mayor LaGuardia, who gave permission to carry this ballgame until 9.30. 257 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:53,000 As you know, if you were listening to the broadcast earlier, 258 00:19:53,000 --> 00:19:57,000 there is a practice blackout here in New York tonight at 9.30. 259 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:02,000 They had established a time as a deadline time on the game at 9.10, 260 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,000 in the event of a tie at that time. 261 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:08,000 The ballgame was to have been played tomorrow, but because of an unavoidable delay, 262 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:14,000 the baseball time has been allowed to run until 9.30. 263 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,000 So the ballgame will run until 9.30. 264 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:20,000 Now, let's get on, shall we, with that American League team. 265 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:26,000 Lou Badrower of Cleveland is going to play shortstop, and Lou's really been having a grand year. 266 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,000 Spud Chander is also out there getting in his practice throws. 267 00:20:29,000 --> 00:20:32,000 He's standing in one side of the pitcher's mound, 268 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,000 and Walker Cooper of St. Louis or Martin Cooper is on the other side, 269 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,000 and both pitchers are warming up from the center of the diamond. 270 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,000 The teams are not on the field. 271 00:20:41,000 --> 00:20:45,000 The players of both teams are along the playing field on the side of the foul line side, 272 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 here to our left and to our right. 273 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,000 Lou Badrower of Cleveland, I think, is having one of the greatest years of his career. 274 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,000 Not only has he done a splendid job with that Cleveland ball club, 275 00:20:53,000 --> 00:20:55,000 he's really revitalized that club. 276 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 He's had them playing great ball. 277 00:20:57,000 --> 00:21:01,000 He has the respect of his players, and he has been playing the best ball of his career. 278 00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:05,000 I talked to him in Chicago when the Indians played a series there with the Sox last week, 279 00:21:05,000 --> 00:21:08,000 and Lou played wonderful ball. 280 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,000 And talking to some of the players on the Cleveland ball club, 281 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:14,000 I know that his year so far at Cleveland has been a howling success, 282 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:16,000 even though Cleveland's not in first place. 283 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:18,000 So Badrower started short. 284 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:21,000 Tommy Henrich, the dependable right fielder of the New York Yankees, 285 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:23,000 is going to be in right field tonight. 286 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:26,000 The alternate was Dominic DiMaggio, who they had intended starting, 287 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:31,000 but in yesterday's doubleheader, the Boston doubleheader, Dominic hurt his back. 288 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:35,000 And although he's in uniform here tonight, he is not going to start in the ball game. 289 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,000 In left field will be Teddy Williams. 290 00:21:38,000 --> 00:21:40,000 Yesterday in Chicago I talked to Eldon Auker, 291 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:44,000 who's won ten ball games this year for St. Louis, about great hitters. 292 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:48,000 Auker told me that in his judgment, and he's pitched in baseball many a year, 293 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:52,000 Williams will go down in history as one of the five greatest hitters that ever lived. 294 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:55,000 I asked him, what was it that made Williams such a great hitter? 295 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,000 He said, Bob, the thing that makes Williams the great hitter that he is, 296 00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,000 is the fact that he can hit these kind of specialty pitches, 297 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 like knuckleball, sliders and sinkers and all that sort of thing, 298 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,000 right when they're in their motion. 299 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,000 In other words, when a knuckleball comes in and starts its particular motion, 300 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:13,000 Williams can hit that ball right when it's in that particular motion 301 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:17,000 that makes the knuckleer famous, and he can drive that kind of a ball out of the ballpark. 302 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,000 So those specialty pitches not only don't fool him, but he can time them, 303 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,000 and he can hit those specialty pitches, and not only hit them, 304 00:22:23,000 --> 00:22:25,000 but he can drive them out of the park. 305 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:29,000 And Auker told me, and he's a pretty good pitcher and a pretty good judge of hitters, 306 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:33,000 that he thought that Williams would go down in history as one of the greatest hitters that ever lived. 307 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:35,000 Now in center field is Dominic DiMaggio. 308 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:40,000 The great DiMaggio, the famous Yankee clipper, has gotten off to a rather slow start this year, 309 00:22:40,000 --> 00:22:42,000 but he's been coming along. 310 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:46,000 His throwing hasn't been for one thing as good this year as it has been in previous years, 311 00:22:46,000 --> 00:22:48,000 nor has his hitting been as good. 312 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,000 Seeing Joe DiMaggio batting around 270 doesn't look like Joe 313 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,000 because you'd expect to see him up around 350, 314 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:58,000 but Joe just hasn't been able to get going at his regular clip. 315 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:02,000 Of course Yankee fans and the Yankee bosses figure that Joe will get going. 316 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:06,000 He's been in a slump before, but anyway, he's one of the greatest ball players in the game, 317 00:23:06,000 --> 00:23:08,000 and he'll be in center field. 318 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,000 At first base will be the big powerhouse of the Detroit Tigers, Rudy York. 319 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:16,000 No, he's not exactly the outstanding fielding first baseman in the American League, 320 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 but he can knock him down, he can get in front of him, 321 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:21,000 and what is more, he can really powder that baseball. 322 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 Yes, sir, that big boy can really sock that ball, 323 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:29,000 and his big bat will come in handy in that American League lineup tonight. 324 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:33,000 Now at second base is one of the greatest ball players in the game, Joe Gordon. 325 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:37,000 If there's anything that a great second baseman should do that this fellow cannot do, 326 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:39,000 I don't know what it is. 327 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,000 I was talking to one of the greatest men in baseball, Connie Mack, last year. 328 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:47,000 Mr. Mack told me that he thought that Gordon was one of the greatest second basemen he'd ever seen, 329 00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,000 and that was enough for me. 330 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:54,000 At third base will be Kenny Keltner, the outstanding third baseman of the Cleveland Indians. 331 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:58,000 The catcher is going to be Bertie Tebbitz. 332 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:02,000 Here's an announcement. 333 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,000 It's about the Test Blackout. 334 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:26,000 If you couldn't hear the announcement, the public address announcer was telling the fans that the Blackout, 335 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,000 the Test Blackout here in New York tonight is going to start at 9.30, 336 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:34,000 and the ballgame had previously planned to end at 9.10, regardless of what stage the game was in. 337 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:39,000 But now, because it's been late getting started, they're going to run it down until the actual Blackout time, 338 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:43,000 and the customers and fans here in the stands have been asked to remain in their seats. 339 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:47,000 We've gotten as far as the catcher, Bertie Tebbitz, who's going to be back at the plate in place of Bill Dickey, 340 00:24:47,000 --> 00:24:50,000 the old workhorse of the Yankees and one of the greatest catchers in the game. 341 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:53,000 Tebbitz is a fine catcher, and he's a good hitter. 342 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:58,000 And the pitcher tonight is going to be Spurgeon Chandler, a very fine right-hander of the New York Yankees, 343 00:24:58,000 --> 00:25:00,000 who has had a fine record this year. 344 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:08,000 The pitchers in the American League are Chandler, Bonham, Ruffing, Benton, Newhauser, Euson, Bagby, Hudson, and Eddie Smith. 345 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:15,000 The pitchers for the National League are Morton Cooper, Whitlow Wyatt, Carl Hubbell, Passau, Van Dammeer, 346 00:25:15,000 --> 00:25:18,000 Walters, and Ray Starr of Cincinnati. 347 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:20,000 There's been two changes. 348 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:25,000 Melton was dropped off the squad today because of a sore arm, and Carl Hubbell was substituted. 349 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:30,000 Derringer was also out because of an injury, and Starr of Cincinnati was substituted. 350 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:34,000 There was one substitution on the American League squad today, and that was Bill Dickey dropped off, 351 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:39,000 and Wagner was substituted, and now fans were all set for the All-Star game. 352 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,000 The teams are going onto the field. The umpires are coming out. 353 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:47,000 The 10th annual All-Star Ballgame is going to be brought to you exclusively by the mutual broadcasting system. 354 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:49,000 The umpires have just walked up to the plate. 355 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,000 The National League team has gone out onto the field, 356 00:25:52,000 --> 00:25:57,000 and I'm going to turn our microphone over now to my good friend Jim Britt of the Yankee Network, 357 00:25:57,000 --> 00:26:01,000 who will talk to you just as soon as you hear our national anthem. 358 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:26,000 The National League team is coming out onto the field. 359 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:42,000 The National League team is coming out onto the field. 360 00:26:42,000 --> 00:27:03,000 The National League team is coming out onto the field. 361 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:13,000 Good evening again, everyone. 362 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:18,000 This is Jim Britt about to bring you the first three innings play-by-play of the 10th All-Star game. 363 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:23,000 As you know, the previous record is six victories for the American League, three for the National Leaguers, 364 00:27:23,000 --> 00:27:28,000 and at the moment, there goes the official starting ball being given to Morton Cooper. 365 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:31,000 The rosin bag has already been handed in by the Brooklyn Bat Boy, 366 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,000 who is the home bat boy for the National Leaguers, 367 00:27:33,000 --> 00:27:39,000 just as the Yankee bat boy is the host of the evening as far as the visiting American Leaguers are concerned. 368 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:44,000 Walker Cooper is the catcher, and his brother Morton Cooper is on the mound. 369 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:48,000 Recently, on the occasion of an Army-Navy relief game at Braves Field in Boston, 370 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:53,000 attended by more than 25,000 fans, Morton Cooper came within two bloopers, 371 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:58,000 two accidental base hits, you might say, of pitching a near-perfect ball game. 372 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:02,000 In addition to that, he gave one walk. That was his third consecutive shutout. 373 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:04,000 Later, that streak was broken. 374 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:10,000 Here is the starting plate umpire, Lee Ballenfant, coming over to talk with manager Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees 375 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:13,000 about some matter pertaining to the game itself. 376 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 At first base will be Ernie Stewart of the American League. 377 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:19,000 At second base, the colorful Al Barlich of the National League. 378 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:22,000 And at third base, Bill McGowan of the American League. 379 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:25,000 The first man up will be manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians. 380 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:29,000 He bats right-handed, has a season's batting average of 302. 381 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:34,000 This is his first year as a skipper, the youngest skipper the American League has seen. 382 00:28:34,000 --> 00:28:39,000 He has seven doubles, seven triples, and a single home run since the start of the season. 383 00:28:39,000 --> 00:28:42,000 He is one of the most famous athletes in the history of the University of Illinois. 384 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:44,000 He was a great basketball player. 385 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:47,000 His opponents in the Middle West, especially in the Western Conference, 386 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:53,000 insist to this day that great as he is in the diamond world, he was an even greater All-American cage star. 387 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:59,000 There's the roar as Boudreau, who has quite an unorthodox batting stance, starts his position. 388 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 Artie Fletcher is coaching at third base, and at first base is Bucky Harris, 389 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000 the manager of the Washington Senators. 390 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,000 Boudreau crouches, the outfield is just about straight away. 391 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:11,000 Here's the first pitch, and it is ball one. 392 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:13,000 One ball and no strikes to count. 393 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,000 The infield is back on the left side. 394 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:18,000 Archie Vaughan is playing just about five feet away from third base. 395 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:21,000 The outfield is fairly deep on the left side. 396 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:26,000 With Joe Medwick playing deep in the corner, one ball, Morton Cooper winds up, delivers. 397 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,000 There goes a long drive towards left field. 398 00:29:28,000 --> 00:29:32,000 That ball has given a real ride, and it is up in the stands for a home run. 399 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:34,000 The American Leaguers lead one to nothing. 400 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:56,000 That was the first home run ever hit by Lou Boudreau in an all-star game. 401 00:29:56,000 --> 00:30:00,000 It was a long drive that went to left center field at around the 400-foot mark. 402 00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:06,000 It was a tremendous wallop off right-hander Morton Cooper and the American Leaguers lead by a score of one to nothing. 403 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:10,000 Portsider Tommy Henrik is up now. 404 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:13,000 Here comes the pitch, and he looks at the ball low and outside. 405 00:30:13,000 --> 00:30:18,000 That is the second time Lou Boudreau has driven in a run in all-star game competition. 406 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:25,000 The score is one to nothing in favor of the American League as a result of his walloping a tremendous homer to left field on the very second pitch thrown to him. 407 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,000 The score, one to nothing in favor of the American Leaguers. 408 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 One ball account on Henrik. Here it is. 409 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:35,000 Too low. Two balls and no strikes. 410 00:30:35,000 --> 00:30:40,000 A tremendous roar came from the throats of the assembled fans here at the Polar Grounds. 411 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:48,000 That would have been a home run in virtually any baseball park in the league, in either league, including Washington's Griffith Stadium. 412 00:30:48,000 --> 00:30:51,000 The outfield is just about straight away for Tommy Henrik. 413 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:53,000 Right fielder Mel Aude is fairly deep. 414 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,000 Here's the pitch. 415 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:59,000 Call strike. A nice pitch just buckle high through the heart of the plate. 416 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:08,000 Incidentally, Morton Cooper, like Higbee of the Brooklyn Dodgers and Paso of the Cubs, is a jinx-defying hurler who wears the numerals 13 on his back. 417 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:13,000 Paced by Boudreau's home run, the American Leaguers have nobody on in the top of the first. 418 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,000 Nobody out, and the count is one and two. 419 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:19,000 Outside. Ball free. 420 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,000 Three balls, one strike to count. 421 00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:28,000 Cooper is a tall, swarthy, extremely handsome right-hander, who many of the Cardinal Rooters believe is another Jerome Dizzy Dean. 422 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:35,000 His record so far this season is 11-3, and his streak of nine consecutive victories was just broken. 423 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:43,000 He winds up, pitches, there's a foul ball down the third base line, fielded very easily by third base coach Artie Fletcher, who flips it to Arke Vaughan. 424 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:50,000 Vaughan is rubbing up the ball. He takes a few steps over toward the infield grass, and Morton Cooper is standing out on the edge of the mound waiting for it. 425 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:58,000 There is one of the American Leaguers making a slow trek from the giant dressing room here at the Polo Grounds over towards the left field bullpen. 426 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:03,000 The count is three and two. The big one just about ready to sail up with Tommy Henrik. 427 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:09,000 The New York Yankee right fielder up. Here it is. There goes a drive that goes solidly into right center field for a hit. 428 00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:15,000 Henrik pulls up at first base, rounds the bag, decides to go to second. There's the throw, and he has a double. 429 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:23,000 Center fielder Pete Reiser came in to slow the ball up. It didn't quite have the power to reach him. 430 00:32:23,000 --> 00:32:27,000 It was right over the head of second baseman Jimmy Brown of the Cardinals. 431 00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:34,000 Henrik rounded first base and very smartly decided that he could take two. He went all the way to second base, hit the dirt, and the play was not close. 432 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:42,000 That is Henrik's 18th double of the year, by the way, but it doesn't count as far as his 287 batting mark is concerned. 433 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:50,000 Something Theodore Williams of the Red Sox is up. That was Henrik's second RBI. Strike one, call. 434 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:55,000 Williams looked at the first one, which Morton Cooper threw just about chest high, right over the heart of the plate. 435 00:32:55,000 --> 00:33:01,000 Williams has a batting average of 348. Eighteen home runs so far this year, 80 runs driven in. 436 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:04,000 He spread eagles both the major leagues in the power department. 437 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:10,000 The American Leaguers lead one to nothing. Henrik on second. Here's the pitch. High at outside, one and one. 438 00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:15,000 Bucky Walters is warming up for the National Leaguers out in the right field bullpen. 439 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:25,000 Morton Cooper has already faced two men. Boudreau hit a tremendous home run drive into the left field stands at the 400 foot mark, and Henrik doubled to right center. 440 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:30,000 He hit the dirt with a nice slide going in. One and one to count on Williams. Henrik leads off. Here it is. 441 00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:36,000 There goes a long drive to left center field. Medwick is going deep for it, waiting, and he takes it. 442 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:42,000 There goes Henrik, tagging up. He draws a throw to third base, which is good, and he goes back to second. 443 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:49,000 Williams hit a long fly ball to left center. It was taken by Medwick. And here is Joe DiMaggio. 444 00:33:49,000 --> 00:34:05,000 Joe DiMaggio, the Yankee clipper, whose all-star record is not star-studded. He has a batting average of 268. 445 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:11,000 Many observers believe that this is the night he is destined to break out into full all-star-dom. 446 00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:17,000 Low and inside, ball one. Tommy Henrik is on second base with his illustrious Yankee teammate, 447 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:22,000 jolting Joe DiMaggio, standing in that famous wide base of his at home plate. 448 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:26,000 He's waving his bat in the direction of Cooper. The outfield is deep to the left. Medwick has backed up. 449 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:31,000 He is just about as deep as Ott was in right field for Williams. One ball to count. Here it is. 450 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:37,000 Strike called. A good strike through the heart of the plate, buckle high, and the count is one and one. 451 00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:42,000 One man out. The American Leaguers one run. The National Leaguers nothing. 452 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:46,000 Lou Boudreau hit a home run on the second pitch. Then Tommy Henrik doubled to right center. 453 00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:53,000 Henrik is still anchored at second. He takes a lead. Cooper pitches inside. Ball two, strike one. 454 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:58,000 Joe was all set to tee off on that. Had it appealed to him, he doubtless would have swung from the heels. 455 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:03,000 But he choked his bat and got out of the way. He and his brother Dominic and his other brother Vince 456 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:07,000 stand with their feet probably wider apart than any other trio of batters. 457 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:11,000 Certainly any brother combination in the majors. Two and one to count. 458 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:15,000 There goes a high bouncing ground ball to Archie Vaughn. He holds the runner to second. Throws to first. 459 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:20,000 There's the throw to first base for the out. And Henrik, after the throw was made from Vaughn to Mize 460 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:27,000 to retire DiMaggio, took third. Archie Vaughn did his job. He tried to bluff Tommy back to second base. 461 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:31,000 But Tommy did not go all the way back realizing that Vaughn would have to commit himself. 462 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:37,000 And just as soon as the long throw was made from Vaughn to Mize to retire Joe DiMaggio, Henrik took third on the out. 463 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:42,000 Two men out. Bucky Walters is still warming up by the way. And big Rudy York. 464 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:48,000 Chief Rudy York of the Detroit Tigers is up. He is the first baseman. He bats one below the clean up slot. 465 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:53,000 Has an average of 278 including 14 home runs. Henrik on third. Two men out. 466 00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:58,000 Ball inside. That one very nearly shaved the letters. Detroit right off the front of Rudy's chest. 467 00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:02,000 He wears the number four. All these players you know are wearing their own uniforms. 468 00:36:02,000 --> 00:36:07,000 The National Leaguers, their home uniforms. The American Leaguers, their traveling suits. 469 00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:12,000 One ball. No strikes. Two men out. Henrik stands in foul territory just a little off third. 470 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:16,000 Here's the pitch. A swing and a miss. 471 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:21,000 One and one. Rudy swung from the heels on a handle curve ball that came through fast. 472 00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:27,000 The infield is back on the left side. Eddie Miller, who has played in 39 errorless games going into this one tonight, 473 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:32,000 which will not count against his National League fielding record, is a deep shortstop. The outfield to the left. 474 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:39,000 There's a drive that goes towards right field. A long drive and that ball is going in for another home run to make it three to nothing. 475 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:55,000 Rudy York is coming home. Back at Tommy Henrik. He's being congratulated by Joe Gordon. 476 00:36:55,000 --> 00:37:02,000 The American League leads three to nothing. And Rudy York, who is a notorious center field and left center field and left field hitter, 477 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:10,000 hit a home run straight away into right field for his first all-star run batted in. His 15th home run of the year. 478 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:15,000 He has 14 through the regular season and the score is three to nothing as Henrik scored ahead of him from third. 479 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:23,000 Flash Gordon is up. He has an average of 347. A swing and a miss. Flash went up there ready to swing on the first one. 480 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:28,000 The American Leaguers are threatening to turn this into a first inning rout. 481 00:37:28,000 --> 00:37:33,000 Two mighty home runs. One to left by Boudreau. One to right with one on by Rudy York. 482 00:37:33,000 --> 00:37:38,000 Each hitting his first round trip wallop in an all-star game. Two men out. None on. Gordon up. 483 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:47,000 The count is one strike. Cooper pitches. There's a swing and a miss. And a chest high curve ball outside and the count is two strikes. 484 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:52,000 Morton Cooper so far has been no puzzle for the American Leaguers, but the game is young. 485 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,000 With eight and two-thirds innings still to be played, it is anyone's ball game. 486 00:37:56,000 --> 00:38:00,000 Two men out on the top of the first. Nobody on. Gordon has a mark of 347. 487 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:05,000 Bats right. Waits. Swings and misses for strike three. 488 00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,000 That's the first strikeout of the tenth all-star game. 489 00:38:08,000 --> 00:38:13,000 But the American Leaguers pounded Morton Cooper savagely in the first half of the first inning. 490 00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:18,000 They collected three runs on three very solid hits for a total of ten bases. 491 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 There were no errors and of course there were no runners left on base. 492 00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:28,000 Now in the event you tuned in late on Mutual's exclusive play-by-play report of the tenth all-star game from the Polo Grounds in New York, 493 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:34,000 the proceeds of which are to go into the Baseball Equipment Fund and to the Army and Navy Service Relief Societies. 494 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:40,000 Here are the lineups again. For the American League, manager Lou Boudreau of the Cleveland Indians shortstop. 495 00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:44,000 Tommy Henrik of the Yankees, right field. Ted Williams of Boston, left field. 496 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,000 Joe DiMaggio of the Yankees, center field. Rudy York of Detroit, first base. 497 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:52,000 Flash Gordon of New York, second base. Ken Keltner of Cleveland, third base. 498 00:38:52,000 --> 00:39:00,000 Bertie Tebbets of Detroit, catcher. And Spurgeon Spud Chandler, whose record is nine and two, a right-hander on the mound. 499 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,000 For the National League, Jimmy Brown of the Cardinals, second base. 500 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,000 Archie Vaughn of Brooklyn, third base. Pete Reiser of Brooklyn, center field. 501 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:11,000 John Mize of the Giants, first base. Manager Melod of the Giants in right field. 502 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:16,000 Ducky Medwick of Brooklyn, in left. Walker Cooper of the Cardinals, back of the plate. 503 00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:22,000 Eddie Miller of the Boston Braves, at shortstop. And Morton Cooper of the St. Louis Cardinals, on the mound. 504 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:31,000 He already has been shelled savagely to the tune of three runs. 505 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,000 The score is three to nothing in favor of the American Leaguers. 506 00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:39,000 Here comes Jimmy Brown, who is a switch batter. He will bat left-handed. 507 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:45,000 With Spud Chandler on the mound, he has a batting average of 263, including one home run and 14 doubles. 508 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:58,000 Here's the pitch. That ball hit him right in the small of the back, and he takes first. 509 00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:04,000 Jimmy Brown had no opportunity even to get out of the way of an inside curveball that broke very sharply. 510 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Hit him in the small of the back, and he becomes the first National League baserunner in the all-star game of 1942. 511 00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:22,000 Arkee Vaughan is up. Arkee has a batting average of 270. He bats left-handed. One on, nobody out. Chandler pitches. 512 00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:29,000 Inside, ball one. Bill McEachney is coaching a third base for the National Leaguers. 513 00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:34,000 Frankie Frisch of the Pittsburgh Pirates is coaching a first. 514 00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:38,000 One ball, no strikes. Here's the pitch. There's a ground ball that has hit the second baseman. 515 00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:51,000 Gordon. Gordon to Boudreaux. One out. Boudreaux to York. Double play. 516 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:58,000 With a count one ball, Arkee Vaughan lashed a savage grounder that went straight as an arrow from a ball to flash Gordon. 517 00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:06,000 Gordon wheeled through to Boudreaux, who made a magnificent pivot to throw to Rudy York, who made a good stretch to get Vaughan ahead of the relay. 518 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:12,000 Two men out, nobody on. Pete Reiser, the Major League batting champion of the moment at least, with a batting average of 361. 519 00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:18,000 A left-hand batter. Two men out and none on. It knocked him down. Ball one, close to the head. 520 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,000 Pete went down. Now he gets up, brushes the dirt off his trousers. 521 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:27,000 Spud Chandler is scraping the dirt together on the mound to make more comfortable that pace of his that he takes towards the plate. 522 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:31,000 He has gotten rid of two men. His teammate, Joe Gordon, started a twin kill. 523 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:43,000 Here's the pitch. Low and inside for a second ball. The American Leaguers have a lead of three runs to nothing on the strength of a home run by Lou Boudreaux and a home run by Rudy York after Tommy Henrik had doubled. 524 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:51,000 Two balls, no strikes. There's a slowly top-ground ball that goes to Gordon. Gordon flips to York and the side is retired. 525 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:59,000 Chandler did not retire the side in one-two-three order, however. He hit Brown with a pitch. Vaughan smashed into a Gordon to Boudreaux to York. 526 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:07,000 Double play and then Reeser hit an easy roller to Joe Gordon. Gordon came in fast and smothered it on a slow hop and threw to York for the out. 527 00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:11,000 No runs, no hits, no errors. Nobody left in the last half of the first inning. 528 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:16,000 And there is a little band music to celebrate the fact that the American Leaguers have been the first to score. 529 00:42:16,000 --> 00:42:24,000 They'll show no partiality through the course of the evening, however, because there will be just as much in the way of celebration on the part of the National League fans here tonight. 530 00:42:24,000 --> 00:42:29,000 The National League, by the way, is the host of the evening. Artie Fletcher is coaching at third base. 531 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:37,000 He's the celebrated Yankee coach, Signal Steeler, and third base coach, Par excellence, who has aided Joe McCarthy and his Yankees to so many world championships. 532 00:42:37,000 --> 00:42:42,000 Coaching at first base is Bucky Harris, the manager of the Washington Senators, the former Boy Wonder. 533 00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:46,000 The coaches for the National Leaguers are Bill McKechnie and Frankie Frisch. 534 00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:53,000 The respective managers, of course, are the two men who matched strategies and tactics in the World Series last year at Yankee Stadium and Ebbets Field. 535 00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,000 Leo Djerosher and Joe McCarthy. 536 00:42:55,000 --> 00:43:04,000 Defensively, the National Leaguers have Medwik in left, Reiser in center, Ott in right, an infield of Mize, Brown, Miller, and Vaughan, and the Cooper brothers of the batter. 537 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:08,000 Ken Keltner of Cleveland is up. He has an average of 285 and he bats right. 538 00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:11,000 He opens the second inning for the American Leaguers. 539 00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:14,000 Cooper pitches. Ball won. 540 00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:19,000 The first pitch was just about hip high and it missed the outside corner. 541 00:43:19,000 --> 00:43:23,000 The score, American Leaguers 3, National Leaguers nothing. 542 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:27,000 The outfield is a shade to the left. Third baseman, Archie Vaughan, is playing close to the bag. 543 00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:31,000 Miller is deep at short. Here's the pitch. 544 00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:37,000 There's a ground ball slowly topped towards Miller who charges it, makes a quick throw to first baseman, John Mize, for the out. 545 00:43:37,000 --> 00:43:39,000 That was an easy chance. 546 00:43:39,000 --> 00:43:48,000 And the Boston Braves shortstop, who has gone through 39 errorless games and has come within 25 or 30 chances of Leo Djerosher's all-time National League defensive record, 547 00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:55,000 made an easy play. One man out and here is Bertie Tebbots, the catcher of the Detroit Tigers. 548 00:43:55,000 --> 00:44:00,000 He has a batting average of 244. He has nine doubles so far this year. 549 00:44:00,000 --> 00:44:02,000 He is a straightaway hitter. They play him slightly to the left. 550 00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:06,000 A crossfire pitch is wide. Ball won. 551 00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:10,000 One man out on the first half of the second inning. The outfield slightly to the left. 552 00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:14,000 Miller playing back on the grass. Jimmy Brown, too, on the right side of second base is deep. 553 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:17,000 And the third baseman and first baseman are playing fairly close. 554 00:44:17,000 --> 00:44:24,000 Right fielder Mel Ott is not deep. Cooper winds up, delivers, strike, called. 555 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:30,000 A sidearm fastball. The crowd likes the colorful way that Ballentant has been calling them 556 00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:35,000 because his voice has penetrated to every nook and cranny of the historic polo grounds. 557 00:44:35,000 --> 00:44:37,000 One-and-one the count. One man out. Nobody on. 558 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:42,000 The American League at bat in the first of the second with a three-to-nothing lead over their National League brethren. 559 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:49,000 Here it is. A swing and a miss. And Tebbits very nearly lost his balance and sat right down into the dirt. 560 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:56,000 One and two. If there is any one mark of distinction that Birdie wears more than any other, it is his aggressiveness. 561 00:44:56,000 --> 00:45:03,000 He is reminiscent of the great Mickey Cochran. He is a fire eater and he fights for what he believes to be the right. 562 00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:09,000 One and two. One man out. The pitch. Swing and a miss. Strike three. 563 00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:13,000 That is Cooper's second strikeout. He got Gordon to end the first half of the first inning. 564 00:45:13,000 --> 00:45:15,000 And here is Spud Chandler, the Yankee pitcher, coming up. 565 00:45:15,000 --> 00:45:19,000 He worked as recently as last Friday night when he defeated the Boston Red Sox 566 00:45:19,000 --> 00:45:23,000 in the opening tilt of that crucial three-game series at Fenway Park. 567 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:27,000 The first five hits were doubles, two of them by Williams and two by Doar, 568 00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:31,000 but thereafter he settled down to coast in with a five-to-three lead. 569 00:45:31,000 --> 00:45:34,000 The fact that the Yankees took two out of three from Boston in that series 570 00:45:34,000 --> 00:45:37,000 enabled them to stretch their American League lead to four games. 571 00:45:37,000 --> 00:45:41,000 Spud has a batting average of 147. Two men out and none on. 572 00:45:41,000 --> 00:45:47,000 A half swing. Called a ball when the pitch is wide. One ball, no strikes. 573 00:45:47,000 --> 00:45:51,000 Spud has a season's pitching record of nine and two. 574 00:45:51,000 --> 00:45:55,000 He and his teammate Hank Baroi of the Yankees are tops in the American League, 575 00:45:55,000 --> 00:46:00,000 just as Larry French is in the national loop. Cooper pitches. Ball two. 576 00:46:00,000 --> 00:46:04,000 That pitch was low and outside. Spud steps out of the batter's box. 577 00:46:04,000 --> 00:46:07,000 As pitchers hit, he's capable of bowling it a long way. 578 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:12,000 The infield is back slightly on the left and Mize is playing in just a few feet back of first base. 579 00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:16,000 Cooper gets his sign from his brother Walker. He delivers. 580 00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,000 Ball three, low. Chandler was well up front that time. 581 00:46:19,000 --> 00:46:24,000 He had his bat in bunt position, never used it, and the count is three and all. 582 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:31,000 Three balls and no strikes. The American Leaguers are trying to make it seven out of ten in this All-Star Classic tonight. 583 00:46:31,000 --> 00:46:34,000 Cooper gets set, and it's a perfect strike. 584 00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:38,000 Chandler was set to take it and he did, not even an effort to swing. 585 00:46:38,000 --> 00:46:40,000 Three and one to count. 586 00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:45,000 The National Leaguers are in the home team's dugout to the right and just below us, 587 00:46:45,000 --> 00:46:50,000 in the dugout occupied by the New York Yankees when they play in the Polo Grounds in World Series, are the American Leaguers. 588 00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:56,000 There's a swing and a miss for strike two and then Chandler did go down on one knee and was quick to get back up again. 589 00:46:56,000 --> 00:47:02,000 Cooper had himself in a three and nothing hole. Then he pitched a good called strike and got Chandler on a clean swing and a miss. 590 00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:04,000 Three and two. 591 00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,000 Two men out and no one on. 592 00:47:07,000 --> 00:47:09,000 The wind up. 593 00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:12,000 The pitch. There goes a long drive to right center field. 594 00:47:12,000 --> 00:47:19,000 Center fielder Reezer is over waiting, and he takes it going away for the third and final out in the first half of the second inning. 595 00:47:19,000 --> 00:47:23,000 That is Pete's first chance. No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left. 596 00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:28,000 At the end of an inning and a half, going into the last half of the second inning with the National Leaguers slated to come to the plate, 597 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:35,000 the totals are American Leaguers, three runs, three hits, no errors, the National Leaguers, no runs, no hits, and no errors. 598 00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:42,000 We pause now for station identification. This is the mutual broadcasting system. 599 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:47,000 WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago. 600 00:47:47,000 --> 00:47:54,000 The last half of the second inning coming up with Big Johnny Mize, the New York Giant first baseman, his manager and right fielder Mel Ott, 601 00:47:54,000 --> 00:47:58,000 and left fielder Ducky Medwick of the Brooklyn Dodgers slated to bat in that order. 602 00:47:58,000 --> 00:48:02,000 If you're one of our most recent listeners and tuned in late in the very first inning, 603 00:48:02,000 --> 00:48:07,000 Boudreaux led off with a home run on the second pitch to put the American League ahead one to nothing. 604 00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:12,000 Henrik doubled to right center, moved up on DiMaggio's infield out after Williams had flied out, 605 00:48:12,000 --> 00:48:17,000 and York hit a home run into the right field stands just inside the pole to make it three to nothing. 606 00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:23,000 Chandler faces Mize. It's a strike. A fast one right down the middle to Big John. 607 00:48:23,000 --> 00:48:27,000 He represents most of the giant power, the power the Cardinals lost in their trade. 608 00:48:27,000 --> 00:48:30,000 He has an average of 292 and 14 home runs. 609 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:37,000 There's a foul ball way over to the right, up against one of the box seats, and there goes Frankie Frisch of Pittsburgh to recover it. 610 00:48:37,000 --> 00:48:43,000 Strike two. Spud Chandler of the Yankees and Bertie Tebbitz of Detroit. That's the American League battery. 611 00:48:43,000 --> 00:48:48,000 In left field Williams of Boston, DiMaggio and Henrik of the Yanks in center and right, 612 00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:54,000 the infield York of Detroit, Gordon of New York, Boudreaux and Keltner of Cleveland at first, second, short, and third. 613 00:48:54,000 --> 00:48:59,000 The count is two strikes on Johnny Mize. Here's the pitch. Too close. 614 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:03,000 John simply stepped back almost imperceptibly to get out of the way of it. 615 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:08,000 The outfield is just a shade to the right, and center fielder DiMaggio is playing deep. 616 00:49:08,000 --> 00:49:12,000 Chandler winds up, delivers. A curve ball missed the outside corner. 617 00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:17,000 John followed it with his eye until the last possible break. The count is two and two. 618 00:49:17,000 --> 00:49:21,000 The National Leaguers are trailing, no runs to three in the last half of the second inning. 619 00:49:21,000 --> 00:49:25,000 Spud Chandler of the Yankees and his American League teammates are off to a flying start 620 00:49:25,000 --> 00:49:29,000 as a result of that power that they have been talking so much about. 621 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:33,000 The windup, the pitch, there goes the ground ball, hit towards Rudy York. 622 00:49:33,000 --> 00:49:38,000 York spears it, Chandler covers, takes it in time for a beautiful piece of teamwork. 623 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:46,000 That was a fine play, both by York and Chandler, who was able to go all the way from the mound to first to cover in time for the out. 624 00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:56,000 Mellard is up, and this of course is the Polar Grounds in the shadow of Coogan's Fluff, 625 00:49:56,000 --> 00:50:01,000 and Little Mal is one of the most beloved baseball players John McGraw ever had. 626 00:50:01,000 --> 00:50:05,000 He succeeded to the mantle of the famous Little Napoleon. 627 00:50:05,000 --> 00:50:10,000 He bats left-handed, has a batting average of 269, which is well below par for him. 628 00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:15,000 He has 12 home runs, however, and 10 doubles this year. One out, none on. 629 00:50:15,000 --> 00:50:20,000 Strike called. Chandler threw a fairly slow curve ball over the outside. 630 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:25,000 It had a nice break, just about waist high. One strike, one man out, nobody on. 631 00:50:25,000 --> 00:50:27,000 The American League ahead, three to nothing. 632 00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:31,000 There goes a high foul ball, and it's going out of the field of play. 633 00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:34,000 Up on top of the press coop, and then it rolled down over the top. 634 00:50:34,000 --> 00:50:36,000 The count is strike two. 635 00:50:36,000 --> 00:50:41,000 That play made by Rudy York on Mize was great, but it would not have been possible 636 00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:47,000 had it not been for the quick reflex action of Spud Chandler, who went very quickly from the mound to first base to cover. 637 00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:51,000 A distance of about 65 feet. 638 00:50:51,000 --> 00:50:55,000 Two strikes, one man out, nobody on. 639 00:50:55,000 --> 00:50:59,000 The National Leaguers are striving desperately to get those three runs back. 640 00:50:59,000 --> 00:51:03,000 Chandler so far has been effective, and he has had fine support. 641 00:51:03,000 --> 00:51:07,000 The outfield is straight away. Here's the pitch. Outside and high. 642 00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,000 One ball, two strikes. 643 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:14,000 When Little Mel first reported to John McGraw down in the Louisiana training camp with the New York Giants, 644 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,000 you may recall he was a catcher. 645 00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:20,000 But after one or two days back of the mound, back of the plate, McGraw decided to make him a fielder. 646 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:25,000 Here's the pitch. Outside. Ball two, two and two. 647 00:51:25,000 --> 00:51:28,000 Mel still has that characteristic of his batting stance. 648 00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:35,000 He cocks that right foot well up into the air and lets go with it just as he swings with that lethal left-handed power of his. 649 00:51:35,000 --> 00:51:38,000 Two and two, one man out. 650 00:51:38,000 --> 00:51:40,000 Nobody on for the National Leaguers in the last half of the second. 651 00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,000 Spud Chandler gets his sign from Bertie Tebbits. 652 00:51:43,000 --> 00:51:45,000 He takes a deep windup. 653 00:51:45,000 --> 00:51:48,000 Pitches. Inside. That one very nearly hit Mel. 654 00:51:48,000 --> 00:51:54,000 Three and two. He had to spin back out of the way of it. 655 00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:59,000 Played on par Lee Ballenfant. Goes through his Whisproom Act. 656 00:51:59,000 --> 00:52:03,000 Now he puts the brush back into his pocket. 657 00:52:03,000 --> 00:52:11,000 He is trying to tell somebody in the dugout that that last was a foul ball and the count should be two and two. 658 00:52:11,000 --> 00:52:13,000 That's right. 659 00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:16,000 I assume that the ball nearly hit Mel, but it ticked his bat on the way by. 660 00:52:16,000 --> 00:52:18,000 Here's the pitch. 661 00:52:18,000 --> 00:52:21,000 Strike three and he is called out. 662 00:52:21,000 --> 00:52:25,000 He stands there as if he does not believe it. 663 00:52:25,000 --> 00:52:27,000 It's a called third strike. 664 00:52:27,000 --> 00:52:30,000 A curve ball that broke just about chest high. 665 00:52:30,000 --> 00:52:34,000 Apparently it caught the inside corner and Mel stood there incredulously. 666 00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:38,000 Finally went back to the dugout and made way for Ducky Medwick of Brooklyn. 667 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:44,000 That is the first strikeout for Spud Chandler and he crossed up Mel on with a superb curve ball. 668 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:47,000 Two men out. Medwick up with a batting average of 344. 669 00:52:47,000 --> 00:52:50,000 He's runner up to Reeser in the National League Batting Department. 670 00:52:50,000 --> 00:52:53,000 Here's the pitch. There's a ground ball hit to Rudy York. 671 00:52:53,000 --> 00:52:56,000 York takes it. There goes Chandler to cover quickly. He steps on the bag. 672 00:52:56,000 --> 00:52:59,000 Medwick is out and that is a one, two, three inning. 673 00:52:59,000 --> 00:53:06,000 In two frames, Spud Chandler of the New York Yankees has faced only six of his National League brethren. 674 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:13,000 Oddly enough, out of the three plays that have not involved a double play on the part of the American League defense, 675 00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:17,000 it has been York to Chandler twice with Mize and Medwick being the victims. 676 00:53:17,000 --> 00:53:22,000 In two innings, the National Leaguers have no runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left. 677 00:53:22,000 --> 00:53:25,000 They have had only one baserunner and he was short live. 678 00:53:25,000 --> 00:53:31,000 Jimmy Brown was hit by a pitch in the first inning, but Vaughn whacked into a Gordon to Boudreaux to York double play. 679 00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:35,000 Morton Cooper is going to pitch in the first half of the third inning as well. 680 00:53:35,000 --> 00:53:39,000 And again, he will face Lou Boudreaux. 681 00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:45,000 That home run of Lou's must have climaxed a boyhood dream because what red-blooded American youngster 682 00:53:45,000 --> 00:53:52,000 doesn't have some childlike vision that one day he will step up to the plate in an all-star game or a World Series classic 683 00:53:52,000 --> 00:53:56,000 and boom one of the enemy pitches far away into the bleachers for four bases. 684 00:53:56,000 --> 00:54:01,000 It was the first run Lou had driven in in an all-star game. It was also his first home run. 685 00:54:01,000 --> 00:54:07,000 Rudy York's first home run was a freak as far as Rudy is concerned because he hit it as a left-hander might, 686 00:54:07,000 --> 00:54:12,000 just down the right field line, a well-timed blow that went into the stands. 687 00:54:12,000 --> 00:54:16,000 Boudreaux has one hit for a total of four bases. Morton Cooper pitches. 688 00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:19,000 There goes a high-fly ball to straight center field. Reeser is coming in fast. 689 00:54:19,000 --> 00:54:24,000 Second baseman Brown going out. Reeser takes it for the out. 690 00:54:24,000 --> 00:54:29,000 One man out, nobody on. Tommy Henrich comes up. 691 00:54:29,000 --> 00:54:34,000 Henrich got two bases on a ball that stopped rolling when it got out into short right center field. 692 00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:39,000 Both Reeser and Ott had to converge on it. 693 00:54:39,000 --> 00:54:45,000 Tommy collected his 18th double of the year, but 17 of them count in regulation American League games. 694 00:54:45,000 --> 00:54:49,000 One out and none on. He bats left. There goes a high hop-up. 695 00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:54,000 Jimmy Brown is running in to the right side of second base. He follows it and he takes it for the second out. 696 00:54:54,000 --> 00:55:00,000 Morton Cooper has really buckled down. He has now retired six consecutive American League batters 697 00:55:00,000 --> 00:55:05,000 after that savage three-run explosion in the top of the first. 698 00:55:05,000 --> 00:55:13,000 Two men out and Ted Williams up. Ted lifted a high-fly ball to left fielder Joe Medwick about 360 feet out his first time up 699 00:55:13,000 --> 00:55:18,000 with Henrich on second base. Henrich was stranded, moved to third, and then scored on Yarks Homer. 700 00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:22,000 Ted gets it. Here it is. Strike. Call. 701 00:55:22,000 --> 00:55:28,000 That pitch was right through the heart of the plate. It split that 17-inch platter just below the buckle. 702 00:55:28,000 --> 00:55:36,000 And the count is strike one. Two men out. Ted has 18 home runs, 13 doubles, four triples this year, and has driven in 80 runs. 703 00:55:36,000 --> 00:55:42,000 Two men out and none on. Here's the pitch. There goes a drive safely at a right field for a solid base hit. 704 00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:47,000 And the kid pulls up at first with a single, hit number four for the American League. 705 00:55:47,000 --> 00:55:51,000 Joe DiMaggio comes up. 706 00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:57,000 Joe grounded out in the first inning to third baseman Archie Vaughn of the National Leaguers. 707 00:55:57,000 --> 00:56:04,000 The fact that a few boos greet him as he goes to the plate is really a tribute to his popularity because no player has ever really achieved greatness 708 00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:10,000 until some of the boys sit back and give the old Bronx cheer. It's music to the ears of most of them. 709 00:56:10,000 --> 00:56:17,000 Two men out. Williams on first. DiMaggio a right-hand batter, the outfield deep to the left. There's a high pop-up to the right. 710 00:56:17,000 --> 00:56:23,000 Back of the plate comes Walker Cooper waiting for it. And he takes it for the third out in the top of the third inning. 711 00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:32,000 High foul fly on the first pitch with Williams breaking for second. No runs. One hit. No errors. One runner left. 712 00:56:32,000 --> 00:56:38,000 In the event you tuned in late, the American League's three runs came right off the reel. They exploded like gunpowder. 713 00:56:38,000 --> 00:56:45,000 Lou Boudreaux took a ball. Then the next pitch was in there and he promptly lost it in the left field stands at around the 400 mark. 714 00:56:45,000 --> 00:56:52,000 It was a tremendous wallop and he put every ounce of his right-handed power behind it to drive in his first all-star game run 715 00:56:52,000 --> 00:56:57,000 and send the American Leaguers away to a flying one-to-nothing start. Then Tommy Henrik doubled to right center. 716 00:56:57,000 --> 00:57:02,000 He held second as Medwick took Ted Williams' long fly ball in left center field. 717 00:57:02,000 --> 00:57:10,000 Henrik moved to third as Archie Vaughn threw out Joe DiMaggio and Rudy York pulled a long right-handed home run just inside the right field stands, 718 00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:15,000 the spot into which Mel Ott normally deposits those long round trippers of his. 719 00:57:15,000 --> 00:57:23,000 Willard Marshall is going to bat for Cooper, Mort Cooper. 720 00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:31,000 The first man up in the last half of the third inning will be Walker Cooper. His brother will not come to the plate. 721 00:57:31,000 --> 00:57:36,000 It will be Walker Cooper, Eddie Miller, and Will Marshall of the New York Giants. 722 00:57:36,000 --> 00:57:42,000 He is the sensational rookie outfielder of this year, whom the Giants purchased from one of the Southern clubs on a look basis. 723 00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:47,000 There's the long throw from catcher Bertie Tebbott down to second baseman Flash Gordon of the Yankees. 724 00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:52,000 Third baseman Ken Keltner is waiting for Spud Chandler to look up before he returns the pitch to him. 725 00:57:52,000 --> 00:57:58,000 In two innings, Spud has faced six men. He hit Brown in the back in the first inning to give the National Leaguers their only baserunner. 726 00:57:58,000 --> 00:58:05,000 Now, with a more or less decisive three-to-nothing lead, he faces Walker Cooper, whose season's average is 284. 727 00:58:05,000 --> 00:58:10,000 Walker bats right. Foul tip, into the dirt, out of the reach of Bertie Tebbott. 728 00:58:10,000 --> 00:58:14,000 Walker has four home runs so far this year, eight doubles and two triples. 729 00:58:14,000 --> 00:58:19,000 Oddly enough, he was the pitcher and Morton was the catcher when the Cooper brothers broke in. 730 00:58:19,000 --> 00:58:22,000 Mort decided he would infinitely prefer to throw at his brother. 731 00:58:22,000 --> 00:58:28,000 So today, he is the outstanding pitcher of the National League, with 11 victories and three defeats. 732 00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:32,000 One strike, no balls, none out and none on in the last of the third. 733 00:58:32,000 --> 00:58:39,000 Chandler delivers. There's a drive that goes savagely to Gordon's right into center field for a hit, the first National League hit of the night. 734 00:58:39,000 --> 00:58:49,000 It came on the second pitch. After a foul strike, Walker Cooper smashed a savage grounder about 15 feet to the right of Joe Gordon. 735 00:58:49,000 --> 00:58:54,000 And there is no longer a no-hitter in prospect for the American League twirler. 736 00:58:54,000 --> 00:58:58,000 Eddie Miller is up. Eddie has a batting average of 268. 737 00:58:58,000 --> 00:59:01,000 He's the shortstop of the Boston Braves, is having his greatest year. 738 00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:07,000 He has a record of 39 errorless games. His batting record includes four home runs, 19 doubles. 739 00:59:07,000 --> 00:59:10,000 And he's well up among the major league leaders in stolen bases. 740 00:59:10,000 --> 00:59:13,000 Walker Cooper on first, none out. Here's the pitch. 741 00:59:13,000 --> 00:59:18,000 There's a foul ball drifting back into the stands for a strike. 742 00:59:18,000 --> 00:59:22,000 One strike, no balls, nobody out in the last half of the third inning. 743 00:59:22,000 --> 00:59:25,000 How long Spud Chandler is going to pitch remains to be seen. 744 00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:28,000 There has been no warm-up activity in the American League bullpen. 745 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:32,000 But Johnny Vanderbeer and Bucky Walters have been warming up alternately. 746 00:59:32,000 --> 00:59:35,000 It now is Vanderbeer in the National League bullpen out in right field. 747 00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,000 One strike, Chandler stretches, pitches. 748 00:59:38,000 --> 00:59:42,000 There's a ground foul to the left and the count is strike two. 749 00:59:42,000 --> 00:59:46,000 That hit the box in which the venerable Connie Mack of the Philadelphia A's is seated. 750 00:59:46,000 --> 00:59:49,000 One of the greatest figures in baseball. 751 00:59:49,000 --> 00:59:52,000 Two strikes, the count. 752 00:59:52,000 --> 00:59:56,000 Back of home plate crouches Bertie Tebbitz of Detroit. The infield is slightly to the left. 753 00:59:56,000 --> 00:59:59,000 It's set up in a possible double play formation. 754 00:59:59,000 --> 01:00:05,000 And Spud Chandler is undoubtedly trying to keep the ball low on Eddie Miller to make him hit it into the dirt. 755 01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:07,000 Here's the pitch. Strike three. 756 01:00:07,000 --> 01:00:11,000 Miller went after a chest-high curve ball, missed it cleanly, 757 01:00:11,000 --> 01:00:14,000 and then he asked the plate umpire Lee Balanfant to check it and look it over. 758 01:00:14,000 --> 01:00:18,000 And Balanfant is going to throw it out. 759 01:00:18,000 --> 01:00:20,000 That is Chandler's second strikeout. 760 01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:26,000 And here is Willard Marshall of the New York Giants. 761 01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:30,000 He is one of the New York Giants outfielders. 762 01:00:30,000 --> 01:00:37,000 He has a batting average so far this season of 251. 763 01:00:37,000 --> 01:00:40,000 Miller was the first out in the last half of the third inning. 764 01:00:40,000 --> 01:00:43,000 He went down swinging. Walker Cooper is on first. 765 01:00:43,000 --> 01:00:47,000 And left-handed Will Marshall is batting for Morton Cooper, 766 01:00:47,000 --> 01:00:50,000 the St. Louis Cardinal pitcher who started for the National Leaguers. 767 01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:52,000 The American Leaguers lead three to nothing. 768 01:00:52,000 --> 01:00:58,000 Here's the pitch by Chandler, low and outside for a ball. 769 01:00:58,000 --> 01:01:00,000 Here is another first, by the way. 770 01:01:00,000 --> 01:01:02,000 Walker Cooper got the first National League hit. 771 01:01:02,000 --> 01:01:06,000 Willard Marshall is the first pinch hitter of the evening. 772 01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:08,000 Chandler stretches, pitches. 773 01:01:08,000 --> 01:01:10,000 A slow ball is topped to the right of the mound. 774 01:01:10,000 --> 01:01:13,000 Chandler picks it up, throws to Boudreaux for a force out at second. 775 01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:15,000 The relay to first is not in time. 776 01:01:15,000 --> 01:01:16,000 It's a fielder's choice. 777 01:01:16,000 --> 01:01:20,000 Marshall grounded one right back to Chandler who quickly went to his left to break it down. 778 01:01:20,000 --> 01:01:24,000 He wheeled and threw to shortstop Lou Boudreaux to force Walker Cooper, 779 01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,000 but Marshall reached first base on the fielder's choice. 780 01:01:26,000 --> 01:01:31,000 Boudreaux was unable to get out of the way of Walker Cooper who came in spikes flying 781 01:01:31,000 --> 01:01:35,000 in an effort to make his relay in time for the twin kill. 782 01:01:35,000 --> 01:01:36,000 Two men out. 783 01:01:36,000 --> 01:01:39,000 Will Marshall of the Giants is on first base. 784 01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:42,000 And Jimmy Brown, the St. Louis Cardinal third baseman 785 01:01:42,000 --> 01:01:45,000 and the second baseman in the All-Star Classic tonight is up. 786 01:01:45,000 --> 01:01:47,000 He was hit by a pitch in the first inning. 787 01:01:47,000 --> 01:01:49,000 He bats left-handed. 788 01:01:49,000 --> 01:01:51,000 In the dirt, ball one. 789 01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:53,000 Jimmy bats both left and right. 790 01:01:53,000 --> 01:01:57,000 But the fact that Spud Chandler throws from the right side makes Jimmy turn around on the left side. 791 01:01:57,000 --> 01:02:00,000 He is a switch hitter. 792 01:02:00,000 --> 01:02:01,000 One ball, no strikes. 793 01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:02,000 Two men out. 794 01:02:02,000 --> 01:02:04,000 Marshall on first. 795 01:02:04,000 --> 01:02:05,000 Chandler delivers. 796 01:02:05,000 --> 01:02:07,000 There's a ground ball hit right to Joe Gordon. 797 01:02:07,000 --> 01:02:10,000 Gordon bobbles it, recovers it, and throws to first for the out. 798 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:12,000 And the first three innings are over. 799 01:02:12,000 --> 01:02:14,000 Gordon bobbled the ball but recovered in plenty of time. 800 01:02:14,000 --> 01:02:17,000 No runs, one hit, no errors, one runner left. 801 01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:19,000 So here are the three inning totals. 802 01:02:19,000 --> 01:02:22,000 For the American Leaguers, three runs, four hits and no errors. 803 01:02:22,000 --> 01:02:26,000 For the National Leaguers, no runs, one hit and no errors. 804 01:02:26,000 --> 01:02:29,000 And now for the play-by-play report of the next three innings. 805 01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:33,000 Here is Nell Allen of WOR New York. 806 01:02:33,000 --> 01:02:35,000 Hello everybody. 807 01:02:35,000 --> 01:02:37,000 We're going to have a new pitcher for the National Leaguers 808 01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:41,000 as we get ready to go on to the fourth inning of this 10th annual All-Star game. 809 01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:43,000 And it's going to be Johnny Vandermeer. 810 01:02:43,000 --> 01:02:46,000 Morton Cooper, who started for the National Leaguers, 811 01:02:46,000 --> 01:02:49,000 worked the first three innings, allowed four hits, 812 01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:54,000 issued no passes, struck out one man, and allowed three runs, 813 01:02:54,000 --> 01:02:57,000 all of which came in the first inning when manager Lou Budrow 814 01:02:57,000 --> 01:02:59,000 of the Cleveland Indians led off with a home run. 815 01:02:59,000 --> 01:03:01,000 Tommy Henrik followed with a double. 816 01:03:01,000 --> 01:03:03,000 And then after Cooper had retired Williams and DiMaggio, 817 01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:06,000 Rudy York hit a home run into the right field stand, 818 01:03:06,000 --> 01:03:09,000 scoring Henrik ahead of him to give the American Leaguers their three runs 819 01:03:09,000 --> 01:03:14,000 and their current three-nothing lead as we prepare to go into the first half of the fourth inning. 820 01:03:14,000 --> 01:03:19,000 Johnny Vandermeer has appeared in 15 games so far this season for the Cincinnati Reds. 821 01:03:19,000 --> 01:03:21,000 He's won eight and lost six. 822 01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,000 He has pitched 121 in one-third innings, 823 01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:29,000 during which time he has allowed 90 hits, walked 46 men, and struck out 75. 824 01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:33,000 This is not Vandermeer's first appearance in an All-Star game. 825 01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,000 Here's the announcement. 826 01:03:35,000 --> 01:03:50,000 Back in 1938, Johnny Vandermeer appeared in an All-Star game 827 01:03:50,000 --> 01:03:56,000 and got credit for one of the three games which the National Leaguers have won from the American League teams. 828 01:03:56,000 --> 01:03:59,000 He pitched three innings in 1938 in the All-Star game, 829 01:03:59,000 --> 01:04:05,000 allowed one hit, walked one, struck out one to get credit for the win. 830 01:04:05,000 --> 01:04:12,000 Incidentally, Dizzy Dean and Paul Derringer are the other two pitchers who boast wins over the American Leaguers. 831 01:04:12,000 --> 01:04:16,000 Deans came in 1936 in the fourth game of the All-Star Classic. 832 01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:18,000 Final score was 4-3. 833 01:04:18,000 --> 01:04:23,000 Paul Derringer got credit for the win for the National League in 1940. 834 01:04:23,000 --> 01:04:27,000 That was the year the National Leaguers shut out the American Leaguers 4-0, 835 01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:31,000 the only shutout game in the history of the All-Star Classic. 836 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:36,000 Along with Derringer, Waller's wide French and Hubble combined to hurl that shutout. 837 01:04:36,000 --> 01:04:38,000 Rudy York leads off for the American Leaguers. 838 01:04:38,000 --> 01:04:42,000 We go into the first half of the fourth inning with the American Leaguers leading 3-0. 839 01:04:42,000 --> 01:04:45,000 York hit a home run in the first inning with Tommy Henryk aboard. 840 01:04:45,000 --> 01:04:47,000 The bat's right-handed. 841 01:04:47,000 --> 01:04:48,000 Vandermeer into the windup. In comes the pitch. 842 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:51,000 York takes a very high one way over the head of Morton Cooper. 843 01:04:51,000 --> 01:04:54,000 Had there been any one on, it would have been a wild pitch. 844 01:04:54,000 --> 01:05:00,000 Ball one, a very high pitch way over the head of both York and Morton Cooper. 845 01:05:00,000 --> 01:05:04,000 Vandermeer goes to the rosin bag, get a better grip on that ball. 846 01:05:04,000 --> 01:05:11,000 Outfield plays York just a bit toward left and center and left, straight away and right. 847 01:05:11,000 --> 01:05:12,000 Vandermeer ready. 848 01:05:12,000 --> 01:05:14,000 Into his windup, in comes the pitch to York. 849 01:05:14,000 --> 01:05:16,000 He takes a high one for ball two. 850 01:05:16,000 --> 01:05:19,000 Nothing to count on York. 851 01:05:19,000 --> 01:05:22,000 On deck is Joe Gordon. Then will come Kenny Keltner. 852 01:05:22,000 --> 01:05:24,000 Vandermeer looks in to get the sign from Morton Cooper. 853 01:05:24,000 --> 01:05:26,000 Art Fletcher is coaching at third base. 854 01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:30,000 Bucky Harris, manager of the Washington Senators, coaching at first. 855 01:05:30,000 --> 01:05:32,000 Vandermeer ready with a 2-0 pitch to York. 856 01:05:32,000 --> 01:05:35,000 York swings, he misses. Strike one. 857 01:05:35,000 --> 01:05:37,000 Two and one to count on Rudy. 858 01:05:37,000 --> 01:05:40,000 The National League infield, Vaughn at third, Miller at short. 859 01:05:40,000 --> 01:05:42,000 Brown at second. Mize on first. 860 01:05:42,000 --> 01:05:45,000 In the outfield, Medwick in left, Reeser in center, odd in right. 861 01:05:45,000 --> 01:05:50,000 Two balls, one strike on Rudy York leading off to the American League first half of the fourth inning. 862 01:05:50,000 --> 01:05:54,000 Vandermeer throws. York takes another one high, very high for ball three. 863 01:05:54,000 --> 01:05:58,000 We have a 3-1 count on the Detroit Tigers first baseman. 864 01:05:58,000 --> 01:06:04,000 He turns around and looks at Walker Cooper, an umpire lead ballon fan, working back to plate and sort of smiles at him. 865 01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:11,000 Vandermeer adjusts his cap, stands up on the hill, looks in now to get the sign from Walker Cooper. 866 01:06:11,000 --> 01:06:12,000 Taking his time. 867 01:06:12,000 --> 01:06:14,000 Eyes all set for the 3-1 pitch. York digs in. 868 01:06:14,000 --> 01:06:20,000 Talks that bat up over his right shoulder. Here it is. He takes it and it's in there for Carl's strike two. 869 01:06:20,000 --> 01:06:22,000 So we have a full count on Rudy York. 870 01:06:22,000 --> 01:06:26,000 Three and two. Three to nothing to score in favor of the American League. 871 01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:30,000 First half of the fourth inning. Outfield back very deep for York. 872 01:06:30,000 --> 01:06:32,000 Archie Vaughn playing a deep third, close to third baseline. 873 01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:35,000 Mize a deep first, guarding the first baseline. 874 01:06:35,000 --> 01:06:39,000 Here's the payoff pitch to York. Rudy swings, he misses. Strike three. 875 01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:49,000 Strikeout number one for Johnny Vandermeer and the second American Lakers who have struck out this evening. 876 01:06:49,000 --> 01:06:53,000 First one being Joe Gordon in the first inning, whom Morton Cooper struck out. 877 01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:59,000 And here's Joe Gordon stepping in as a batting average on the season of.347. 878 01:06:59,000 --> 01:07:01,000 That's right-handed. 879 01:07:01,000 --> 01:07:07,000 Gordon's all-star batting average is 125 up until tonight's game. 880 01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:11,000 Vandermeer throws, Gordon takes a slow pitch high for ball one. 881 01:07:11,000 --> 01:07:15,000 Outfield pulled over toward left and deep and center and left. Almost ready when right. 882 01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:18,000 Playing for a full hitter primarily. 883 01:07:18,000 --> 01:07:22,000 Vandermeer taking his time. One out, nobody on base. 884 01:07:22,000 --> 01:07:27,000 Johnny ready to work, throws. Gordon takes it high for ball two. 885 01:07:27,000 --> 01:07:31,000 Two-nothing to count on the Yankees' second baseman, Joe Gordon. 886 01:07:31,000 --> 01:07:34,000 Joe steps out of the batter's box for a moment to get himself a little dirt in his hands. 887 01:07:34,000 --> 01:07:39,000 Now he moves back in hitting position, has a look at Bucky Harris coaching it first for the hit-or-take sign of the two-nothing pitch. 888 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:43,000 Vandermeer ready to throw it, goes into his wind-up. Gordon set at the plate, here it comes. 889 01:07:43,000 --> 01:07:47,000 Joe swings, he misses. Strike one. 890 01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:51,000 Two-and-one to count. 891 01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:55,000 Gordon steps out of the batter's box now. Vandermeer goes back to the rosin bag. 892 01:07:55,000 --> 01:07:59,000 Crowd got a whale of a kick out of Joe Gordon's terrific cut at that pitch. 893 01:07:59,000 --> 01:08:03,000 Three to nothing is the score, a favor of the American League. First half of the fourth inning. 894 01:08:03,000 --> 01:08:07,000 Vandermeer rocks in the box as he goes into his wind-up. Here's the delivery. 895 01:08:07,000 --> 01:08:12,000 Gordon takes it, strike two. It's called sharp curve over the outside corner, letter high. 896 01:08:12,000 --> 01:08:17,000 So it's two-two on Joe Gordon. Once again, Vandermeer to the rosin bag. 897 01:08:17,000 --> 01:08:23,000 The umpires back to the plate, Lee Ballant pant at first base. Ernie Stewart, Al Barlich on second. 898 01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:28,000 Bill McGowan at third. One away, nobody on. 899 01:08:28,000 --> 01:08:32,000 Two balls, two strikes on Joe Gordon. Vandermeer looking in to get the sign from Morton Cooper. 900 01:08:32,000 --> 01:08:35,000 He's ready to work. Gordon digs in, awaiting the pitch. 901 01:08:35,000 --> 01:08:40,000 In it comes. It's high. Ball three. We have a full count on Gordon. 902 01:08:40,000 --> 01:08:43,000 Three and two. Joe reaches down, getting a little dirt. 903 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:49,000 Wipes it on his hands, looks over at the National League bench. Some of the boys gave him a bit of a ride. 904 01:08:49,000 --> 01:08:52,000 He gets in, stands deep in the batter's box, in close to the plate, feet pretty close together, 905 01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:55,000 holds that bat down at the end of the handle. 906 01:08:55,000 --> 01:08:58,000 Vandermeer all set for the payoff pitch to Joe Gordon. Here it comes. 907 01:08:58,000 --> 01:09:02,000 Gordon takes it and it's in there for call strike three. 908 01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:12,000 And so Johnny Vandermeer strikes out the first too many faces. 909 01:09:12,000 --> 01:09:19,000 Rudy York and Joe Gordon, in already buzzing in the minds of the fans here at the Polar Grounds tonight, 910 01:09:19,000 --> 01:09:22,000 that historic performance in an all-star game of Carl Hubble. 911 01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:27,000 Remember that. Struck out those five men in a row. 912 01:09:27,000 --> 01:09:31,000 Here is Kenny Keltner stepping up, grounded out to short in the second inning. 913 01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:34,000 That's right-handed. First pitch is high outside for ball one. 914 01:09:34,000 --> 01:09:37,000 Keltner hitting it 299 on the season. 915 01:09:37,000 --> 01:09:41,000 He was hitting it an even 500 up until tonight's game, an all-star competition. 916 01:09:41,000 --> 01:09:45,000 Knee slightly bent, holds that bat down at the end of the handle, extended in front of his body. 917 01:09:45,000 --> 01:09:48,000 Outfield pulled a little toward the left. 918 01:09:48,000 --> 01:09:51,000 Vandermeer all set. Keltner digs in. In comes the pitch. 919 01:09:51,000 --> 01:09:54,000 Keltner swings and lifts a pop-up out toward short. 920 01:09:54,000 --> 01:10:00,000 Eddie Miller under it, waiting for it to come down, still waiting, and he makes the catch for the out. 921 01:10:00,000 --> 01:10:03,000 Went way up there, took a long time to come down. 922 01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:09,000 And so Johnny Vandermeer gets a nice hand as he moves off the mound of the National League bench. 923 01:10:09,000 --> 01:10:13,000 No runs, no hits, no errors, nobody left on for the American Leaguers in the fourth inning 924 01:10:13,000 --> 01:10:16,000 and the score at the end of three and a half innings, three and nothing in favor of the American League. 925 01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:19,000 Now we're going to pause for station identification. 926 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:24,000 This is WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago. 927 01:10:24,000 --> 01:10:26,000 Hello there once again baseball fans. 928 01:10:26,000 --> 01:10:29,000 Mel Allen speaking to you from the Polo Grounds this evening. 929 01:10:29,000 --> 01:10:36,000 The mutual broadcasting system is bringing you exclusively the play-by-play description of the 10th annual all-star game. 930 01:10:36,000 --> 01:10:42,000 Bob Elson of Chicago and Jimmy Britt of Boston alongside bring you this play-by-play description. 931 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:46,000 The game tonight is being played for the benefit of Uncle Sam's Armed Forces, 932 01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:53,000 for the benefit of their bat and ball fund, for the Army Emergency Relief Fund, and for the Navy Relief Society. 933 01:10:53,000 --> 01:10:58,000 The score is three to nothing in favor of the American League as we come into the last half of the fourth inning. 934 01:10:58,000 --> 01:11:04,000 And the American Leaguers striking swiftly, a home run by Lou Budrow and one by Rudy York with Tom Henrik on who had doubled in the first inning 935 01:11:04,000 --> 01:11:06,000 giving the American Leaguers their three runs. 936 01:11:06,000 --> 01:11:10,000 Here's Archie Vaughn leading off for the National League in the last half of the fourth. 937 01:11:10,000 --> 01:11:14,000 He hit into a double play in the first inning, hit two home runs last year in the all-star game in Detroit. 938 01:11:14,000 --> 01:11:18,000 Spud Chandler into the windup, in comes the pitch, swung on to the ground ball, hit out to first, York grabs it. 939 01:11:18,000 --> 01:11:24,000 Chandler running over to first to throw, he steps on first just in time for the out ahead of Archie Vaughn, a very close play. 940 01:11:24,000 --> 01:11:29,000 Chandler's had quite a workout tonight in taking throws over to first from Rudy York. 941 01:11:29,000 --> 01:11:34,000 That's the third time tonight that he has made the put out at first base. 942 01:11:34,000 --> 01:11:41,000 Johnny Maez and Joe Medwick in the second inning, each grounded to York, and Chandler covered on each play. 943 01:11:41,000 --> 01:11:45,000 One out, here is Pete Reiser, the Brooklyn Dodgers stepping in, grounded out to Joe Gordon in the first inning, 944 01:11:45,000 --> 01:11:49,000 bats left-handed, has an average on the season of 361. 945 01:11:49,000 --> 01:11:52,000 Three to nothing favor the American League last half of the fourth. 946 01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:58,000 This year it's possible for the starting pitcher to go five innings and it may be that Chandler will go that distance. 947 01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:03,000 We'll wait and see. First pitch in to Reiser, outside, ball one. 948 01:12:03,000 --> 01:12:10,000 On deck is Johnny Maez. Three to nothing favor the American League last half of the fourth. 949 01:12:10,000 --> 01:12:15,000 Chandler turns his back to the plate, looks out in the outfield, playing Reiser almost straight away. 950 01:12:15,000 --> 01:12:20,000 Little activity in the American League bullpen right now, left-hander and the right-hander warming up. 951 01:12:20,000 --> 01:12:27,000 Chandler into the windup, in comes the pitch to Reiser, it's inside for ball two. 952 01:12:27,000 --> 01:12:35,000 Al Benton of the Detroit Tigers is throwing along with Cotton Ed Smith of the Chicago White Sox. 953 01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:40,000 Chandler throws, Reiser swings, the line's one out. Gordon makes a great stop, picks it up, throws to first. 954 01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:44,000 And in time for the out, but then York drops the ball. 955 01:12:44,000 --> 01:12:48,000 And the decision is changed on the play and safe at first is Pete Reiser. 956 01:12:48,000 --> 01:12:53,000 Joe Gordon went far to his right and back to second base, made a one-handed, glove-handed stop. 957 01:12:53,000 --> 01:13:01,000 Reiser's drive, picked the ball up after he had momentarily booted it, threw over to first, in time for the out, 958 01:13:01,000 --> 01:13:08,000 but York couldn't hold onto the ball and the decision first was changed and the official scorer has decided to get Pete Reiser credit for a base hit. 959 01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:12,000 A beautiful stop by Joe Gordon. 960 01:13:12,000 --> 01:13:15,000 And here is Donnie Mays stepping in. 961 01:13:15,000 --> 01:13:20,000 Mays grounded out York to Chandler who covered in the second inning his first time up. 962 01:13:20,000 --> 01:13:25,000 Mays bats left-handed, one out, Reiser on first. 963 01:13:25,000 --> 01:13:30,000 Chandler looks in again for Simon Tebbitz, takes a stretch, looks over to first, here's the pitch, Mays takes it. 964 01:13:30,000 --> 01:13:33,000 Side corner for call, strike one. 965 01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:37,000 Bill McKechnie, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, coaching at third base. 966 01:13:37,000 --> 01:13:40,000 Frankie Frisch at first base. 967 01:13:40,000 --> 01:13:45,000 Outfield playing Mays deep, slightly toward right, in center right, almost right away and left. 968 01:13:45,000 --> 01:13:47,000 Chandler ready, Reiser moves off first, the pitch to Mays. 969 01:13:47,000 --> 01:13:51,000 Mays swings and he misses, strike two. 970 01:13:51,000 --> 01:13:54,000 Kenny Keltner at third base, Lou Budgrove shortstop. 971 01:13:54,000 --> 01:13:56,000 Joe Gordon at second, Rudy York on first. 972 01:13:56,000 --> 01:13:58,000 The American League infield, Bertie Tebbitz is catching. 973 01:13:58,000 --> 01:14:04,000 In the outfield it's Williamson left, DiMaggio in center, Joe DiMaggio and Tommy Henrik in right field. 974 01:14:04,000 --> 01:14:09,000 Spud Chandler stands ahead of Mays, Frankie Frisch hollers down to the plate to John B. Ready. 975 01:14:09,000 --> 01:14:12,000 Chandler ready to work, looks over, throws. 976 01:14:12,000 --> 01:14:14,000 Mays swings and drives one going into deep right field. 977 01:14:14,000 --> 01:14:19,000 There goes Tommy Henrik racing way back, going back to the bullpen and makes the catch for the out. 978 01:14:19,000 --> 01:14:25,000 And Pete Reiser who was all the way down to second has to hustle to get back to first. 979 01:14:25,000 --> 01:14:32,000 Johnny Mays drove one into deep right field, a drive good for more than 400 feet. 980 01:14:32,000 --> 01:14:39,000 But Tommy Henrik raced way back to the National League bullpen, which is in deep right field, to make the catch for the out. 981 01:14:39,000 --> 01:14:47,000 It was so far out that Pete Reiser was on first, had time to go all the way down to second base and come back to first after the catch. 982 01:14:47,000 --> 01:14:49,000 Two outs now. 983 01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:53,000 If Mays had been able to pull that a little bit more, it would have been in the stands. 984 01:14:53,000 --> 01:14:55,000 Two outs and here's Malout stepping in. 985 01:14:55,000 --> 01:14:58,000 Stick a third call, strike in the second inning, left-handed hitter, first pitch to him. 986 01:14:58,000 --> 01:15:00,000 Outside and low for ball one. 987 01:15:00,000 --> 01:15:02,000 Three to nothing to score in favor of the American League. 988 01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:05,000 Last half of the fourth inning. 989 01:15:05,000 --> 01:15:08,000 Two men away, Pete Reiser on first base. 990 01:15:08,000 --> 01:15:14,000 Defensive set up for out, almost the same as it was for Johnny Mays. 991 01:15:14,000 --> 01:15:17,000 Chandler blows on his pitching hand, bobs the ball around in his glove. 992 01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:19,000 Bertie Tebbitz and Lukasz give him the sign. 993 01:15:19,000 --> 01:15:21,000 Chandler takes a stretch, Reiser feeds off first. 994 01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:24,000 Pitch to out, it sends the dirt and gets away from Bertie Tebbitz. 995 01:15:24,000 --> 01:15:26,000 There goes Pete Reiser down to second. 996 01:15:26,000 --> 01:15:30,000 Tebbitz chasing the ball, Reiser takes a wide turn but ducks back in to second. 997 01:15:30,000 --> 01:15:37,000 And lining up in back of Kenny Keltner, who's there to cover third, is Chandler, Budrow, and Ted Williams. 998 01:15:37,000 --> 01:15:39,000 He had plenty of protection. 999 01:15:39,000 --> 01:15:46,000 Back of him on that play had Tebbitz elected to throw the ball down to third. 1000 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:49,000 The official scorer has called that a pass ball. 1001 01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:56,000 Charge to Bertie Tebbitz, enabling Pete Reiser to go down to second base, and that puts him in scoring position. 1002 01:15:56,000 --> 01:15:57,000 Two balls, no strikes on Mel Ott. 1003 01:15:57,000 --> 01:15:58,000 Ottie has a look. 1004 01:15:58,000 --> 01:16:03,000 Bill McKechnie coaching at third for the hit or take sign on this 2-0 pitch. 1005 01:16:03,000 --> 01:16:09,000 3-0 to the score, favor of the American League, last half of the fourth. 1006 01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:15,000 And that's the first National Leaguer to have reached second base so far in the ball game. 1007 01:16:15,000 --> 01:16:17,000 Chandler taking his time. 1008 01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:20,000 Mel Ott stepping in there to hit. 1009 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:25,000 Chandler ready, takes the stretch, looks back at second, throws over the inside corner for a call. 1010 01:16:25,000 --> 01:16:27,000 Strike one on Ottie. 1011 01:16:27,000 --> 01:16:32,000 Two and one. 1012 01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:34,000 3-0 to the score, favor of the American League. 1013 01:16:34,000 --> 01:16:38,000 It's the last half of the fourth inning, two men out, Pete Reiser on second base. 1014 01:16:38,000 --> 01:16:40,000 Out the batter with Joe Medwick on deck. 1015 01:16:40,000 --> 01:16:45,000 Chandler takes a long, slow stretch, throws, Ott swings and drives the foul right at the plate. 1016 01:16:45,000 --> 01:16:47,000 Strike two. 1017 01:16:47,000 --> 01:16:51,000 Two to the count, Bertie Tebbits picks the ball up, hands it to Lee Ballenplant. 1018 01:16:51,000 --> 01:16:57,000 Lee rubs the cover up a little bit and hands it back to Tebbits who in turn tosses it out to Spud Chandler. 1019 01:16:57,000 --> 01:17:00,000 Little activity still going on in the American League bullpen. 1020 01:17:00,000 --> 01:17:03,000 Al Benton, the right-hander, and Ed Smith, the left-hander. 1021 01:17:03,000 --> 01:17:04,000 Warming up. 1022 01:17:04,000 --> 01:17:07,000 Benton of the Tigers, Smith of the White Sox. 1023 01:17:07,000 --> 01:17:09,000 Two to the count on Mel Ott. 1024 01:17:09,000 --> 01:17:11,000 Chandler taking his time, now he's ready. 1025 01:17:11,000 --> 01:17:13,000 Into his stretch, Reiser leads off second. 1026 01:17:13,000 --> 01:17:16,000 Here's the pitch to Ott, Mel swings and drives one, but a curving foul. 1027 01:17:16,000 --> 01:17:21,000 It's going foul up into the upper deck in right field. 1028 01:17:21,000 --> 01:17:23,000 He pulled that one a little bit too much. 1029 01:17:23,000 --> 01:17:28,000 Pulled it foul up over the scoreboard in right field and into the upper deck. 1030 01:17:28,000 --> 01:17:33,000 So the count remains, two balls, two strikes. 1031 01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:36,000 Mel's been playing these polo grounds for many a year. 1032 01:17:36,000 --> 01:17:40,000 Knows all of its little tricks. 1033 01:17:40,000 --> 01:17:43,000 And many a ball, he's pulled into those right field stands. 1034 01:17:43,000 --> 01:17:49,000 He's hit 12 home runs on the season. 1035 01:17:49,000 --> 01:17:50,000 Chandler ready. 1036 01:17:50,000 --> 01:17:51,000 Here it is. 1037 01:17:51,000 --> 01:17:54,000 Ott moves away from an inside pitch for ball three. 1038 01:17:54,000 --> 01:17:57,000 So we have a full count on the giant skipper. 1039 01:17:57,000 --> 01:18:01,000 Mel Ott steps out of the batter's box, gets a little dirt on his hands. 1040 01:18:01,000 --> 01:18:04,000 Chandler turns his back to the plate, looks around the outfield once again. 1041 01:18:04,000 --> 01:18:06,000 Pete Reiser standing just a few feet off second. 1042 01:18:06,000 --> 01:18:07,000 Lou Budrow deep short. 1043 01:18:07,000 --> 01:18:12,000 Budrow starts moving in back of Reiser, trying to make Reiser duck back into second. 1044 01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:14,000 Reiser doesn't pay him any attention. 1045 01:18:14,000 --> 01:18:16,000 Chandler ready for the payoff pitch to Mel Ott. 1046 01:18:16,000 --> 01:18:17,000 Here it is. 1047 01:18:17,000 --> 01:18:18,000 Ott swings, sends a bounder out to second. 1048 01:18:18,000 --> 01:18:23,000 Joe Gordon takes it on two hops, throws over to Rudy York in time for the out. 1049 01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:27,000 And that's all for the National League and the last half of the fourth inning. 1050 01:18:27,000 --> 01:18:31,000 No runs, one hit, no American League errors. 1051 01:18:31,000 --> 01:18:32,000 One man left on base. 1052 01:18:32,000 --> 01:18:36,000 And the score at the end of four innings, three to nothing in favor of the 1053 01:18:36,000 --> 01:18:45,000 American League. 1054 01:18:45,000 --> 01:18:49,000 As we go into the fifth inning, it will be Bertie Tebbott, Spud Chandler, 1055 01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:53,000 and Lou Budrow scheduled to hit in that order unless we have a pinch hitter, 1056 01:18:53,000 --> 01:18:55,000 possibly for Chandler. 1057 01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:58,000 Activity is still taking place in the American League bullpen. 1058 01:18:58,000 --> 01:18:59,000 And that's all for Chandler. 1059 01:18:59,000 --> 01:19:02,000 He just took his jacket, threw it over his arm, and is trotting out to the clubhouse. 1060 01:19:02,000 --> 01:19:14,000 Listen to the applause. 1061 01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:16,000 Spud Chandler, who started the game for the American League, 1062 01:19:16,000 --> 01:19:20,000 thus worked four innings, allowed only two hits, issued no passes, 1063 01:19:20,000 --> 01:19:22,000 and struck out two men. 1064 01:19:22,000 --> 01:19:26,000 And should the American Leaguers maintain their current advantage, 1065 01:19:26,000 --> 01:19:32,000 the victory will be credited to Spud Chandler in all probability. 1066 01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:35,000 Bertie Tebbott will lead off for the American League as we go into the first half 1067 01:19:35,000 --> 01:19:36,000 of the fifth inning. 1068 01:19:36,000 --> 01:19:42,000 Tebbott struck out in the second inning in his only appearance at the plate thus far. 1069 01:19:42,000 --> 01:19:46,000 This is Bertie's first appearance in an all-star game. 1070 01:19:46,000 --> 01:19:50,000 Bill Dickey, who was scheduled to catch for the American Leaguers, 1071 01:19:50,000 --> 01:19:54,000 came up with the lame shoulder and was unable to participate. 1072 01:19:54,000 --> 01:19:56,000 Tebbott sticks in, right-handed batter. 1073 01:19:56,000 --> 01:20:00,000 Outfield pulled over toward left. 1074 01:20:00,000 --> 01:20:03,000 Johnny Vandermeer, left-hander, doing the pitching now for the National League. 1075 01:20:03,000 --> 01:20:05,000 Morton Cooper worked the first three innings. 1076 01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:07,000 Vandermeer into the wind-up, first pitch to Tebbott. 1077 01:20:07,000 --> 01:20:10,000 Over the inside corner for calls, strike one. 1078 01:20:10,000 --> 01:20:12,000 Art Fletcher coaching at third. 1079 01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:15,000 New York Yankee coach. 1080 01:20:15,000 --> 01:20:20,000 Bucky Harris, manager of the Washington Center, is coaching at first base. 1081 01:20:20,000 --> 01:20:25,000 Bob Johnson of the Philadelphia Athletics is going to bat for Spud Chandler. 1082 01:20:25,000 --> 01:20:26,000 He's on deck. 1083 01:20:26,000 --> 01:20:27,000 Vandermeer pitches. 1084 01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:29,000 Tebbott takes it inside. 1085 01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:33,000 Ball one almost at the inside corner, but not quite. 1086 01:20:33,000 --> 01:20:37,000 Walter Cooper still doing the catching for the National League. 1087 01:20:37,000 --> 01:20:39,000 National League wearing home uniforms. 1088 01:20:39,000 --> 01:20:41,000 They are the home team today. 1089 01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:43,000 One-on-one the count now on Bertie Tebbott. 1090 01:20:43,000 --> 01:20:44,000 Three to nothing to score. 1091 01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:45,000 Play for the American League. 1092 01:20:45,000 --> 01:20:47,000 It's the first half of the fifth inning. 1093 01:20:47,000 --> 01:20:49,000 Johnny Vandermeer, the left-hander, ready, throws. 1094 01:20:49,000 --> 01:20:51,000 Tebbott swings and fouls it off. 1095 01:20:51,000 --> 01:20:53,000 Over the National League dugout up into the upper deck. 1096 01:20:53,000 --> 01:20:54,000 Strike two. 1097 01:20:54,000 --> 01:20:56,000 One ball, two strikes. 1098 01:20:56,000 --> 01:20:59,000 Walter Cooper rubbing up the cover with a new ball he just got from umpire lead, 1099 01:20:59,000 --> 01:21:06,000 Ballon-Pant, tosses it out to Johnny Vandermeer. 1100 01:21:06,000 --> 01:21:11,000 If custom is followed, as in past All-Star games, we will have a shift in the umpires 1101 01:21:11,000 --> 01:21:16,000 at the end of this half inning. 1102 01:21:16,000 --> 01:21:19,000 Two ball, two strikes on Bertie Tebbott. 1103 01:21:19,000 --> 01:21:20,000 Johnny Vandermeer doing the pitching. 1104 01:21:20,000 --> 01:21:21,000 All set to work on Tebbott. 1105 01:21:21,000 --> 01:21:22,000 End of his wind-up. 1106 01:21:22,000 --> 01:21:23,000 In comes the pitch. 1107 01:21:23,000 --> 01:21:25,000 Tebbott takes a high one for ball two. 1108 01:21:25,000 --> 01:21:34,000 Two-two the count on Bertie. 1109 01:21:34,000 --> 01:21:38,000 Al Benton is throwing in the bullpen for the American Leaguers and very likely will take 1110 01:21:38,000 --> 01:21:42,000 the mound as we come into the last half of the fifth inning. 1111 01:21:42,000 --> 01:21:43,000 Time call for a moment. 1112 01:21:43,000 --> 01:21:48,000 Tebbott stepped out of the batter's box, now moves back in hitting position. 1113 01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:49,000 Two balls, two strikes to count. 1114 01:21:49,000 --> 01:21:50,000 In comes the pitch. 1115 01:21:50,000 --> 01:21:51,000 Tebbott takes it. 1116 01:21:51,000 --> 01:21:52,000 It's high for ball three. 1117 01:21:52,000 --> 01:21:53,000 Three-two the count. 1118 01:21:53,000 --> 01:21:58,000 Lucky Harris coaching his first points to first base as Tebbott looks down to him. 1119 01:21:58,000 --> 01:22:00,000 In other words, meaning watch this one carefully. 1120 01:22:00,000 --> 01:22:01,000 Get on base. 1121 01:22:01,000 --> 01:22:07,000 Make it be in there, in other words. 1122 01:22:07,000 --> 01:22:12,000 Vandermeer is standing on the hill looking in to get the sign from Walter Cooper. 1123 01:22:12,000 --> 01:22:14,000 Swoops down low into his wind-up. 1124 01:22:14,000 --> 01:22:15,000 In comes the pitch. 1125 01:22:15,000 --> 01:22:18,000 Tebbott lifts a high pop-up curving foul back to first. 1126 01:22:18,000 --> 01:22:24,000 Johnny Mize going over and Walter Cooper Mize under it and makes the catch for the out. 1127 01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,000 Tebbott fouls out to Johnny Mize. 1128 01:22:27,000 --> 01:22:34,000 And here's Bob Johnson of the Philadelphia Athletics coming up to bat for Spud Chandler. 1129 01:22:34,000 --> 01:22:39,000 Johnson has an average on the season of 278. 1130 01:22:39,000 --> 01:22:48,000 Here's the announcement. 1131 01:22:48,000 --> 01:22:53,000 Johnson was on the All-Star squad for the American League in 1935 and 1938. 1132 01:22:53,000 --> 01:22:56,000 Has been at bat five times and has failed a hit. 1133 01:22:56,000 --> 01:22:59,000 Vandermeer into the wind-up in the first pitch to Johnson's. 1134 01:22:59,000 --> 01:23:03,000 He starts to swing, checks it, but it's in there anyway for called strike one. 1135 01:23:03,000 --> 01:23:09,000 The left field plays him toward left and center and left, almost right away and right. 1136 01:23:09,000 --> 01:23:10,000 Johnson holds that bat down with him. 1137 01:23:10,000 --> 01:23:13,000 The handle cocks it high up over his right shoulder. 1138 01:23:13,000 --> 01:23:16,000 Stands in fairly close to the plate, takes slightly spread. 1139 01:23:16,000 --> 01:23:18,000 Vandermeer sets the throw, does. 1140 01:23:18,000 --> 01:23:21,000 Johnson swings and lines one out in the left field for a base hit. 1141 01:23:21,000 --> 01:23:23,000 Joe Medwick goes over to field it. 1142 01:23:23,000 --> 01:23:24,000 There's Johnson taking his turn. 1143 01:23:24,000 --> 01:23:26,000 Medwick throws in to Jimmy Brown at second. 1144 01:23:26,000 --> 01:23:28,000 The ball cut off by Eddie Miller, it's short. 1145 01:23:28,000 --> 01:23:32,000 And on it first is Bob Johnson with a single to left. 1146 01:23:32,000 --> 01:23:39,000 And that's his first hit in an All-Star game, his sixth time at bat. 1147 01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:43,000 And that for the American Lakers is their fifth hit of the evening. 1148 01:23:43,000 --> 01:23:48,000 Four of them off Morton Cooper, the first one off Johnny Vandermeer. 1149 01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:51,000 Claude Paso is throwing in the bullpen for the National Lakers. 1150 01:23:51,000 --> 01:23:54,000 Paso a right-hander. 1151 01:23:54,000 --> 01:23:57,000 Manager Lou Budd drove the Cleveland Indians, steps in a right-handed batter, 1152 01:23:57,000 --> 01:24:00,000 hit a home run the first inning, fly to the racer and center in the third. 1153 01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:02,000 That one hit and two times a bat so far tonight. 1154 01:24:02,000 --> 01:24:05,000 Stretch by Vandermeer, a look over at first, in comes the pitch. 1155 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:08,000 Budd drove, takes it, a little low, ball one. 1156 01:24:08,000 --> 01:24:10,000 Three to nothing to score, a favor for the American League. 1157 01:24:10,000 --> 01:24:13,000 It's the first half of the fifth inning. 1158 01:24:13,000 --> 01:24:18,000 Outfield shaded toward left for Budd drove in center and left, straight away and right. 1159 01:24:18,000 --> 01:24:20,000 Eddie Miller in about three, four paces, it's short. 1160 01:24:20,000 --> 01:24:23,000 Same for Jimmy Brown at second in double play position. 1161 01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:25,000 Vandermeer takes the stretch, in it comes. 1162 01:24:25,000 --> 01:24:28,000 Pitch is swung on and fouled off by Lou Budd drove, 1163 01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:35,000 a couple of steps forward in the batter's box trying to drive the ball behind the runner in the right field. 1164 01:24:35,000 --> 01:24:37,000 One-on-one to count on Lou. 1165 01:24:37,000 --> 01:24:39,000 Tom Henrik is on deck, one out. 1166 01:24:39,000 --> 01:24:42,000 Bob Johnson on first base. 1167 01:24:42,000 --> 01:24:44,000 Vandermeer has just gone to the rosin bag. 1168 01:24:44,000 --> 01:24:48,000 Now steps back onto the hill, looks in to get the sign from Morton Cooper. 1169 01:24:48,000 --> 01:24:50,000 Takes his stretch, Johnson leads off first. 1170 01:24:50,000 --> 01:24:52,000 Mize on the bag with him, here it is. 1171 01:24:52,000 --> 01:24:58,000 Pitch is swung on, fouled off high to the right of the plate, up over the roof and out of the ballpark. 1172 01:24:58,000 --> 01:25:03,000 One ball, two strikes still to count on Lou Budd drove. 1173 01:25:03,000 --> 01:25:10,000 A youthful skipper of the Cleveland Indians doing a grand job for his American League entry. 1174 01:25:10,000 --> 01:25:12,000 One and two on Lou. 1175 01:25:12,000 --> 01:25:14,000 Johnny Vandermeer has taken his time. 1176 01:25:14,000 --> 01:25:16,000 The guys all set to go. 1177 01:25:16,000 --> 01:25:20,000 Johnny Mize on the bag at first with Bob Johnson who takes a short lead. 1178 01:25:20,000 --> 01:25:24,000 Vandermeer ready, takes a stretch. 1179 01:25:24,000 --> 01:25:25,000 Takes over first and throws. 1180 01:25:25,000 --> 01:25:27,000 Budd drove, swings, sends one right back to the mound. 1181 01:25:27,000 --> 01:25:31,000 Vandermeer takes it, throws to Eddie Miller who falls down to the ground but holds onto the ball. 1182 01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:33,000 Keeps his foot on the bag in time for the out. 1183 01:25:33,000 --> 01:25:37,000 Jimmy Brown is over two and Bob Johnson sliding in, upset Jimmy Brown. 1184 01:25:37,000 --> 01:25:43,000 But Eddie Miller had his foot on the bag as he fell, taking the throw from Vandermeer for the fourth play on Bob Johnson at second. 1185 01:25:43,000 --> 01:25:51,000 No chance for a throw to first attempting to double up Lou Budd drove. 1186 01:25:51,000 --> 01:25:54,000 So there are two outs. 1187 01:25:54,000 --> 01:26:00,000 Budd drove on first base and the banner of Tommy Henrik who doubled in the first inning, scored a moment later. 1188 01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:06,000 Ahead of Rudy York's home run to the right field stands, Henrik popped out to Jimmy Brown at second base in the third inning. 1189 01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:08,000 Hits left handed, stretched by Vandermeer. 1190 01:26:08,000 --> 01:26:09,000 Budd drove has the lead off first. 1191 01:26:09,000 --> 01:26:10,000 In comes the pitch to Henrik. 1192 01:26:10,000 --> 01:26:11,000 He swings and he misses. 1193 01:26:11,000 --> 01:26:12,000 Strike one. 1194 01:26:12,000 --> 01:26:14,000 He tried to check his swing but couldn't. 1195 01:26:14,000 --> 01:26:17,000 Went around. 1196 01:26:17,000 --> 01:26:18,000 Ted Williams is on deck. 1197 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:22,000 He'll hit next if Tommy Henrik gets on. 1198 01:26:22,000 --> 01:26:27,000 This is Henrik's first appearance in an all-star game. 1199 01:26:27,000 --> 01:26:28,000 Budd drove moving off first. 1200 01:26:28,000 --> 01:26:33,000 Vandermeer takes his stretch, fixes the runner, throws to Henrik and it's in there for call strike two. 1201 01:26:33,000 --> 01:26:36,000 A nice curve over the inside corner, belt high. 1202 01:26:36,000 --> 01:26:39,000 And so Vandermeer stands ahead of the hitter, 0-2. 1203 01:26:39,000 --> 01:26:42,000 No balls, two strikes, 3-0 to score for the American League. 1204 01:26:42,000 --> 01:26:49,000 It's the first half of the fifth inning of this 10th annual All-Star Classic. 1205 01:26:49,000 --> 01:26:50,000 Vandermeer okays the sign. 1206 01:26:50,000 --> 01:26:52,000 Budd drove moves way off first. 1207 01:26:52,000 --> 01:26:59,000 Johnny throws in to Henrik who swings and lifts a foul up over our mutual booth up into the upper deck. 1208 01:26:59,000 --> 01:27:04,000 To the left of home plate, count remains, no balls, two strikes. 1209 01:27:04,000 --> 01:27:06,000 Henrik chokes the bat just about an inch. 1210 01:27:06,000 --> 01:27:10,000 Stands deep in the batter's box, fairly close to the plate. 1211 01:27:10,000 --> 01:27:15,000 Drives a long ball, good full hitter. 1212 01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:16,000 Here it is. 1213 01:27:16,000 --> 01:27:18,000 Henrik takes it, it's high for ball one. 1214 01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:26,000 Tommy can also punch him to left field pretty well so that the outfield plays him straight away. 1215 01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:29,000 Johnny Maez on it first with Budd drove two men out. 1216 01:27:29,000 --> 01:27:33,000 One ball, two strikes on Tommy Henrik the batter. 1217 01:27:33,000 --> 01:27:34,000 Vandermeer ready to work now. 1218 01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:36,000 Takes his stretch, Budd drove moving off first. 1219 01:27:36,000 --> 01:27:37,000 Here it is. 1220 01:27:37,000 --> 01:27:38,000 Henrik swings and he misses. 1221 01:27:38,000 --> 01:27:42,000 The ball is dropped by Cooper but he picks it up, tags out Tommy Henrik. 1222 01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:46,000 Strikeout number three for Johnny Vandermeer. 1223 01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:51,000 And that's all for the American League in the first half of the fifth inning. 1224 01:27:51,000 --> 01:27:55,000 No runs, one hit, no errors for the National Leaguers. 1225 01:27:55,000 --> 01:27:56,000 One man left on. 1226 01:27:56,000 --> 01:28:02,000 And the score at the end of four and one half innings, 3-0 in favor of the American League. 1227 01:28:02,000 --> 01:28:06,000 And sudden onslaught by the American Leaguers in the first inning, 1228 01:28:06,000 --> 01:28:08,000 which saw Lou Budd drove lead off of the home run. 1229 01:28:08,000 --> 01:28:11,000 Tommy Henrik double and Rudy York to follow with the home run, 1230 01:28:11,000 --> 01:28:15,000 has given the American Leaguers their 3-0 lead. 1231 01:28:15,000 --> 01:28:18,000 And so as we come into the last half of the fifth inning, 1232 01:28:18,000 --> 01:28:21,000 we're going to have a new pitcher for the American Leaguers. 1233 01:28:21,000 --> 01:28:26,000 Budd Chandler worked the first four innings, allowed only two hits and blanking the National League. 1234 01:28:26,000 --> 01:28:30,000 And it's going to be Big Al Benton of the Detroit Tigers. 1235 01:28:30,000 --> 01:28:33,000 Al Benton has been in 17 games so far this season for Del Baker. 1236 01:28:33,000 --> 01:28:36,000 He's won six and lost five. 1237 01:28:36,000 --> 01:28:46,000 Has pitched 129 in two-thirds innings, has allowed 111 hits, walked 40, struck out 58. 1238 01:28:46,000 --> 01:28:50,000 And we're going to have a change in umpires as we indicated to you a moment ago. 1239 01:28:50,000 --> 01:28:53,000 That seems to be the tradition in all-star games. 1240 01:28:53,000 --> 01:28:58,000 We're watching to see just what the lineup is going to be in the way of umpires 1241 01:28:58,000 --> 01:29:01,000 as we get ready for more action here in the last half of the fifth. 1242 01:29:01,000 --> 01:29:07,000 The announcement over the public address system was concerning the coming into the game of Al Benton. 1243 01:29:07,000 --> 01:29:09,000 Bill McGowan is going to work back to the plate now, 1244 01:29:09,000 --> 01:29:13,000 and Lee Ballenpant is going to move down to third base. 1245 01:29:13,000 --> 01:29:21,000 Al Barlich has moved over to first base, and Ernie Stewart of the American League will umpire at second base. 1246 01:29:21,000 --> 01:29:31,000 Al Barlich has moved over to second base, and Lee Ballenpant of the American League has moved over to third base. 1247 01:29:31,000 --> 01:29:33,000 So there's the new alignment of umpires. 1248 01:29:33,000 --> 01:29:38,000 Lee Ballenpant of the National League, who started back to the plate and worked first four and a half innings, has gone down to third. 1249 01:29:38,000 --> 01:29:41,000 Bill McGowan of the American League, who was at third, has come in back to the plate. 1250 01:29:41,000 --> 01:29:45,000 Al Barlich, who started umpiring at second base of the National League, has moved over to first. 1251 01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:49,000 And Ernie Stewart of the American League, who was umpiring at first, has moved over to second. 1252 01:29:49,000 --> 01:29:53,000 Joe Medwick leads off for the National League, as we come into the last half of the fifth inning. 1253 01:29:53,000 --> 01:29:56,000 He'll be followed by Walker Cooper and then Eddie Miller. 1254 01:29:56,000 --> 01:30:00,000 Medwick bats right-handed, grounded out to York, to Chandler, who covered in the second inning. 1255 01:30:00,000 --> 01:30:03,000 Benton into the windup, throws, first pitch is high for ball one. 1256 01:30:03,000 --> 01:30:05,000 Three to nothing favor the American League. 1257 01:30:05,000 --> 01:30:08,000 It's the last half of the fifth inning. 1258 01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:11,000 Bill McKechnie of Cincinnati still coaching at third. 1259 01:30:11,000 --> 01:30:13,000 Frankie Frisch of Pittsburgh at first. 1260 01:30:13,000 --> 01:30:17,000 Benton throws. Medwick takes it, strike one, call a fastball, let her hide. 1261 01:30:17,000 --> 01:30:22,000 One-on-one to count on Joe, playing great ball for the Brooklyn Dodgers this year. 1262 01:30:22,000 --> 01:30:24,000 Benton looks in to get the sign from Bertie Tebbott. 1263 01:30:24,000 --> 01:30:27,000 Detroit battery right now. 1264 01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:30,000 Benton ready, throws. Medwick swings and fouls it off. 1265 01:30:30,000 --> 01:30:36,000 Back to the plate, high. Up over the roof and out of the ballpark. 1266 01:30:36,000 --> 01:30:40,000 One ball, two strikes on Joe Medwick. 1267 01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:42,000 Al Benton has a new ball. 1268 01:30:42,000 --> 01:30:43,000 Ready to work with it. 1269 01:30:43,000 --> 01:30:45,000 Tebbott's into the cross to give Al the sign. 1270 01:30:45,000 --> 01:30:47,000 Great big fellow. 1271 01:30:47,000 --> 01:30:49,000 Enders windup, throws, Medwick. 1272 01:30:49,000 --> 01:30:53,000 Ducks under a high pitch for ball two. 1273 01:30:53,000 --> 01:31:01,000 Ducky ducked under that one. Two to the count on Medwick. 1274 01:31:01,000 --> 01:31:04,000 Joe stands in close to the plate. 1275 01:31:04,000 --> 01:31:06,000 Benton ready, throws overhand. 1276 01:31:06,000 --> 01:31:09,000 There's a pitch swung on and Keltner comes up with a great one-handed stop 1277 01:31:09,000 --> 01:31:16,000 to throw to York in time for the outs. 1278 01:31:16,000 --> 01:31:20,000 Medwick drove one which appeared headed between Keltner and Budgrove, 1279 01:31:20,000 --> 01:31:23,000 but Keltner went to his left, came up with a one-handed glove-handed pick-up 1280 01:31:23,000 --> 01:31:27,000 of his vicious boundary, and then threw over to York in time to retire Medwick 1281 01:31:27,000 --> 01:31:29,000 and rob him of a base hit. 1282 01:31:29,000 --> 01:31:31,000 Here's Walker Cooper stepping in. 1283 01:31:31,000 --> 01:31:34,000 Cardinal catcher single to right in the third inning for the first National League 1284 01:31:34,000 --> 01:31:37,000 hit of the night. They've only had two. 1285 01:31:37,000 --> 01:31:39,000 That's right-handed. 1286 01:31:39,000 --> 01:31:41,000 Al Benton ready for the first pitch. Here it is. 1287 01:31:41,000 --> 01:31:44,000 High inside, ball one. 1288 01:31:44,000 --> 01:31:46,000 There is nothing to score. Play for the American League. 1289 01:31:46,000 --> 01:31:50,000 It's the last half of the fifth inning. 1290 01:31:50,000 --> 01:31:52,000 Eddie Miller is on deck. 1291 01:31:52,000 --> 01:31:54,000 Walker Cooper ready. Here it is. 1292 01:31:54,000 --> 01:31:56,000 He doesn't mean to swing on that one, but does. 1293 01:31:56,000 --> 01:31:57,000 The ball rolls down the third baseline. 1294 01:31:57,000 --> 01:31:59,000 Tebich picks it up, throws over to first. 1295 01:31:59,000 --> 01:32:05,000 In time for the out on a very nice play. 1296 01:32:05,000 --> 01:32:08,000 Walker Cooper meant to check his swing. 1297 01:32:08,000 --> 01:32:12,000 Couldn't the ball hit the bat and rolled down the third baseline. 1298 01:32:12,000 --> 01:32:15,000 Tebich raced out, grabbed it, wheeled around through over to York. 1299 01:32:15,000 --> 01:32:19,000 In time to retire Cooper for the second out. 1300 01:32:19,000 --> 01:32:22,000 So there have been two swell defensive plays on the part of the American League 1301 01:32:22,000 --> 01:32:25,000 here in the last half of the fifth inning to retire the first two men. 1302 01:32:25,000 --> 01:32:30,000 Up now is Eddie Miller of the Boston Braves who struck out in the third inning. 1303 01:32:30,000 --> 01:32:32,000 Up for his second time. Bat's right-handed. 1304 01:32:32,000 --> 01:32:33,000 Al Benton rocks in the box, throws. 1305 01:32:33,000 --> 01:32:36,000 Miller swings, hence hits this one fast amount out to short. 1306 01:32:36,000 --> 01:32:38,000 But drew up with it. There's a throw to York. 1307 01:32:38,000 --> 01:32:40,000 In time for the out. 1308 01:32:40,000 --> 01:32:43,000 And so that's all for the National League in the last half of the fifth inning. 1309 01:32:43,000 --> 01:32:46,000 Out in order. No runs, no hits, no errors. 1310 01:32:46,000 --> 01:32:47,000 Nobody left on base. 1311 01:32:47,000 --> 01:32:53,000 At the end of five innings of play, the score remains three to nothing in favor of the American League. 1312 01:32:53,000 --> 01:33:00,000 Going into the first half of the sixth inning, we'll have Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, and Rudy York coming up in that order for the American League. 1313 01:33:00,000 --> 01:33:05,000 Bill McKechnie, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, stops at the plate to talk to Bill McGowan for a moment. 1314 01:33:05,000 --> 01:33:08,000 Ted Williams, who has a couple of bats, swinging them from shoulder to shoulder, 1315 01:33:08,000 --> 01:33:13,000 gets around with Bill McKechnie as he moves over now to the National League bench. 1316 01:33:13,000 --> 01:33:19,000 Art Fletcher, who's coaching a third for the American League, goes down to talk to Lee Ballenfant, back at third base, 1317 01:33:19,000 --> 01:33:22,000 while Johnny Van Der Meer tosses a few in from the mound. 1318 01:33:22,000 --> 01:33:25,000 For those of you who might have tuned in late 1319 01:33:25,000 --> 01:33:30,000 and are wondering how the American League achieved their three-nothing advantage, 1320 01:33:30,000 --> 01:33:35,000 we'll repeat that Lou Bundrow, in the first inning, leadoff man for the American League, 1321 01:33:35,000 --> 01:33:38,000 drove one up into the left field stands for a home run. 1322 01:33:38,000 --> 01:33:40,000 Morton Cooper was pitching at the time. 1323 01:33:40,000 --> 01:33:44,000 Tommy Henrik followed with a double to right, and then after Cooper had retired, 1324 01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:51,000 Ted Williams and Joe DiMaggio, Rudy York, drove one into the right field stands for a home run, scoring Henrik ahead of him. 1325 01:33:51,000 --> 01:33:56,000 That's been all of the offensive firework so far in this game. 1326 01:33:56,000 --> 01:33:59,000 Since that time, it's been quite a pitching duel. 1327 01:33:59,000 --> 01:34:02,000 Morton Cooper worked the first three innings, allowed four hits. 1328 01:34:02,000 --> 01:34:04,000 They should know class has struck out one, gave up three runs. 1329 01:34:04,000 --> 01:34:08,000 Johnny Van Der Meer came in on the fourth inning and has been pitching ever since. 1330 01:34:08,000 --> 01:34:11,000 Struck out three men, and has allowed only one hit. 1331 01:34:11,000 --> 01:34:16,000 Ted Williams steps in. He flied to Medwick and left field in the first inning, single to right in the third. 1332 01:34:16,000 --> 01:34:19,000 He's had one hit and two times at bat tonight. 1333 01:34:19,000 --> 01:34:22,000 Van Der Meer goes into the windup. Here's the first pitch to Williams. 1334 01:34:22,000 --> 01:34:25,000 Ted takes it. It's in there for a called strike. 1335 01:34:25,000 --> 01:34:29,000 Started to swing, checked his throw, and fell away from the plate. 1336 01:34:29,000 --> 01:34:34,000 One-one the count on Ted. Outfield pulled a little bit toward right for him. 1337 01:34:34,000 --> 01:34:37,000 Van Der Meer looks in to get the sign from Walker Cooper. 1338 01:34:37,000 --> 01:34:40,000 Swoops down low as he starts into his windup, whips the left arm around. 1339 01:34:40,000 --> 01:34:43,000 Williams takes a change of pace pitch high for ball one. 1340 01:34:43,000 --> 01:34:47,000 One-one the count. 1341 01:34:47,000 --> 01:34:53,000 Joe DiMaggio on deck, down on one knee, to the left of the plate watching the action. 1342 01:34:53,000 --> 01:34:56,000 Van Der Meer is working very slowly, no hurry. 1343 01:34:56,000 --> 01:34:59,000 Nice set for the one-one pitch into Williams. Williams ready. Here it is. 1344 01:34:59,000 --> 01:35:02,000 Williams swings and misses. Strike two. 1345 01:35:02,000 --> 01:35:05,000 One ball, two strikes on Ted. 1346 01:35:05,000 --> 01:35:12,000 Fans get a big kick out of seeing fellows like Williams, DiMaggio, and other sluggers swing and miss. 1347 01:35:12,000 --> 01:35:16,000 Van Der Meer stands a bit ahead of Williams. One ball, two strikes. 1348 01:35:16,000 --> 01:35:18,000 He's ready to work. 1349 01:35:18,000 --> 01:35:21,000 Here it comes, low outside, ball two. 1350 01:35:21,000 --> 01:35:24,000 Two-two the count on Williams. 1351 01:35:24,000 --> 01:35:30,000 Don't forget the second all-star game will be played at Cleveland tomorrow night, 1352 01:35:30,000 --> 01:35:36,000 broadcast of which will come to you exclusively over the mutual network. 1353 01:35:36,000 --> 01:35:38,000 Two-two the count now on Ted Williams. 1354 01:35:38,000 --> 01:35:41,000 Van Der Meer taking his time, mops his brow. 1355 01:35:41,000 --> 01:35:43,000 Nooks in to get the sign from Cooper. 1356 01:35:43,000 --> 01:35:46,000 Williams stands in to that plate, swinging the bat around. 1357 01:35:46,000 --> 01:35:48,000 Van Der Meer ready to work. Here it is. 1358 01:35:48,000 --> 01:35:51,000 Williams moves away from a high inside pitch for ball three. 1359 01:35:51,000 --> 01:35:53,000 So we have a full count on Ted, three and two. 1360 01:35:53,000 --> 01:35:58,000 And Van Der Meer has gotten into this situation a number of hitters since he's been on the ball game. 1361 01:35:58,000 --> 01:36:01,000 Three-two situations. 1362 01:36:04,000 --> 01:36:07,000 He hasn't suffered too much from it as yet though. 1363 01:36:07,000 --> 01:36:09,000 All set for the payoff pitch to Williams. 1364 01:36:09,000 --> 01:36:14,000 Ted digs in, Van Der Meer throws, Williams swings and drives a fly ball out in the center field. 1365 01:36:14,000 --> 01:36:21,000 Pete Reiser going back deep over toward right center, under it, waiting, and he makes the catch for the out. 1366 01:36:21,000 --> 01:36:24,000 One away for the American League. 1367 01:36:24,000 --> 01:36:27,000 First half to sixth inning, three to nothing to score a favor with the American League. 1368 01:36:27,000 --> 01:36:31,000 And here is Joe DiMaggio, the Yankee Clipper, who grounded out to Archie Vaughn 1369 01:36:31,000 --> 01:36:39,000 in third in the first inning and fouled out to walk the Clipper back to the plate in the third. 1370 01:36:39,000 --> 01:36:48,000 Joe has had four hits and 27 times of bat in all-star competition, including one double and one home run. 1371 01:36:48,000 --> 01:36:50,000 Van Der Meer's first pitch to Joe. 1372 01:36:50,000 --> 01:36:54,000 He swings him as his strike one, he's swung hard. 1373 01:36:54,000 --> 01:37:00,000 This is the seventh all-star game for DiMaggio. 1374 01:37:00,000 --> 01:37:04,000 One out, nobody on. 1375 01:37:04,000 --> 01:37:06,000 DiMaggio the hitter, Rudy York on deck. 1376 01:37:06,000 --> 01:37:08,000 Van Der Meer ready. 1377 01:37:08,000 --> 01:37:09,000 Here's the pitch. 1378 01:37:09,000 --> 01:37:14,000 DiMaggio takes it inside, ball one, fast pitch, almost got the inside corner but not quite. 1379 01:37:14,000 --> 01:37:20,000 One to one, the count on Joe. 1380 01:37:20,000 --> 01:37:25,000 Stands that plate to the bat, cocked up over his right shoulder, wide open stance, speech spread very wide. 1381 01:37:25,000 --> 01:37:27,000 Outfield pulled way over toward left and deep. 1382 01:37:27,000 --> 01:37:31,000 Van Der Meer throws, DiMaggio swings and drives this one on the ground, off the glove of Johnny Mize. 1383 01:37:31,000 --> 01:37:34,000 Out in the right field, the ball deflects. 1384 01:37:34,000 --> 01:37:36,000 Mallott comes in to field it. 1385 01:37:36,000 --> 01:37:39,000 DiMaggio holds on first and is credited with a base hit. 1386 01:37:39,000 --> 01:37:43,000 His fifth in all-star competition. 1387 01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:45,000 It was a vicious bounder. 1388 01:37:45,000 --> 01:37:51,000 With the right of Johnny Mize, he got his glove on it but couldn't hold on to it, bounced off his glove in the short right for a single. 1389 01:37:51,000 --> 01:37:54,000 That's the sixth hit for the American Lakers. 1390 01:37:54,000 --> 01:37:57,000 Four of them off, Morton Cooper worked first three innings. 1391 01:37:57,000 --> 01:38:01,000 Second off, Johnny Van Der Meer who came in on the fourth and is now working his third inning. 1392 01:38:01,000 --> 01:38:09,000 Up at the plate steps Rudy York who hit a home run in the first inning with Tommy Henrik aboard and then struck out in the fourth inning, first time Van Der Meer pitched against him. 1393 01:38:09,000 --> 01:38:12,000 York struck his home run off Morton Cooper. 1394 01:38:12,000 --> 01:38:17,000 Van Der Meer is taking his time out back of the hill looking around at the outfield, hitching up his trousers. 1395 01:38:17,000 --> 01:38:21,000 York digs in, stands deep in the batter's box in close to the plate, outfield shaded toward left. 1396 01:38:21,000 --> 01:38:27,000 Joe DiMaggio takes the lead off first, Johnny Mize on the bag, Van Der Meer into the stretch, one out. 1397 01:38:27,000 --> 01:38:29,000 Look at the runner. Here's the pitch to York. 1398 01:38:29,000 --> 01:38:32,000 He takes it and it's in there for a called strike. 1399 01:38:32,000 --> 01:38:36,000 Went into a bunting motion that brought Archie Vaughn racing in from third. 1400 01:38:36,000 --> 01:38:40,000 Eddie Miller at short walks over near second, hollers something over to Jimmy Brown to get the signal straight. 1401 01:38:40,000 --> 01:38:44,000 Double play combination. 1402 01:38:44,000 --> 01:38:47,000 DiMaggio moves off first again, Van Der Meer into the stretch. 1403 01:38:47,000 --> 01:38:49,000 York digs in with the plate. 1404 01:38:49,000 --> 01:38:52,000 Van Der Meer throws, York swings and sends a ground ball down to Vaughn. 1405 01:38:52,000 --> 01:39:02,000 Vaughn over to Jimmy Brown who drops the ball and all hands are safe. 1406 01:39:02,000 --> 01:39:11,000 Rudy York grounded to Archie Vaughn who threw over to Jimmy Brown and Jimmy Brown dropped the ball and it's an error charge to the Cardinals' second baseman, 1407 01:39:11,000 --> 01:39:19,000 enabling Joe DiMaggio to go safe at second and York is safe at first of course on the feeler's choice, which resulted in an error. 1408 01:39:19,000 --> 01:39:22,000 So the American Leaguers are threatening once again. 1409 01:39:22,000 --> 01:39:26,000 Runners on first and second, one out, three to nothing to score. 1410 01:39:26,000 --> 01:39:31,000 It's the first half of the sixth inning and the batter is Joe Gordon who struck out in the first inning, took a third called strike in the fourth. 1411 01:39:31,000 --> 01:39:34,000 In other words, he struck out twice in two occurrences. 1412 01:39:34,000 --> 01:39:36,000 DiMaggio leads off second. 1413 01:39:36,000 --> 01:39:38,000 Rudy York moves off first. 1414 01:39:38,000 --> 01:39:41,000 Van Der Meer takes the stretch, looks back at second and throws. 1415 01:39:41,000 --> 01:39:44,000 Gordon swings and misses. Strike one, he's swung hard. 1416 01:39:44,000 --> 01:39:47,000 Upfield over toward left for Gordon and deep. 1417 01:39:47,000 --> 01:39:50,000 It's Medwick in left, Reiser in center, Otten right. 1418 01:39:50,000 --> 01:39:57,000 The only changes we've had in the starting lineups have been in the Department of Pitching. 1419 01:39:57,000 --> 01:40:02,000 Indian field, it's Vaughn at third, Miller at short, Brown on second, Myers on first. 1420 01:40:02,000 --> 01:40:06,000 Van Der Meer throws high, ball one to Gordon, one and one to count. 1421 01:40:06,000 --> 01:40:10,000 Kenny Keltner's on deck, one out, three to nothing in favor of the American League. 1422 01:40:10,000 --> 01:40:12,000 It's the first half of the sixth inning. 1423 01:40:12,000 --> 01:40:16,000 Joe DiMaggio on second base, Rudy York on first base. 1424 01:40:16,000 --> 01:40:22,000 Johnny Myers playing a deep first, not on the bag at all with York who has a big lead off first. 1425 01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:26,000 Slipping into second base was Eddie Miller trying to draw a throw from Van Der Meer, 1426 01:40:26,000 --> 01:40:31,000 but Van Der Meer did not throw down. Joe DiMaggio ducked back into the bag. 1427 01:40:31,000 --> 01:40:33,000 Miller goes back to a normal short position. 1428 01:40:33,000 --> 01:40:35,000 Van Der Meer takes the stretch, looks back at second. 1429 01:40:35,000 --> 01:40:38,000 Here's the pitch to Gordon. Joe takes it, it's high for ball two. 1430 01:40:38,000 --> 01:40:41,000 Two and one to count on Gordon. 1431 01:40:41,000 --> 01:40:44,000 The fly steps out of the batter's box, gets a handful of dirt. 1432 01:40:44,000 --> 01:40:48,000 Licks around at outfetcher, coaching at third, then moves back in hitting position. 1433 01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:53,000 Bucky Harris coaching at first, is watching first base for Rudy York who moves way off the bag. 1434 01:40:53,000 --> 01:40:55,000 Johnny Myers playing a deep first. 1435 01:40:55,000 --> 01:40:57,000 Van Der Meer ready. 1436 01:40:57,000 --> 01:41:00,000 Here's the pitch to Gordon. Joe swings, he misses. Strike two. 1437 01:41:00,000 --> 01:41:02,000 Two to the count on Gordon. 1438 01:41:02,000 --> 01:41:07,000 Struck out twice already in his two previous appearances. 1439 01:41:07,000 --> 01:41:12,000 There's no activity in either bullpen right now. 1440 01:41:12,000 --> 01:41:15,000 Since the first inning, this game has settled down into a real pitching duel. 1441 01:41:15,000 --> 01:41:18,000 This has been the first real offensive threat since the first inning 1442 01:41:18,000 --> 01:41:21,000 in which the American League has got all three runs. 1443 01:41:21,000 --> 01:41:24,000 Van Der Meer ready. 1444 01:41:24,000 --> 01:41:26,000 Two-two pitch to Gordon. Joe swings and misses. 1445 01:41:26,000 --> 01:41:30,000 The ball is brought by Cooper, but of course Gordon hasn't run at all. 1446 01:41:30,000 --> 01:41:34,000 And that's the third time in a row that Gordon has struck out. 1447 01:41:34,000 --> 01:41:37,000 That's the fourth strikeout for Johnny Van Der Meer. 1448 01:41:37,000 --> 01:41:40,000 Two outs, and here is Kenny Keltner stepping in. 1449 01:41:40,000 --> 01:41:48,000 He grounded out to Eddie Miller in the second inning and popped out to Miller short in the fourth inning. 1450 01:41:48,000 --> 01:41:52,000 Joe Gordon, who's been burning up the American League all season, 1451 01:41:52,000 --> 01:41:57,000 strikes out all three times he's been at the plate so far tonight. 1452 01:41:57,000 --> 01:42:00,000 Van Der Meer bearing down, trying to get out of the situation. 1453 01:42:00,000 --> 01:42:01,000 DiMaggio on second. 1454 01:42:01,000 --> 01:42:02,000 York on first. 1455 01:42:02,000 --> 01:42:03,000 Runners lead off. 1456 01:42:03,000 --> 01:42:05,000 Two down, first half of sixth inning. 1457 01:42:05,000 --> 01:42:06,000 Keltner the batter. 1458 01:42:06,000 --> 01:42:07,000 Right-handed hitter. 1459 01:42:07,000 --> 01:42:08,000 First pitch to him. 1460 01:42:08,000 --> 01:42:09,000 He swings and misses. 1461 01:42:09,000 --> 01:42:13,000 Strike one. 1462 01:42:13,000 --> 01:42:14,000 On deck is Bertie Tebbott. 1463 01:42:14,000 --> 01:42:16,000 He'll hit next if Keltner gets on. 1464 01:42:16,000 --> 01:42:18,000 Cleveland third baseman stands up at that plate. 1465 01:42:18,000 --> 01:42:22,000 Deep in the batter's box, in close to the plate. 1466 01:42:22,000 --> 01:42:26,000 Knee slightly bent, holds that bat down on the end of the handle and straight up and down in front of his body. 1467 01:42:26,000 --> 01:42:27,000 Van Der Meer throws. 1468 01:42:27,000 --> 01:42:29,000 Keltner takes it high for ball one. 1469 01:42:29,000 --> 01:42:31,000 One-on-one the count. 1470 01:42:31,000 --> 01:42:32,000 Three to nothing to score. 1471 01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:33,000 Favour the American League. 1472 01:42:33,000 --> 01:42:36,000 First half of the sixth inning. 1473 01:42:36,000 --> 01:42:37,000 DiMaggio goes back to second. 1474 01:42:37,000 --> 01:42:39,000 York to first. 1475 01:42:39,000 --> 01:42:41,000 Now runners lead off their respective bases. 1476 01:42:41,000 --> 01:42:42,000 DiMaggio comes way off second. 1477 01:42:42,000 --> 01:42:43,000 York way off first. 1478 01:42:43,000 --> 01:42:44,000 Van Der Meer into the stretch. 1479 01:42:44,000 --> 01:42:45,000 Keltner sets the plate. 1480 01:42:45,000 --> 01:42:46,000 Here it is. 1481 01:42:46,000 --> 01:42:49,000 Keltner swings and lifts a high pop-up out toward the mound. 1482 01:42:49,000 --> 01:42:50,000 Running in. 1483 01:42:50,000 --> 01:42:52,000 There's Archie Vaughn near the mound, waving everybody away. 1484 01:42:52,000 --> 01:42:54,000 And he makes the catch for the out. 1485 01:42:54,000 --> 01:42:58,000 And Johnny Van Der Meer pitched himself out of that one. 1486 01:42:58,000 --> 01:43:00,000 And so for the American League in the first half of the sixth inning. 1487 01:43:00,000 --> 01:43:02,000 No runs. 1488 01:43:02,000 --> 01:43:04,000 One hit. 1489 01:43:04,000 --> 01:43:06,000 Listen to the hand for Van Der Meer. 1490 01:43:06,000 --> 01:43:19,000 For the American League in the first half of the sixth inning. 1491 01:43:19,000 --> 01:43:20,000 No runs. 1492 01:43:20,000 --> 01:43:21,000 One hit. 1493 01:43:21,000 --> 01:43:22,000 One error for the National League. 1494 01:43:22,000 --> 01:43:23,000 Two men left on base. 1495 01:43:23,000 --> 01:43:30,000 And that error, charged to Jimmy Brown, is the first error of the game. 1496 01:43:30,000 --> 01:43:34,000 And now while we're waiting for the National League to come to bat in the last half of the sixth inning. 1497 01:43:34,000 --> 01:43:37,000 Let's pause for station identification. 1498 01:43:37,000 --> 01:43:42,000 This. 1499 01:43:42,000 --> 01:43:47,000 WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago. 1500 01:43:47,000 --> 01:43:52,000 This is Mel Allen speaking to you once again from the Polo grounds as we come in the last half of the sixth inning. 1501 01:43:52,000 --> 01:43:57,000 Danny Litweiler is going to come in to pinch hit. 1502 01:43:57,000 --> 01:43:59,000 He bats right-handed. 1503 01:43:59,000 --> 01:44:04,000 Al Benton doing the pitching for the Detroit Tigers. 1504 01:44:04,000 --> 01:44:06,000 Working for the American League right now. 1505 01:44:06,000 --> 01:44:07,000 Throws. 1506 01:44:07,000 --> 01:44:08,000 Litweiler swings a line to run out into right field. 1507 01:44:08,000 --> 01:44:09,000 Gordon goes over. 1508 01:44:09,000 --> 01:44:10,000 Can't get it. 1509 01:44:10,000 --> 01:44:21,000 Makes a failure try but the ball drops into right field safely for a base hit. 1510 01:44:21,000 --> 01:44:24,000 Danny Litweiler batting for Van Der Meer. 1511 01:44:24,000 --> 01:44:26,000 Lines a single to right field. 1512 01:44:26,000 --> 01:44:29,000 In his first appearance at the plate. 1513 01:44:29,000 --> 01:44:34,000 And his first appearance as a member of the National League All-Star Team. 1514 01:44:34,000 --> 01:44:37,000 That's only the third hit of the evening for the National League. 1515 01:44:37,000 --> 01:44:41,000 First two hits having come off Spud Chandler who worked the first four innings. 1516 01:44:41,000 --> 01:44:45,000 Up now is Jimmy Brown, switch hitter batting left-handed against the right-handed pitching Val Benton. 1517 01:44:45,000 --> 01:44:48,000 He was hit by a pitched ball in the first inning, grounded out to Gordon in the third. 1518 01:44:48,000 --> 01:44:49,000 Benton takes the stretch, throws. 1519 01:44:49,000 --> 01:44:51,000 Brown swings a line just went foul. 1520 01:44:51,000 --> 01:44:54,000 Back of third for strike one. 1521 01:44:54,000 --> 01:45:00,000 Joe Gordon came very close to coming up with one of those typical Gordon plays. 1522 01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:04,000 Raced far to his left and leaped up in the air trying to get that while his line drive. 1523 01:45:04,000 --> 01:45:05,000 Couldn't do it. 1524 01:45:05,000 --> 01:45:07,000 Drops safe into right field for a hit. 1525 01:45:07,000 --> 01:45:09,000 It's three to nothing in favor of the American League. 1526 01:45:09,000 --> 01:45:10,000 Last half of the sixth. 1527 01:45:10,000 --> 01:45:13,000 National League fans are starting that rhythmic chant calling for a rally. 1528 01:45:13,000 --> 01:45:14,000 Benton takes the stretch. 1529 01:45:14,000 --> 01:45:16,000 Here's the pitch to Jimmy Brown. 1530 01:45:16,000 --> 01:45:18,000 He swings a line to another one foul. 1531 01:45:18,000 --> 01:45:20,000 Back of third base for strike two. 1532 01:45:20,000 --> 01:45:24,000 Bill McKechnie stepping things up, coaching his third base. 1533 01:45:24,000 --> 01:45:25,000 Managed the Cincinnati Reds. 1534 01:45:25,000 --> 01:45:29,000 And Frankie Frisch, manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates, is coaching it first. 1535 01:45:29,000 --> 01:45:32,000 Both boys aiding and abetting Leo DeRosha, skipper of the Brooklyn Dodgers, 1536 01:45:32,000 --> 01:45:36,000 who this year is piloting the National League entry into this tenth All-Star game. 1537 01:45:36,000 --> 01:45:38,000 Benton Ready throws. 1538 01:45:38,000 --> 01:45:40,000 Brown swings and sends one over the mound out over second. 1539 01:45:40,000 --> 01:45:42,000 Picked up by Budro Steps on second. 1540 01:45:42,000 --> 01:45:44,000 First to York for a double play. 1541 01:45:44,000 --> 01:45:52,000 Beautiful twin killing. 1542 01:45:52,000 --> 01:45:56,000 Jimmy Brown hit this one over Benton's head out over second base. 1543 01:45:56,000 --> 01:45:58,000 Lou Budro scampered over at the bag, picked the ball up. 1544 01:45:58,000 --> 01:46:00,000 Same time stepping on second. 1545 01:46:00,000 --> 01:46:07,000 Flipped over to Rudy York at first to complete the double play. 1546 01:46:07,000 --> 01:46:11,000 That's the second double play the American Leaguers have come up with. 1547 01:46:11,000 --> 01:46:13,000 Here is Archie Vaughn stepping in. 1548 01:46:13,000 --> 01:46:15,000 Two outs now, nobody on base. 1549 01:46:15,000 --> 01:46:17,000 That's the last half of the sixth inning. 1550 01:46:17,000 --> 01:46:19,000 American League leading 3-0. 1551 01:46:19,000 --> 01:46:21,000 Archie Vaughn hit into the first double play in the first inning 1552 01:46:21,000 --> 01:46:24,000 after Jimmy Brown was hit by a pitched ball. 1553 01:46:24,000 --> 01:46:28,000 Vaughn hit to Gordon and threw to Budro, who delivered over to York for the double play. 1554 01:46:28,000 --> 01:46:30,000 Vaughn digs in. 1555 01:46:30,000 --> 01:46:32,000 The bat's left-handed. 1556 01:46:32,000 --> 01:46:33,000 Benton into the windup. 1557 01:46:33,000 --> 01:46:34,000 Here's the pitch. 1558 01:46:34,000 --> 01:46:42,000 Vaughn takes it outside for ball one. 1559 01:46:42,000 --> 01:46:46,000 Benton looks in to get the sign from Tebbitz, working rapidly. 1560 01:46:46,000 --> 01:46:47,000 Pitches. 1561 01:46:47,000 --> 01:46:49,000 Vaughn takes a fast one low for ball two. 1562 01:46:49,000 --> 01:46:52,000 Outfield pulled over toward right, slightly toward right, and center right, 1563 01:46:52,000 --> 01:46:54,000 almost right of way and left. 1564 01:46:54,000 --> 01:46:58,000 Claude Paso throwing to the bullpen for the National Leaguers. 1565 01:46:58,000 --> 01:47:00,000 Benton ready pitches. 1566 01:47:00,000 --> 01:47:03,000 Vaughn looks at one over the outside corner for a called strike. 1567 01:47:03,000 --> 01:47:05,000 Plenty of activity in the American League bullpen. 1568 01:47:05,000 --> 01:47:11,000 Two pitchers warming up, one of whom is a left-hander, Cotton Ed Smith of the Chicago White Sox. 1569 01:47:11,000 --> 01:47:13,000 Two balls, one strike on Archie Vaughn, two men out. 1570 01:47:13,000 --> 01:47:14,000 Here it is. 1571 01:47:14,000 --> 01:47:17,000 Vaughn takes it low inside for ball three. 1572 01:47:17,000 --> 01:47:22,000 It's the last half of the sixth inning, the American League out in front by a score of three to nothing. 1573 01:47:22,000 --> 01:47:26,000 All the damage having come in the first inning. 1574 01:47:26,000 --> 01:47:28,000 Benton ready for the 3-1 pitch to Vaughn. 1575 01:47:28,000 --> 01:47:30,000 Vaughn takes it and it's in there for called strike two. 1576 01:47:30,000 --> 01:47:34,000 Vaughn started down toward first base, turns around to argue with umpire Bill McGowan. 1577 01:47:34,000 --> 01:47:38,000 Bill McKechnie raises a howl at third, but there's no argument. 1578 01:47:38,000 --> 01:47:43,000 Frankie Frisch stands at first with his hands on his hips looking in with a bit of a scowl's plate. 1579 01:47:43,000 --> 01:47:45,000 Three into the count now on Vaughn. 1580 01:47:45,000 --> 01:47:46,000 Benton ready. 1581 01:47:46,000 --> 01:47:47,000 Here's the payoff pitch. 1582 01:47:47,000 --> 01:47:49,000 Vaughn takes it and it's inside for ball four. 1583 01:47:49,000 --> 01:47:51,000 And Vaughn walks. 1584 01:47:51,000 --> 01:47:54,000 And here's Pete Reiser stepping up. 1585 01:47:54,000 --> 01:48:01,000 That's the first pass issued by Benton and the first national leaguer to have received a base on balls tonight. 1586 01:48:01,000 --> 01:48:07,000 And as a matter of fact, that's the first walk in the ball game. 1587 01:48:07,000 --> 01:48:08,000 Pete Reiser steps in. 1588 01:48:08,000 --> 01:48:10,000 He grounded out to Gordon in the first inning. 1589 01:48:10,000 --> 01:48:12,000 Had himself an infield hit in the fourth. 1590 01:48:12,000 --> 01:48:13,000 That's left-handed. 1591 01:48:13,000 --> 01:48:16,000 Hitting on the season at 3-61. 1592 01:48:16,000 --> 01:48:17,000 Benton takes the stretch. 1593 01:48:17,000 --> 01:48:18,000 Here it is. 1594 01:48:18,000 --> 01:48:20,000 Reiser moves away from a low inside pitch. 1595 01:48:20,000 --> 01:48:22,000 Ball one is into the dirt. 1596 01:48:22,000 --> 01:48:29,000 Got away from Tebich a couple of feet, but not far enough to permit Archie Vaughn risking the chance of going down to second base. 1597 01:48:29,000 --> 01:48:31,000 Two men out now. 1598 01:48:31,000 --> 01:48:32,000 Reiser the batter. 1599 01:48:32,000 --> 01:48:34,000 Johnny Mai is on deck. 1600 01:48:34,000 --> 01:48:36,000 Archie Vaughn on at first base. 1601 01:48:36,000 --> 01:48:39,000 Benton takes the stretch. 1602 01:48:39,000 --> 01:48:40,000 Here it is. 1603 01:48:40,000 --> 01:48:42,000 Reiser swings and foul-tips it for strike one. 1604 01:48:42,000 --> 01:48:44,000 He really took a terrific cut at that pitch. 1605 01:48:44,000 --> 01:48:46,000 1-1 the count on Petey. 1606 01:48:46,000 --> 01:48:52,000 Keltner at third is playing way over towards short. 1607 01:48:52,000 --> 01:48:54,000 Gordon the deep second on the edge of the outfield grass. 1608 01:48:54,000 --> 01:48:56,000 Stretch by Benton. 1609 01:48:56,000 --> 01:48:57,000 Here it is. 1610 01:48:57,000 --> 01:48:58,000 Reiser swings and drives one out of the center field. 1611 01:48:58,000 --> 01:49:02,000 There goes Joe DiMaggio way back, way back getting under it and making the catch for the out. 1612 01:49:02,000 --> 01:49:04,000 A drive good for some 400 feet. 1613 01:49:04,000 --> 01:49:09,000 And so that's all for the National League in the last half of the sixth inning. 1614 01:49:09,000 --> 01:49:14,000 No runs, one hit, no American League errors. 1615 01:49:14,000 --> 01:49:16,000 One man left on base. 1616 01:49:16,000 --> 01:49:29,000 And so that brings us to the end of the sixth inning mark where the American League leading 3-0 getting their three runs in the first inning on a home run by Lou Budrow, a double by Henrik and a home run by Rudy York. 1617 01:49:29,000 --> 01:49:34,000 Totals at the end of six innings for the American League. 1618 01:49:34,000 --> 01:49:39,000 Three runs, six hits, no errors, four men left on. 1619 01:49:39,000 --> 01:49:46,000 For the National League, no runs, three hits, one error, and three men left on base. 1620 01:49:46,000 --> 01:49:54,000 Morton Cooper was the starting pitcher for the National League, worked the first three innings, allowed four hits, issued no passes, struck out one, allowed three runs. 1621 01:49:54,000 --> 01:50:04,000 Johnny Vandermeer relieved him, worked the next three innings, during which time he allowed two hits, issued no passes, struck out four, and did not allow any runs. 1622 01:50:04,000 --> 01:50:12,000 Spud Chandler was the starting pitcher for the American League, worked the first four innings, allowed two hits, issued no passes, struck out two, and allowed no runs. 1623 01:50:12,000 --> 01:50:17,000 Al Benton has been in there since he relieved Chandler in the fifth inning. 1624 01:50:17,000 --> 01:50:19,000 And he's still in the ballgame as yet. 1625 01:50:19,000 --> 01:50:23,000 So we won't give you his record until he will depart from the ballgame. 1626 01:50:23,000 --> 01:50:26,000 So at the end of six innings, it's three to nothing for the American League. 1627 01:50:26,000 --> 01:50:39,000 And now, taking over, as we go into the seventh inning, and to describe the remainder of the ballgame for you, is Bob Ellison, who covers the games of the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox, or the Mutual Station in Chicago. 1628 01:50:39,000 --> 01:50:42,000 Here he is, Bob Ellison. 1629 01:50:42,000 --> 01:50:44,000 Thank you very much, Mel Allen. 1630 01:50:44,000 --> 01:50:45,000 Good evening, friends. 1631 01:50:45,000 --> 01:50:54,000 We have quite a ballgame on our hands here in this number 10 game in the All-Star Series, which this year, as you know, is being played here in the Polo Grounds in New York. 1632 01:50:54,000 --> 01:51:12,000 And as we go into the first half of the seventh inning, the National League is sending in a brand new team at third base, Elliot of Pittsburgh, at short, Reese of Brooklyn, at second, Herman of Brooklyn, at first, McCormick of the Reds, the catcher, Lombardi, the pitcher, Passaw, the outfield. 1633 01:51:12,000 --> 01:51:30,000 Here come the announcements now on the changes. 1634 01:51:30,000 --> 01:51:33,000 Fans, we're going to interrupt the public address system. 1635 01:51:33,000 --> 01:51:38,000 I know it's kind of hard to listen to two people at once, but they're going to start this seventh inning, so I want to give it to you. 1636 01:51:38,000 --> 01:51:50,000 Eno Slaughter is in the ballgame of St. Louis in left field, Terry Moore in center field, Otis staying in right field. 1637 01:51:50,000 --> 01:51:58,000 The entire National League ball club has changed, and the first man to bat for the American League, there's a hand for Reese as he's announced, is going to be Bertie Tettis. 1638 01:51:58,000 --> 01:52:07,000 He's been up twice, he's struck out, and he popped up, and here's Claude Passaw, the Cubs, getting ready with the first pitch, and it's an attempted punt, and he misses the ball for a strike. 1639 01:52:07,000 --> 01:52:24,000 Passaw has had a very fine record this year. He's taken part in 16 ballgames. He's won 12, he's lost five, he's pitched 154 innings, and he's taken part in 14 complete games out of 16 efforts. 1640 01:52:24,000 --> 01:52:33,000 He's had 45 strikeouts, by the way. Here's the next pitch to Bertie Tettis. There's a swing and a miss, a curve ball in around his knees, and it's two strikes. 1641 01:52:33,000 --> 01:52:47,000 There's nobody on and nobody out here in the seventh. The American League leads three to nothing, but the National League is still within striking distance, and the National League partisans here in the Polar Grounds in New York are still hoping that the National League will unload some of that power and really get back in this ballgame. 1642 01:52:47,000 --> 01:52:57,000 The American League is not out of reach. It's just three to nothing. Two strikes on Tebbitz. Here comes the next pitch. It's a strike, and it's... 1643 01:52:57,000 --> 01:53:05,000 He tried to back away from a pitch that was inside. It's a called strike. It looked at first as though it might have hit his bat, but the umpire says no, and Tebbitz is out on strikes. 1644 01:53:05,000 --> 01:53:13,000 So it is a strikeout for Passaw, and that is seven strikeouts in all tonight. 1645 01:53:13,000 --> 01:53:19,000 There were two strikeouts for Cooper, four for Van Dameren, and one for Passaw. Van Dameren was really hot out there tonight. 1646 01:53:19,000 --> 01:53:27,000 Now the next man to come up is Big Al Benton of Detroit. Big right-hander, a massive fellow with a number 19 in the back of his gray uniform. 1647 01:53:27,000 --> 01:53:34,000 Claude Passaw of the Cubs out there in the center of the diamond. 1648 01:53:34,000 --> 01:53:42,000 Here's the first pitch. He swings and hits a hopper down the third baseline. Elliott coming fast. There goes the peg. He's out. Elliott to McCormick, and there's two gone. 1649 01:53:42,000 --> 01:53:50,000 Elliott, a reformed outfielder, by the way, has played great ball for Frankie Bricius Pittsburgh Pirates. As Frankie said, why the kid looks like he's been in there for years. 1650 01:53:50,000 --> 01:53:57,000 Elliott's played bang-up ball at third base for Pittsburgh. Now that's two gone. 1651 01:53:57,000 --> 01:54:05,000 We're back to the top of the batting order for the American League, and here's Lou Bedro. He's been up three times. He hit a home run. He flied out, and he forced a runner the third time. 1652 01:54:05,000 --> 01:54:14,000 So he's up for his fourth time, and there's a high fly ball to left field. Country slaughter getting under this ball, going to his right. He should get it. It's very high, and he caught it to retire the side. 1653 01:54:14,000 --> 01:54:26,000 And so before the right-hand shoots of Claude Passaw, the American League goes down 1-2-3 in the first half of the seventh inning. Now there's a big roar from the crowd. 1654 01:54:26,000 --> 01:54:32,000 The National League pilots are standing in the last half of the seventh. The National League, as you know, is the home team here tonight. 1655 01:54:32,000 --> 01:54:37,000 The American League has the lead in this series of six games to three, and it's been a wonderful ball game tonight. 1656 01:54:37,000 --> 01:54:47,000 And now we're going to see if there are any changes for the American League. Yes, there are going to be some changes. 1657 01:54:47,000 --> 01:54:56,000 Let's see. No, the American League is going to stay fat. The American League is standing fat with Williams in left field, DiMaggio in center field, Henrik in right field, 1658 01:54:56,000 --> 01:55:04,000 Keltner at third, Lou Bedro at short, at second base, Joe Gordon, and at first base, Rudy York. The catcher is Bertie Tebbott, and the pitcher is Al Bent. 1659 01:55:04,000 --> 01:55:12,000 Going into the last half of the seventh, fans, the score here in New York in the 10th annual All-Star Game, the American League 3 and the National League nothing. 1660 01:55:12,000 --> 01:55:18,000 Two home runs in the first inning by the American League did the trick. Now here's Frank McCormick coming up for the first time. 1661 01:55:18,000 --> 01:55:26,000 Johnny Mize, who he succeeded at first base, batted twice tonight. The first time he bounced out to the first baseman and the second time he flied out to right field. 1662 01:55:26,000 --> 01:55:33,000 And here is Frank McCormick coming up to the plate. He is a right-handed hitter. 1663 01:55:33,000 --> 01:55:41,000 Frank McCormick batting 249 for the season. He's hit 10 home runs and he's batted in 50 runs. Al Benton gets all set. Here it is. It's a spike. 1664 01:55:41,000 --> 01:55:48,000 It's right across his knees, a very sharp curve. And this Benton has really got a curve too. He's got one he can throw around the corner of a building. 1665 01:55:48,000 --> 01:55:59,000 He gets all set again. Watch it now. Nobody on and nobody out. Here it is. It's a ball. It's too low that time. McCormick stepped up on the ball and let it go by, and it's low for a ball. 1666 01:55:59,000 --> 01:56:04,000 National League trying to get a rally underway. They're still trailing by three runs here in New York. 1667 01:56:04,000 --> 01:56:11,000 But as you know, a ball game is never over until the last man is out. There's a bouncing ball to short. Madrow coming in to the ball. There goes the peg. He's out. 1668 01:56:11,000 --> 01:56:17,000 Madrow to York and there's one gone. Madrow moved in about five steps to come up with McCormick's hopper and to throw him out. 1669 01:56:17,000 --> 01:56:25,000 Now the American Leaguers pepper that ball around the infield. There's one gone. 1670 01:56:25,000 --> 01:56:28,000 Here's little Mel out. 1671 01:56:28,000 --> 01:56:41,000 The grand little manager of the New York Giants and perhaps one of the best like ballplayers of all time. Not only by the fans, those of you listening in who make up the baseball audience, but by the players too. 1672 01:56:41,000 --> 01:56:50,000 Mel is liked by everybody. Here he is up in there, a left handed hitter. One gone and nobody out. There is a strike, a slow curve over the inside corner at the way. 1673 01:56:50,000 --> 01:56:55,000 The first time up, out struck out. And the second time he bounced out to Gordon. 1674 01:56:55,000 --> 01:57:02,000 National League batting in the last half of the seventh. They're trailing by three runs. Here comes a slow ball. It's just a bit outside a ball. 1675 01:57:02,000 --> 01:57:09,000 That pitch was around his waist and it just missed the corner by an inch. Bill McKenney coaching down here at third for the National League. 1676 01:57:09,000 --> 01:57:15,000 Frankie Pritch, the old Fordham Flash over there at first. Nobody on and one gone in the last half of the seventh. There it is. 1677 01:57:15,000 --> 01:57:24,000 There's a swing and a miss and that was a typical hot swing. Right foot up in the air. You wonder where he gets that power. That time he swung around hard and missed it. 1678 01:57:24,000 --> 01:57:32,000 And so it is two strikes. Ball one and strike two on little Mel. Benton has a sign from Bertie Tebbitz. He's winding up. Here it comes. 1679 01:57:32,000 --> 01:57:40,000 It's a ball. He just missed the corner that time with a pretty pitch and the kind of a pitch that a batter with two strikes on him might want to go after. 1680 01:57:40,000 --> 01:57:47,000 But Mel, who's got a keen eye up there, didn't go for it. It's ball two and strike two for up. Here comes the pitch. 1681 01:57:47,000 --> 01:57:52,000 It's a swing and a foul on the ground down here to our left. 1682 01:57:52,000 --> 01:57:57,000 The American Lakers talking up out there in the infield and the American League outfield is playing straight away. 1683 01:57:57,000 --> 01:58:03,000 This fellow out is a kind of a batter. You have to play every place for him. You can't swing your outfield or swing your infield or swing anything. 1684 01:58:03,000 --> 01:58:10,000 And they're playing him absolutely on the diamond straight away. The outfield and infield. But you're getting set again. Here comes the next one to watch. 1685 01:58:10,000 --> 01:58:17,000 He struck him out. He went for a fastball right across his knees and he struck him out. Boy, that was a beauty that time. 1686 01:58:17,000 --> 01:58:27,000 Very fast and right in around his knees and he went down swinging. 1687 01:58:27,000 --> 01:58:33,000 Well, that's three times that the National Leaguers have gone down via the strikeout route tonight. 1688 01:58:33,000 --> 01:58:36,000 Here's the left-hand hitter up. It's Slaughter. 1689 01:58:36,000 --> 01:58:42,000 Country Slaughter, the left fielder playing in left field, the regular right fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals. 1690 01:58:42,000 --> 01:58:49,000 Slaughter's average is 284. He's hit four home runs and he's had 22 runs batted in. The first pitch was a ball knee-high. 1691 01:58:49,000 --> 01:58:56,000 Here comes the next pitch to Slaughter. He swings, hits a high hopper. It's going to drop behind the pitcher. Gordon making the play. He's safe. He beat it off for a hit. 1692 01:58:56,000 --> 01:59:03,000 Fans, that was that kind of a high hopping ball. It hit in front of the pitcher's box, went high into the air, bounced behind him. 1693 01:59:03,000 --> 01:59:10,000 The pitcher couldn't make the play. Gordon came in, grabbed that ball and fired it with the same motion. But Slaughter had it beaten out for a hit. 1694 01:59:10,000 --> 01:59:15,000 So the National League has another hit. And that is a total of four hits for the night. 1695 01:59:15,000 --> 01:59:24,000 And it brings up Big Ernie Lombardi, one of the grandest characters in baseball. Ernie Lombardi. 1696 01:59:24,000 --> 01:59:33,000 Here's Big Ernie. He did some great work for Cincinnati for years. He's a hard worker. He's done some fine work this year for the Boston Braves. 1697 01:59:33,000 --> 01:59:37,000 Great big lumbering sort of a fella. He led the National League a few years ago. 1698 01:59:37,000 --> 01:59:43,000 And you know the amazing thing about Lombardi is that a fella with his weight and he's so slow afoot that he could lead the league. 1699 01:59:43,000 --> 01:59:51,000 It's all the more credit to his batting eye because Lombardi doesn't get any of those rollers or any of those kind of balls that the infielders knock down and he beats them out for hits. 1700 01:59:51,000 --> 01:59:58,000 He can't do it. He's too slow. Every time he hits that ball for a hit, he's got to hit it on the beam. First pitch was wide. 1701 01:59:58,000 --> 02:00:01,000 The outfield is playing him just a little bit over to the left. 1702 02:00:01,000 --> 02:00:07,000 Here's the next pitch. Lomb swings and misses a sharp curve in across his knees and it's one and one. 1703 02:00:07,000 --> 02:00:11,000 Ernie Lombardi batting for the National League. There's a man on first and there's two gone. 1704 02:00:11,000 --> 02:00:15,000 The ball game is in the last half of the seventh. National League trailing by three runs. 1705 02:00:15,000 --> 02:00:19,000 Benton getting set. Here's the next pitch. There's a wallop but it's foul. 1706 02:00:19,000 --> 02:00:28,000 Ernie Lombardi hit one up against the top of the roof down the left field line but to the left side of the foul line and it was a foul ball. 1707 02:00:28,000 --> 02:00:35,000 Ernie gave it a ride but foul and now the catcher, Bertie Tebbots, is going out to talk to Benton and they're standing halfway between the plate and the pitcher's box 1708 02:00:35,000 --> 02:00:40,000 just having a chat while Lombardi in his white uniform stands up there at the plate. 1709 02:00:40,000 --> 02:00:47,000 National League trails by three. It's the American League three and the National nothing in the last half of the seventh at New York. 1710 02:00:47,000 --> 02:00:53,000 Big Al Benton, second pitcher for the American League tonight, is on the mound. 1711 02:00:53,000 --> 02:00:59,000 Gets all ready again. Here's the next one and it's a ball. It broke outside knee-high and it's two and two. 1712 02:00:59,000 --> 02:01:04,000 Ernie started to go for that pitch. It looked like it was going to be pretty good at first but he let it go by. 1713 02:01:04,000 --> 02:01:09,000 Two pitchers are in the bullpen, Euson and Smith, for the American League. 1714 02:01:09,000 --> 02:01:15,000 Ball two, strike two for Lombardi. Here it comes. It's a ball very far outside. There is no doubt about it. 1715 02:01:15,000 --> 02:01:20,000 And it's ball three and strike two. So Ernie is on the verge of a walk. 1716 02:01:20,000 --> 02:01:25,000 Next man to come up will be the Dodger shortstop, Pee-wee Reese. 1717 02:01:25,000 --> 02:01:32,000 Lomb is going to get a 3-2 pitch to swing at. Here it comes. There's ball for it. Slow and it puts two men on. 1718 02:01:32,000 --> 02:01:37,000 Here's Reese coming up for the National League. 1719 02:01:37,000 --> 02:01:41,000 Fans, that's the second walk of the night. That's the second walk. 1720 02:01:41,000 --> 02:01:47,000 It puts a man on first and a man on second and brings up Reese with two gone. 1721 02:01:47,000 --> 02:01:52,000 Reese of Brooklyn, who has just gone in a shortstop, is batting. 1722 02:01:52,000 --> 02:01:59,000 And his average for the year is 230. He's hit one homer and he has 20 runs batted in. 1723 02:01:59,000 --> 02:02:03,000 Reese up with two men on and two out in the last half of the seventh. 1724 02:02:03,000 --> 02:02:06,000 And the National League partisans are making some noise here in the Polo Ground. 1725 02:02:06,000 --> 02:02:12,000 Here's the pitch and Reese takes it. It's a strike. It's right across his knee. 1726 02:02:12,000 --> 02:02:18,000 By the way, Mel was just telling me that Reese hits well here in the Polo Grounds. Mel of course sees all these games in New York. 1727 02:02:18,000 --> 02:02:22,000 Well, the National League could really use a hit in this spot. They have two men on and two out. 1728 02:02:22,000 --> 02:02:25,000 Here comes the next pitch and it's very wide. They wasted a pitch that time. 1729 02:02:25,000 --> 02:02:30,000 And Bertie Tebbott's cocked his arm as though he was going to throw that ball to first, but he held it. 1730 02:02:30,000 --> 02:02:41,000 So it's one and one on Reese. Two men on and two out in the last half of the seventh as the National League fights hard here in New York to come from behind. 1731 02:02:41,000 --> 02:02:44,000 Al Benton getting his sign out there again. Here's the next one. There is a ball. 1732 02:02:44,000 --> 02:02:52,000 It missed the corner knee high and it's ball two and strike one for Reese. 1733 02:02:52,000 --> 02:02:58,000 Remember that tomorrow night, Newt will bring you the big game from Cleveland, the big municipal stadium at 8.45. 1734 02:02:58,000 --> 02:03:03,000 Here comes the next pitch. Reese swings and there's a line drive and Bedro caught that ball going to his left. 1735 02:03:03,000 --> 02:03:07,000 Bedro caught that ball going to his left to retire the side. 1736 02:03:07,000 --> 02:03:15,000 A very hard hit ball fans. Bedro, the shortstop, went to his left and just near second base he reached out and caught that ball above his knees. 1737 02:03:15,000 --> 02:03:20,000 It was a well hit ball and Bedro made a nice play on it to retire the side. 1738 02:03:20,000 --> 02:03:31,000 And so that National League threat is over and it is no runs and one hit and the ballgame is going into the first half of the eighth. 1739 02:03:31,000 --> 02:03:40,000 By the way, the attendance tonight is in the neighborhood of 35,000. Secretary Brannick of the Giants sent up the figures which are in the neighborhood of $100,000. 1740 02:03:40,000 --> 02:03:44,000 The Treasury Department will announce the exact figures in a day or so. 1741 02:03:44,000 --> 02:03:53,000 All the money from this ballgame and all the money from the game tomorrow night, the first $100,000 will be used for the Ball and Bat Fund, 1742 02:03:53,000 --> 02:03:58,000 which is to provide baseballs and bats and gloves for all the camps in the United States. 1743 02:03:58,000 --> 02:04:06,000 After that, all the rest of the money will go to the Navy and the Army Relief Fund. 1744 02:04:06,000 --> 02:04:13,000 Fans, we're at the end of seven innings here in New York City in the All-Star Game, the American League 3, the National League nothing, 1745 02:04:13,000 --> 02:04:20,000 and now we're going to pause briefly for station identification. This is the Mutual Broadcasting System. 1746 02:04:20,000 --> 02:04:28,000 This is WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago. 1747 02:04:28,000 --> 02:04:37,000 Now this is Bob Elson talking to you again from the Polar Grounds of New York. We're all set to go into the eighth inning of this ballgame. 1748 02:04:37,000 --> 02:04:45,000 Mutual Broadcasting System brings you exclusive coverage of one of America's outstanding sports classics, the All-Star Game. 1749 02:04:45,000 --> 02:04:50,000 The first man to bat for the American League is Tommy Henrik, a left-handed hitter. He's stepping up in there now. 1750 02:04:50,000 --> 02:04:58,000 He's been up three times. He's had one hit and he's facing Passau as we start the eighth, with the American League still out in front by a 3-0 score. 1751 02:04:58,000 --> 02:05:03,000 The outfielder is playing Henrik just about normal, maybe around just a step or two to the right. 1752 02:05:03,000 --> 02:05:10,000 There is a smash to right field. The right fielder coming fast. He dove for the ball and he got it, a beautiful catch. 1753 02:05:10,000 --> 02:05:20,000 The right fielder, Mel Ock, just made a diving catch. Henrik smashed the right field. Listen to that hand. 1754 02:05:20,000 --> 02:05:28,000 Maybe was that a honey? That was the fielding gem of the night, as Mel Ock raced in and made a diving catch of Tommy Henrik smashing the right field. 1755 02:05:28,000 --> 02:05:33,000 And that really brought the crowd to its feet. That was a beautiful play to watch. 1756 02:05:33,000 --> 02:05:36,000 He certainly robbed Tommy of a hit that time. 1757 02:05:36,000 --> 02:05:42,000 Now here's the great Teddy Williams up. He's been up three times and he's had one hit, a single to right field, in the third inning. 1758 02:05:42,000 --> 02:05:48,000 He's a left-handed batter. You remember the set-up last year in Detroit when he hit a home run off of Passau to win the All-Star game. 1759 02:05:48,000 --> 02:05:50,000 Ball, it's low. 1760 02:05:50,000 --> 02:05:56,000 Claude Passau, and I've talked to him many times since, about what type of pitch he threw to Williams that broke up that ball game. 1761 02:05:56,000 --> 02:06:00,000 He said, Bob, all I know is I throw him a baseball and it broke up the game. 1762 02:06:00,000 --> 02:06:08,000 Getting all set out there again. Here's the next one to Williams. Williams takes one, a change of pace pitch that's high and a little bit outside, and it's ball two. 1763 02:06:08,000 --> 02:06:15,000 There's one out here in the first half of the eighth inning. Mel Ock just made a great diving catch of Henrik's drive to right field, and there's one gone. 1764 02:06:15,000 --> 02:06:19,000 Over the arm for the American League, they lead three to nothing. 1765 02:06:19,000 --> 02:06:26,000 Here comes the next pitch and it's a ball. It missed the outside corner, knee high, and it's three to nothing now for Williams. 1766 02:06:26,000 --> 02:06:34,000 Artie Pletcher is coaching here at third to our left. Down to our right is Stanley Harris, who won two pennants for Washington some years ago. 1767 02:06:34,000 --> 02:06:41,000 Gets set again. Here's the next pitch and Williams hits on the three-and-nothing count and hits a foul up on top of the stand. 1768 02:06:41,000 --> 02:06:46,000 With a count three-and-nothing, Williams swung and hit a foul up on top of the stands. 1769 02:06:46,000 --> 02:06:55,000 New ball is tossed down to third base to Bob Elliott, the Pittsburgh third baseman, who ruffs it up and then tosses it back to the mound. 1770 02:06:55,000 --> 02:07:05,000 The National League has made no runs and four hits. The American League has made three runs and six hits, two of them home runs. 1771 02:07:05,000 --> 02:07:14,000 Pass all set. Here's the next pitch and it's a strike right down the middle of Beauty that time, right across his knees. 1772 02:07:14,000 --> 02:07:18,000 Ball three and strike two for Teddy Williams, one of the greatest hitters in the game. 1773 02:07:18,000 --> 02:07:23,000 Big fellow, big tall, skinny boy, a free-swinger, and boy, he can really slam that baseball. 1774 02:07:23,000 --> 02:07:29,000 Here comes the next pitch and there is a high fly ball to center field. Terry Moore is getting under the ball, moving in just a few feet. 1775 02:07:29,000 --> 02:07:37,000 He's out and there's two gone. Williams flies to Terry Moore. 1776 02:07:37,000 --> 02:07:45,000 Now here's the great Joe DiMaggio. Every time Joe comes up, he gets a chorus of boos and applause. 1777 02:07:45,000 --> 02:07:51,000 But just as Jimmy Britt said before, a ballplayer is never a great ballplayer until he hears both boos and applause. 1778 02:07:51,000 --> 02:07:59,000 No one can deny Joe DiMaggio's place in baseball as one of the greatest players in the game. 1779 02:07:59,000 --> 02:08:03,000 Here's the first pitch to him and there is a spike. He caught the outside corner waist high. 1780 02:08:03,000 --> 02:08:08,000 Teddy Williams smiled out at pass as he came back down the first baseline toward the American League dugout. 1781 02:08:08,000 --> 02:08:15,000 DiMaggio has been up three times. He's had one hit. The last time up he drove a hit off of York's glove and it rolled into right field. 1782 02:08:15,000 --> 02:08:20,000 The pitch is getting all set again. Here's the next pitch and there's a swing and there's a bouncing ball. It's a hit into left center field. 1783 02:08:20,000 --> 02:08:25,000 The shortstop Reese went to his left to try to cut off that smash on the ground by DiMaggio, but he couldn't get it. 1784 02:08:25,000 --> 02:08:32,000 It whizzed by him like a bullet and the Yankee clipper has two hits tonight. 1785 02:08:32,000 --> 02:08:39,000 That makes a total of seven hits for the American League and it brings up the first baseman Rudy York. 1786 02:08:39,000 --> 02:08:44,000 DiMaggio, by the way, is the only player in the game with two hits. 1787 02:08:44,000 --> 02:08:50,000 Here's Rudy York, the big first baseman of the Tigers. Stepping into the batter's box, he's been up three times. 1788 02:08:50,000 --> 02:08:55,000 He hit a home run into the right field stand the first time. The second time he was a strikeout victim. 1789 02:08:55,000 --> 02:09:00,000 And the second time he was safe on an error by the second baseman Brown. 1790 02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:07,000 He hit a ball down the third baseman that should have been a double play ball, but Brownie, taking the throw from third, dropped it and York was safe at first. 1791 02:09:07,000 --> 02:09:11,000 Now he's up with a man on first base and two gone in the first half of the eighth. 1792 02:09:11,000 --> 02:09:15,000 American League three, the National League nothing. Pass all getting set. Here it is. 1793 02:09:15,000 --> 02:09:18,000 Hits a ball. It's high. Ball one. 1794 02:09:18,000 --> 02:09:22,000 The outfielder is playing York deep. He can really give that baseball a ride. 1795 02:09:22,000 --> 02:09:32,000 Harry Moore in center field, country slaughter in left field, and in right field it's Melop of the Giants. 1796 02:09:32,000 --> 02:09:38,000 Slaughter is a regular right fielder, but he's playing left fielder here in the game tonight and he's one of the best outfielders in the game. 1797 02:09:38,000 --> 02:09:43,000 Pass all getting his sign again. Here comes the next pitch to York. York swings. There's a high foul. 1798 02:09:43,000 --> 02:09:47,000 It's off here to the right. The catcher flips off his mask. Lombardi coming back, but there's no play. 1799 02:09:47,000 --> 02:09:55,000 It drops into the stands right beneath our mutual broadcasting booth and it is a harmless foul. 1800 02:09:55,000 --> 02:10:02,000 Well remember the winner tonight plays the service team and a great attraction tomorrow night in the big municipal stadium at Cleveland. 1801 02:10:02,000 --> 02:10:11,000 Tomorrow night, Wade Hoyt, Jack Rainey, and I will bring you the ball game from Cleveland as another exclusive mutual presentation. 1802 02:10:11,000 --> 02:10:18,000 York swings that big bat around. He has a big black four on the back of his ray uniform for a big fellow. He kind of crowds that plate. 1803 02:10:18,000 --> 02:10:25,000 There's a man on first. It's DiMaggio. There's a ball. It backs him right out of the box and it's ball two and strike one. 1804 02:10:25,000 --> 02:10:29,000 Pass all the Cubs is the third pitcher for the National League tonight. 1805 02:10:29,000 --> 02:10:35,000 Morton Cooper started, then Van Dammeer, and then pass all the American League runs were scored on Cooper. 1806 02:10:35,000 --> 02:10:40,000 Two home runs and a double in the first inning. Here's the next pitch. York swings. There's a hopper down the third base line. 1807 02:10:40,000 --> 02:10:45,000 It may be fair. It may be foul. It's fair. There's the throw and he's out in a very close play. 1808 02:10:45,000 --> 02:10:50,000 Hoyt was at a close play. He picked that ball up just in front of the bag at about a half an inch fair. 1809 02:10:50,000 --> 02:10:56,000 Fired that ball to first base and the runner was out by just a fraction of a step to retire the side. 1810 02:10:56,000 --> 02:11:03,000 And so, fans, it is no runs and one hit. In the first half of the eighth inning, the American League is going out onto the field 1811 02:11:03,000 --> 02:11:08,000 and the National League is coming up to try again to get back into this 10th annual All-Star game. 1812 02:11:08,000 --> 02:11:12,000 They're trailing by three runs. There's Al Benton going out to the center of the diamond. 1813 02:11:12,000 --> 02:11:16,000 Let's take a look around that American League team. Williams in left field. DiMaggio in center field. 1814 02:11:16,000 --> 02:11:22,000 Henrik in right field. Keltner at third. Bedrow at short. Gordon at second. York at first. 1815 02:11:22,000 --> 02:11:27,000 Tebbitz is catching and Benton is pitching and it looks like McCarthy is going all the way. 1816 02:11:27,000 --> 02:11:32,000 With this American League team, Mickey Owen, who's done some great work for Brooklyn this year, 1817 02:11:32,000 --> 02:11:35,000 is going to bat for Passau as we start the last half of the eighth. 1818 02:11:35,000 --> 02:11:50,000 Well, it's been quite a ball game and believe me, these fans have seen a ball game here tonight. 1819 02:11:50,000 --> 02:11:56,000 Mutual hopes that wherever you're listening to this game across the country, that it's giving you a lot of enjoyment. 1820 02:11:56,000 --> 02:12:03,000 It's one of the outstanding sports attractions of the year, the annual baseball All-Star game. 1821 02:12:03,000 --> 02:12:13,000 And this year it's for a great cause. All this money goes to Army-Navy relief after $100,000 is taken out for the Ball and Bat Fund 1822 02:12:13,000 --> 02:12:17,000 to provide baseballs and bats and gloves for all the camps. 1823 02:12:17,000 --> 02:12:23,000 Now here's Mickey Owen up. It's a right-handed batter. He's making his appearance in the lineup as a pinch hitter for Passau. 1824 02:12:23,000 --> 02:12:27,000 Benton gets set. There's a bunt down the third baseline. It's foul outside the line. 1825 02:12:27,000 --> 02:12:31,000 Kenny Keltner runs in for the ball, picks it up and the boys whip it around. 1826 02:12:31,000 --> 02:12:38,000 Mickey Owen is a right-handed batter. He's at present average is 291 for Brooklyn. 1827 02:12:38,000 --> 02:12:45,000 He's had no home runs and he has batted in 22 runs. He's had this year one of his greatest years. 1828 02:12:45,000 --> 02:12:53,000 Here's a fellow who was the unfortunate victim of a play in the World Series last year, which Mutual brought to you exclusively. 1829 02:12:53,000 --> 02:12:58,000 And that play of the missed third strike will probably go down his history. 1830 02:12:58,000 --> 02:13:03,000 But did it affect this fellow's career? It did not. It made him a better ball player. 1831 02:13:03,000 --> 02:13:08,000 Ball, it's inside. All the more tribute to Mickey Owen. 1832 02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:14,000 There's nobody on and nobody out as the National League tries to get a rally going here in the last half of the eighth and their chances are slipping away. 1833 02:13:14,000 --> 02:13:20,000 Here comes the next pitch and there's a ball. It's high outside and it's ball two and strike one. 1834 02:13:20,000 --> 02:13:27,000 National League has changed their entire team tonight. Manager Joe McCarthy of the American League with a three to nothing league has just stood back. 1835 02:13:27,000 --> 02:13:31,000 Hal Benton is all set again. Here's the next one to Owen. Owen swings. There's a high fly ball going toward right field. 1836 02:13:31,000 --> 02:13:36,000 It may be a home run. It is a home run for Mickey Owen. 1837 02:13:36,000 --> 02:13:59,000 There's a home run for Mickey Owen into the right field stands. 1838 02:13:59,000 --> 02:14:04,000 Yes, sir. This National League team is still battling here in New York in this all star game. 1839 02:14:04,000 --> 02:14:15,000 It's three to one now in favor of the American League. Mickey Owen just batted for pass off and as a good pinch hitter should he not only came through with a hit, he hit one for the circuit. 1840 02:14:15,000 --> 02:14:20,000 Now here's the leadoff man Billy Herman a right handed hitter. There's a ball. It's wide. 1841 02:14:20,000 --> 02:14:27,000 Billy Herman's average for the year is two hundred and forty eight. He's hit one homer and he's driven in twenty nine runs. 1842 02:14:27,000 --> 02:14:37,000 The American League is warming up two pitchers. There's the first walk tonight. The pitcher Al Benton didn't like that call and he's very red faced out there as he hollers at the umpire Bill McGough. 1843 02:14:37,000 --> 02:14:45,000 Billy Herman waits for the next pitch. Watch it. Here it is. There's a swing and a foul. It's out of play. It's up in the stands off there to the right and it's a foul strike. 1844 02:14:45,000 --> 02:14:50,000 So we have a count of one and one on Billy Herman with one run in nobody on nobody out. 1845 02:14:50,000 --> 02:14:57,000 Last half of the eighth inning at New York the American League three and the National League one and this is some ballgame. 1846 02:14:57,000 --> 02:15:06,000 How he rocks his arms back and forth. He's getting set again. Here it is. There's a ball that missed the corner by an inch and not anymore either. 1847 02:15:06,000 --> 02:15:12,000 They're really waiting Benton out now it's ball two and strike one for Billy Herman. 1848 02:15:12,000 --> 02:15:18,000 He went in at second base in place of Jimmy Brown. Here comes the next pitch and Herman hits a little hopper to the pitcher's right. 1849 02:15:18,000 --> 02:15:26,000 He's up with the ball. There goes the peg. He's out. Pitcher the first and there's one go. 1850 02:15:26,000 --> 02:15:31,000 So that brings up the third baseman Bob Elliott of Pittsburgh. 1851 02:15:31,000 --> 02:15:36,000 Here's Bob Elliott coming up for his first time in the ballgame tonight. His average for the year is two hundred eighty six. 1852 02:15:36,000 --> 02:15:41,000 He slammed out eight home runs and he's driven in fifty three runs. 1853 02:15:41,000 --> 02:15:52,000 The last half of the eighth at New York this ballgame will end at nine thirty even if it isn't over because of a practice blackout here in New York tonight. 1854 02:15:52,000 --> 02:16:01,000 In other words at nine thirty regardless of what the score is or what the conditions are the game and all wonder Elliott. 1855 02:16:01,000 --> 02:16:07,000 Here's the next pitch. There's a spike. It's right across his knees. It's called very sharp curveball. 1856 02:16:07,000 --> 02:16:16,000 One out a run in for the National League it's three to one in favor of the American Bob Elliott of Pittsburgh a right handed hitter is up in there. 1857 02:16:16,000 --> 02:16:20,000 Benton gets his sign. Here's the next pitch and there's a line drive. It's a hit to right field. 1858 02:16:20,000 --> 02:16:28,000 The first baseman York leaps up but couldn't get it and it puts Elliott on first base a sharp hit to right field for Elliott. 1859 02:16:28,000 --> 02:16:32,000 That's six hits for the National League. 1860 02:16:32,000 --> 02:16:38,000 And it brings up the center fielder Terry Moore one of the greatest outfielders in baseball. 1861 02:16:38,000 --> 02:16:42,000 Terry Moore of the St. Louis Cardinals batting to seventy one. 1862 02:16:42,000 --> 02:16:46,000 He's hit two home runs and he has 17 runs batted in. 1863 02:16:46,000 --> 02:16:55,000 But when it comes to ball hawks and when it comes to feeling his position this fellow doesn't have to take a backseat for anybody. 1864 02:16:55,000 --> 02:17:00,000 And on first Terry Moore batting here's the pitch. There's a spike. It's called it's right across his way. 1865 02:17:00,000 --> 02:17:09,000 One out a man on for the National League. They're trailing three to one here in the last half of the eighth and they're running up against the time deadline. 1866 02:17:09,000 --> 02:17:18,000 It's already again here's the next pitch. There's a swing and a miss as Terry Moore took a vicious cut at a knee high curve ball and it's two strikes on Moore. 1867 02:17:18,000 --> 02:17:22,000 Moore steps out of the batter's box knocks the dirt off his feet with his bat. 1868 02:17:22,000 --> 02:17:26,000 He's up in there again a red eight in the back of his white uniform. Here he is right below our mutual booth. 1869 02:17:26,000 --> 02:17:33,000 We could almost drop our pencil on him. We're so close to the field of play. Al Benton a big towering right hander out there on the mound is getting set again. 1870 02:17:33,000 --> 02:17:42,000 Here it is. And there is a ball that's over his head and just a fraction behind him. And it's ball one and strike two for Terry Moore. 1871 02:17:42,000 --> 02:17:48,000 Next man to come up will be the first baseman Frank McCormick. 1872 02:17:48,000 --> 02:17:55,000 American Leaguers talk it up out there in the infield. The outfield is playing straight away. Here is a foul. He didn't mean to hit it. 1873 02:17:55,000 --> 02:18:01,000 He was backing away from an inside curve ball. The ball hit his bat and as he backed away the ball went off to the right. 1874 02:18:01,000 --> 02:18:06,000 He went out to the left and it's a foul. 1875 02:18:06,000 --> 02:18:11,000 It's all one and strike two on Terry Moore with a man on first base for the National League and one gone. 1876 02:18:11,000 --> 02:18:15,000 They've scored a run this inning on Owens Homer. 1877 02:18:15,000 --> 02:18:20,000 Big Al Benton is the second pitcher for the American League. Chandler started. 1878 02:18:20,000 --> 02:18:28,000 Here's the next pitch and there is a ball. It's just a little bit too close and it's two and two. 1879 02:18:28,000 --> 02:18:32,000 Ball two strike two for Terry Moore. 1880 02:18:32,000 --> 02:18:37,000 How's that plate waves that light colored bat around. Man on first base Elliott has a short lead off. 1881 02:18:37,000 --> 02:18:40,000 Here comes the pitch and there is a swing and a foul. It's out of play. 1882 02:18:40,000 --> 02:18:44,000 It's up into the stands off there to the right and it's two and two. 1883 02:18:44,000 --> 02:18:51,000 The rabbits get to new baseball from umpire Bill McGowan steps out and fires it out to the pitcher. 1884 02:18:51,000 --> 02:18:57,000 The exclusive mutual broadcast of the All-Star Game from Cleveland will start at 8 45 Eastern wartime. 1885 02:18:57,000 --> 02:19:03,000 Remember that fans tune in to your mutual station at 8 45 Eastern wartime. 1886 02:19:03,000 --> 02:19:07,000 Here comes the next pitch and Moore hits a high infield fly. 1887 02:19:07,000 --> 02:19:12,000 It's between the plate and first base and the first baseman York is under it and has it for the second out. 1888 02:19:12,000 --> 02:19:16,000 So there's two golf. 1889 02:19:16,000 --> 02:19:19,000 Well here's Frank McCormick coming up. 1890 02:19:19,000 --> 02:19:23,000 He's no newcomer to All-Star play or World Series play either. 1891 02:19:23,000 --> 02:19:27,000 Frank McCormick a Cincinnati right handed hitter. He's batting to 49. 1892 02:19:27,000 --> 02:19:39,000 He's hit 10 home runs and he has 50 runs batted in up there now with two out of the man on first in the last half of the eighth. 1893 02:19:39,000 --> 02:19:44,000 The score is three to one in favor of the American League. They scored all their runs in the first inning. 1894 02:19:44,000 --> 02:19:47,000 Here's the first pitch and there's a swing and a foul. 1895 02:19:47,000 --> 02:19:50,000 It's a slow curve ball just above his waist. 1896 02:19:50,000 --> 02:19:56,000 He just got a piece of that ball and rolled it foul to the left of the plate. 1897 02:19:56,000 --> 02:20:00,000 That by the way is the first pinch home run in 10 All-Star games. 1898 02:20:00,000 --> 02:20:05,000 Mickey Owens pinch Homer first pinch home run in 10 All-Star games. 1899 02:20:05,000 --> 02:20:10,000 Here's the ground ball to short. Bedro gets it to play it second. Force out and it retires the side. 1900 02:20:10,000 --> 02:20:14,000 The play went from Lou Bedro the shortstop to the second baseman Joe Gordon. 1901 02:20:14,000 --> 02:20:17,000 It was an easy force play and it retires the side. 1902 02:20:17,000 --> 02:20:22,000 And so the total spans in the last half of the eighth for the National League one run and two hits. 1903 02:20:22,000 --> 02:20:28,000 And now the game is going into the first half of the ninth inning with the score of the American League three and the National League one. 1904 02:20:28,000 --> 02:20:32,000 Now let's recount those totals shall we for eight innings of play. 1905 02:20:32,000 --> 02:20:37,000 The American League has three runs three four five six seven hits. 1906 02:20:37,000 --> 02:20:43,000 The National League one run one two three four five six hits. 1907 02:20:43,000 --> 02:20:48,000 Nationally got a hit in the third inning. 1908 02:20:48,000 --> 02:20:50,000 They had a hit on the fourth. 1909 02:20:50,000 --> 02:20:54,000 They had one in the sixth one in the seventh and two in the eighth. 1910 02:20:54,000 --> 02:21:01,000 The American League had three in the first one in the third one in the sixth one in the seventh. 1911 02:21:01,000 --> 02:21:04,000 The ballgame is now going into the first half of the ninth. 1912 02:21:04,000 --> 02:21:10,000 The complete totals the American League three runs seven hits. 1913 02:21:10,000 --> 02:21:17,000 Nationally one run six hits. 1914 02:21:17,000 --> 02:21:21,000 Now here's a new pitcher Bucky Wallers is in. 1915 02:21:21,000 --> 02:21:24,000 Bucky Wallers has come in for the National League. 1916 02:21:24,000 --> 02:21:29,000 He's taken part in 18 games he's won nine and lost six for the Reds this year. 1917 02:21:29,000 --> 02:21:33,000 He's pitched one hundred and twenty seven innings he's allowed one hundred and fourteen hits. 1918 02:21:33,000 --> 02:21:40,000 He's walked thirty nine and he struck out fifty seven. 1919 02:21:40,000 --> 02:21:45,000 Well fans we're going into the ninth inning of this great ballgame at New York. 1920 02:21:45,000 --> 02:21:51,000 Mutual broadcasting system has brought you an exclusive presentation of one of America's greatest classics. 1921 02:21:51,000 --> 02:21:52,000 Here's Wallers. 1922 02:21:52,000 --> 02:21:58,000 There's a ball that's high. 1923 02:21:58,000 --> 02:22:01,000 The man to bat for the American League is Gordon who has a record tonight. 1924 02:22:01,000 --> 02:22:02,000 He struck out three straight times. 1925 02:22:02,000 --> 02:22:05,000 There's a bouncing ball to short shortstop coming in fast. 1926 02:22:05,000 --> 02:22:07,000 There's the peg he's out in a close play. 1927 02:22:07,000 --> 02:22:15,000 Reese to McCormick Reese the Dodger shortstop came in fast for Gordon smash and threw him out one go. 1928 02:22:15,000 --> 02:22:16,000 Running up against a time limit. 1929 02:22:16,000 --> 02:22:21,000 Remember the game will end at nine thirty regardless of whether the National League has their last bats or not. 1930 02:22:21,000 --> 02:22:24,000 Now here's the third baseman Kenny Keltner. 1931 02:22:24,000 --> 02:22:25,000 Bucky Wallers is getting all set. 1932 02:22:25,000 --> 02:22:28,000 Here's the pitch is a swing and a long fly ball down the left field line. 1933 02:22:28,000 --> 02:22:30,000 It's foul. 1934 02:22:30,000 --> 02:22:31,000 It's way over the stands. 1935 02:22:31,000 --> 02:22:33,000 Boy that was really a poke. 1936 02:22:33,000 --> 02:22:35,000 Kenny Keltner has been up three times. 1937 02:22:35,000 --> 02:22:36,000 He bounced out. 1938 02:22:36,000 --> 02:22:41,000 He popped out twice bounced out the first time and he popped out the second time and the third time. 1939 02:22:41,000 --> 02:22:42,000 Wallers is all set again. 1940 02:22:42,000 --> 02:22:43,000 Here's the next pitch to Keltner. 1941 02:22:43,000 --> 02:22:45,000 There's a spike. 1942 02:22:45,000 --> 02:22:48,000 It's right down the middle of fastball right through there and it's called. 1943 02:22:48,000 --> 02:22:50,000 It's two strikes now on Kenny Keltner. 1944 02:22:50,000 --> 02:22:51,000 The American League leads three to one. 1945 02:22:51,000 --> 02:22:53,000 We're in the ninth inning at New York. 1946 02:22:53,000 --> 02:22:57,000 Here comes the next pitch and there is a swing and there is a fly ball down the left field line. 1947 02:22:57,000 --> 02:23:07,000 It's foul off to the left and it's still two strikes on Kenny Keltner. 1948 02:23:07,000 --> 02:23:10,000 Kenny Keltner batting with one out. 1949 02:23:10,000 --> 02:23:11,000 Pitcher gets all set out there again. 1950 02:23:11,000 --> 02:23:12,000 Here's the next one. 1951 02:23:12,000 --> 02:23:13,000 There is a swing and a miss. 1952 02:23:13,000 --> 02:23:14,000 He struck him out. 1953 02:23:14,000 --> 02:23:18,000 He went for a wide curve ball that time and struck out and there's two going. 1954 02:23:18,000 --> 02:23:21,000 And that is eight strikeouts. 1955 02:23:21,000 --> 02:23:24,000 Eight strikeouts for the American League. 1956 02:23:24,000 --> 02:23:27,000 Eight of the American Leaguers have gone down on strikes. 1957 02:23:27,000 --> 02:23:34,000 Now here's Bertie Tebbitz. 1958 02:23:34,000 --> 02:23:35,000 Tebbitz a right hand hitter up. 1959 02:23:35,000 --> 02:23:36,000 Here's the pitch. 1960 02:23:36,000 --> 02:23:37,000 There's a spike. 1961 02:23:37,000 --> 02:23:41,000 It's called right down the middle. 1962 02:23:41,000 --> 02:23:46,000 Don't miss the big all-star game from Cleveland tomorrow night at 8 45 Eastern wartime. 1963 02:23:46,000 --> 02:23:47,000 Here's the pitch. 1964 02:23:47,000 --> 02:23:48,000 It's a ball low. 1965 02:23:48,000 --> 02:23:52,000 Mutual will again bring you the all-star game tomorrow night. 1966 02:23:52,000 --> 02:23:58,000 Mutual Broadcasting System leads the way in the presentation of America's leading sports event. 1967 02:23:58,000 --> 02:24:00,000 There is a half swing. 1968 02:24:00,000 --> 02:24:04,000 The ump says he went a little bit more than half and it's a strike. 1969 02:24:04,000 --> 02:24:06,000 Makes it ball one and strike two for Tebbitz. 1970 02:24:06,000 --> 02:24:07,000 Bertie's been up three times. 1971 02:24:07,000 --> 02:24:09,000 He's caught a fine game tonight. 1972 02:24:09,000 --> 02:24:10,000 He struck out the first time. 1973 02:24:10,000 --> 02:24:16,000 He popped out the second time and he struck out the third time. 1974 02:24:16,000 --> 02:24:19,000 The game must end at 9 30 because of a blackout here in New York tonight. 1975 02:24:19,000 --> 02:24:20,000 Here comes the pitch. 1976 02:24:20,000 --> 02:24:22,000 There's an infield fly. 1977 02:24:22,000 --> 02:24:25,000 The third baseman Elliott is coming over near the mound. 1978 02:24:25,000 --> 02:24:26,000 He's right under the ball. 1979 02:24:26,000 --> 02:24:28,000 He's out and he retires the side. 1980 02:24:28,000 --> 02:24:31,000 And so the National League will get their time at bat. 1981 02:24:31,000 --> 02:24:33,000 No runs and no hits. 1982 02:24:33,000 --> 02:24:35,000 This can be said for the American League. 1983 02:24:35,000 --> 02:24:36,000 And let me say it right now. 1984 02:24:36,000 --> 02:24:38,000 The boys are not stalling at all. 1985 02:24:38,000 --> 02:24:40,000 Everybody's hurrying right out there. 1986 02:24:40,000 --> 02:24:45,000 And I really think that the American League wants to see the National League get their last time at bat, which they're entitled to. 1987 02:24:45,000 --> 02:24:57,000 They're all hustling, getting out there on the field so that the National League running up against the time deadline will get their bats in the last half of the night. 1988 02:24:57,000 --> 02:24:58,000 Pitcher Al Benton is out there. 1989 02:24:58,000 --> 02:25:03,000 Let's see the hitters we have coming up are going to be Melat, Country Slaughter and Ernie Lombardi. 1990 02:25:03,000 --> 02:25:07,000 And those fellows can really slap that apple. 1991 02:25:07,000 --> 02:25:14,000 Benton is getting in his practice throws. 1992 02:25:14,000 --> 02:25:19,000 The winner tonight will play the will play Uncle Sam's team at Cleveland tomorrow night. 1993 02:25:19,000 --> 02:25:26,000 The team led by my old friend Mickey Cochran, the former manager of the Detroit Tigers, will play the winner tonight in the big stadium at Cleveland. 1994 02:25:26,000 --> 02:25:30,000 I broadcast the All-Star game there a number of years ago and it's a beautiful layout. 1995 02:25:30,000 --> 02:25:33,000 That was the year that Fox hit a long home run over the left fielder's head. 1996 02:25:33,000 --> 02:25:34,000 I'll never forget it. 1997 02:25:34,000 --> 02:25:35,000 And it was a great ballgame. 1998 02:25:35,000 --> 02:25:39,000 So fans, you fans in Cleveland, of course, will be out there for a great cause tomorrow night. 1999 02:25:39,000 --> 02:25:41,000 All that money goes to Army Navy relief. 2000 02:25:41,000 --> 02:25:45,000 So we want to remind you fans in Cleveland that there's still good seats available. 2001 02:25:45,000 --> 02:25:50,000 Get out and see that ballgame tomorrow night between the winner here in New York tonight and the service team. 2002 02:25:50,000 --> 02:25:58,000 And you fans across the country, wherever you happen to be listening, whatever state you're listening in, mutual will bring you the colorful story of that great game. 2003 02:25:58,000 --> 02:26:01,000 The time will be 8 45 Eastern wartime tomorrow night. 2004 02:26:01,000 --> 02:26:02,000 Now here's Melat up. 2005 02:26:02,000 --> 02:26:03,000 Benton gets all set. 2006 02:26:03,000 --> 02:26:05,000 There's a swing and there's a foul. 2007 02:26:05,000 --> 02:26:06,000 It's off to the right. 2008 02:26:06,000 --> 02:26:08,000 Tebich chasing the ball, maybe out of play. 2009 02:26:08,000 --> 02:26:10,000 It's in the stands and it is out of play. 2010 02:26:10,000 --> 02:26:15,000 It's a harmless foul. 2011 02:26:15,000 --> 02:26:17,000 One strike. 2012 02:26:17,000 --> 02:26:18,000 Left hand hitter Melat up. 2013 02:26:18,000 --> 02:26:22,000 It's the last half of the ninth inning with the American League ahead three to one. 2014 02:26:22,000 --> 02:26:30,000 The American League official totals are three runs and seven hits. 2015 02:26:30,000 --> 02:26:38,000 If the American League wins, of course, Chandler will be the winning pitcher and Cooper will be the loser. 2016 02:26:38,000 --> 02:26:40,000 It gets all set out there now taking his time. 2017 02:26:40,000 --> 02:26:41,000 There's nobody on. 2018 02:26:41,000 --> 02:26:42,000 There's nobody out. 2019 02:26:42,000 --> 02:26:43,000 Benton is ready. 2020 02:26:43,000 --> 02:26:44,000 Here's the next pitch to what? 2021 02:26:44,000 --> 02:26:45,000 Ott takes a ball. 2022 02:26:45,000 --> 02:26:48,000 It missed the corner and it's one and one. 2023 02:26:48,000 --> 02:26:50,000 Boy, what a moment this is, fans. 2024 02:26:50,000 --> 02:26:53,000 I know that you can feel the tenseness that we feel here in New York. 2025 02:26:53,000 --> 02:26:58,000 As the National League up for the last time with seven minutes left to play the deadline before the blackout in New York, 2026 02:26:58,000 --> 02:27:03,000 Mayor LaGuardia was very kind to set aside the time to give baseball more time tonight. 2027 02:27:03,000 --> 02:27:07,000 You know, this game was supposed to end at nine ten, but there was an unavoidable delay in starting. 2028 02:27:07,000 --> 02:27:15,000 And so Mayor LaGuardia very graciously gave baseball a little longer time right up until the actual deadline of the blackout, which is nine thirty. 2029 02:27:15,000 --> 02:27:16,000 It's getting all set again. 2030 02:27:16,000 --> 02:27:17,000 Here's the pitch. 2031 02:27:17,000 --> 02:27:21,000 There's a swing and there's a foul that the first baseman may have a chance on. 2032 02:27:21,000 --> 02:27:32,000 He's going back and it's going into the stands, a foul ball, and it's two and two on little male Alberti Tebbitz gets a new baseball from Bill McGowan. 2033 02:27:32,000 --> 02:27:40,000 What else is that ball out there? Well, the American League, as you know, scored their three runs in the first inning on a home run, a double and another home run. 2034 02:27:40,000 --> 02:27:44,000 And the National League scored their run in the eighth inning on a pinch home run by Mickey Owen. 2035 02:27:44,000 --> 02:27:47,000 Now he's getting all set again. It's two and two on up. Here it comes. 2036 02:27:47,000 --> 02:27:52,000 It's a swing and a foul tip and it got away from Tebbitz and he's going to get another swing. 2037 02:27:52,000 --> 02:27:55,000 Looks like Bertie was hurt with that foul. 2038 02:27:55,000 --> 02:28:01,000 Tebbitz went down on one knee, but he's getting up now and seems to be OK. 2039 02:28:01,000 --> 02:28:06,000 Well, it's been a wonderful sight here in New York tonight. 2040 02:28:06,000 --> 02:28:10,000 These fans that have jammed into these stands have really enjoyed it. 2041 02:28:10,000 --> 02:28:14,000 And Jim and Mel and I have really seen a grand ball game. We hope that you've enjoyed it on the radio. 2042 02:28:14,000 --> 02:28:18,000 Here comes the next pitch and out hits a pop-up right in front of the plate. 2043 02:28:18,000 --> 02:28:28,000 The catcher Tebbitz is down the line just a few feet and takes that ball 20 feet down the line toward third and one foot inside the line, a fair ball, and out is out. 2044 02:28:28,000 --> 02:28:36,000 So fans, two more now and the ball game will be over. 2045 02:28:36,000 --> 02:28:41,000 Now the next man to come up, a left-handed hitter, is Eno Slaughter of the St. Louis Cardinals, a great ball player. 2046 02:28:41,000 --> 02:28:45,000 This fellow can run, he can field, he can hit, and he loves to play ball. 2047 02:28:45,000 --> 02:28:47,000 There's five minutes left here in New York. 2048 02:28:47,000 --> 02:28:58,000 Getting all set now, there's the wind up and here comes the next pitch and there's a swing and a foul, one strike. 2049 02:28:58,000 --> 02:29:02,000 The American League three and the National League one. 2050 02:29:02,000 --> 02:29:04,000 That's the setup. 2051 02:29:04,000 --> 02:29:07,000 Nobody on and one gone in the last half of the ninth. 2052 02:29:07,000 --> 02:29:12,000 Here comes the pitch and there is a foul. It's right up here to the right, just to the right of our booth. 2053 02:29:12,000 --> 02:29:18,000 Catcher Tebbitz gets another new ball and fires it right out there to Benton. 2054 02:29:18,000 --> 02:29:23,000 Country Slaughter batting for the National League with nobody on and one gone. 2055 02:29:23,000 --> 02:29:27,000 Benton is all set, here comes the next pitch and Slaughter takes one in the dirt, a ball. 2056 02:29:27,000 --> 02:29:32,000 Ball one and strike two for Eno. 2057 02:29:32,000 --> 02:29:37,000 Up in there batting left-handed, a red nine in the back of his white uniform. 2058 02:29:37,000 --> 02:29:40,000 American League infielders keep up a constant stream of chatter. 2059 02:29:40,000 --> 02:29:43,000 Here comes the pitch and there is another ball. He almost hit him in the leg. 2060 02:29:43,000 --> 02:29:49,000 He was going to go for that one. It was a sinker and he started to go for it, but he pulled his bat in time and the umpire calls it a ball. 2061 02:29:49,000 --> 02:29:55,000 The outfield of Williams, DiMaggio and Henrik that's gone all the way is playing Slaughter straight away. 2062 02:29:55,000 --> 02:29:59,000 About four minutes left. They'll get their bats all right. 2063 02:29:59,000 --> 02:30:04,000 Getting all set again, here comes the next pitch and there is a swing and a hopper foul to the right of the play. 2064 02:30:04,000 --> 02:30:08,000 Slaughter starts down the first baseline for the umpire Bill McGowan yells foul. 2065 02:30:08,000 --> 02:30:13,000 He tells Birdie Tebbs to throw that ball away, flips him a new ball and the American Leaguers peg it around. 2066 02:30:13,000 --> 02:30:18,000 The next man to come up after Slaughter will be Ernie Lombardi. 2067 02:30:18,000 --> 02:30:26,000 Bill McGowan is getting a new supply of baseballs now in his blue-sir'd suit. 2068 02:30:26,000 --> 02:30:31,000 Al Benton is the second American League pitcher tonight. Chandler started. 2069 02:30:31,000 --> 02:30:37,000 Getting all set again, here comes the next one to Slaughter. Slaughter swings, there's a long fly ball to dead center, but DiMaggio's out there backing up. 2070 02:30:37,000 --> 02:30:42,000 He caught it and there's two gone. Country Slaughter hit one a mile that time towards center field. 2071 02:30:42,000 --> 02:30:47,000 But Joe DiMaggio raced back about 35 or 40 feet and pulled it down and there's two gone. 2072 02:30:47,000 --> 02:31:00,000 And now friends, here comes Ernie Lombardi, the last hope of the National League. 2073 02:31:00,000 --> 02:31:10,000 Here's Ernie Lombardi, here's the first pitch, there's a strike, it's over the outside corner. 2074 02:31:10,000 --> 02:31:14,000 Two out and nobody on in the last half of the ninth inning, American League 3-1. 2075 02:31:14,000 --> 02:31:20,000 Here comes the next pitch to Lomb. Lomb swings and misses a change of pace pitch in around his knees and the pitcher made him look bad on it. 2076 02:31:20,000 --> 02:31:28,000 It's two strikes on Lombardi, there's two out, one more out and the ball game is over and the American League will play the service team in Cleveland tomorrow night. 2077 02:31:28,000 --> 02:31:34,000 Now Al Benton is all set again, here comes the next pitch. He hit the high fly ball to right field, looks like it's all over. 2078 02:31:34,000 --> 02:31:42,000 Tommy Hendrick is in under the ball and he caught it. The game is over and the American League defeats the National League in New York in the tenth annual All-Star game. 2079 02:31:42,000 --> 02:31:50,000 Here are the totals. The American League three runs, seven hits and no errors. The National League one run, six hits and one error. 2080 02:31:50,000 --> 02:31:55,000 The winning pitcher in the ball game is Chandler and the losing pitcher is Martin Cooper. 2081 02:31:55,000 --> 02:32:02,000 I want to give my colleagues who worked on the broadcast with me tonight just a chance to say goodbye. We're going to have to get off in a hurry and here's Mel Allen. 2082 02:32:02,000 --> 02:32:07,000 It was swell working this game with Bob Elson and Jimmy Britt. It was a beautiful ball game to watch. 2083 02:32:07,000 --> 02:32:18,000 A lot of swell pitching, only one half inning which was any great deal of offensive fireworks in the first inning when Lou Budrow homered and Rudy York homered with Tommy Hendrick on base who had doubled prior to York's homer. 2084 02:32:18,000 --> 02:32:23,000 It was really a swell ball game to watch. Wish you were all here. All right, here's Jimmy Britt. 2085 02:32:23,000 --> 02:32:28,000 The fact that this game had a blackout deadline to make added to the suspense and drama of the final innings. 2086 02:32:28,000 --> 02:32:36,000 It was an All-Star game worth remembering and the American League is going to give Uncle Sam Service 9 in Cleveland tomorrow night a real battle. 2087 02:32:36,000 --> 02:32:40,000 Well thank you very much Jim and Mel. It's been a real pleasure to work with you tonight. 2088 02:32:40,000 --> 02:32:49,000 I'm looking forward to tomorrow night with working with Wade Hoyt and Jack Rennie over at Cleveland when MUTU will bring you an exclusive coverage again of the great All-Star game at Cleveland, the big municipal stadium. 2089 02:32:49,000 --> 02:32:55,000 The players are getting off the field, the American League players are shaking hands with each other and so are the National League players as they go off the field. 2090 02:32:55,000 --> 02:33:01,000 And the final score again is the American League 3, the National League 1, the winning pitcher is Chandler and the losing pitcher is Cooper. 2091 02:33:01,000 --> 02:33:08,000 And now this is Bob Elson saying good night from the Polar Grounds of New York City. We return you to our New York studios. 2092 02:33:08,000 --> 02:33:20,000 We wish to thank the makers of Philly's Cigars, sponsors of Cal Tinney and Sizing Up the News, usually heard over many of these stations at 8 p.m. Eastern wartime, 2093 02:33:20,000 --> 02:33:28,000 for their courtesy in relinquishing their time this evening so that we might bring you the broadcast of the All-Star baseball game. 2094 02:33:28,000 --> 02:33:33,000 Mr. Tinney will be heard at his regular time Wednesday evening. 2095 02:33:33,000 --> 02:33:44,000 Gabriel Heater, usually heard at 9 p.m. Eastern wartime, will be presented over his regular network immediately following station identification. 2096 02:33:44,000 --> 02:34:03,000 This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.