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This is Retro Sports Radio. Visit RetroSeasons.com for more sports history.

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The American League All-Stars faced the Military All-Stars at the U.S. Service All-Star Game at Cleveland Municipal Stadium on July 7, 1942.

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Throughout World War II, Major League Baseball teams played countless exhibition games against service teams that were comprised of current and past professional ball players that were enlisted in the military.

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These games were scheduled in order to raise funds in support of troops and their families.

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This All-Star Game was the most notable of the exhibition games and was slated to feature the winner of the Major League All-Star Game playing host to a collection of players serving in the Armed Forces.

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The AL All-Stars had won against the National League a day earlier at the Polo Grounds in New York, so manager Joe McCarthy and the American League headed to Cleveland.

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The U.S. service team was managed by Mickey Cochran. Cochran was a lieutenant in the Navy and had last managed in the big leagues during 1938 as skipper of the Tigers.

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The main draw of the game was starting pitcher and hometown hero Bob Feller, who is currently serving as an officer in the Navy.

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This audio recording is from the Mutual Radio broadcast featuring announcers Wade Hoyt, Bob Elson, and Jack Graney.

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in World War Number One and the 31 game winner for the Cleveland Indians in 1920.

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Buddy Rezah will be the catcher for the Americans. Now Buddy Rezah is considered second string on the Yankees, the runner-up to Big Bill Dickey, yet Rezah on any other club would be the first string receiver and well thought of.

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Tonight's contest gives you something to consider when you realize that Bobby Feller will be pitching in front of his hometown of Meyers against blue drove Kelsner and Bagsy, former teammates of his.

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Days gone by, Boudreaux and Keltner stood out at shortstop and third base,

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and Rebellion the Ys in which Feller retired their opponents.

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Tonight, both those batters will be on the receiving end of Bobby's juniors.

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They'll have to hit against them, and that's not going to be easy.

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The game as far as we can see it will be decided by the conference.

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Think the American Lakers, no matter how great their lineup appears to be,

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much more runs to win.

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And as Mike said over coffee this morning,

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well, I think Feller and Rigney can hold them while our service team hasn't been stopped yet,

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not by any club.

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Well, that's McCoffee's worry.

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The American Lakers have a powerful aggregation to throw us a service for,

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but as only nine men can play the game at once,

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the Major League All-Stars will have to be at their very best to win.

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And you must remember, baseball fans, that old but true added,

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anything can happen in baseball.

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And once again, here's Bob Ellers.

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Thank you very much, Wade White, for that fine

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analyzation of this American League team that we're going to see here in the stadium tonight.

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And Al Shack, baseball's famous crown,

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is getting the center of the stage now, friends, because all these service men are off the field.

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And now Al is walking out to the center of the diamond and giving an impersonation of Bob Feller.

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He just gave one to Waller Johnson.

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He just walked out to the mound and hit the ball way up into the wire,

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getting back to the plate, and now he's gone out there with that rather,

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he has gotten down almost to a tee, that rather unique stride of Bob Feller.

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You know, Bob is one of the grandest fellows in baseball.

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I think he's been one of the most popular ball players of all time,

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but he has a rather odd stride.

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And Al Shack, believe me, has it right down to a tee,

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and he just walked out there to the mound, and now he's starting to wind up,

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and he's going to heave another baseball,

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and he's definitely going to heave home right up into the screen, and Bob really likes it.

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It's just a few minutes before game nine, before the All-Star game here in Cleveland,

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and the umpires, I've noticed, have just poked their heads.

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The umpires have just poked their heads out of the dugout,

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and they're coming out shortly, and this ball game will be underway,

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I believe, in just a couple of minutes.

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I want to repeat the starting orders and lineups for those of you who might be tuning in late,

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and it is for the service team Mullen, M-U-L-L-I-N, formerly of Detroit,

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in the better field, McCoy of the Athletics, here at second base,

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John Shaggitt, who was formerly with the Cardinals, and then with Brooklyn, and some good news now

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is about who he really wound up with, but he's finally with Uncle Sam, he's going to be in left field.

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Daniel Kavett, the great Washington insurderer, is going to bat in the number four spot,

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and will play shortstop.

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Joe Grace, a very fine off-fielder and a mighty good hitter, is going to be in right field,

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he was with the St. Louis Browns.

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Sturm, the former Yankee first baseman, is going to be at first.

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And Lee, who is with Louisville, this lad was a great college athlete, is going to be at third base.

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The catcher will be Smith, an all-time Pittsburgh catcher, who has been catching

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Scott Feller down at North Pole.

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Bobby Feller is going to be the catcher.

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Zach is still carrying on with his addicts down here, and he's putting on an imaginary

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argument right now with the umpire, as we give you the lineup for the American League.

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Here it is, the body-waterer lineup at shortstop and leading off will be Lou Badrow, who as

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Wade Hoek said was one of the heroes at the big game in the Polo grounds last night.

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Henrik, A-T-N-R-I-T-H to the Yankees in right field.

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Williams, a Boston in left field.

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DiMaggio, a New York in center field.

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West of Detroit at first base.

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Bobby Gore, a Boston, is going to start his second base tonight in face of Gordon.

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Benny Kelter of Cleveland will start at Thursday.

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Buddy Rozar of New York will be the starting catcher.

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And Jim Begbie, the famous son of a famous father, is going to be pitching.

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We also want to tell you friends that there is going to be a one-minute blackout here

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tonight.

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If you only experienced a blackout of 16 minutes at the Polo grounds last night.

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And tonight, at the end of the first half of the sixth inning, there will be a one-minute

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blackout.

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There will be a one-minute pause in the ballgame here and a one-minute blackout at the end

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of the first half of the sixth.

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It will be for just one minute and then the ballgame will resume.

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And remember that is just a trial blackout at the end of the first half of the sixth

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Friends, we're going to pause now before this ballgame gets underway for a station

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identification.

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You're listening to the exclusive presentation of the All-Star Game between the American

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League and the All-Star Service Team from the big municipal stadium in Cleveland, Ohio.

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And this is the Coast to Coast Network of the Mutual Broadcasting System.

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This is WGM, the voice of the people, Chicago.

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Friends, we're back here at Cleveland and we're listening now to and we're watching

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a ceremony of the lowering of the colors.

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What lets you hear it?

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The American flag out there to the left of the scoreboard, which was originally raised

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out there by the Senors, has just been lowered.

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That ceremony is over with and again this crowd of around 65,000 has stood at attention.

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The lights are all on here, the umpires who are out down here below us.

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By the way, our Mutual Broadcasting vantage point here is very splendid.

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We're in the upper deck.

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We're just to the left of the home plate.

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We have a very splendid spot here to look over this field.

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Here the umpire is coming out onto the field now and the American League team is stationed

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to our right, which is back of first base, and the service team is down here to our left.

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We might tell you too that at the real poke in this ballpark from home plate to the end

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of the right field foul line is 320 feet.

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To right center is 435.

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The dead center is really a magnificent poke.

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If anybody could hit it in there, a 470 feet.

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The left center field is 435 and down the left field line is 320.

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So both lines are the same.

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The left field is 320, the right field is 320, center field is 470, left center is 435,

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and right center is even a little bit farther.

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There's a spot back in there with that center field bleacher, has no roof on it, that is 463 feet.

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This is a huge double deck stadium.

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It's just a giant place.

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It's uh, in fact it dwarfs you when you sit in here and look at it.

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It's a complete double deck circle all the way around except right across in center field

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where there is a bleacher with no stand that goes right across the entire center field section.

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The umpires are up here around the home plate now talking to the uh coaches.

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I see Artie Fletcher up there and Mike Cochran is up there for the service team.

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The soldiers and sailors are getting off the field and the setting now is just about perfect

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for this great game here in Cleveland tonight.

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We've already given you the lineup twice but it's going to be called around to the people here in the stands

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and for the first three innings in the ball game tonight we're going to listen to Jack Rainey

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of station WHK in Cleveland.

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Jack broadcasts all the ball games here in Cleveland.

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He's familiar with this stadium and I know he's going to give you a splendid picture

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of the first three innings of this game.

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So we're just about a minute and a half to game time and I know he has some things that

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he'd like to tell you so come in Jack Rainey.

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Bob this is the field in which Bob Seller who is starting for the all-star service team tonight

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created a record of 18 strikeouts when he pitched against the Detroit Tigers a few years back.

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It was the second of the first game to double header in the last day of the season

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when Bob brought that pass ball through to strikeout 18 batters and beat Dizzy Dean's record of 17.

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Bob had already tied it but went out and hit it.

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He's already tied it but went out and beat that record.

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The boys are still around home plate there going over the ground rules and the fans are

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still coming in.

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The soldiers and sailors are now marching off the field going up into the left field

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stand the lower left field stand.

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They're pointing out towards right field there apparently they want to know just what will

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happen if a spectator leaps out and grabs that ball down the right field line and they're

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on the ground rule.

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In just a moment the American League players the American League is the home team tonight

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so they're taking the field.

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The winners of last night's all-star game the American League champions the home team

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they take the field and the all-star service team will be first at bat.

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The umpires tonight will be Spurik back on the plate.

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It'll be Bellofrant at first base, McDonough second and Balik at third base.

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Now after four and a half innings Spurik will exchange with Balik and Balik will come back

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to the plate after four and a half innings in this all-star game.

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Jim Bagby is out on the mound now warming up a big tall right-hander and as Wade Meuters

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already told you in opening that it was Jim's father who in 1920 the only World Series brought

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to Cleveland the only pennant and World Series Jim Bagby senior who now makes his home in

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Atlanta Georgia won 31 games for the Cleveland Indians.

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I think that Jim Jr. has a little more than his dad he has more than that fastball but

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is very much on the same order he has a fade away a fade away a knuckleball a fastball

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and a curve and for you fans naturally we know that a large number of you people listening

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in wish that you could be present at this great American League all-star service game.

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However knowing that this could be a physical impossibility the thought occurs to us that

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you might be interested in aiding this buying cause by sending him the price of a ticket

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or your seat at the radio.

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Our seats are $1.35 and $1.60.

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If you're interested and they send your contribution to the Cleveland Baseball Company

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one turn you'll see it is added to a combined Army and Navy Relief Fund.

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Bagby is still warming up while the soldiers and sailors are marching off the field.

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They can find an array of them out in center field as they're lowering their colors and

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now out in center field the one group just starting to march off.

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The infield taking their warm-up practice.

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It's Rudy York you know playing first base, it's Bobby Dorr at second, it's Rudolf Short,

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Kenny Keltner playing third base.

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Williams in left field, Gautam Ajay the Yankee Kipper in center, Tommy Hendrick in right field

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with Bagby pitching, Rosar matching.

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The first man up will be Mullin, a left-hand hitter.

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This boy Mullin played great ball for Detroit when he was with them.

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And hit 345.

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So he'll be somewhat of a ball player and Mickey Coxton tonight has a great array of ball players here

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lined up against the American League champions.

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Not going to be any pushover for the American Leaguers to beat the all-star service team.

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It's still warming up as the boys are still marching under the stands.

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Here's the announcement on the umpires.

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Wood of the American League back of the plate.

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Gallifant of the National League at first base.

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McGowan of the American League at second base.

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Barlich of the National League at third base.

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Mullin has a gray uniform on with green socks, white stripes.

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No number on Mullin's uniform.

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Last night's ball game, Lou Goodrill leading off, getting that home run.

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The Cleveland fans got a great kick out of seeing, or hearing rather,

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Lou Goodrill getting that home run, followed by Rudy Yarks home run in the first inning

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after Tommy Hendrick had doubled.

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It was a great ball game and everybody enjoyed it.

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The fact that they think that the Cleveland boy had something to do with the win

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has created a lot of interest around in this section.

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The fans are still coming in. I know the crowd in the left and right wing upstairs.

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They're starting to fill up, and I would say they're close to 70 or 75,000 fans in this band.

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The record, you know, is 80,000.

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Glenn, the Philadelphia Athletics, played the Cleveland Indians here

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in the first game played in this stadium.

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Letty Grohl pitched against Mel Harder and defeated Mel Harder 1-0 in a great pitching duel.

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And it was Mickey Cochran, who is the manager of the All-Star team here tonight,

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who broke up that ball game with a base hit in the eighth inning.

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Manager Joe McCarthy has changed his lineup at second base tonight.

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Also back to the plate.

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Rose are catching with Bobby Doerr at second.

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And the ball is right up there in the batting in the American League.

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All right, the umpire says we better go ahead.

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The soldier is now lined up against the left field stand marching into the stands.

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The umpire says we better start.

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In just a moment we'll be ready to go.

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There's Rose-Eyre's throw down to Doerr at second base.

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Jim Bagby, a right-handed pitching for the American champions.

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Rose-Eyre back to the plate. Jim Bagby gets his signal.

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Star-C's wind up. Here's the first pitch of the ball game. Here it comes.

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And it's a hot shot down toward short. Woodrow takes it on the big hop to throw to first.

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He's out. Woodrow to York on the first ball pitch.

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One out. Nobody on.

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And Jenny McCoy of the Philadelphia Athletics, the left-hand hitter up.

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As a matter of fact, the All-Star team, the first six batters are left-handers.

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Left-hand hitters. McCoy steps into the batter's box. Jim Bagby now has called time.

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He wants to get together with Rose-Eyre on the signal.

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Rose-Eyre is cutting out halfway to the pitcher's mound. They're there talking it over.

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Jim has plenty of different pitches, you know.

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He has a very sneak pass when he doesn't take much of a wind up and he blows that fast one through.

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He has a screwball. He has a knuckleball and a very good curveball.

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All right. The boys are together. Rose-Eyre comes back to the plate, gets down to give the signal.

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It's McCoy up with one out. Nobody on the first half of the first inning.

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No score. Bagby winds up. Here it is.

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Ball one. A curveball low and inside.

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Out on McCoy. One and nothing.

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Bagby gets his signal. He's winding up. Here it is.

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Ball two. A fastball low and inside on the count is now two and nothing.

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McCoy is a short, heavy set fellow.

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Takes a very good cut at the ball. Has plenty of power.

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Here's the wind up. Here it is.

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Ball three. Low and inside.

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A fastball just missed the inside corner and the count is now three and nothing.

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Here's the wind up. Here it comes.

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Ball four. Low and inside.

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And McCoy cuts down the first base.

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The number eight, Don Padgett of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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Don Padgett of the St. Louis Cardinals.

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A big fellow and I noticed him in batting practice. He takes a terrific cut at that ball.

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He's a left-hand hitter. Steps into the batter's box. It's McCoy on first base.

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One out. Bagby takes his stretch. Here it comes.

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Ball one. A fastball just missed the outside corner.

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Stewart back in the place and all calling balls and strikes.

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Bagby gets his signal. Comes up to pitching position.

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Here's the pitch. Foul. Back to the screen.

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This boy Padgett had a nice cut at that fast one.

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Rosar gets a new ball. So Mumphire Stewart rubs it up, walks partly out to the pitcher's mound and tosses it to Bagby.

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The count is now one and one on Padgett.

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First half, the first inning, no score. McCoy is on first heading walk.

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Bagby gets his signal, takes his stretch. Here's the pitch.

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Foul. Back to the screen and Padgett almost fell down as he swung and foul leoprenov.

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And the count is now two strikes, one ball. Both fastballs through there.

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Bagby looks out at the scoreboard to see what the count is. It's two strikes, one ball.

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Rosar down, giving the signal.

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Bagby takes his stretch. Here's the pitch.

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Ball two. That fast one just missed the outside corner.

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Count is even, two and two.

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Bagby goes back to the rousin. Bagby steps down the rubber.

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Takes his stretch. Here's the pitch.

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And it's a high fly ball. In short, left heel just inside the line.

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And there it goes. It drops inside the line. And there it goes. McCoy to second base.

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He rounded second base. The ball drops among Keltner, Boudreaux, and Williams.

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A high popper just inside the left heel line in short left heel as Boudreaux, Keltner, and Williams race after that ball.

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McCoy at round of second base. The ball bounded up to Boudreaux and he raced back to second.

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A single for Padgett.

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That brings up Cecil Travis, the shortstop, a left-hand hitter. McCoy on second base.

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Padgett on first. One man out, first half of the first inning, no score. Here's the stretch.

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Here it comes. Ball one, middle outside.

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Down on Travis, one and nothing.

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Service boys are making a good first score in this inning. Here's the stretch.

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Here it comes. Ball two, low and inside on the count is now two and nothing.

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Rosar walks out in front of the gate, snaps the ball back to Bagby.

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Bagby now gets his signal, makes his stretch. Here's the pitch.

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Ball three, a little outside, a fast ball just missed the outside corner on the count, three and nothing.

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A great set out here tonight, fans.

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Stand almost filled. Here's the stretch.

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Here it comes. Ball.

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Just a moment.

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A ball.

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There's a warm-up pitcher down in right field.

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On that pitch, which was inside, Saddle stood there for a moment.

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Ball four on the base of the field.

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That brings up Grape.

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Right fielder, left-hand hitter, three on, one off. Here's the windup.

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Ball one, a third ball low. Count on Grape, one and nothing.

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Here's the picture, fans. McCoy on third base, Paget on second.

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Travis on first with one out.

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Grape up, left-hand hitter, the infielder's back. Bagby winds up.

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Here it is.

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Ball two, a little outside, a fast ball on the count on Grape is now two and nothing.

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Charlie Red Ruffing sliding the warm-up down in the American League bullpen.

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They step back into the batter's box.

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Bagby gets his signal. He's winding up. Here it is.

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Ball three, outside, a fast ball.

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And the count, three and nothing, with three on and one out. First half, the first inning, no score.

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Bagby winds up.

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Here it is. Fast ball, fast ball left down in the alley.

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Crowd cheers, and Bagby gets up and over. Three and one on the count.

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Bagby starts his windup. Here it comes.

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Take two, Paul. Another fast ball, really high through the center.

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Count is now three and two. McCoy on third.

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Paget on second.

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Travis on first, one out.

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Bagby lining up. Here it comes.

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And he's caught.

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And back far, he high.

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Grape called out on strikes, and that's nice picking by Jim Bagby after a count of three and nothing.

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Johnny Sturm of the New York Yankees.

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Johnny Sturm of the New York Yankees, the left-hand hitter up.

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Johnny and all have the most important of having a finger.

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Advocated here a short time ago. Bagby winds up. Here it is.

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Now, bound and back to the fans.

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Johnny Sturm, who played first base for the Yankees before ending the service.

320
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The left-hand hitter up.

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One of the first ball-picks, foul it off.

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Now, Luzar gets a new ball, walks partly up the pitch, and mounts it.

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And the ball is in the basket.

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And the ball is in the basket.

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One of the first ball-picks, foul it off. Now, Luzar gets a new ball, walks partly up the pitch, and mounts it.

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Something to Jim Bagby, crossing the ball, and comes back with position, back in the plate.

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It's the first half, the first inning, and Ole's. No slower.

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Penny McCoy is down third base.

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Peska down second, and Travis down first. Two out.

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Bagby gets his finger, winds up. Here it is.

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Comes to ground for all the fouls. First base, bang.

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Comber comes up and fouls all the first. He's out.

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And the ball is to be watched on the high bounder down the third base line. He's carrying it by.

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And maddening, no runs.

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Run hit.

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And two bases on foul. Three men left on bases.

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Now we go to the last half of the first inning. Debo Driller coming up to bat. Getting a great man.

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Debo Driller will be chasing Bob Culler in the hole.

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Bob Culler on the mound, pitching.

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You know, Bob Culler has always been referred to as a speedball pitcher.

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And on a county's terrific speed, they have overlooked that great curve ball that Bob has.

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He has a real curve ball. One of those seemed to explode.

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That's the long throw that he was pitching for Cullin.

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Saw him with a count of three and two on a batter break that curve ball on the right hand hitter.

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And the right hand hitter was called out sitting on the ground.

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That's just the way that curve ball exploded.

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The 12-star team. It's Clarem playing first base. McCauley playing second. Travis.

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And they have their base.

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It's Taget in left field. Mullen in center. And Grape in right field.

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All right, there's the last one on pitch.

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Boudreau steps into the batter's box.

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This, you know, cost the Pittsburgh.

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Boudreau, right hand hitter, steps into the batter's box. He's leading off.

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Or the all-service team. Rack the first inning. Oh, Scorpola winds up. Here it comes.

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Ball one. That's fast one outside.

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Down on Boudreau, one-nothing.

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Bob gets his signal. Bob has the habit of leaning over, looking for that signal. He's winding up.

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Here it is. And it's a high fly ball by out of short right center field.

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And here comes the center fielder, Mullen, and then takes it in short center field.

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A high fly ball from Boudreau's set taken by Mullen in center field. One out.

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Nobody on. Tommy Hendricks is up.

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Tommy Hendricks, last night, his first time up.

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That pass space running. Double. Here's the wind up. Here it comes.

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Ball one. A curve ball broke low and inside. The count on Tommy Hendricks, one-of-nothing.

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Tommy's a left-hand hitter, you know, and a great, has great wrist action up there.

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Bob Feller, a right hander, out of the mound, gets his signal. He's winding up. Here it is.

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Strike ball.

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Looks like a half-speed curve ball that dropped over there.

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Count on Tommy Hendricks is even, one-on-one.

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Bob takes plenty of time rubbing up that new ball, gets his signal, starts his wind up. Here it is.

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A two swinging left curve ball, broken around.

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The feet.

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And Tommy Hendricks started swinging, tried to hold back, but went around. The count is now two strikes and one ball.

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Steps down, giving the signal. Bob Feller starts his wind up.

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Here it is. And it's a hot bounder back to the box that hit Feller on the foot and the ball is made for a space one strike.

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But Tommy Hendricks gets credit for a single.

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Tavis going over fast. That ball hit Bob Feller on the toes. It went by over second base. Tavis coming over fast.

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Grants the ball, toss the first, but Hendricks beat it out for a single.

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Tommy Hendricks on first base, one man out. Ted Williams, the left fielder is up, the left man hitter.

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Feller takes his bet.

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And steps back off the rubber.

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All right, he's back on now.

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Thumbs up the pitching position.

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Here's the pitch.

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Ball one, low. Fast ball low on a count on Ted Williams, one and nothing.

386
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Last half, the first inning and all. No score. Tommy Hendricks, just single, is on first base.

387
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One out, Williams up. Count one ball and no strikes.

388
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Here's the stretch.

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Here it comes.

390
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Ball, that third ball clamped over the center. Down on Ted Williams, he's even one and one.

391
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Feller gets his single.

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Takes his bet.

393
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,320
Here's the pitch.

394
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Ball two, left to left, a little inside.

395
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Down on Ted Williams, there's now two balls, one strike.

396
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He keeps talking. Smith, catcher back to the plate there.

397
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All right, Bob Feller is ready, comes up the pitching position.

398
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That's the ball over the first base. The turn, Henry gets back, turn, crosses back to Feller.

399
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Feller back on the rubber. Takes the stretch.

400
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Here's the pitch.

401
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By two balls, another first ball that's not really on the outside corner. On the count on Williams, it's now even two and two. Bob now goes back to the rosters. He's looking around the half field.

402
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Steps down the rubber. One out, you know. Henry down first base, Williams up left hand, hitter to count two and two.

403
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Steps down, giving the signal. Feller takes his bet. Here's the pitch. Ball three, third ball low.

404
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Now it's now three and two.

405
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Three and two is the count. Feller steps down the mound, comes up the pitching position.

406
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Steps back off the rubber. Back on again. Takes his bet.

407
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That's the ball over the first base that Henry gets back. Turn, crosses back to Feller.

408
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Feller again back on the rubber. Comes up the pitching position. Here's the pitch. There goes Henry.

409
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And a pitch foul off to the left of the plate into the upper stand.

410
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Tommy Henry's going to let the count three and two as often as second base. Williams swinging that third ball, foul it off.

411
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Count the name of the thing, three and two. Last half, the first inning and all. No score.

412
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All-star service game here at the stadium in Cleveland.

413
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Feller comes up the pitching position. Here's the pitch. There goes Henry.

414
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Ball four, high pass ball. Williams walks. Here's your next batter, number five, Jody Maggio.

415
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Jody Maggio, center fielder, come out. A grand ball player and a great fellow.

416
00:34:12,320 --> 00:34:21,320
The striker's on second base. Williams on first, one out. Jody Maggio, right hand hitter, the center fielder up.

417
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And he's down, giving the signal.

418
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:35,320
Durham is playing off first base. Back to Williams. Here's the pitch.

419
00:34:35,320 --> 00:34:42,320
Here it comes. Right clean. First ball is left outside. Jody Maggio, one hard and missed.

420
00:34:42,320 --> 00:34:58,320
Feller back on the runner. Comes up the pitching position.

421
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:05,320
Here's the pitch. That's the grand ball back to the back. Ball goes for the ball and rolls out in the center field.

422
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And here comes Henry around third base and scores. Williams sliding in the third.

423
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:16,320
A single for Jody Maggio, right to the back. Over second base. McCoy, waiting over.

424
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:18,320
Three breaks. Go for the ball. He's hitting it.

425
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And it's rolled out in the short center field. Henry's scoring. Williams sliding in the third. And the score is now, Nellie from League One and the All-Star Service team loving.

426
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That brings up Ruby Yart. Ruby Yart, the right hand hitter up. Williams on third. Jody Maggio on first and one out. The infield is playing back.

427
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Bob Feller takes his step. Here's the pitch. That's the grand ball.

428
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There goes Grape away back to the back under and takes it. Almost got it.

429
00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:56,320
And Maggio all the way over to second base and starting back to first is Williams.

430
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That's been kept on the plate of the score. He's now, Henry can make all-stars, too.

431
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And the All-Star Service team loving.

432
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:14,320
Dark throw deep. A great almost to the back and right center field.

433
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:26,320
Brings up Bobby Doerr, the second baseman. Right hand hitter. Two men out. Jody Maggio on first base. Feller takes his stretch. Here's the pitch.

434
00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:40,320
All one. Third ball low and outside.

435
00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:49,320
Feller gets his signal, comes up to pitching position. Here's the pitch. That's a high foul ball to the left of the plate.

436
00:36:49,320 --> 00:36:59,320
Smith has his mass ball, but here comes and enters under and takes it to third base and takes it down the third base line of foul retiring the side.

437
00:36:59,320 --> 00:37:10,320
Now we pause for station identification. This is the mutual broadcasting system.

438
00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,320
WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago.

439
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:22,320
Well, here we are back at the stadium in Cleveland with the All-Star Service team playing the championship American League team.

440
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:28,320
Going into the first half of second inning with the American League team leading 2-0.

441
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:41,320
In that last inning, two runs on two hits. One day tomball and one man left.

442
00:37:41,320 --> 00:37:47,320
Andrews, the third baseman, who caught that last foul ball. The right hand hitter is the first man up.

443
00:37:47,320 --> 00:37:51,320
The first man up to face Jim Bagby, who was down the mound.

444
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:58,320
Rosar back to the plate. Bagby winds up. Here it comes. Ball one. Inside a fast ball.

445
00:37:58,320 --> 00:38:04,320
Andrews, number 19, on his back of his shirt. Bagby winding up. Here's the pitch.

446
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:12,320
Strike ball. A fast ball at the outside corner. The count is even, one on one.

447
00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:22,320
First half of second inning. Here's the windup. Here it is. And it's a line drive foul down the left field line.

448
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:35,320
Into the stands. Slow curve and Andrews made a fast run out of it. A line drive foul. The count is now two strikes, one ball.

449
00:38:35,320 --> 00:38:42,320
Bagby back on the rubber. Winding up. Here it comes. And it's a hot shot down the right field.

450
00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:47,320
Tommy Henry comes up with the ball and toss it in. Two good runs second.

451
00:38:47,320 --> 00:38:52,320
Henry's left a hot shot down the green yard and door. Out to right field for a single.

452
00:38:52,320 --> 00:39:01,320
Rosar crops out to have a word with Jim Bagby.

453
00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:08,320
That brings up Smith, the catcher. Right hand hitter. Andrews on first base.

454
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:14,320
Nobody out. Bagby takes his stretch. Here's the pitch. Foul off to the right of the plate.

455
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:19,320
Here comes Rosar racing over near the boxers. Got a cut in front of the Indian dugout.

456
00:39:19,320 --> 00:39:31,320
And bounds into the stands. And the count on Smith, one strike.

457
00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:38,320
Andrews on first base. The food going out from ten to have a word with Jim Bagby.

458
00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:44,320
First half to second inning and all. The American Leaguers leading two to nothing.

459
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:48,320
All right. We're back in position. Bagby gets his signal, takes his stretch.

460
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:54,320
Here's the pitch. Foul. Back into the upper stand to the right of the plate.

461
00:39:54,320 --> 00:40:02,320
Count on Smith, two strikes. The new ball is tossed out to Jim Bagby.

462
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:08,320
Bagby standing on the mound looking for that signal. Comes up to pitching position.

463
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:16,320
Here's the pitch. Ball. One. Almost a wild pitch. A curve ball away outside.

464
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:24,320
Count is now two strikes, one ball.

465
00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:30,320
Smith down giving the signal. Rosar rather. Here's the stretch. Here it comes.

466
00:40:30,320 --> 00:40:35,320
Spike. Free ball. Curve ball at the outside corner. Smith.

467
00:40:35,320 --> 00:40:42,320
Ball out on Siphon.

468
00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:56,320
And here comes Bob Feller. After that, getting a big hand.

469
00:40:56,320 --> 00:41:03,320
Bob stops on his way up from the batting circle, picks up the rosin bag, rests a little on his hands, and walks up to the plate.

470
00:41:03,320 --> 00:41:12,320
The right hand hitter. And he's on first base. One out.

471
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:17,320
Jim Bagby on the mound. Takes his stretch. Here's the pitch. Strike. Queen.

472
00:41:17,320 --> 00:41:27,320
Feller's going to miss the count. One strike.

473
00:41:27,320 --> 00:41:33,320
Bagby comes up to pitching position. Here's the pitch. Spike. Two. Ball.

474
00:41:33,320 --> 00:41:48,320
Fast ball at the outside corner. And the count on Bob Feller is now two and nothing.

475
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:55,320
Bagby gets his signal. Takes the stretch. Here it comes. Ball. One. Curve ball broke outside.

476
00:41:55,320 --> 00:42:00,320
Count on Feller is now two strikes and one ball.

477
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:06,320
Andries will let off with a single as on first. You know he's not taking much of a lead.

478
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:19,320
Bagby on the mound. Comes up to pitching position. Here's the pitch. Ball. Two. A little outside and the count is now even two and two on Feller.

479
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:23,320
Bob has that bat back in position to swing.

480
00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:31,320
Bagby takes his stretch. Here it comes. Going to start high. Popper right in front of the plate. Going down the third baseline.

481
00:42:31,320 --> 00:42:38,320
Here comes Keltner on her and takes it. Feller pops high.

482
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:44,320
To Keltner just to the left of the plate down the third baseline. Two men out.

483
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:53,320
Nobody on. Or rather Andries on first base. And Mullin is up for a second tip to lead off man. He's a left hand hitter the first time up at the first ball pitch.

484
00:42:53,320 --> 00:42:59,320
Down the truck without Poudreau. Two yards.

485
00:42:59,320 --> 00:43:05,320
Steps into the batter's box. Here's the stretch. Here it comes.

486
00:43:05,320 --> 00:43:16,320
Ball one. Little outside. The old screwball. Count on Mullin. One ball. No strike.

487
00:43:16,320 --> 00:43:23,320
Here's the stretch. Here it comes. Foul coming right back over on U2.

488
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,320
Right here. Right back of us.

489
00:43:26,320 --> 00:43:38,320
And the count on Mullin is now even one on one. You have to watch those foul balls when they come back. Wrap to hit a railing or the concrete up here in rebound.

490
00:43:38,320 --> 00:43:46,320
Two balls lost up. Jim Bagby now is standing on the rubber. Mullin up left hand hitter the count. One on one with two outs. Andries on first.

491
00:43:46,320 --> 00:43:50,320
Bagby gets his signal. Takes the stretch. Here it comes.

492
00:43:50,320 --> 00:43:59,320
Strike two called. Fast ball at the inside corner and he hides.

493
00:43:59,320 --> 00:44:07,320
Mullin steps out of the batter's box. Back in now.

494
00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:12,320
Bagby comes up to pitching position. Here's the pitch.

495
00:44:12,320 --> 00:44:23,320
Ball two. The old screwball away outside. Now there's even two and two.

496
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:31,320
On Mullin the center fielder left hand hitter with two outs. Runner on first. Here's the stretch. Here it comes.

497
00:44:31,320 --> 00:44:33,320
And it's a line drive.

498
00:44:33,320 --> 00:44:47,320
Williams going up fast and he pulls it down. A line drive to left center field taken by Williams. This boy Williams covers a lot of ground out there. He doesn't look as if he's covering much but he loathes after that ball. He pulled that line drive down from Mullin's back.

499
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:50,320
He's carrying the side.

500
00:44:50,320 --> 00:45:08,320
And in that inning no runs. One hit.

501
00:45:08,320 --> 00:45:22,320
Now he's going to have to pass the second inning. And the leadoff man will be Kenny Cumber, third baseman. The all championship American League team.

502
00:45:22,320 --> 00:45:31,320
This will be all star game last night in New York. Kenny Cumber, Tommy, who lost the replay last night in New York.

503
00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:41,320
He's going to bring it up for Hudson-Front down to third baseman. Especially coming in on those low hit balls. Pick them up with one hand and pull them down to first base.

504
00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:45,320
The right hand hitter has great coverage.

505
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:51,320
He's going to hold for the words and he stands up to the plate. That's almost most of it.

506
00:45:51,320 --> 00:45:55,320
And the ball inside he flips that thing around.

507
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:58,320
Leading off.

508
00:45:58,320 --> 00:46:07,320
Going into the last half of the second inning with the American League team leading 2-0 having gotten two runs in the first inning. Bob Feller, a right hander on the mound, winds up.

509
00:46:07,320 --> 00:46:12,320
Here he comes. And it's a line drive going off the deep center field.

510
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:17,320
There goes Mullin away. Back it's over. He can't roll it off of the track. Cutler's bombing first base. He's bombing second.

511
00:46:17,320 --> 00:46:24,320
The throw is made in. Toon's far left center field and Cutler comes up at third base standing up.

512
00:46:24,320 --> 00:46:32,320
A line drive over Mullin's head to left center field. It's back. Cutler races around first base and pulls up at third standing up for a couple.

513
00:46:32,320 --> 00:46:34,320
The ball was well backed.

514
00:46:34,320 --> 00:46:41,320
Here it is. Number 12, the Losar of the New York Yankees.

515
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:44,320
A new Losar.

516
00:46:44,320 --> 00:46:48,320
After the New York Yankees.

517
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:53,320
Right hand hitter steps in at about his box.

518
00:46:53,320 --> 00:47:00,320
Gets around third base, nobody out. In field is about halfway in. Feller winds up. Here he comes.

519
00:47:00,320 --> 00:47:04,320
Strike call. The first ball pitch was curved over. It snapped over the center.

520
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:10,320
There's a little activity now down in the All-Star service team. Bolten and left field.

521
00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:15,320
Rigney starting to warm up. A right hander.

522
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:18,320
Feller gets his signal. Winding up. Here it is.

523
00:47:18,320 --> 00:47:28,320
Ball one. A sweeping curve ball outside. Down on Buddy Rosar. Right hand hitter is even one and one.

524
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:32,320
Gelsner on third and nobody out.

525
00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:36,320
Smith down giving the signal.

526
00:47:36,320 --> 00:47:40,320
Bob Feller winds up. Here's the pitch.

527
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:44,320
Ball two. A fast call outside.

528
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:48,320
Rosar started but held back on that one.

529
00:47:48,320 --> 00:47:58,320
Out is now two balls, one strike.

530
00:47:58,320 --> 00:48:04,320
Gelsner taking a short lead off third base. Nobody out, you know.

531
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,320
Feller starts his wind up. Here's the pitch.

532
00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:16,320
A hot shot down the field. Short end third going out to left field. A base hit. A single and something is caught in from third.

533
00:48:16,320 --> 00:48:23,320
As they toss the ball in the second base, a single ball, Rosar, a hot shot down the field.

534
00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:30,320
And that's all.

535
00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:38,320
Time is called. Looks like Rigney coming into a face Bob Feller on the mound.

536
00:48:38,320 --> 00:48:43,320
It's Rigney coming in.

537
00:48:43,320 --> 00:48:49,320
The score you know is now American League champions three.

538
00:48:49,320 --> 00:49:01,320
U.S. service team nothing. Bob Feller getting a big hand as he walks to the bench.

539
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:04,320
Well, Rigney now is up.

540
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:07,320
Start his warm up pitches.

541
00:49:07,320 --> 00:49:13,320
And Bob Feller was on the mound in the first inning. Tommy Hendricks single.

542
00:49:13,320 --> 00:49:16,320
And Joe DiMaggio single making two hits in the first inning.

543
00:49:16,320 --> 00:49:24,320
Keltner in this inning started off with a line drive triple to the track over Mullins head of left center field.

544
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:31,320
Rosar single between short and third out to left field driving in Keltner to put the American League team in the lead.

545
00:49:31,320 --> 00:49:37,320
Three to nothing. So that they have made, Bob Feller gave up four hits.

546
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:45,320
Three singles and a triple.

547
00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:52,320
And we're changing catchers too. Frankie Pitlak is coming in to replace Smiths.

548
00:49:52,320 --> 00:49:59,320
Back of the plate for the all-service team.

549
00:49:59,320 --> 00:50:06,320
Your opponent is playing number 18, Frankie Pitlak now in the lead.

550
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:16,320
And Frankie Pitlak is getting a big hand.

551
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:21,320
So the battery now for the all-star team, all-star service team.

552
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:25,320
Rigney pitching, Pitlak catching.

553
00:50:25,320 --> 00:50:29,320
It's Rosar on first base, you know, nobody out. Jim Bagby right hand hitter up.

554
00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:31,320
Rigney takes a stretch, here it comes.

555
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:35,320
Powell in attempting the bunny, Powell that one back to the stand to count on Bagby one strike.

556
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:40,320
Frankie Pitlak toss the new ball out to Rigney.

557
00:50:40,320 --> 00:50:44,320
Rosar on first, you know, with nobody out.

558
00:50:44,320 --> 00:50:47,320
Last half of the second.

559
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:50,320
American League leading three to nothing.

560
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,320
Rigney gets the signal, takes the stretch, here it comes.

561
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:55,320
Ball one low and outside.

562
00:50:55,320 --> 00:51:06,320
And on Bagby is now even one on one.

563
00:51:06,320 --> 00:51:09,320
Rigney steps down the rubber, comes up to pitching position.

564
00:51:09,320 --> 00:51:13,320
Here's the pitch, and it's Powell in attempting the bun.

565
00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:16,320
Bagby, Powell that one off, it drops dead at the plate.

566
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:21,320
Pitlak picks it up, toss it to Andrews down the third baseline, he toss it to Rigney.

567
00:51:21,320 --> 00:51:30,320
Now there's now two strikes and one ball on Bagby.

568
00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,320
All right, we're back in position.

569
00:51:32,320 --> 00:51:34,320
Rigney takes the stretch, here it comes.

570
00:51:34,320 --> 00:51:37,320
And it's strike three in attempting the butt, the throw is made down to Sturm at first base,

571
00:51:37,320 --> 00:51:40,320
and Rosar is out on the throw.

572
00:51:40,320 --> 00:51:42,320
Pitlak to Sturm.

573
00:51:42,320 --> 00:51:45,320
Going over that play again, Bagby up at the count, two strikes and one ball,

574
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:48,320
on the next pitch he attempted to punt, he missed.

575
00:51:48,320 --> 00:51:54,320
And Frankie Pitlak flipped that ball down to Sturm who tagged Rosar sliding back to first.

576
00:51:54,320 --> 00:51:58,320
Two men out, nobody on.

577
00:51:58,320 --> 00:52:00,320
Blue Boudreaux is up.

578
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:07,320
Boudreaux the first time up, slide high to Mullin in short center field.

579
00:52:07,320 --> 00:52:11,320
Boudreaux right hand hitter up, Rigney winds up, here it comes.

580
00:52:11,320 --> 00:52:17,320
Strike call, that's fast one, and Johnny seems awfully fast out there, right down the center.

581
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:20,320
Rigney gets his signal, he's winding up, here it is.

582
00:52:20,320 --> 00:52:22,320
And it's a slow bound in front of the plate, foul.

583
00:52:22,320 --> 00:52:24,320
Get the plate and foul it out, foul.

584
00:52:24,320 --> 00:52:28,320
Pitlak picks it up, toss it to Sturm, down to first base he toss into Rigney.

585
00:52:28,320 --> 00:52:33,320
The count is now two strikes on Blue Boudreaux.

586
00:52:33,320 --> 00:52:36,320
Boudreaux up for the second trip with two outs, nobody on.

587
00:52:36,320 --> 00:52:39,320
Rigney gets his signal, he's winding up, here it is.

588
00:52:39,320 --> 00:52:44,320
Foul, back to the press box.

589
00:52:44,320 --> 00:52:53,320
The counts remain the same on Boudreaux, he's swing, swung late at that fast ball, just got a piece of it.

590
00:52:53,320 --> 00:52:57,320
Rigney gets his signal, starts his wind up, here it is.

591
00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:03,320
Ball one, over the head, and Boudreaux went to the ground.

592
00:53:03,320 --> 00:53:06,320
Rigney's working fast out there.

593
00:53:06,320 --> 00:53:12,320
The foul swim boy has plenty on that fast ball tonight.

594
00:53:12,320 --> 00:53:17,320
Little Frankie Pitlak down giving the signal, two outs, nobody on, you know.

595
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:20,320
Last half a second, the American League team leading three to nothing.

596
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:22,320
Here's the wind up, here it comes.

597
00:53:22,320 --> 00:53:26,320
Ball two, a curve ball outside.

598
00:53:26,320 --> 00:53:30,320
Count is even on Boudreaux, two and two.

599
00:53:30,320 --> 00:53:32,320
Rigney winds up, here it is.

600
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:40,320
Ball three, a fast ball over but high, three and two is the count.

601
00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:43,320
Rigney winds up, here's the pitch.

602
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:49,320
Dents of fly ball going out the short center field, and here comes Demageouin and takes it.

603
00:53:49,320 --> 00:53:57,320
Or whether Grace in and takes it, or Reddell Mullin by the way, Mullin takes it in short center field.

604
00:53:57,320 --> 00:54:03,320
And that repairs the side, Boudreaux flying the Mullin in short center.

605
00:54:03,320 --> 00:54:17,320
And Demageouin one run on two hits.

606
00:54:17,320 --> 00:54:22,320
Mark Fletcher now caught up to umpire Stuart there at the plate.

607
00:54:22,320 --> 00:54:26,320
I don't know whether they're going to make a change here or not.

608
00:54:26,320 --> 00:54:35,320
But it's going to be on the mound pitching for the American League team that grows our back of the plate.

609
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:42,320
Your attention please, number ten, Lazudo playing shortstop.

610
00:54:42,320 --> 00:54:52,320
Lazudo playing short instead of Boudreaux for the American League team.

611
00:54:52,320 --> 00:55:04,320
Little Lazudo, short heavy step boy that races around and bounds around and feels that ball.

612
00:55:04,320 --> 00:55:10,320
First man up is McCoy, the second baseman. Jim Dagdy on the mound winds up, here it comes.

613
00:55:10,320 --> 00:55:16,320
Ball one, a little outside a fast ball.

614
00:55:16,320 --> 00:55:18,320
McCoy up for his second trip.

615
00:55:18,320 --> 00:55:22,320
First time up, walk, here's the windup. That's a high foul over our heads here.

616
00:55:22,320 --> 00:55:25,320
Coming right down.

617
00:55:25,320 --> 00:55:27,320
Wade Hoyt tried to catch that one a little out of his reach.

618
00:55:27,320 --> 00:55:30,320
I don't know whether to charge him with an error or not on that one.

619
00:55:30,320 --> 00:55:34,320
But the count is one on one on McCoy leading off. First half, the third inning.

620
00:55:34,320 --> 00:55:37,320
Dagdy gets his signal, winds up, here it comes.

621
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:41,320
Strike two, call a curve ball at the inside corner.

622
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:44,320
The first half, the third inning and all.

623
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:49,320
American League team leading three to nothing. Making two runs in the first inning, one in the second.

624
00:55:49,320 --> 00:55:52,320
Dagdy winding up, here's the pitch.

625
00:55:52,320 --> 00:55:55,320
That's a high five ball going out the right center field.

626
00:55:55,320 --> 00:56:00,320
Jordan Maggio is cutting over to his left center and takes it for the first out.

627
00:56:00,320 --> 00:56:03,320
McCoy is tied high and deep.

628
00:56:03,320 --> 00:56:08,320
Jordan Maggio in right center field.

629
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:16,320
One out, nobody on, and Paget, the left fielder, is up.

630
00:56:16,320 --> 00:56:20,320
Left hand hitter the first time up, single.

631
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,320
He steps into the batter's box, Dagdy winding up, here it comes.

632
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:32,320
Ball one, a curve ball over but low.

633
00:56:32,320 --> 00:56:36,320
Those are down, the signal, Dagdy winds up, here's the pitch.

634
00:56:36,320 --> 00:56:40,320
Foul, back to the screen, the old screwball up there.

635
00:56:40,320 --> 00:56:42,320
Paget out ahead with his swing, foul it off.

636
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:45,320
The count is even, one on one.

637
00:56:45,320 --> 00:56:54,320
Rosar gets a new ball from umpire Stuart, walks out in front of the plate, toss it to Jim Dagby.

638
00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:56,320
All right, we're back in position now.

639
00:56:56,320 --> 00:57:00,320
Dagby starts his windup, here it comes.

640
00:57:00,320 --> 00:57:10,320
Ball two, outside on the count, on Paget is now two balls and one strike.

641
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:13,320
Dagby winding up, here's the pitch.

642
00:57:13,320 --> 00:57:17,320
Foul, back over our heads here into the upper stands.

643
00:57:17,320 --> 00:57:26,320
Count is now even two and two.

644
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,320
Paget steps out of the batter's box, back in now.

645
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:32,320
There's one out and nobody on, you know, first half to third.

646
00:57:32,320 --> 00:57:34,320
American League team leading three to nothing.

647
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:37,320
Dagby winds up, here it is.

648
00:57:37,320 --> 00:57:44,320
Ball, free the old screwball just missed the outside corner.

649
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:47,320
Jim, you know, mixes them up very well, Jim Dagby.

650
00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:50,320
That screwball to the left-handers.

651
00:57:50,320 --> 00:57:53,320
Back on the rubber, the count's three and two, he's winding up.

652
00:57:53,320 --> 00:57:58,320
Here's the pitch, foul, back to the screen.

653
00:57:58,320 --> 00:58:08,320
And umpire Stewart tosses that new ball out to Dagby.

654
00:58:08,320 --> 00:58:13,320
Paget out of the batter's box now, taking his time.

655
00:58:13,320 --> 00:58:20,320
Steps back in, Rose are down giving a signal.

656
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:23,320
Dagby starts, he's wind up, here's the pitch.

657
00:58:23,320 --> 00:58:26,320
That's a high fly ball going out the center field.

658
00:58:26,320 --> 00:58:33,320
DiMaggio is moving in under it and takes it for the second out.

659
00:58:33,320 --> 00:58:39,320
Two men out, nobody on, and Cecil Travis coming up.

660
00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:42,320
Travis the first time up, walks.

661
00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:46,320
Two put outs for Joe DiMaggio in this inning.

662
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:50,320
Travis the left-hand hitter steps into the batter's box.

663
00:58:50,320 --> 00:58:54,320
First half, the third inning, two outs, nobody on.

664
00:58:54,320 --> 00:58:56,320
American League leading three to nothing.

665
00:58:56,320 --> 00:59:00,320
Here's the pitch, ball one, outside.

666
00:59:00,320 --> 00:59:07,320
The old knuckleball missed the outside corner.

667
00:59:07,320 --> 00:59:09,320
Dagby gets his signal, starts, he's wind up.

668
00:59:09,320 --> 00:59:11,320
Here's the pitch.

669
00:59:11,320 --> 00:59:13,320
That's a line drive down the left field line.

670
00:59:13,320 --> 00:59:15,320
It's a base hit rolling off of the wall.

671
00:59:15,320 --> 00:59:17,320
It bounce off the wall, there goes Travis around first base.

672
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:21,320
Williams comes up with the ball and shoots it in to Rizzuto.

673
00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:26,320
In short left field he tosses it in to Keltner.

674
00:59:26,320 --> 00:59:42,320
A double for Travis, a line drive just inside the left field line out to the stands.

675
00:59:42,320 --> 00:59:45,320
Well that brings up race, the red fielder, the first time up, struck out.

676
00:59:45,320 --> 00:59:48,320
He's left-hand hitter, two outs, Travis down second.

677
00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:51,320
Dagby steps down the rubber, takes his stretch.

678
00:59:51,320 --> 00:59:52,320
Here's the pitch.

679
00:59:52,320 --> 00:59:54,320
That's a ground ball back to the box.

680
00:59:54,320 --> 00:59:58,320
Dagby leaps up, there's it with one hand to toss the first, he's out.

681
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:07,320
Dagby, New York, on a high bounder, the pitch is bound.

682
01:00:07,320 --> 01:00:09,320
Now we go to the last half, the third inning.

683
01:00:09,320 --> 01:00:14,320
Before the third inning starts we might pause for station identification.

684
01:00:14,320 --> 01:00:21,320
This is the mutual broadcasting system.

685
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:28,320
This is WGN with the voice of the people, Chicago.

686
01:00:28,320 --> 01:00:34,320
Well here we are back at the stadium in Cleveland where the All-Star Service team

687
01:00:34,320 --> 01:00:36,320
is playing the champions of the American League.

688
01:00:36,320 --> 01:00:40,320
There's the champion American League team, and we're going into the last half,

689
01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:44,320
the third inning with the American Leaguers leading 3-0.

690
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:46,320
And it's Tommy Hendricks leading off.

691
01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:49,320
Rigney on the mound, white-hander winds up, here it comes,

692
01:00:49,320 --> 01:00:54,320
that's a foul, a drive down the left field line into the stands.

693
01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:56,320
Down on Tommy Hendricks, one strike.

694
01:00:56,320 --> 01:00:58,320
Tommy Hendricks, his first time up.

695
01:00:58,320 --> 01:01:04,320
Bob Teller on the mound, slashed the singles through the box.

696
01:01:04,320 --> 01:01:07,320
He's up for his second trip, count one strike.

697
01:01:07,320 --> 01:01:10,320
Rigney, a right-hander on the mound, put like back of the plate.

698
01:01:10,320 --> 01:01:12,320
Rigney winds up, here it comes.

699
01:01:12,320 --> 01:01:17,320
Ball one, little outspout, a fast ball.

700
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:19,320
Count is even on Tommy Hendricks.

701
01:01:19,320 --> 01:01:22,320
Rigney gets his signal, winds up, here it is.

702
01:01:22,320 --> 01:01:28,320
Ball two, little outspout on the count, is now two balls, one strike.

703
01:01:28,320 --> 01:01:33,320
Last half, the third inning with the American Leaguers leading 3-0.

704
01:01:33,320 --> 01:01:36,320
Rigney winds up, here it comes.

705
01:01:36,320 --> 01:01:39,320
Ball three, a fast ball just missed the outside corner.

706
01:01:39,320 --> 01:01:46,320
Three and one is a count.

707
01:01:46,320 --> 01:01:49,320
American Leaguers making two runs from the first inning, one on the second.

708
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:51,320
Rigney winds up, here it is.

709
01:01:51,320 --> 01:02:00,320
Ball four, low and inside, Hendrick walks.

710
01:02:00,320 --> 01:02:04,320
And brings up Ed Williams, a left-hander, his first time up walk.

711
01:02:04,320 --> 01:02:07,320
He's a left-hand hitter.

712
01:02:07,320 --> 01:02:12,320
He steps into the batter's box, Hendrick on first base, nobody out.

713
01:02:12,320 --> 01:02:15,320
Rigney takes his stretch, here's the pitch.

714
01:02:15,320 --> 01:02:22,320
Ball low, a curve ball on the count on Williams, one and nothing.

715
01:02:22,320 --> 01:02:25,320
Ed keeps talking to the catcher when he's up there.

716
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:27,320
He throws the ball back to the pitcher.

717
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:30,320
Rigney takes his stretch, here's the pitch.

718
01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:32,320
Ball two, it's high.

719
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:34,320
And the count is now two and nothing.

720
01:02:34,320 --> 01:02:40,320
Now Rigney walks part way in to have a talk with Frankie Pitlak.

721
01:02:40,320 --> 01:02:49,320
Frankie tossing the ball and starts back to his position, back of the plate.

722
01:02:49,320 --> 01:02:52,320
All right, we're back in position now, Williams up, left-hand hitter.

723
01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:55,320
Hendrick on first, nobody out.

724
01:02:55,320 --> 01:02:58,320
Rigney takes his stretch, here's the pitch.

725
01:02:58,320 --> 01:03:01,320
Ball three, it's low.

726
01:03:01,320 --> 01:03:12,320
And the count is now three and nothing.

727
01:03:12,320 --> 01:03:15,320
Here's the stretch, here it comes.

728
01:03:15,320 --> 01:03:17,320
Ball four, high and outside.

729
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:25,320
Williams also walks and Tommy Hendrick goes to second.

730
01:03:25,320 --> 01:03:29,320
Well, that's two bases on balls and we have runners on first and second, nobody out.

731
01:03:29,320 --> 01:03:35,320
Last half of third inning, the American Leaguers leading by a score of three to nothing.

732
01:03:35,320 --> 01:03:37,320
And Joe DiMaggio comes up.

733
01:03:37,320 --> 01:03:42,320
Joe, the first time up, flaps the single over second base, a right-hand hitter.

734
01:03:42,320 --> 01:03:49,320
Depths into the batter's box.

735
01:03:49,320 --> 01:03:53,320
Rigney comes up to pitching position, here's the pitch.

736
01:03:53,320 --> 01:03:55,320
Ball one, low.

737
01:03:55,320 --> 01:04:02,320
Fast ball on the count and DiMaggio one and nothing.

738
01:04:02,320 --> 01:04:04,320
Pitlak down, giving that signal.

739
01:04:04,320 --> 01:04:07,320
Rigney takes his stretch, here it is.

740
01:04:07,320 --> 01:04:11,320
Ball two, it's inside.

741
01:04:11,320 --> 01:04:15,320
Rigney's a little dissatisfied that he can't get that ball over the plate.

742
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:24,320
Frankie Pitlak rubs the ball up well and toss it back to Rigney.

743
01:04:24,320 --> 01:04:27,320
Joe DiMaggio up, right-hand hitter that counts two balls, no strikes.

744
01:04:27,320 --> 01:04:29,320
Hendrick on second, you know, Williams on first, nobody out.

745
01:04:29,320 --> 01:04:31,320
Here's the stretch, here it comes.

746
01:04:31,320 --> 01:04:35,320
And it's a high foul ball down the third base line.

747
01:04:35,320 --> 01:04:38,320
Henry's coming over under it, waiting for it, and takes it.

748
01:04:38,320 --> 01:04:47,320
Back of third base, a high foul from DiMaggio's fast.

749
01:04:47,320 --> 01:04:53,320
One out.

750
01:04:53,320 --> 01:04:54,320
And Rudy Yark is up.

751
01:04:54,320 --> 01:05:03,320
Yark, the first time up, so deep to grace, almost on the track in right center field.

752
01:05:03,320 --> 01:05:05,320
It's up for a second tip.

753
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:08,320
In the center of the batter's box, Rigney takes his stretch, here's the pitch.

754
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:10,320
That's a ground ball going down towards deep short.

755
01:05:10,320 --> 01:05:12,320
Travis comes up with the ball, close to second.

756
01:05:12,320 --> 01:05:13,320
He's out of second to throw to first.

757
01:05:13,320 --> 01:05:18,320
Yark keeps it out, breaking up that double play.

758
01:05:18,320 --> 01:05:20,320
And Hendrick moves to third.

759
01:05:20,320 --> 01:05:23,320
Yark hit a ground ball down to deep short.

760
01:05:23,320 --> 01:05:29,320
Travis made a beautiful stop on that ball, and deep short was sliding when he tossed the ball to McCoy.

761
01:05:29,320 --> 01:05:32,320
Washington Williams is second, but before the first, it's too late to double Yark.

762
01:05:32,320 --> 01:05:34,320
Hendrick going to third.

763
01:05:34,320 --> 01:05:38,320
So it's two men out and Bobby Dorup.

764
01:05:38,320 --> 01:05:42,320
Last half of the third inning.

765
01:05:42,320 --> 01:05:46,320
Hendrick on third base, Yark on first and two out.

766
01:05:46,320 --> 01:05:48,320
Rigney, a right-hander, takes his stretch.

767
01:05:48,320 --> 01:05:49,320
Here's the pitch.

768
01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:52,320
Ball one, a curve ball over, but low.

769
01:05:52,320 --> 01:06:01,320
Down on Bobby Dorup, one and nothing.

770
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,320
That lag, down giving a signal, Rigney takes his stretch, here it comes.

771
01:06:04,320 --> 01:06:06,320
Strike, swinging, a curve ball low and outside.

772
01:06:06,320 --> 01:06:07,320
Door is swung and missed.

773
01:06:07,320 --> 01:06:13,320
The count is even, one and one.

774
01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:18,320
American Leaguers leading three to nothing, last of the third inning.

775
01:06:18,320 --> 01:06:20,320
Hendrick on third, Williams on first.

776
01:06:20,320 --> 01:06:22,320
Here's a rather Yark on first.

777
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:27,320
Here's the pitch, but it's a high foul coming back into the upper stand.

778
01:06:27,320 --> 01:06:32,320
It's at the top of the stand and bounce down into the lower boxes.

779
01:06:32,320 --> 01:06:35,320
Very solemn that a foul ball hits up that high.

780
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:38,320
That hit right by the lights and bounded down into the boxes,

781
01:06:38,320 --> 01:06:45,320
and the count on Bobby Dorup is now two strikes and one ball.

782
01:06:45,320 --> 01:06:49,320
Rigney standing out on the rubber, looking for that signal.

783
01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:51,320
Comes up to pitching position.

784
01:06:51,320 --> 01:06:55,320
Here's the pitch, and it's a fly ball going off the left field line,

785
01:06:55,320 --> 01:06:58,320
and here comes that left fielder and makes the catch.

786
01:06:58,320 --> 01:07:02,320
In left field, Padgett coming over fast to make that catch,

787
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:06,320
and left field, re-pouring the side.

788
01:07:06,320 --> 01:07:10,320
And now we go into the first half, the fourth inning.

789
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:15,320
The American League team leading three to nothing.

790
01:07:15,320 --> 01:07:20,320
The Americans making two runs for first inning and one in the second.

791
01:07:20,320 --> 01:07:28,320
And now we turn you over to a fellow who was a great pitcher for the New York Yankees a few years ago

792
01:07:28,320 --> 01:07:37,320
and is now the baseball broadcaster in Cincinnati of station WKRC, Wade Hoyt.

793
01:07:37,320 --> 01:07:46,320
Thank you, Jack, and we're going into the top half of the fourth inning.

794
01:07:46,320 --> 01:07:51,320
Sid Hudson, Sid Hudson of the Washington Senators, is coming into pitch for the All-Stars.

795
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:55,320
Sid is a fastball pitcher, a right-hander, and a youngster.

796
01:07:55,320 --> 01:08:00,320
He has great possibilities in this league of becoming one of the great stars.

797
01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:07,320
He'll be out there on the mound, big, tall, right-handed, very solid, very compact, very strong.

798
01:08:07,320 --> 01:08:14,320
Fastball pitcher, pitched in an All-Star game a couple of years ago.

799
01:08:14,320 --> 01:08:22,320
And the first batter up for the Army Navy will be Johnny Stern, a left-handed hitter, formerly of the New York Yankees,

800
01:08:22,320 --> 01:08:29,320
and a boy who in his first few weeks in Army training got in conflict with a tractor

801
01:08:29,320 --> 01:08:36,320
and had the index finger of his right hand cut off near the top, not the entire finger, however,

802
01:08:36,320 --> 01:08:41,320
told me this morning that it was a little bit tender.

803
01:08:41,320 --> 01:08:45,320
It doesn't happen to be on its throwing hand, however, it's on his receiving hand,

804
01:08:45,320 --> 01:08:48,320
and he must tape the end of that finger up now.

805
01:08:48,320 --> 01:08:51,320
He's a left-handed thrower, of course.

806
01:08:51,320 --> 01:08:57,320
Throws our whips to ball down to second base, draw over to Rizzuto, Rizzuto over to Kelter,

807
01:08:57,320 --> 01:09:01,320
and back to the pitcher, Sid Hudson, and we're ready to go on the first half of the fourth inning.

808
01:09:01,320 --> 01:09:09,320
Johnny Stern, Stern stepping up there, hitting left-handed, wearing a brown cap,

809
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:14,320
a dark gray uniform with brown numerals on it, 22 on his back, Hudson ready for the first pitch.

810
01:09:14,320 --> 01:09:17,320
It's inside for ball one.

811
01:09:17,320 --> 01:09:20,320
Rozar takes his glove off and rubs the ball up, throws it back to Hudson.

812
01:09:20,320 --> 01:09:26,320
Hudson's digging a little hole on the mound, braces himself with his right foot forward, his left foot back,

813
01:09:26,320 --> 01:09:30,320
studies Rozar as he crouches down, watches his catcher as he gives a sign.

814
01:09:30,320 --> 01:09:35,320
Rozar holding that target behind the home plate as Hudson winds around his head, the body pivots, a throw,

815
01:09:35,320 --> 01:09:44,320
and the ball is swung on and missed for strike one, one and one.

816
01:09:44,320 --> 01:09:49,320
Johnny Stern backs out of the batter's box, and the American League All-Stars are playing him very normally.

817
01:09:49,320 --> 01:09:56,320
DiMaggio straight in center field, Williams in direct left field, and Tommy Henrich direct in right field.

818
01:09:56,320 --> 01:10:01,320
They're not playing him so deep either. Hudson around his head, the body pivots, a step, and a throw,

819
01:10:01,320 --> 01:10:07,320
and the ball is low, a curve ball which misses for ball two, two and one.

820
01:10:07,320 --> 01:10:14,320
Hudson has those little nervous gestures on the mound, digs a little hole every time, smooths the dirt back to cover up.

821
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:19,320
To gain his purchase, he digs in with his spikes, he winds once around his head, he pivots, throws,

822
01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:23,320
and Stern takes outside for ball three, and the count goes to three and one,

823
01:10:23,320 --> 01:10:27,320
and the crowd senses a little bit of drama right here.

824
01:10:27,320 --> 01:10:30,320
I know that they're all pulling for this service team to get started.

825
01:10:30,320 --> 01:10:37,320
Hudson now in the first inning with three on base and one out when Joe Grace took the third strike.

826
01:10:37,320 --> 01:10:42,320
I know that all the fans here and all the fans around the country were sort of pulling for this service team to get started.

827
01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:49,320
Hudson now around his head with three and one, the pitch is inside for ball four.

828
01:10:49,320 --> 01:10:55,320
And Johnny Stern jogs down the first base, rounds the bag, and there's old Sergeant Hank Gowdy coaching down at first,

829
01:10:55,320 --> 01:11:05,320
and big Lieutenant George Earnshaw, formerly of the Philadelphia Athletics, coaching at third.

830
01:11:05,320 --> 01:11:09,320
So Sid Hudson has walked the first man to face him, Johnny Stern.

831
01:11:09,320 --> 01:11:14,320
That brings up Ernie Andre of Louisville who had a single in this first time at bat, batting right-handed,

832
01:11:14,320 --> 01:11:20,320
goes the bat well back, and leans back as a curve ball snaps over the plate for strike one,

833
01:11:20,320 --> 01:11:24,320
and the ball is shot back from Rosada Hudson.

834
01:11:24,320 --> 01:11:28,320
Hudson on the mound appears a little bit self-conscious pitching in this very important game,

835
01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:32,320
and he comes to his box stance, hands across his chest, watches his runner, delivers to the plate,

836
01:11:32,320 --> 01:11:35,320
and the ball is swung on, hits down to Rizzuto at shortstop, really quickly,

837
01:11:35,320 --> 01:11:40,320
throw it over to Dorr and Dorr over to Rudiork, and there's a double play.

838
01:11:40,320 --> 01:11:45,320
Ernie Andre hits the ball down to the shortstop and Rizzuto with one fell swoop in one motion,

839
01:11:45,320 --> 01:11:53,320
pick the ball up, relay it to Bobby Dorr, Dorr pivoted, and through to Rudiork for a double play.

840
01:11:53,320 --> 01:11:56,320
And then to Pitlock who receives a nice hand, used to catch here in Cleveland,

841
01:11:56,320 --> 01:12:01,320
also for the Boston Red Sox is up there batting right-handed.

842
01:12:01,320 --> 01:12:08,320
Hudson around his head once, he steps far, delivers, and Pitlock swings very late on a ball

843
01:12:08,320 --> 01:12:16,320
that was already by him for strike one.

844
01:12:16,320 --> 01:12:19,320
Ball is back in his hand and he dangles it, he dangles his arm down by his side,

845
01:12:19,320 --> 01:12:24,320
Hudson winds once, very loose wrist, throws, a curved ball bounces in the dirt,

846
01:12:24,320 --> 01:12:35,320
and Rozar catches it with his glove hand, just backhands it to stop it from going back to the screen for ball one, one and one.

847
01:12:35,320 --> 01:12:40,320
Hudson takes a hitch at his belt, just pulls up his trousers a bit, leans forward to take the sign,

848
01:12:40,320 --> 01:12:48,320
now he's around his head, in he comes, and the ball breaks low, a curved ball for ball two, two and one.

849
01:12:48,320 --> 01:12:51,320
The ball is lobbed back from Rozar to Hudson.

850
01:12:51,320 --> 01:12:55,320
Robby Dore out at short, out at second base has his glove off,

851
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,320
Rizzuto has his glove off as they wipe their hands on their trousers.

852
01:12:58,320 --> 01:13:02,320
Now they're down on their knees watching Hudson wind up with the count, two balls, one strike.

853
01:13:02,320 --> 01:13:06,320
He steps and throws and it's fouled right up by our broadcasting booth,

854
01:13:06,320 --> 01:13:12,320
and a young lady over here to the left of us puts out her hands in an attempt to catch it.

855
01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:21,320
The crowd sort of gives her a cheer as she reaches out for the ball, and the count goes to two and two, two strikes and two balls.

856
01:13:21,320 --> 01:13:27,320
Hudson with a new ball rubs it up, touches the rosin bag, grinds it between his bare hands to take the gloves off it,

857
01:13:27,320 --> 01:13:31,320
and he comes back in the pitching rub, he drops his left foot back to wind up the step and the throw,

858
01:13:31,320 --> 01:13:39,320
and it's outside, a curved ball misses outside for ball three, and the count is run for three and two.

859
01:13:39,320 --> 01:13:44,320
And one of the American League All-Stars is dashing down on the both ends.

860
01:13:44,320 --> 01:13:47,320
Hudson leans forward as he starts his wind up.

861
01:13:47,320 --> 01:13:50,320
He cuts a fast ball loose and it's hit slowly on the ground to the third baseman,

862
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:54,320
and Ken Keltman comes up with the ball, throws it on the hand over the first base,

863
01:13:54,320 --> 01:14:01,320
and Rudy York takes it with his glove hands, a one-hand catch for the third out.

864
01:14:01,320 --> 01:14:08,320
And so for the Army Navy, in the first half of the fourth inning there were no runs, no hits, and no one left on base.

865
01:14:08,320 --> 01:14:14,320
And in four turns at that, the Army Navy have had no runs, three hits and five men left on base,

866
01:14:14,320 --> 01:14:21,320
and there has not been an error made by either team so far in this ball game.

867
01:14:21,320 --> 01:14:29,320
And we know fans naturally, we know that a large number of you people listening wish you could be present at this great American All-Stars service team game.

868
01:14:29,320 --> 01:14:35,320
However, knowing that could be a physical impossibility, the thought occurs to us that you might be interested in

869
01:14:35,320 --> 01:14:41,320
siding in with this fine cause by sending in the price of a ticket for your seat at the radio.

870
01:14:41,320 --> 01:14:49,320
Now these seats are $1.25 and $1.60, and if you are interested, you may send your contribution to the Cleveland Baseball Company,

871
01:14:49,320 --> 01:14:54,320
who in turn will see that it is added to the combined Army and Navy relief funds.

872
01:14:54,320 --> 01:15:01,320
And believe me, it's a great cause, and you'll never miss that little clip-in that you send in for these boys.

873
01:15:01,320 --> 01:15:07,320
We're going into the last half of the fourth inning, and the first man to bat for the American League All-Stars will be Kenny Cheltener,

874
01:15:07,320 --> 01:15:12,320
facing that sterling right-hander, Johnny Rigney, formerly of the Chicago White Sox.

875
01:15:12,320 --> 01:15:16,320
Rigney's a big tall, lean right-hander and a very good change of pace pitcher.

876
01:15:16,320 --> 01:15:23,320
The first ball is pitched right over the outside corner, but strike one right into the glove, right into the glove of Frankie Pitlock.

877
01:15:23,320 --> 01:15:28,320
Pitlock holds that target, Rigney around his head, and the ball is hit very hard into left field,

878
01:15:28,320 --> 01:15:37,320
and there comes Don Padgett into foul territory across the left field foul line, way outside of bleachers to take it for the first out.

879
01:15:37,320 --> 01:15:45,320
Don Padgett of the all-service team made a very nice catch coming way across from left field, across the left field foul line, to make that putout.

880
01:15:45,320 --> 01:15:49,320
One up, one away for the American League All-Stars.

881
01:15:49,320 --> 01:15:56,320
Now we have Buddy Rozar, who's single in the second inning, to drive in Kenny Cheltener,

882
01:15:56,320 --> 01:16:01,320
stepping in there, the anti-catcher, and he would be a first-ring catcher on any other team.

883
01:16:01,320 --> 01:16:06,320
The first pitch by Rigney is fouled off over by the All-Star bench,

884
01:16:06,320 --> 01:16:11,320
and Johnny Stern goes across the foul line over past the coaches' box to take it for the second out.

885
01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:22,320
And that gale you hear is a ball that was thrown from Stern down the shortstop, and it gets by him, and the umpire on third base,

886
01:16:22,320 --> 01:16:26,320
and Al Barley picked the ball up and made a great stop, and the fans are giving the umpire a cheer.

887
01:16:26,320 --> 01:16:31,320
Well, there are two out in the last half of the fourth inning.

888
01:16:31,320 --> 01:16:36,320
I believe we're going to have a pinch hitter.

889
01:16:36,320 --> 01:16:38,320
We'll see who this is in just a moment.

890
01:16:38,320 --> 01:16:43,320
No, this is Sid Hudson coming up to bat himself.

891
01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:51,320
Sid Hudson of the Washington Senators, and he takes a terrific swing at the first fastball thrown by Rigney and slices right over toward the All-Star bench.

892
01:16:51,320 --> 01:16:55,320
That is, the American League All-Star benchman bounced off the boxers,

893
01:16:55,320 --> 01:17:00,320
power them back by Phil Rizzuto, who is coming up next, and Phil picked it up and threw it back to the ball boy.

894
01:17:00,320 --> 01:17:02,320
A new ball is out there in Rigney's hands.

895
01:17:02,320 --> 01:17:09,320
He takes a long line up the step and the throw, and Hudson hits it down on the ground to Rizzuto, to the shortstop,

896
01:17:09,320 --> 01:17:14,320
and Travis throws them out easily at first base, and there are the three outs.

897
01:17:14,320 --> 01:17:20,320
Rigney pitched a very easy inning that time, and there were no runs, no hits, no one left on base.

898
01:17:20,320 --> 01:17:27,320
But the American League All-Star is the last half of the fourth inning.

899
01:17:27,320 --> 01:17:36,320
We go into the first half of the fifth, and the first man up will be the pitcher, supposedly, Rigney.

900
01:17:36,320 --> 01:17:42,320
However, we can't tell in this ball game because there may be pinch hitters at any time.

901
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:48,320
This has been a very good ball game so far, and I could see when Bobby Feller was pitching in the first inning,

902
01:17:48,320 --> 01:17:58,320
in the second inning, he spent playing right field.

903
01:17:58,320 --> 01:18:04,320
And Stan Spence of the Washington Senators, a very fine-looking prospect for the American League,

904
01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:11,320
also of the Washington Senators, is playing right field for the American Leaguers.

905
01:18:11,320 --> 01:18:17,320
And we were saying, Bobby Feller in the early innings, in the first and second innings, came home and came to Cleveland,

906
01:18:17,320 --> 01:18:22,320
and he seemed as though he was just a bit self-conscious appearing before his hometown fans once again.

907
01:18:22,320 --> 01:18:26,320
He was trying so hard to please and so hard to make good here this evening,

908
01:18:26,320 --> 01:18:34,320
he just reared back and let everything go with every bit of ounce of strength in his body, and he just didn't get away with it.

909
01:18:34,320 --> 01:18:37,320
However, you can see that Bobby hasn't been pitching regularly.

910
01:18:37,320 --> 01:18:41,320
He's been pitching once or twice, well, we'll say about every two weeks,

911
01:18:41,320 --> 01:18:48,320
and of course that is not enough to face such a team as these American League stars present this evening.

912
01:18:48,320 --> 01:18:54,320
However, Hudson on the mound, as Rigney's at bat, first man up,

913
01:18:54,320 --> 01:19:00,320
Hudson delivers a fastball higher across his eyes and Rigney swings and misses for a strike one.

914
01:19:00,320 --> 01:19:04,320
The ball is shot right back, rose out of Hudson.

915
01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:08,320
Hudson drops that left foot back, he braces himself, digs in the spikes, he winds,

916
01:19:08,320 --> 01:19:17,320
comes sidearm with a fastball and it misses about six inches outside for ball one, one and one.

917
01:19:17,320 --> 01:19:22,320
Oh, Johnny Rigney, one of the best change of pace pitchers in the big leagues, hitting.

918
01:19:22,320 --> 01:19:24,320
Sid Hudson, the youngster, pitching.

919
01:19:24,320 --> 01:19:29,320
A fastball higher across his letters and Rigney swings and misses for strike two,

920
01:19:29,320 --> 01:19:32,320
and Hudson really popped that ball right through there.

921
01:19:32,320 --> 01:19:39,320
Rigney swung late, didn't really have a chance to hit that one.

922
01:19:39,320 --> 01:19:44,320
Hudson taking a sign as Rose R sits down behind the bat and holds that glove over the outside corner.

923
01:19:44,320 --> 01:19:51,320
Hudson pitches for the target and the ball is fouled off back into the right field section of the grand stand for the same count,

924
01:19:51,320 --> 01:19:59,320
two strikes and one ball.

925
01:19:59,320 --> 01:20:03,320
A new ball is thrown out and Hudson rubs it up in his bare hands.

926
01:20:03,320 --> 01:20:08,320
He takes a little hole in the mound, he stands there watching his catcher, Buddy Rosa, who sits down, crouches low,

927
01:20:08,320 --> 01:20:15,320
holds that glove on the outside corner, Hudson winds, throws and the curve is hit on a bound down to Phil Rizzuto

928
01:20:15,320 --> 01:20:19,320
and makes a hurried throw with a first base and Rudy York kicks it out of the dirt with one hand

929
01:20:19,320 --> 01:20:28,320
and makes the putoff for the first out, first half of the fifth inning.

930
01:20:28,320 --> 01:20:36,320
He brings up Patty Mullin, who hit.345 for Detroit last year, one of the better batters of the American League.

931
01:20:36,320 --> 01:20:39,320
Steps in there hitting left-handed.

932
01:20:39,320 --> 01:20:43,320
The first time at bat he hit after the short drop, the second time he hit a line drive in the right field.

933
01:20:43,320 --> 01:20:51,320
He's up there for the third time and takes the first ball outside for ball one as Hudson was wired with a curve.

934
01:20:51,320 --> 01:20:56,320
Keltner at third is playing in for a bunt, protecting Rizzuto over a round second.

935
01:20:56,320 --> 01:20:58,320
Hudson's ball is switched over to it by first.

936
01:20:58,320 --> 01:21:04,320
The ball is pitched by Hudson and foul right above it for strike one and the count goes to one strike and one ball.

937
01:21:04,320 --> 01:21:08,320
And there's one out.

938
01:21:08,320 --> 01:21:18,320
First half of the fifth inning and the score, three to nothing, three to nothing in favor of the American Leaguers.

939
01:21:18,320 --> 01:21:20,320
Hudson over his head once more.

940
01:21:20,320 --> 01:21:27,320
Steps throws a slow ball and it's a little bit high, a slow curve which broke high and Mullin backed away from the plate to take it.

941
01:21:27,320 --> 01:21:32,320
He waves that bat from his left hand to his right, hitting left-handed.

942
01:21:32,320 --> 01:21:34,320
Counts two balls, one strike.

943
01:21:34,320 --> 01:21:36,320
Hudson winds.

944
01:21:36,320 --> 01:21:40,320
Next pitch is a fastball, hits down right down to the second baseman Bobby Dore,

945
01:21:40,320 --> 01:21:44,320
feels it on a third hop, throws to Rudy York, and he's out.

946
01:21:44,320 --> 01:21:50,320
The ball is whipped around the American League infield.

947
01:21:50,320 --> 01:21:59,320
And up comes Benny McCoy, little Benny McCoy hitting left-handed, whom Connie Mack gave $45,000 to to sign a contract with the Philadelphia Athletics.

948
01:21:59,320 --> 01:22:01,320
Neat piece of change.

949
01:22:01,320 --> 01:22:10,320
Good little ball player holding the bat well back as Hudson delivers the first slow curve and McCoy hits on top of it but misses for strike one.

950
01:22:10,320 --> 01:22:12,320
The game is moving right along.

951
01:22:12,320 --> 01:22:17,320
The American Leaguers are playing McCoy sort of around a right field because they know him.

952
01:22:17,320 --> 01:22:23,320
Hudson is around his head once more, steps, throws, and the ball is pitched outside for ball one.

953
01:22:23,320 --> 01:22:27,320
One and one.

954
01:22:27,320 --> 01:22:32,320
Every time Buddy Rozar throws the ball back to Sid Hudson, the pitcher, he takes his glove off,

955
01:22:32,320 --> 01:22:35,320
holds it under his left arm, and rubs the baseball up to take the bluffs off it.

956
01:22:35,320 --> 01:22:39,320
He puts his glove on and dangles that long right arm along the seams of his trousers.

957
01:22:39,320 --> 01:22:45,320
He's around his head now, he steps and throws, and the ball is hit solidly down to Bobby Dore out on the grass.

958
01:22:45,320 --> 01:22:56,320
And right field and Dore makes a sensational play going over by first base, out on the grass to take that ground ball and throw Benny McCoy out at first base.

959
01:22:56,320 --> 01:23:03,320
So the first half of the fifth inning ends with the Army-Navy having no runs, no hits, and no one left on base.

960
01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:12,320
In the five turns of bats, Mickey Cochran's all-service crew have had no runs, three hits, and five men left on base.

961
01:23:12,320 --> 01:23:16,320
And it's been a very good ball game for the reason that there have been no misplays in this contest.

962
01:23:16,320 --> 01:23:22,320
There have been no errors by either side.

963
01:23:22,320 --> 01:23:30,320
We went to the last half of the fifth inning and Johnny Rigney's still on the mound for the all-service team.

964
01:23:30,320 --> 01:23:36,320
The 85-season Navy band, Great Lakes Band, playing down on the left-hand side of the grandstand.

965
01:23:36,320 --> 01:23:38,320
Perhaps you can hear them through our microphone.

966
01:23:38,320 --> 01:23:41,320
All just the right of the Salem Capcom.

967
01:23:41,320 --> 01:23:43,320
The field presents a very funny picture.

968
01:23:43,320 --> 01:23:46,320
The band almost built its capacity.

969
01:23:46,320 --> 01:23:54,320
If any of you fans have ever been in the Yankee Stadium, you might get sort of a pop-out photography picture of this stadium here in Cleveland

970
01:23:54,320 --> 01:23:57,320
because it resembles the Yankee Stadium, although it's not triple-deck.

971
01:23:57,320 --> 01:24:05,320
Just a double-deck stand, but both the left wing of the grandstand and the right wing run way around into right and left field.

972
01:24:05,320 --> 01:24:15,320
...mumpires, Barley of the National League behind the plate, McDonnell of the American League on first base,

973
01:24:15,320 --> 01:24:24,320
Ballastant of the National League on second base, Stewart of the American League on first base.

974
01:24:24,320 --> 01:24:31,320
You probably have heard the public address system announce the change in umpires as is the custom after a four-and-a-half inning.

975
01:24:31,320 --> 01:24:35,320
And Al Bollock of the National League is going to umpire behind the home plate.

976
01:24:35,320 --> 01:24:39,320
Bill McGowan of the American League is going out to first base.

977
01:24:39,320 --> 01:24:42,320
Lee Balenfant of the National League is umpiring at second base.

978
01:24:42,320 --> 01:24:46,320
And Stewart of the American League, who was umpiring balls and strikes at third,

979
01:24:46,320 --> 01:24:50,320
Rigney around his head to Rizuto, and Rizuto dumps a bunch down his third base foul line.

980
01:24:50,320 --> 01:24:57,320
Rigney overfields it fast, and the throw to first base is very thick, and he's out on a great sensational play by the pitcher,

981
01:24:57,320 --> 01:25:01,320
Johnny Rigney, who came in over by the third base foul line,

982
01:25:01,320 --> 01:25:05,320
fielded that ball a bunch by Johnny Rizuto with one hand, rather Phil Rizuto,

983
01:25:05,320 --> 01:25:14,320
with one hand and quickly from an underhand throwing position, threw over to first base, and retired Rizuto.

984
01:25:14,320 --> 01:25:17,320
That looked almost like a perfect front.

985
01:25:17,320 --> 01:25:21,320
That was Rizuto's first time at bat and brings up Stan Spence,

986
01:25:21,320 --> 01:25:23,320
the left-handed batter of the Washington Center.

987
01:25:23,320 --> 01:25:25,320
This is an outfielder.

988
01:25:25,320 --> 01:25:28,320
And Bollock, who never fails to entertain his spectators,

989
01:25:28,320 --> 01:25:33,320
called a strike one on Stan Spence with a loud and vociferous cry.

990
01:25:33,320 --> 01:25:39,320
Strike two as he waved dramatically like John Barrymore behind the home plate,

991
01:25:39,320 --> 01:25:42,320
and he's really giving it to the fans, and the fans are enjoying it,

992
01:25:42,320 --> 01:25:49,320
as Rigney's around his head again and throws a slow curve which is fouled off down into the bullpen of the service team.

993
01:25:49,320 --> 01:25:53,320
The count remains, two strikes and one ball, with one out,

994
01:25:53,320 --> 01:25:57,320
the last half of the fifth inning and the All-American League is leading three to nothing.

995
01:25:57,320 --> 01:26:01,320
Rigney's taking the sign from his catcher, Frankie Tedlock.

996
01:26:01,320 --> 01:26:10,320
Tedlock holds the glove, and the pitch is made, but it's fouled off into the upper deck for the same count of two strikes and no ball.

997
01:26:10,320 --> 01:26:15,320
Really, this Al Bollock behind the home plate is really doing a job of umpiring.

998
01:26:15,320 --> 01:26:20,320
He's giving more justice down there than, well, as they say, WC Field.

999
01:26:20,320 --> 01:26:27,320
Stan Spence, a great outfielder for the Washington Senators, hitting left-handed with a count, two strikes, no balls, as Rigney pitches,

1000
01:26:27,320 --> 01:26:31,320
and the ball is spliced down by first base, down by third base,

1001
01:26:31,320 --> 01:26:36,320
and Rigney going out after the ball, attempted to pick it up one-handed to the right of the mound,

1002
01:26:36,320 --> 01:26:45,320
looked at his runner, but took his eyes off the runner and fumbled the ball for the first error of the ball game.

1003
01:26:45,320 --> 01:26:52,320
Now I see that the official scorer over there has given Stan Spence a hit instead of giving Rigney an error.

1004
01:26:52,320 --> 01:27:00,320
So there is a hit for Stan Spence.

1005
01:27:00,320 --> 01:27:08,320
The next ball pitched by Rigney to the splendid splinter of the Boston Red Sox, Ted Williams, is down and side for ball one.

1006
01:27:08,320 --> 01:27:10,320
One and nothing.

1007
01:27:10,320 --> 01:27:13,320
Spence on first base.

1008
01:27:13,320 --> 01:27:18,320
He's got his chest in his box, fancy steps, and the curve is over for strike one.

1009
01:27:18,320 --> 01:27:24,320
One and one as Bollock said, oh boy, strike one.

1010
01:27:24,320 --> 01:27:31,320
Williams batting left-handed, and the old Teddy has just batted in 80 runs this year with 18 homers to his credit in the American League

1011
01:27:31,320 --> 01:27:34,320
and leads the league in batting.

1012
01:27:34,320 --> 01:27:38,320
And the ball is outside for ball two.

1013
01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:42,320
Rigney doesn't take a bit of time between pitches.

1014
01:27:42,320 --> 01:27:47,320
Just as soon as Frankie Pitlock gives him the pitching signal, he comes right to his chest and throws.

1015
01:27:47,320 --> 01:27:56,320
So there's Stan Spence on first base, Williams a hitter, and he takes ball three low and inside, and he's danced away from the plate on that one.

1016
01:27:56,320 --> 01:28:02,320
The count goes to three balls and one strike with Spence on first base, one out, the last half of the fifth inning,

1017
01:28:02,320 --> 01:28:05,320
and the All-American League is leading three to nothing.

1018
01:28:05,320 --> 01:28:07,320
Williams up there looking for that triple.

1019
01:28:07,320 --> 01:28:12,320
He takes it outside for ball four.

1020
01:28:12,320 --> 01:28:18,320
And Spence goes to second base.

1021
01:28:18,320 --> 01:28:21,320
Williams goes to first base.

1022
01:28:21,320 --> 01:28:27,320
And that's the third base on balls given up by Johnny Rigney in this ball game.

1023
01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:33,320
And brings up the Joel team, Joel Demantrio of the New York Yankees, who has one hit in two times at bat this evening.

1024
01:28:33,320 --> 01:28:36,320
He had two hits in an all-star game in New York last evening.

1025
01:28:36,320 --> 01:28:38,320
He has one out of two tonight.

1026
01:28:38,320 --> 01:28:41,320
Hitting right-handed, feet spread well apart, bat well back.

1027
01:28:41,320 --> 01:28:45,320
Rigney pitches and Joe takes a low curve outside.

1028
01:28:45,320 --> 01:28:49,320
Frankie Piplock had a skip outside of the plate to take that one.

1029
01:28:49,320 --> 01:28:53,320
Rigney has the ball back in his hands and he's looking at his outfield.

1030
01:28:53,320 --> 01:28:57,320
And Padgett in left field is playing pretty well around toward the foul line.

1031
01:28:57,320 --> 01:29:02,320
Mullerman center over toward left and the pitch is made and Demantrio hits the rifle to balls down at Andre.

1032
01:29:02,320 --> 01:29:05,320
Andre over to McCoy. McCoy over to first base.

1033
01:29:05,320 --> 01:29:14,320
And Stern takes it for a double play as Joel Demantrio hits into a double play to end the fifth inning.

1034
01:29:14,320 --> 01:29:16,320
Andre, the third baseman.

1035
01:29:16,320 --> 01:29:22,320
Andre, the third baseman to Benny McCoy at second base over to Johnny Stern.

1036
01:29:22,320 --> 01:29:27,320
And we have paused momentarily for station identification.

1037
01:29:27,320 --> 01:29:33,320
And this is a mutual broadcasting system.

1038
01:29:33,320 --> 01:29:41,320
WGN, the voice of the people, Chicago.

1039
01:29:41,320 --> 01:29:43,320
Going into the first half of the sixth inning.

1040
01:29:43,320 --> 01:29:47,320
Sid Hudson still on the mound for the American League All-Stars.

1041
01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:49,320
Hank Gowdy walking down there to first base.

1042
01:29:49,320 --> 01:29:57,320
And the first batter will be for the all-service team will be Don Padgett, formerly of the St. Louis Cardinals and lately of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

1043
01:29:57,320 --> 01:30:01,320
Padgett left the Brooklyn Dodgers early this spring to join the Navy.

1044
01:30:01,320 --> 01:30:07,320
He's a power hitter, a fairly good hitter to left field, tremendous power to right field.

1045
01:30:07,320 --> 01:30:11,320
He's sort of a convertible ball player, one who can play the outfield and also catch.

1046
01:30:11,320 --> 01:30:15,320
Down at St. Louis they use him a good deal as a catcher.

1047
01:30:15,320 --> 01:30:17,320
However, he prefers to play the outfield.

1048
01:30:17,320 --> 01:30:19,320
And of course, he's gotten his wish since he joined the Navy.

1049
01:30:19,320 --> 01:30:22,320
He's playing in left field for the all-service team tonight.

1050
01:30:22,320 --> 01:30:30,320
A left-handed batter, power hitter, he had a single the first time up and flew out to Joel Demantrio in center field the second time up.

1051
01:30:30,320 --> 01:30:33,320
He's up there now in the leading off, the first half of the sixth inning.

1052
01:30:33,320 --> 01:30:39,320
His birdie turns to the plate, crouching low, watching Sid Hudson as he stops his windup.

1053
01:30:39,320 --> 01:30:51,320
Hudson's first delivery is, bounces into the plate, and Buddy Rozar takes it on a pick up, hands it back to Al Bollock, who looks the ball over, then throws it back to Sid Hudson.

1054
01:30:51,320 --> 01:30:58,320
And Phil Rizzuto at shortstop, big as Don Padgett as a right field hitter, is playing him way around toward second base.

1055
01:30:58,320 --> 01:31:02,320
Sheltner playing him way out of position at third, around toward second, too.

1056
01:31:02,320 --> 01:31:09,320
The ball is hit right back on a high hop to Sid Hudson in the pitcher's box, who throws it over to Rudy York for the first out.

1057
01:31:09,320 --> 01:31:19,320
If that ball had gotten over the head of Sid Hudson, it might have continued on into center field for a base hit, and Sid Hudson was forced to jump very high to take it in his glove hand.

1058
01:31:19,320 --> 01:31:26,320
However, this one up, one away for the all-service team, the first half of the sixth inning.

1059
01:31:26,320 --> 01:31:32,320
Cecil Travis, who has a base on balls and a double to his credit, is up there now for the second man.

1060
01:31:32,320 --> 01:31:36,320
Hudson around his head, pitches inside to Travis for ball one.

1061
01:31:36,320 --> 01:31:46,320
And of course, Travis used to be a teammate of Sid Hudson down there in Washington, so the boys know each other very well, and of course, Sid Hudson knows that Travis is a great ball player.

1062
01:31:46,320 --> 01:31:54,320
Hudson around his head, delivers a slow curve right over the outside corner of the plate, just rough over there nicely for strike one.

1063
01:31:54,320 --> 01:32:02,320
And it's a pleasure to watch Buddy Rojas down behind the bat as he shifts around, first inside, then outside, and holds that glove for his pitchers.

1064
01:32:02,320 --> 01:32:03,320
Now he's holding the target.

1065
01:32:03,320 --> 01:32:10,320
Sid Hudson throws another slow curve, and it's a line drive hit right into the hands of Ken Keltner at third base.

1066
01:32:10,320 --> 01:32:16,320
A solid smash right into the glove hands of Ken Keltner at third base for the second out.

1067
01:32:16,320 --> 01:32:19,320
Travis really caught a hold of that one. They didn't throw him any on the ball.

1068
01:32:19,320 --> 01:32:22,320
He really laid the meat of the bat on it.

1069
01:32:22,320 --> 01:32:24,320
However, it was right at somebody.

1070
01:32:24,320 --> 01:32:30,320
It brings up Joe Grace, a left-handed hitter, formerly of the St. Louis Browns, who struck out once and hit back to the pitcher once.

1071
01:32:30,320 --> 01:32:32,320
However, he's a good hitter.

1072
01:32:32,320 --> 01:32:44,320
Hudson delivers, and Grace leaps high over the ball like a little girl playing jacks to get out of the way of it for ball one, one-and-nothing.

1073
01:32:44,320 --> 01:32:51,320
Hudson around his head, steps, slow curve is over for strike one, one-and-one.

1074
01:32:51,320 --> 01:32:55,320
The game is moving very swiftly.

1075
01:32:55,320 --> 01:33:00,320
Joe Grace swinging left-handed, chokes up a little on the bat, spreads his feet, watches his pitchers.

1076
01:33:00,320 --> 01:33:06,320
Ball and a strike can give it gestures and waves and dances around there, an Indian war dance.

1077
01:33:06,320 --> 01:33:17,320
The next pitch is hit hard out into left field, and it just misses foul for about five feet, and the company names two strikes and one ball.

1078
01:33:17,320 --> 01:33:26,320
First that ball was hit down along the left field foul line in fair territory, served as a last minute and just went foul about five or ten feet.

1079
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:33,320
Teddy Williams was over there very fast after the ball, and I imagine if the ball had been fair, Teddy Williams would have caught it.

1080
01:33:33,320 --> 01:33:37,320
So Joe Grace must come back to the plate and hit over again.

1081
01:33:37,320 --> 01:33:48,320
Hudson taking the sign from Buddy Rozar, he winds around his head once, the step, the throw, and the curve ball which swings around the plate for ball two, two-and-two.

1082
01:33:48,320 --> 01:33:57,320
Two out, first half of the sixth inning, and the All-American leaders, All-American leaders leading three-and-nothing.

1083
01:33:57,320 --> 01:34:04,320
Hudson around his head, throws, and the ball is hit foul down the third base foul line for the same count,

1084
01:34:04,320 --> 01:34:09,320
and he strikes two balls as Big George Earnshaw feels it and throws it back into the pitcher.

1085
01:34:09,320 --> 01:34:14,320
That's baseball ethics, of course.

1086
01:34:14,320 --> 01:34:19,320
Hudson rubs the ball up, blows in his pitching hands, takes the sign from Buddy Rozar.

1087
01:34:19,320 --> 01:34:27,320
Rozar holding that target low outside as Hudson comes down low for ball three.

1088
01:34:27,320 --> 01:34:36,320
Count is three-and-two on Joe Grace, third man up for the all-service team, first half of the sixth inning.

1089
01:34:36,320 --> 01:34:44,320
Big Sid Hudson on the mound, winds, steps, then throws, and the ball is hit foul in the air over by the all-service fence.

1090
01:34:44,320 --> 01:34:53,320
Delfin can go right by the bench and makes a great putout for the third out, and Joe Grace pops up.

1091
01:34:53,320 --> 01:34:58,320
So for the all-service team, the team hit the start of the sixth inning.

1092
01:34:58,320 --> 01:35:03,320
There were no runs, no hits, no one left on base.

1093
01:35:03,320 --> 01:35:13,320
And in six turns and passes, the all-service team has had no runs, three hits, and five men left on base.

1094
01:35:13,320 --> 01:35:17,320
There's not been an error made by either team here so far this evening.

1095
01:35:17,320 --> 01:35:26,320
The team ball game, the ball game has been very fast, and just at the moment we're going to have a one-minute back out,

1096
01:35:26,320 --> 01:35:28,320
which is a custom here in Cleveland.

1097
01:35:28,320 --> 01:35:32,320
It's just a trial back out, however.

1098
01:35:32,320 --> 01:35:37,320
When we get the trial back out, the lights of the park will be turned out.

1099
01:35:37,320 --> 01:35:49,320
There will be no smoking or lighted matches. We'll all sit here and watch the effects.

1100
01:35:49,320 --> 01:35:52,320
The field is very down. All the ball players have left the field.

1101
01:35:52,320 --> 01:36:04,320
There is not a toll on the playing field except the players' gloves.

1102
01:36:04,320 --> 01:36:09,320
There go the lights, and now the park is totally blacked out.

1103
01:36:09,320 --> 01:36:13,320
You can't see a cigarette. You can't see a cigar light.

1104
01:36:13,320 --> 01:36:19,320
You cannot see a light of any description through the haze and the mist, through the darkness of night.

1105
01:36:19,320 --> 01:36:26,320
You can just see under the starlight the towers, the lighting towers standing on the roof of the Grand Sands.

1106
01:36:26,320 --> 01:36:29,320
You see the wires of the backstop running down in front of it.

1107
01:36:29,320 --> 01:36:37,320
We can see the silhouette of the scoreboard out in direct center field against the rather light sky,

1108
01:36:37,320 --> 01:36:41,320
which is not lit only by moonlight and starlight.

1109
01:36:41,320 --> 01:36:47,320
And over to the left of it is the tower in Grand Sands, two tiers tall, very high.

1110
01:36:47,320 --> 01:36:50,320
However, there is nothing that we can see beyond that.

1111
01:36:50,320 --> 01:36:56,320
It's totally blacked out. It's a trial back out, just a trial back out, which we would like to emphasize.

1112
01:36:56,320 --> 01:37:02,320
And that's the custom here in Cleveland, Ohio, at night games, to constantly and continually try these blackouts,

1113
01:37:02,320 --> 01:37:08,320
just so that everyone might be prepared in case of an emergency.

1114
01:37:08,320 --> 01:37:13,320
We can look up in the heavens and see the stars, and look out towards center field.

1115
01:37:13,320 --> 01:37:15,320
And right below you we see the silhouette.

1116
01:37:15,320 --> 01:37:19,320
And now the lights come on again after the one-minute blackout.

1117
01:37:19,320 --> 01:37:28,320
The lights behind the home plate on the roof flash on, and the banners around the top of the roof wave.

1118
01:37:28,320 --> 01:37:35,320
And out of the five or six or seven light towers, there's an eighth one just going on.

1119
01:37:35,320 --> 01:37:40,320
Now we're going to the last half of the sixth inning.

1120
01:37:40,320 --> 01:37:45,320
And the all-service team is taking the field with Johnny Riggie going out there.

1121
01:37:45,320 --> 01:37:50,320
Frankie Sitlock still behind home plate. Andre is at third base.

1122
01:37:50,320 --> 01:37:54,320
Travis at shortstop. Benny McCoy at second base.

1123
01:37:54,320 --> 01:37:58,320
Johnny Stern at first base. Bill Grace in right field.

1124
01:37:58,320 --> 01:38:03,320
Andy Mullins, formerly of Detroit and center field, and John Padgett in left.

1125
01:38:03,320 --> 01:38:08,320
Rudy York will be the first batter for the All-American Leaguers in the last half of the sixth inning.

1126
01:38:08,320 --> 01:38:12,320
And the score is three to nothing in favor of the All-American League team.

1127
01:38:12,320 --> 01:38:21,320
And the All-American League team so far in this ballgame have had three runs and four hits and three men left on base,

1128
01:38:21,320 --> 01:38:29,320
whereas the all-service team have had no runs, three hits and five men left on base.

1129
01:38:29,320 --> 01:38:38,320
Five hits the All-American Leaguers have had, and the first pitch by Riggie to this big Rudy York is strike one,

1130
01:38:38,320 --> 01:38:42,320
a neat curve which just clips the outside corner to play.

1131
01:38:42,320 --> 01:38:49,320
Riggie's next pitch to York is a curve ball outside, and York fouls the ball off.

1132
01:38:49,320 --> 01:38:59,320
York fouls it off or strikes two, and Riggie has them two and nothing.

1133
01:38:59,320 --> 01:39:05,320
Riggie around his head, steps, comes out of the side by the way of Kansas City and pops the ball up behind the catcher.

1134
01:39:05,320 --> 01:39:14,320
It might drop in the grandstand, and Pitlock tries to make a very brave catch running into the boxes over there to the right of the plate

1135
01:39:14,320 --> 01:39:18,320
and falls against the boxes, but he's just a little bit late and cannot catch the ball.

1136
01:39:18,320 --> 01:39:22,320
The count is two strikes and no balls.

1137
01:39:22,320 --> 01:39:26,320
Pitlock goes back behind the home plate, and Rudy York hands him his mask.

1138
01:39:26,320 --> 01:39:34,320
Now Bollock, the very demonstrative umpire behind the home plate, leans over Pitlock's shoulders

1139
01:39:34,320 --> 01:39:40,320
and Rudy York batting right-handed, who has not had a hit in two turns at batters up there for his third appearance.

1140
01:39:40,320 --> 01:39:54,320
Riggie out of the side and it's strike three as Al Bollock, as if he were punching at Joe Lewis, counts strike three and Rudy York strikes out.

1141
01:39:54,320 --> 01:39:58,320
That's the second strike out by Johnny Riggie this evening.

1142
01:39:58,320 --> 01:40:01,320
He's walked two men.

1143
01:40:01,320 --> 01:40:09,320
In the middle comes Bobby Dore, one of the leading hitters of the American League, and he uses a typical Heinegroh stance, a wide-open stance,

1144
01:40:09,320 --> 01:40:17,320
his body facing the pitcher, and the first slider thrown by Johnny Riggie, who's getting hot now for the all-favorite team, is strike one.

1145
01:40:17,320 --> 01:40:19,320
Just nips the outside corner.

1146
01:40:19,320 --> 01:40:24,320
Bobby Dore wide open as the pitch comes in there and he swings hard and fouls it off for strike two.

1147
01:40:24,320 --> 01:40:27,320
Doing nothing.

1148
01:40:27,320 --> 01:40:38,320
Bobby Dore doesn't hold his arms as high as Heinegroh used to, but his body is entirely around, just standing facing, directly facing Johnny Riggie in the pitcher's box.

1149
01:40:38,320 --> 01:40:48,320
Bat laid on his right shoulder, swinging right-handed as Riggie comes around his edge, steps, delivers a curve, and it's strike three as Dore takes that curve right over the outside corner.

1150
01:40:48,320 --> 01:40:54,320
And Riggie is showing a burst of pitching here, which, Stampton, is one of the best pitches of the American League.

1151
01:40:54,320 --> 01:41:00,320
He's getting hot and really cutting that curve across those outside corners, and it's a pleasure to watch Frankie Pitlock catch it.

1152
01:41:00,320 --> 01:41:06,320
Standing down there, crouching behind the home plate, holding that target, and Riggie placing every ball right in that grove.

1153
01:41:06,320 --> 01:41:10,320
Up comes Keltner, who takes ball one outside.

1154
01:41:10,320 --> 01:41:15,320
Riggie doesn't wait much when he gets the ball. He just takes that sign from Pitlock.

1155
01:41:15,320 --> 01:41:21,320
The all-service infield with their hands on their knees as Riggie delivers again and the ball is hit sharply into left field.

1156
01:41:21,320 --> 01:41:30,320
Then bounce to Don Padgett, who feels it, throws it back into second base, and Kenny Keltner is on first base with a single.

1157
01:41:30,320 --> 01:41:36,320
That's the second hit by Keltner this evening, and the first man of the All-American League is to have two hits.

1158
01:41:36,320 --> 01:41:42,320
He had a triple in the second inning, threw out to left field in the fourth, and now singled in the sixth.

1159
01:41:42,320 --> 01:41:46,320
And Buddy Rozar with one hit in two turns at bat is up there.

1160
01:41:46,320 --> 01:41:52,320
Number 12 on his back from the Yankee uniform and takes a bouncing curveball, which struck the ground.

1161
01:41:52,320 --> 01:41:56,320
Pitlock fielded the ball, or ball one.

1162
01:41:56,320 --> 01:42:04,320
Kenny Keltner on first base with two outs, last half of the sixth inning, and the All-American League is leading 3-0.

1163
01:42:04,320 --> 01:42:11,320
The pitch is strikes one as that slider zips across there again, and now the crowd is getting a big bounce out of the way Riggie is pitching

1164
01:42:11,320 --> 01:42:16,320
in the way that Al Barlich is calling the strikes and balls.

1165
01:42:16,320 --> 01:42:25,320
Riggie around is out of the side, strike two, and Al Barlich jumps up in the air and calls strike two and does a regular law dance behind the home plate.

1166
01:42:25,320 --> 01:42:30,320
Well, he's been in baseball 22 years. We never saw an umpire really call him this way.

1167
01:42:30,320 --> 01:42:33,320
Well, it's a pleasure, and it's very refreshing to see it.

1168
01:42:33,320 --> 01:42:39,320
Riggie around his head again, and the ball is hit right down over second base in the center field,

1169
01:42:39,320 --> 01:42:49,320
and there goes Keltner around second base, hitting into third and pulls up a third as Rozar pulls around first and is content with a single.

1170
01:42:49,320 --> 01:42:51,320
So Rozar has two hits to his credits.

1171
01:42:51,320 --> 01:43:00,320
Sending Keltner around the third base, he himself is off down first.

1172
01:43:00,320 --> 01:43:05,320
And Sid Hudson, who's been doing a nice job of pitching for the All-American League, has come to bat.

1173
01:43:05,320 --> 01:43:12,320
He's getting a nice hand from the crowd as he's shown a splendid exhibition of curling here this evening.

1174
01:43:12,320 --> 01:43:16,320
Make no mistake about it, this all-service team is a good ball club.

1175
01:43:16,320 --> 01:43:23,320
If any team in the big league are battled, I dare say if they had a few extra reserves, they'd finish third in any league.

1176
01:43:23,320 --> 01:43:25,320
And the ball is hit on the ground by Hudson down the third base.

1177
01:43:25,320 --> 01:43:32,320
Andre's up with it, goes over to first, and Johnny Serm, reaching way into the infield, takes it for the third up.

1178
01:43:32,320 --> 01:43:42,320
And so for the All-Stars, the American League All-Stars, the last half of the sixth inning, there were no runs, two hits, and two men left on base.

1179
01:43:42,320 --> 01:43:51,320
And in the sixth inning that the All-Stars have been to bat, the American Leaguers have had three runs, seven hits, and five men left on base, and they have not made an error.

1180
01:43:51,320 --> 01:43:55,320
We're going now into the first half of the seventh inning.

1181
01:43:55,320 --> 01:44:03,320
Another good colleague and friend from Chicago, Bob, I'll pick it up from here and bring you through these last innings.

1182
01:44:03,320 --> 01:44:07,320
Thank you very much, Wade.

1183
01:44:07,320 --> 01:44:11,320
And good evening, fans. We've been seeing quite a ball game here.

1184
01:44:11,320 --> 01:44:18,320
As Louis White and Jack Rainey, my colleagues here in Cleveland tonight, former baseball players and our baseball broadcasts,

1185
01:44:18,320 --> 01:44:22,320
we're going to find a job of telling you just exactly what's happening.

1186
01:44:22,320 --> 01:44:29,320
This door is three to nothing in favor of the American League over the service team All-Stars, and we go into the first half of the seventh.

1187
01:44:29,320 --> 01:44:36,320
Down the line here to my left, the Navy Band from the Great Lakes, one of the finest musical aggregations in America,

1188
01:44:36,320 --> 01:44:41,320
is striking up a note as the American League is out there on the field.

1189
01:44:41,320 --> 01:44:47,320
I notice a little change now in the lineup. McQuint, the great first baseman of St. Louis, is going down to play first.

1190
01:44:47,320 --> 01:44:52,320
Let's see a second baseman's door at North Stop and Vito, a third baseman's counter, left field, Woodward,

1191
01:44:52,320 --> 01:44:55,320
center field, Demage Hill, right field, Westfield, Spencer, the only change.

1192
01:44:55,320 --> 01:45:01,320
And here's going to be two hitters.

1193
01:45:01,320 --> 01:45:10,320
McQuint is playing first base, and the first man to bat for the service team is going to be the first baseman, Johnny Stern,

1194
01:45:10,320 --> 01:45:13,320
the left-handed hitter. He's the first time bounced out on the second time walk.

1195
01:45:13,320 --> 01:45:18,320
He's a left-hand hitter, and he's facing a right-hand pitcher, Sid Hudson, a tall, thin, wily sort of fella,

1196
01:45:18,320 --> 01:45:21,320
and a really good pitcher. Here comes the first pitch at St. Paul.

1197
01:45:21,320 --> 01:45:24,320
It's low inside, and the batter, Johnny Stern, backs away.

1198
01:45:24,320 --> 01:45:28,320
The American League outfield is playing this hitter straight away, and not too deep.

1199
01:45:28,320 --> 01:45:32,320
Now, you remember Stern with the Yankees. He never had a reputation as a long ball hitter,

1200
01:45:32,320 --> 01:45:35,320
but he's one of those sharp hitters. Over that infield and through that infield.

1201
01:45:35,320 --> 01:45:41,320
There is a smash to right field, a line drive, and Ward jumps up to try to get it with one hand, but couldn't head it off.

1202
01:45:41,320 --> 01:45:47,320
He made a beautiful try for that ball, and the service team starts off the seventh inning with a base hit to right field,

1203
01:45:47,320 --> 01:45:53,320
a very sharp hit by Johnny Stern, the first baseman. That is their fourth hit.

1204
01:45:53,320 --> 01:45:56,320
Now, the one thing to remember, fans, about this ball game is this.

1205
01:45:56,320 --> 01:46:01,320
While the American League leads 3-0, the service team is not out of reach.

1206
01:46:01,320 --> 01:46:05,320
They're trailing by just three runs. Here's the right-hand hitter, Andrews, up there.

1207
01:46:05,320 --> 01:46:08,320
There's the first pitch, and it's high and wide for a ball.

1208
01:46:08,320 --> 01:46:14,320
Andrews has been up twice the first time he's been there, and the second time he hit into a fast double play.

1209
01:46:14,320 --> 01:46:18,320
The big, scoppy right-handed kid, and he's a good hitter.

1210
01:46:18,320 --> 01:46:22,320
But you're getting all set again here. The next one is a swing and a slow change of pace

1211
01:46:22,320 --> 01:46:26,320
picking around his waist, and he followed it. It rolls on the ground at the right of the plate,

1212
01:46:26,320 --> 01:46:28,320
and the crowd is one and one.

1213
01:46:28,320 --> 01:46:31,320
As you can hear from the noise here in this big stadium at Cleveland,

1214
01:46:31,320 --> 01:46:35,320
the crowd is pulling for the service stars to do something.

1215
01:46:35,320 --> 01:46:38,320
They want to see them really get back into this ball game.

1216
01:46:38,320 --> 01:46:43,320
They almost got off in front here in the first inning when they had the bases loaded with one out.

1217
01:46:43,320 --> 01:46:46,320
Now, the pitch is getting all set again. Here's the next one, and Andrews swings.

1218
01:46:46,320 --> 01:46:48,320
There's a drive into left-center field. It may be.

1219
01:46:48,320 --> 01:46:52,320
It is a hit into left-center field, and it puts runners on first and second.

1220
01:46:52,320 --> 01:46:56,320
A drive into left-center field. Teddy Williams was coming over fast,

1221
01:46:56,320 --> 01:46:58,320
and I thought he might get through that ball.

1222
01:46:58,320 --> 01:47:01,320
It just dropped in front of him in left-center, and it's a base hit.

1223
01:47:01,320 --> 01:47:07,320
The service team fans is on its way here at Cleveland in the first half of the seventh inning,

1224
01:47:07,320 --> 01:47:10,320
and there is a runner going out for first.

1225
01:47:10,320 --> 01:47:19,320
There is a runner going out.

1226
01:47:19,320 --> 01:47:23,320
I don't hear the announcement.

1227
01:47:23,320 --> 01:47:35,320
Mr. Hayduck is going to play.

1228
01:47:35,320 --> 01:47:38,320
Running for third, Pager, number six.

1229
01:47:38,320 --> 01:47:42,320
There it is. Mr. Hayduck is out there on second base running for third,

1230
01:47:42,320 --> 01:47:45,320
so we have two men on and nobody out for the service stars.

1231
01:47:45,320 --> 01:47:48,320
There is a tie to try to cross the base with Paul.

1232
01:47:48,320 --> 01:47:51,320
Now, Paulie keeps that right-pist up into the air.

1233
01:47:51,320 --> 01:47:54,320
He goes down in the left field, both hand the parrots.

1234
01:47:54,320 --> 01:47:56,320
The left-hander is warming up to the service stars.

1235
01:47:56,320 --> 01:47:59,320
And all through to our right, there are two pitchers warming up to the American League.

1236
01:47:59,320 --> 01:48:01,320
Two men on and nobody on in the seventh.

1237
01:48:01,320 --> 01:48:05,320
There is an attempted front of a very high pitch, and he fouled it.

1238
01:48:05,320 --> 01:48:09,320
Perky Pitlak attempted to front a very high pitch, and he fouled the ball.

1239
01:48:09,320 --> 01:48:11,320
It goes all the way back into the screen.

1240
01:48:11,320 --> 01:48:14,320
The catcher, Buddy Rose, gets a new baseball from the umpire

1241
01:48:14,320 --> 01:48:22,320
and passes them out at the top to Hutch.

1242
01:48:22,320 --> 01:48:24,320
Hayduck is out on second.

1243
01:48:24,320 --> 01:48:27,320
Andries is on first with a second hit of the night.

1244
01:48:27,320 --> 01:48:28,320
There's nobody out.

1245
01:48:28,320 --> 01:48:33,320
And little Frankie Pitlak is up in the batter's box right down here below our mutual booth.

1246
01:48:33,320 --> 01:48:34,320
Hutch can get the ball set.

1247
01:48:34,320 --> 01:48:35,320
Here's the next pitch, an inside pitch.

1248
01:48:35,320 --> 01:48:38,320
It's been very close, and he has to jump to get out of the way.

1249
01:48:38,320 --> 01:48:42,320
The encounters, ball one and strike two for Frankie Pitlak.

1250
01:48:42,320 --> 01:48:45,320
The River Stars are trailing three to nothing here at Cleveland.

1251
01:48:45,320 --> 01:48:49,320
The American League scored two in the first and one in the second.

1252
01:48:49,320 --> 01:48:50,320
Hudson gets set again.

1253
01:48:50,320 --> 01:48:54,320
Here's the next pitch, and there is a swing and a miss, and he struck him out.

1254
01:48:54,320 --> 01:48:59,320
Frankie Pitlak went all the way around trying to get that ball to ride, and he struck out.

1255
01:48:59,320 --> 01:49:07,320
So there is a strikeout for Hudson, and now we're going to get a pinch hitter for Wigny.

1256
01:49:07,320 --> 01:49:11,320
Here is a pinch hitter coming up to the plate to bat for Wigny.

1257
01:49:11,320 --> 01:49:18,320
Lookadello, Johnny Lookadello is coming up to the plate of the Browns.

1258
01:49:18,320 --> 01:49:19,320
He's a left-handed hitter.

1259
01:49:19,320 --> 01:49:22,320
Here's the announcement.

1260
01:49:22,320 --> 01:49:25,320
Here's Johnny Lookadello up in there, a left-handed batter.

1261
01:49:25,320 --> 01:49:31,320
He's batting for Johnny Rigney, and that means a parrots is going to come in to pitch for the service team.

1262
01:49:31,320 --> 01:49:33,320
Runners on first and second and one's on.

1263
01:49:33,320 --> 01:49:37,320
There's a hopper fouled on the first base line, and it's one strike.

1264
01:49:37,320 --> 01:49:40,320
Remember that McQuinn is now playing first base in place of York.

1265
01:49:40,320 --> 01:49:41,320
Dora is at second.

1266
01:49:41,320 --> 01:49:44,320
At shortstop is Flea Lesudo of the Yankees.

1267
01:49:44,320 --> 01:49:46,320
At third base is Kenny Keltner.

1268
01:49:46,320 --> 01:49:51,320
It's Williams in left field, DiMaggio in center field, and Sam Spence of Washington and right field.

1269
01:49:51,320 --> 01:50:01,320
The batter is Sid Hudson, the pitcher, and the catcher is Buddy Rozar, who has gone all the way for the American League team.

1270
01:50:01,320 --> 01:50:04,320
One strike on Lookadello, a left-handed batter.

1271
01:50:04,320 --> 01:50:08,320
Hudson gets at a fastball, and he got a piece of that ball and fouled it back into the screen.

1272
01:50:08,320 --> 01:50:11,320
And it's two strikes on Lookadello.

1273
01:50:11,320 --> 01:50:19,320
Next man to come up will be the leadoff man, Mullen, the center fielder who has been up three times without a hit.

1274
01:50:19,320 --> 01:50:26,320
The service team is connected for two hits here in the first half of the seventh to run their total for the night to five hits.

1275
01:50:26,320 --> 01:50:30,320
A hit in the first, a hit in the second, a hit in the third, and two in the seventh.

1276
01:50:30,320 --> 01:50:31,320
Now he's all set again.

1277
01:50:31,320 --> 01:50:32,320
Here's the next pitcher.

1278
01:50:32,320 --> 01:50:37,320
There is a ball that just missed the outside corner, a tantalizing curve ball that Lookadello was tempted to go after,

1279
01:50:37,320 --> 01:50:40,320
but he didn't, and it's ball one and strike two.

1280
01:50:40,320 --> 01:50:43,320
The American League off field is playing straight away.

1281
01:50:43,320 --> 01:50:47,320
The service team has two men on with one out here in the seventh inning at Cleveland.

1282
01:50:47,320 --> 01:50:49,320
Here comes the next pitch, and there is another wide one.

1283
01:50:49,320 --> 01:50:57,320
That time it was about a foot outside waist-high, and so Johnny Hudson has worked up a count now on this pinch hitter, Lookadello, of two and two.

1284
01:50:57,320 --> 01:51:01,320
Again, the crowd here, which is close to 70,000, I imagine.

1285
01:51:01,320 --> 01:51:03,320
It's very, very close to 70,000.

1286
01:51:03,320 --> 01:51:09,320
They're starting that staccato clapping, and you can hear it through your radio.

1287
01:51:09,320 --> 01:51:14,320
Man on first, man on second, one out, count of ball two, strike two on the batter.

1288
01:51:14,320 --> 01:51:15,320
Up to the set, here it is.

1289
01:51:15,320 --> 01:51:17,320
He swings and hits the ground ball to the pitcher.

1290
01:51:17,320 --> 01:51:18,320
That's the second out.

1291
01:51:18,320 --> 01:51:19,320
That's the first.

1292
01:51:19,320 --> 01:51:20,320
He's out, a double play.

1293
01:51:20,320 --> 01:51:28,320
Lookadello hit into a fast double play, the play going from Putzum, the Bobby Doerr, to the first baseman, McQuinn, and it retires the side.

1294
01:51:28,320 --> 01:51:38,320
And so fans, in the first half of the seventh inning for the service stars, there were no runs and there were two hits.

1295
01:51:38,320 --> 01:51:43,320
Lookadello hit into a fast double play, pitcher to second to first.

1296
01:51:43,320 --> 01:51:47,320
And now this ball game is going into the last half of the seventh.

1297
01:51:47,320 --> 01:51:49,320
Hayduck is going to first base.

1298
01:51:49,320 --> 01:51:57,320
We're going to get a new pitcher coming in from the bullpen down here to our left.

1299
01:51:57,320 --> 01:51:59,320
The service team is taking the field.

1300
01:51:59,320 --> 01:52:01,320
I believe that we're going to get a new center fielder, too.

1301
01:52:01,320 --> 01:52:03,320
I believe that Chapman is going into the outfield.

1302
01:52:03,320 --> 01:52:07,320
The great center fielder of the Philadelphia Athletics, I believe, is going into the ball game.

1303
01:52:07,320 --> 01:52:11,320
While we're watching for these changes, I believe that we'll pause briefly for station identification.

1304
01:52:11,320 --> 01:52:25,320
You're listening to an exclusive broadcast of the Service American League game from Cleveland, the All-Star game, the second All-Star game, and this is the mutual broadcasting system.

1305
01:52:25,320 --> 01:52:32,320
This is WGN, the voice of the people of Chicago.

1306
01:52:32,320 --> 01:52:40,320
Our fans, we're back to our Cleveland.

1307
01:52:40,320 --> 01:52:47,320
Here's the left-hander, Harris.

1308
01:52:47,320 --> 01:52:50,320
Morris Mickey Harris from the Army.

1309
01:52:50,320 --> 01:52:53,320
He's stationed in the Panama Canal Zone.

1310
01:52:53,320 --> 01:52:56,320
He was formerly with the Boston Red Sox.

1311
01:52:56,320 --> 01:53:01,320
He reached the Boston Red Sox in July 1940 after only two and a half years in the minor.

1312
01:53:01,320 --> 01:53:06,320
He won four and he lost two for Boston.

1313
01:53:06,320 --> 01:53:09,320
Last year he won eight games and lost 14.

1314
01:53:09,320 --> 01:53:10,320
Here's the ball left-hander.

1315
01:53:10,320 --> 01:53:13,320
He's had about six big calls.

1316
01:53:13,320 --> 01:53:21,320
And there's been a lot of publicity about Harris because, as you know, he was flown out there to take part in this game, and everyone was anxious to see him get into it.

1317
01:53:21,320 --> 01:53:26,320
He's getting into it now in the last half of the seventh as the pitcher for the service team.

1318
01:53:26,320 --> 01:53:35,320
Now the first man to face him, a right-hand hitter, is the leadoff man, Rizzuto, and there is a swing and a miss, and it's one strike.

1319
01:53:35,320 --> 01:53:37,320
Hayduck is playing first as we told you.

1320
01:53:37,320 --> 01:53:38,320
Hayduck is at first.

1321
01:53:38,320 --> 01:53:39,320
McCoy is at second.

1322
01:53:39,320 --> 01:53:41,320
Travis is still at short.

1323
01:53:41,320 --> 01:53:43,320
Andries is at third.

1324
01:53:43,320 --> 01:53:45,320
Clam Chapman is in center field in place of Mullins.

1325
01:53:45,320 --> 01:53:50,320
Here's the next pitch, and there was a slow, channelizing, curterball across his shoulders.

1326
01:53:50,320 --> 01:53:53,320
But I went forward and missed it, so it is two strikes on Rizzuto.

1327
01:53:53,320 --> 01:53:56,320
The American League's batting in the last half of the seventh.

1328
01:53:56,320 --> 01:54:01,320
They're leading three to nothing in this ball game over the service stars who are really giving them a battle.

1329
01:54:01,320 --> 01:54:02,320
Harris gets set again.

1330
01:54:02,320 --> 01:54:04,320
Here's the next pitch, and there's a drive down the right-field line.

1331
01:54:04,320 --> 01:54:05,320
It's going to be a hit.

1332
01:54:05,320 --> 01:54:06,320
It's going to be an extra-base hit.

1333
01:54:06,320 --> 01:54:08,320
It's bounded way back there against the wall.

1334
01:54:08,320 --> 01:54:09,320
Rizzuto's on his way to second.

1335
01:54:09,320 --> 01:54:15,320
The right fielder firing the ball in, and he slips past second base, but he gets back in there.

1336
01:54:15,320 --> 01:54:17,320
Rizzuto running around second base slipped.

1337
01:54:17,320 --> 01:54:21,320
But he got up in time to get back into second base with a double.

1338
01:54:21,320 --> 01:54:27,320
Just as the service team was getting ready to put that ball on him, Rizzuto slipped going around second base.

1339
01:54:27,320 --> 01:54:32,320
When it looked like he might try for the triple, he got up and slipped back into second.

1340
01:54:32,320 --> 01:54:36,320
So it is a two-base hit for Rizzuto.

1341
01:54:36,320 --> 01:54:39,320
That's his second time up and his first hit.

1342
01:54:39,320 --> 01:54:43,320
That is a total of eight hits for the American League.

1343
01:54:43,320 --> 01:54:47,320
It brings up a left-hand hitter, the right fielder, Stan Sprintz.

1344
01:54:47,320 --> 01:54:50,320
There's a man on second base, and there's nobody out here in the last half of the seventh.

1345
01:54:50,320 --> 01:54:51,320
Harris is getting a sign.

1346
01:54:51,320 --> 01:54:59,320
Here's the pitch, and there's a throw to second base, and Rizzuto goes to third, head first, and he's in there safely.

1347
01:54:59,320 --> 01:55:03,320
A delayed steal of third base by Rizzuto.

1348
01:55:03,320 --> 01:55:05,320
The batter attempted to punt that ball.

1349
01:55:05,320 --> 01:55:06,320
He missed it.

1350
01:55:06,320 --> 01:55:11,320
The catcher pit-lacked through to second, and Rizzuto tore to third and slid in safely.

1351
01:55:11,320 --> 01:55:13,320
It's a clean steal of third.

1352
01:55:13,320 --> 01:55:19,320
The play went from the catcher to the second, to second base to third.

1353
01:55:19,320 --> 01:55:24,320
So there's a man on third now for the All-Stars.

1354
01:55:24,320 --> 01:55:26,320
The American League All-Stars, Spence batting.

1355
01:55:26,320 --> 01:55:28,320
There's one strike on him.

1356
01:55:28,320 --> 01:55:32,320
The infield is pulled in a bit.

1357
01:55:32,320 --> 01:55:35,320
Harris taking a lot of time, getting a sign from pit-lack.

1358
01:55:35,320 --> 01:55:36,320
How he starts his windup.

1359
01:55:36,320 --> 01:55:37,320
Here it is.

1360
01:55:37,320 --> 01:55:38,320
There's a hopper over the pitcher's head.

1361
01:55:38,320 --> 01:55:42,320
The runner's still holding third, and the batter is being thrown out in a fast play.

1362
01:55:42,320 --> 01:55:45,320
The play going from McCoy to Hayduck, and the runner Rizzuto held third.

1363
01:55:45,320 --> 01:55:53,320
I thought that he might possibly break for the plate on that ball because it was a slow bounding ball over the pitcher's head to the second base from McCoy,

1364
01:55:53,320 --> 01:55:57,320
but Rizzuto held third, and McCoy threw the batter out.

1365
01:55:57,320 --> 01:55:58,320
It was a very nice play.

1366
01:55:58,320 --> 01:56:03,320
So there's one going.

1367
01:56:03,320 --> 01:56:06,320
Now here's the great Teddy Williams up, one of the greatest hitters in baseball.

1368
01:56:06,320 --> 01:56:11,320
A tall, wiry lad, a left-handed batter, and there is a ball that gets away from the catcher.

1369
01:56:11,320 --> 01:56:13,320
It rolls a few feet back of the plate.

1370
01:56:13,320 --> 01:56:20,320
The pitcher comes in to cover the plate, but Rizzuto plays it safe and stays at third.

1371
01:56:20,320 --> 01:56:26,320
The ball got away from the catcher, Frankie Pitlack, and rolled back about 20 feet behind the plate.

1372
01:56:26,320 --> 01:56:30,320
He and the umpire were getting all tangled up as Frankie wanted to get back to get that ball,

1373
01:56:30,320 --> 01:56:35,320
but the runner stayed at third, so Rizzuto is still there, and there's one going.

1374
01:56:35,320 --> 01:56:38,320
Save us in field is drawn in a few steps.

1375
01:56:38,320 --> 01:56:40,320
They're not playing way in.

1376
01:56:40,320 --> 01:56:43,320
Here comes the next pitch to Williams, and it's a spike.

1377
01:56:43,320 --> 01:56:46,320
He caught the outside corner that time with a beautiful pitch.

1378
01:56:46,320 --> 01:56:51,320
Boy, that was a sharp curve ball that just whipped in over the outside corner, and it's a called strike.

1379
01:56:51,320 --> 01:56:56,320
And so we have it one and one on Teddy Williams, a man on third, one out here in the last half of the seventh at Cleveland

1380
01:56:56,320 --> 01:56:58,320
with the American League ahead three to nothing.

1381
01:56:58,320 --> 01:57:01,320
As I said, and there is a very sharp breaking curve.

1382
01:57:01,320 --> 01:57:03,320
There was a foot outside at the knee,

1383
01:57:03,320 --> 01:57:06,320
and Frankie Pitlack had to go way outside to get it.

1384
01:57:06,320 --> 01:57:11,320
The outfield is playing Williams just a shade to the right, and they're plenty deep for this boy.

1385
01:57:11,320 --> 01:57:16,320
As you know, he's one of the best long ball hitters and also one of the best sharp hitters in baseball.

1386
01:57:16,320 --> 01:57:18,320
He can drive that ball between them.

1387
01:57:18,320 --> 01:57:20,320
Here comes the next pitch, and Williams takes a ball.

1388
01:57:20,320 --> 01:57:25,320
It missed the corner just at the knee, and it's ball three and strike one for Williams.

1389
01:57:25,320 --> 01:57:29,320
The American League would like to get this additional run in from third.

1390
01:57:29,320 --> 01:57:32,320
They're leading three to nothing in the last half of the seventh.

1391
01:57:32,320 --> 01:57:35,320
Harris has said again, here's the next pitch, and there is a high fly ball.

1392
01:57:35,320 --> 01:57:37,320
It's way back in the left center field.

1393
01:57:37,320 --> 01:57:39,320
Padgett going back, Chaplin going back.

1394
01:57:39,320 --> 01:57:41,320
Padgett couldn't get the ball, it went over his head.

1395
01:57:41,320 --> 01:57:43,320
Here's the run scoring.

1396
01:57:43,320 --> 01:57:45,320
Williams is rounding second. He's on his way to third.

1397
01:57:45,320 --> 01:57:48,320
Here's the relay, and Williams pulls up at third with a triple.

1398
01:57:48,320 --> 01:57:52,320
It was a tremendous ball of fans way back in the left center field.

1399
01:57:52,320 --> 01:57:54,320
Padgett raced back from his left field position.

1400
01:57:54,320 --> 01:57:57,320
The center fielder, Chaplin, came tearing over, but the ball dropped behind them,

1401
01:57:57,320 --> 01:58:02,320
and Williams pulls up at third base slowly with an easy triple.

1402
01:58:05,320 --> 01:58:09,320
So the score now is four to nothing in favor of the American League.

1403
01:58:09,320 --> 01:58:13,320
Here is the famous Yankee clipper, Joe DiMaggio, up at the plate, a right-handed batter.

1404
01:58:13,320 --> 01:58:16,320
He's been up three times. He's hit safely once.

1405
01:58:16,320 --> 01:58:21,320
Here's the first pitch, and there is a spike. It caught the outside corner waist-high.

1406
01:58:21,320 --> 01:58:26,320
Fastball right over the outside corner to Joe DiMaggio, a man on third, one run in.

1407
01:58:26,320 --> 01:58:30,320
We're in the last half of the seventh, and the American League now has another run.

1408
01:58:30,320 --> 01:58:33,320
Harris is all set again here. The next pitch, a change of pace pitch.

1409
01:58:33,320 --> 01:58:39,320
It's wide, knee-high, and again, Frankie Pütlak has to go way outside for it.

1410
01:58:39,320 --> 01:58:41,320
The outfielder swung to the other side.

1411
01:58:41,320 --> 01:58:45,320
They're playing DiMaggio as either a left center field hitter or a left field hitter.

1412
01:58:45,320 --> 01:58:47,320
The left fielder, Padgett, is very deep.

1413
01:58:47,320 --> 01:58:52,320
Chaplin in center field is over a bit toward left field, and the right fielder is just about in a normal spot.

1414
01:58:52,320 --> 01:58:56,320
DiMaggio takes a fastball. It's right across his chin, and it's ball two.

1415
01:58:56,320 --> 01:59:01,320
So it's two and one on Joe DiMaggio with Teddy Williams on third. He just tripled.

1416
01:59:01,320 --> 01:59:06,320
He drove in Rizzuto, and the American League is ahead, four to nothing here at Cleveland.

1417
01:59:06,320 --> 01:59:09,320
Harris has his sign again. Here's the next pitch to Joe.

1418
01:59:09,320 --> 01:59:14,320
Joe steps away from on its inside low, and it's ball three in strike one.

1419
01:59:14,320 --> 01:59:19,320
Frankie Pütlak steps out in front of the plate, says something to the pitcher.

1420
01:59:19,320 --> 01:59:26,320
Harris turns around and goes for the rosin bag, taking plenty of time out there getting set.

1421
01:59:26,320 --> 01:59:31,320
Now he peers down at Pütlak. Here's Joe DiMaggio with that familiar stance of his up at the plate.

1422
01:59:31,320 --> 01:59:36,320
Here comes the pitch, and it's a beauty right over the inside corner, race five for a called strike.

1423
01:59:36,320 --> 01:59:40,320
Harris fired in a beautiful pitch that time. It's a called strike on Joe,

1424
01:59:40,320 --> 01:59:43,320
and the Yankee Clippers steps out of the batter's box and gets some dirt on his hands.

1425
01:59:43,320 --> 01:59:45,320
Now he's up in there again.

1426
01:59:45,320 --> 01:59:48,320
There's that familiar black five in the back of his white uniform.

1427
01:59:48,320 --> 01:59:51,320
There's those legs wide apart, that bat over his right shoulder.

1428
01:59:51,320 --> 01:59:54,320
That familiar stance is known to baseball fans the world over.

1429
01:59:54,320 --> 01:59:58,320
Here it is, and there is a very high infield fly on the right side of the infield.

1430
01:59:58,320 --> 02:00:01,320
The first baseman, Hayduck, is between first base and second going to his right.

1431
02:00:01,320 --> 02:00:04,320
He grabbed the ball, and Williams holds third.

1432
02:00:04,320 --> 02:00:10,320
So Joe DiMaggio hit a very powering infield fly ball that was taken by the first baseman, Chester Hayduck,

1433
02:00:10,320 --> 02:00:17,320
going to his right, towards second base in the base path, and there's two gone.

1434
02:00:17,320 --> 02:00:21,320
That, by the way, is the second time tonight that Joe has popped out in the infield.

1435
02:00:21,320 --> 02:00:25,320
The other time he hit into a double play, and the first time he's single driving in a run.

1436
02:00:25,320 --> 02:00:29,320
Now there's a man on third, and here's George McQuinn of the St. Louis Browns,

1437
02:00:29,320 --> 02:00:34,320
one of the best-fielding first basemen in baseball, a fine, sharp hitter, and a swell-out up at the plate.

1438
02:00:34,320 --> 02:00:37,320
He's making his first appearance up there tonight. He took the place of Rudy York,

1439
02:00:37,320 --> 02:00:40,320
and there is a spike. It's right across his knees.

1440
02:00:40,320 --> 02:00:44,320
There's that sharp curve ball, and Farley gluts out that yell again on that strike,

1441
02:00:44,320 --> 02:00:46,320
and the crowd gets a kick out of it.

1442
02:00:46,320 --> 02:00:50,320
The man on third, there's a run in. There's two out here in the last half of the seventh.

1443
02:00:50,320 --> 02:00:53,320
Harris, the left-hander out there on the mound, is getting all set again.

1444
02:00:53,320 --> 02:00:57,320
Mickey swings around. Here comes the next pitch to McQuinn. McQuinn swings.

1445
02:00:57,320 --> 02:00:59,320
There's a drive at the hip, out into right center field.

1446
02:00:59,320 --> 02:01:04,320
It's going way, way out into right center field. It's rolling farther away from the infield.

1447
02:01:04,320 --> 02:01:06,320
He's rounding second. He's on his way to third.

1448
02:01:06,320 --> 02:01:10,320
Here's the relay, but they'll never get him. He's in the dirt, and he's safe at third.

1449
02:01:10,320 --> 02:01:14,320
It's a pitfall for McQuinn, way out into right center field.

1450
02:01:14,320 --> 02:01:17,320
The ball was finally fielded out there by Joe Grace.

1451
02:01:17,320 --> 02:01:19,320
He picked the ball up and fired it into short center field,

1452
02:01:19,320 --> 02:01:23,320
where McCoy, the second baseman, ran out, took the ball, and whipped it over to third base.

1453
02:01:23,320 --> 02:01:26,320
But McQuinn is in at third with another three-base hit,

1454
02:01:26,320 --> 02:01:31,320
and another run has scored for the American League.

1455
02:01:31,320 --> 02:01:36,320
So the score now is five to nothing in favor of the American League in the last half of the seventh.

1456
02:01:36,320 --> 02:01:43,320
McQuinn on first base, with two gone, and here is Bobby Dorup at the plate.

1457
02:01:43,320 --> 02:01:47,320
Right-handed batter. First pitch to him is a bit outside, ball one.

1458
02:01:47,320 --> 02:01:51,320
As Wade told you, Bobby Dorup has a rather odd stance up there at the plate.

1459
02:01:51,320 --> 02:01:54,320
I've asked him about it many, many times when the Red Sox had been in Chicago,

1460
02:01:54,320 --> 02:01:59,320
but he gets wonderful success with that particular stance, and there's no reason for him changing it.

1461
02:01:59,320 --> 02:02:01,320
Here's the next pitch, and there's a very high foul.

1462
02:02:01,320 --> 02:02:07,320
It's off to the right. Pitlak's mask is off. He's back. He should get this ball. He's out, and it retires the side.

1463
02:02:07,320 --> 02:02:11,320
McQuinn is left on third. Frankie Pitlak went back fast for that foul,

1464
02:02:11,320 --> 02:02:15,320
and it retires the side. And so, fans, in the last half of the seventh,

1465
02:02:15,320 --> 02:02:19,320
the American League scored two more runs, and there were three hits.

1466
02:02:19,320 --> 02:02:25,320
A double, a triple, and a triple. Two runs and three hits, and that is the end of the seventh.

1467
02:02:25,320 --> 02:02:28,320
So now let's recheck on the totals for seven innings.

1468
02:02:28,320 --> 02:02:36,320
The American League, five runs, two, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten hits.

1469
02:02:36,320 --> 02:02:41,320
The service all-stars, no runs, and five hits.

1470
02:02:43,320 --> 02:02:45,320
This ballgame is going into the first half of the eighth inning.

1471
02:02:45,320 --> 02:02:47,320
It's a wonderful sight here at Cleveland, fans.

1472
02:02:47,320 --> 02:02:50,320
Seventy thousand people are jammed at the stadium to see a grand ballgame,

1473
02:02:50,320 --> 02:02:58,320
and Mutual hopes that you're enjoying this ballgame as you hear our exclusive story about this game from your radio.

1474
02:02:58,320 --> 02:03:00,320
We're going to pause again briefly for station identification.

1475
02:03:00,320 --> 02:03:03,320
You're listening to the broadcast from the Municipal Stadium in Cleveland.

1476
02:03:03,320 --> 02:03:07,320
This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.

1477
02:03:09,320 --> 02:03:13,320
This is WGM, the voice of the people of Chicago.

1478
02:03:16,320 --> 02:03:19,320
Well, here we are. This is Bob Olson talking to you again from Cleveland.

1479
02:03:19,320 --> 02:03:23,320
And here is Tex Hewson of the Boston Red Sox, a very good right-hander out there in the mound.

1480
02:03:23,320 --> 02:03:29,320
He is the third pitcher for the American League.

1481
02:03:29,320 --> 02:03:37,320
Tex Hewson, one of the regulars, regular starters with the Boston club, a right-hander, and a very, very fine pitcher.

1482
02:03:37,320 --> 02:03:39,320
I believe he's won seven ballgames this year.

1483
02:03:39,320 --> 02:03:42,320
I saw him pitch a very splendid game just about a week ago in Chicago.

1484
02:03:42,320 --> 02:03:47,320
The first man to face him up at the plate now is Chapman, the center fielder.

1485
02:03:47,320 --> 02:03:51,320
He's playing in center field for the service team in place of Mullen.

1486
02:03:51,320 --> 02:03:56,320
He's a right-handed batter, and as you all know, those of you who saw him play with Philadelphia,

1487
02:03:56,320 --> 02:03:58,320
he was one of the greatest young outfielders in the game.

1488
02:03:58,320 --> 02:04:02,320
And there is a strike. It's right across his knees, and the count is one and one.

1489
02:04:02,320 --> 02:04:05,320
The service team trails by five runs at Cleveland.

1490
02:04:05,320 --> 02:04:10,320
The American League, two in the first, one in the second, and two in the seventh.

1491
02:04:10,320 --> 02:04:12,320
The service team has failed to score.

1492
02:04:12,320 --> 02:04:15,320
Hewson, the right-hander, is the third pitcher for the American League.

1493
02:04:15,320 --> 02:04:18,320
He's on the mound now pitching to Chapman. The count is one and one.

1494
02:04:18,320 --> 02:04:22,320
Here it comes, and there's a swing and a drive to the first base of McQuinn, a nice pickup.

1495
02:04:22,320 --> 02:04:26,320
There's the run to the bag, and he's out. McQuinn unassisted, and there's one gone.

1496
02:04:26,320 --> 02:04:31,320
And now the American Leaguers fire that ball around the infield from Kenny Keltner to Flea Rosuto to Bobby Dorr,

1497
02:04:31,320 --> 02:04:35,320
back over to McQuinn, and then back to Hewson, and now the boys are getting all set.

1498
02:04:35,320 --> 02:04:40,320
Your country play Mueller, number nine, batting for McCoy.

1499
02:04:40,320 --> 02:04:43,320
Here's Mueller of the Phillies.

1500
02:04:43,320 --> 02:04:46,320
Emmett Mueller, utility man with the Phillies. He's an infielder and outfielder.

1501
02:04:46,320 --> 02:04:48,320
He's an all-around handyman.

1502
02:04:48,320 --> 02:04:50,320
Left-handed batter up at the plate.

1503
02:04:50,320 --> 02:04:53,320
In the first pitch, he swings and fouls up into the wire, and it's one strike.

1504
02:04:53,320 --> 02:04:59,320
Mueller is in the Army.

1505
02:04:59,320 --> 02:05:01,320
He's a left-handed batter and a fine little ball player.

1506
02:05:01,320 --> 02:05:03,320
We saw him many, many times with the Phillies.

1507
02:05:03,320 --> 02:05:07,320
Defton, they're now waiting for the next pitch from Hewson, the outfield playing him straight away.

1508
02:05:07,320 --> 02:05:10,320
There's a swing and a high pitch, and he fouled out when it rose on the ground,

1509
02:05:10,320 --> 02:05:13,320
all the way back to the screen, and it's two strikes.

1510
02:05:13,320 --> 02:05:16,320
There's one out and nobody on here in the first half of the eighth,

1511
02:05:16,320 --> 02:05:19,320
and the service team doesn't have many more chances.

1512
02:05:19,320 --> 02:05:26,320
The Phillies are in the eighth. That means they have just the first half of the ninth to try to get those five runs back.

1513
02:05:26,320 --> 02:05:28,320
Hewson getting all set out there again.

1514
02:05:28,320 --> 02:05:31,320
Here's the next pitch to Mueller. Mueller steps up on a curve ball and lets it go by,

1515
02:05:31,320 --> 02:05:34,320
and it just missed the corner knee-high for a ball.

1516
02:05:34,320 --> 02:05:40,320
So it's ball one and strike two for Mueller, who is batting for Benny McCoy.

1517
02:05:40,320 --> 02:05:43,320
Mueller will go into the ball game for the service team at second base.

1518
02:05:43,320 --> 02:05:46,320
Here comes the next pitch, and there's a fly ball into short right center field.

1519
02:05:46,320 --> 02:05:50,320
Mueller is going for the ball. Right fielder, center fielder, and it drops for a hit.

1520
02:05:50,320 --> 02:05:53,320
And Mueller keeps right on going to second base.

1521
02:05:53,320 --> 02:05:56,320
The boys get crossed up on their signals out there that time.

1522
02:05:56,320 --> 02:06:04,320
DiMaggio and Stan Spence, and the ball dropped right in between them for a two-base hit for Mueller.

1523
02:06:04,320 --> 02:06:08,320
Well, that's one of those things that you see happen very frequently in a ball game.

1524
02:06:08,320 --> 02:06:13,320
The boys just got crossed up on their signals, and right center field between DiMaggio and Spence

1525
02:06:13,320 --> 02:06:17,320
and Mueller is to take that ball, and Mueller gets himself a two-base hit.

1526
02:06:17,320 --> 02:06:19,320
Now here's Padgett up. He's been up three times. He's had one hit.

1527
02:06:19,320 --> 02:06:22,320
There's a strike. It's right across his knees.

1528
02:06:22,320 --> 02:06:29,320
Right over the inside corner, knee-high, Padgett, a giant of a fellow, a left-handed batter, can really pull that ball.

1529
02:06:29,320 --> 02:06:32,320
This fellow used to be with a Cardinals, outfielder and a catcher.

1530
02:06:32,320 --> 02:06:39,320
Then with Brooklyn, there's a strike, a beautiful pitching around his knees is called, and it's two strikes for Padgett.

1531
02:06:39,320 --> 02:06:43,320
The service teams trying to come from behind. They're trailing by five runs here at Cleveland.

1532
02:06:43,320 --> 02:06:48,320
They're batting in the first half of the eighth inning. They have a man on second base and one out.

1533
02:06:48,320 --> 02:06:52,320
The American League outfield on defense is well spread out. They are spread out now.

1534
02:06:52,320 --> 02:06:55,320
Here comes the next pitcher. There's a swing and a fly ball back into left field.

1535
02:06:55,320 --> 02:07:00,320
Williams going back about 15 feet. He's under the ball. He's out, and there's two gone.

1536
02:07:00,320 --> 02:07:05,320
Padgett drove a long fly ball back into left field, and Williams backed up and pulled it down.

1537
02:07:05,320 --> 02:07:08,320
So there's two gone now.

1538
02:07:08,320 --> 02:07:13,320
As Cecil Travis, the former great Washington infielder, comes up.

1539
02:07:13,320 --> 02:07:19,320
This fellow's a left-hand batter, and I believe for a left-hand batter, one of the best left field hitters in baseball.

1540
02:07:19,320 --> 02:07:23,320
This fellow can really slash that ball into left field.

1541
02:07:23,320 --> 02:07:29,320
He did it the second time up today when he doubled the left. There's a spike. It's right across his knees.

1542
02:07:29,320 --> 02:07:32,320
Imagio playing him in dead center. Williams in left field.

1543
02:07:32,320 --> 02:07:38,320
Stan Spence in right field. There's a man on second base for the service teams, and there's two out.

1544
02:07:38,320 --> 02:07:41,320
Hewson, Tech Hewson, the right-hander on the mound.

1545
02:07:41,320 --> 02:07:49,320
Here comes the next pitch, and there is a ball. It's just a bit high and a bit outside, and it's one and one.

1546
02:07:49,320 --> 02:07:56,320
Buddy Rosa, the catcher, takes his glove off, walks out in front of the plate, ruffs that ball up in his hands a bit, and then fires it back to Hewson.

1547
02:07:56,320 --> 02:08:01,320
Hewson is content with a pretty good leadoff second. Here's the next pitch, and there's a swing and a foul back into the wire.

1548
02:08:01,320 --> 02:08:05,320
Travis went all the way around trying to connect with that ball. He foul-tipped it.

1549
02:08:05,320 --> 02:08:11,320
It sailed back into the wire, and there's two strikes on him. It's one and two.

1550
02:08:11,320 --> 02:08:15,320
Mueller out on second base and two gone in the first half of the eighth.

1551
02:08:15,320 --> 02:08:20,320
The American League five, the service all-stars, nothing.

1552
02:08:20,320 --> 02:08:24,320
Hewson getting his sign. Here comes the next pitch, and there is a drive out to the shortstop.

1553
02:08:24,320 --> 02:08:30,320
He's up with that ball. It goes along pegs. Bees out, and a nice play from Rizzuto to McQuinn, and it retires the side.

1554
02:08:30,320 --> 02:08:37,320
So Mueller is left on the bases, and the totals in the first half of the eighth inning are no runs and one hit.

1555
02:08:37,320 --> 02:08:40,320
It makes the eighth inning totals for the service teams.

1556
02:08:40,320 --> 02:08:45,320
For the service team, no runs and one, two, three, four, five, six hits.

1557
02:08:45,320 --> 02:08:49,320
Now we're going into the last half of the eighth inning.

1558
02:08:49,320 --> 02:08:54,320
Service team going out onto the field. Andries is going to third.

1559
02:08:54,320 --> 02:08:58,320
Cease Travis out to short. There's Mueller going to second.

1560
02:08:58,320 --> 02:09:00,320
Rester Hayduck is at first.

1561
02:09:00,320 --> 02:09:03,320
In the outfield, Chapman in center field.

1562
02:09:03,320 --> 02:09:05,320
Padgett in left field.

1563
02:09:05,320 --> 02:09:07,320
Grace in right field.

1564
02:09:07,320 --> 02:09:14,320
Frankie Pitlak is catching, and we're going to get a new pitcher now for the service team.

1565
02:09:14,320 --> 02:09:17,320
Here is a new pitcher coming in for the service team.

1566
02:09:17,320 --> 02:09:21,320
Fourth pitcher for them tonight.

1567
02:09:21,320 --> 02:09:26,320
Right-hander.

1568
02:09:26,320 --> 02:09:29,320
Here comes the announcement. Listen to it.

1569
02:09:29,320 --> 02:09:32,320
Number nine, now good change.

1570
02:09:32,320 --> 02:09:36,320
Rodzicki, number nine, now good change.

1571
02:09:36,320 --> 02:09:42,320
Johnny Rodzicki, who's with the Army, stationed at Fort Knox, Kentucky.

1572
02:09:42,320 --> 02:09:46,320
The property of the St. Louis Cardinals are right-handers on the mound.

1573
02:09:46,320 --> 02:09:53,320
Member of the Cardinal chain, Rodzicki won 19 and lost five at Columbus last season, compiling an earned run average of 2.58.

1574
02:09:53,320 --> 02:09:59,320
Assigned to the service branch of the armored forces of Fort Knox, the big right-hander finds time to pitch.

1575
02:09:59,320 --> 02:10:07,320
Every couple of weeks, he's appeared in excellent pitching conditions in all of his efforts so far with the Army, and he's getting his chance here tonight at Cleveland.

1576
02:10:07,320 --> 02:10:15,320
The big right-hander is out there now firing in a few practice pitches to Frankie Pitlak, and the American League is coming to bat in the last half of the eighth.

1577
02:10:15,320 --> 02:10:22,320
The score of the American League Five, the service team nothing as we start the last half of the eighth.

1578
02:10:22,320 --> 02:10:24,320
Now the first man to bat.

1579
02:10:24,320 --> 02:10:28,320
This is Kenny Keltner. Kenny Keltner has been up three times tonight. He has two hits.

1580
02:10:28,320 --> 02:10:30,320
First time he drove a long triple in the left center field.

1581
02:10:30,320 --> 02:10:37,320
The second time he flied out, and the third time he hit safely, and there is a fast ball right around his knees, and it's a called strike.

1582
02:10:37,320 --> 02:10:40,320
The left fielder, Don Tadgett, is playing him plenty deep, and he should.

1583
02:10:40,320 --> 02:10:46,320
Kenny drove one of the longest balls I've seen hit in this park, way out in the left center field, and that ball was hit a mile.

1584
02:10:46,320 --> 02:10:53,320
As Zecchi gets that again, here's the next pitch, and there is a foul. It's up in the wire here to our right, and it's two strikes.

1585
02:10:53,320 --> 02:10:57,320
Artie Fletcher of the Yankees is coaching at third, down here to our left.

1586
02:10:57,320 --> 02:11:06,320
Straight down the first base line is Stanley Harris, former boy manager of the Washington Senators who won two pennants for the Senators many years ago.

1587
02:11:06,320 --> 02:11:11,320
Here comes the next pitch to Keltner. Keltner hits a bouncing ball down to Andries at third. There goes the peg.

1588
02:11:11,320 --> 02:11:19,320
He's out. It's an easy play. Andries to Hayduck, and he was out at first by ten feet.

1589
02:11:19,320 --> 02:11:27,320
Now the next batter is Buddy Rozar, the stocky lad, second string catcher on the Yankee ball club.

1590
02:11:27,320 --> 02:11:32,320
He's caught the entire game tonight, and he's had two hits.

1591
02:11:32,320 --> 02:11:35,320
And up three times, he's making his fourth appearance of the night.

1592
02:11:35,320 --> 02:11:41,320
He's stepping up now in the last half of the eighth inning with one gone. The score five to nothing in favor of the American League.

1593
02:11:41,320 --> 02:11:45,320
There's a ball that's a little bit low and inside.

1594
02:11:45,320 --> 02:11:49,320
Rod Zecchi of the Army is now pitching for the service team.

1595
02:11:49,320 --> 02:11:53,320
Duller started, then Wigney, then Harris, and now Rod Zecchi.

1596
02:11:53,320 --> 02:11:57,320
He's a right-hander. He swings around. Here's the next pitch, and there's a long wallop way back in the center field.

1597
02:11:57,320 --> 02:12:05,320
Chapman going back, back, back. He's there, and he grabbed that ball way out in center field. A long wallop by Buddy Rozar for the second up.

1598
02:12:05,320 --> 02:12:11,320
Sam really had to turn around and keep running. He turned around again just at the right time to pull that ball out of the air.

1599
02:12:11,320 --> 02:12:17,320
So there's two gone, and the service team whips that ball around the infield.

1600
02:12:17,320 --> 02:12:22,320
Here's Tex Houston coming up for his first time at bat. He's walking up. He says something to umpire Balik.

1601
02:12:22,320 --> 02:12:29,320
Steps around to the left side. Here he is right below our mutual broadcasting booth in Cleveland. A red 21 in the back of his white uniform.

1602
02:12:29,320 --> 02:12:35,320
A tall, good-looking lad. He's up in there now waiting for the first pitch. Rod Zecchi is all set. Here it is.

1603
02:12:35,320 --> 02:12:38,320
And it's a ball. Fast ball almost into the dirt.

1604
02:12:38,320 --> 02:12:42,320
The outfield with the pitcher up moves in about ten steps.

1605
02:12:42,320 --> 02:12:46,320
They're playing him straight away. Right fielder is short.

1606
02:12:46,320 --> 02:12:51,320
Here comes the next pitch, and there is a strike. He stepped away from the curve ball that broke away from him.

1607
02:12:51,320 --> 02:12:56,320
He stepped away from the right-hand hitter and tore the plate. It was a very nice pitch, and it evens the count at one and one.

1608
02:12:56,320 --> 02:13:00,320
It's two out and nobody on in the last half of the eighth. Rod Zecchi is all set.

1609
02:13:00,320 --> 02:13:04,320
Here's the next pitch. There is a strike. It's called over the outside corner, knee high.

1610
02:13:04,320 --> 02:13:08,320
And Balik again shoots that right fist up into the air, and it's one and two.

1611
02:13:08,320 --> 02:13:13,320
Pitcher Euston batting with two outs. Rod Zecchi gets all set again. He has started his motions.

1612
02:13:13,320 --> 02:13:20,320
He swings around. Here it is. He struck him out. A curve ball over the outside corner, and Euston is called out on strike.

1613
02:13:20,320 --> 02:13:25,320
And so that is the end. No runs and no hits.

1614
02:13:25,320 --> 02:13:30,320
That is the end of the eighth, and now fans, we're going into the first half of the ninth inning of this ballgame at Cleveland,

1615
02:13:30,320 --> 02:13:35,320
at the big municipal stadium, between the American League All-Stars and the service team All-Stars,

1616
02:13:35,320 --> 02:13:37,320
and what a grand ballgame it's been.

1617
02:13:37,320 --> 02:13:45,320
The score of the American League Five and the service team Nothing as we go into the first half of the ninth.

1618
02:13:45,320 --> 02:13:50,320
I believe we'll pause now to let our mutual stations across the country come in and identify themselves.

1619
02:13:50,320 --> 02:13:55,320
As you know, this is an exclusive broadcast carried from Cleveland,

1620
02:13:55,320 --> 02:14:00,320
so that you fans, wherever you happen to be listening to it, can hear the complete story of this wonderful game.

1621
02:14:00,320 --> 02:14:04,320
This is the Mutual Broadcasting System.

1622
02:14:04,320 --> 02:14:12,320
This is WGM, the voices of the people, Chicago.

1623
02:14:17,320 --> 02:14:24,320
Well, friends, here we are back here at Cleveland. Here's a pinch hitter coming up, Mori Arnovich.

1624
02:14:24,320 --> 02:14:30,320
Mori Arnovich, a right-hand hitter, is coming up to bat for Grace as we start the first half of the ninth.

1625
02:14:30,320 --> 02:14:34,320
Here comes the announcement. Listen to it.

1626
02:14:34,320 --> 02:14:38,320
There's a ball wide.

1627
02:14:38,320 --> 02:14:41,320
Mori Arnovich is up at the plate.

1628
02:14:41,320 --> 02:14:44,320
Mori played with a number of teams in the National League.

1629
02:14:44,320 --> 02:14:47,320
There's a pitcher there as a spike gets over the outside corner.

1630
02:14:47,320 --> 02:14:49,320
I remember that for a while.

1631
02:14:49,320 --> 02:14:53,320
I believe it was in 1940 when Mori led the National League for the first couple of months of the season.

1632
02:14:53,320 --> 02:14:57,320
Right-hand batter who does not crowd the plate. He stands pretty far away from it.

1633
02:14:57,320 --> 02:15:01,320
He has the number one in the back of his gray uniform, and there's a ball that's wide.

1634
02:15:01,320 --> 02:15:03,320
It's ball two and strike one.

1635
02:15:03,320 --> 02:15:09,320
The service team trails by five runs, but they're still hopeful that maybe they can get a rally going here in the ninth.

1636
02:15:09,320 --> 02:15:13,320
Lusen is ready again. The next pitch Arnovich takes is in the dirt. It's a ball.

1637
02:15:13,320 --> 02:15:16,320
It's three and one now for Arnovich.

1638
02:15:16,320 --> 02:15:21,320
And the catcher, Buddy Rosa, walks out in front of the plate, says something to Lusen, and then fires in the ball.

1639
02:15:21,320 --> 02:15:27,320
So far, the service team has made just six hits and no runs. They're trailing five to nothing in the ninth.

1640
02:15:27,320 --> 02:15:35,320
Lusen gets ready again. There is a spike. He caught the outside corner knee-high with a beautiful pitch, and it's ball three and strike two.

1641
02:15:35,320 --> 02:15:40,320
The American League outfield is straight away. DeBageaux in center field, Williams in left field, and Stanspence in right field.

1642
02:15:40,320 --> 02:15:44,320
Here comes the next pitch. He hits a roller down to the third baseman Keltner, who's up with the ball.

1643
02:15:44,320 --> 02:15:49,320
There goes the peg. He's out. Keltner to McQuinn, and there's one gone.

1644
02:15:49,320 --> 02:15:56,320
Now the American Leagueers fire that ball around the infield. Keltner to Dorr to McQuinn to Rizzuto, and back around again, and then back to the pitcher.

1645
02:15:56,320 --> 02:16:02,320
There's one gone in the first half of the night.

1646
02:16:02,320 --> 02:16:06,320
There's the first baseman, Chester Hayduck.

1647
02:16:06,320 --> 02:16:12,320
Cofferty of the White Sox, the right-handed butter. There is a spike. It's right across his knee.

1648
02:16:12,320 --> 02:16:18,320
One strike on Hayduck.

1649
02:16:18,320 --> 02:16:27,320
Here comes the next pitch, and he goes all the way around, trying to miss a beautiful curve ball in around his knees, and it's two strikes.

1650
02:16:27,320 --> 02:16:31,320
One out and nobody on in the night. Last chance for the service team to get back into the ball game.

1651
02:16:31,320 --> 02:16:35,320
There's a ground ball out to the second baseman. Dorr is up with the ball. There goes the peg. He's out.

1652
02:16:35,320 --> 02:16:38,320
Dorr to McQuinn, and there's two gone.

1653
02:16:38,320 --> 02:16:46,320
And again, the American Leagueers fire it around, and now the cause of the service teams, in this ball game at least, looks pretty hopeless.

1654
02:16:46,320 --> 02:16:50,320
There's two gone in the night.

1655
02:16:50,320 --> 02:16:56,320
Here's Andres, who's had two hits, by the way, for the service team.

1656
02:16:56,320 --> 02:17:00,320
Right-handed batter, and there is a very high foul off here to the left.

1657
02:17:00,320 --> 02:17:06,320
The catcher is going to his left, throws out into that ball, and grabs it, and takes it, and the ball game is over.

1658
02:17:06,320 --> 02:17:12,320
And so the final score is five to nothing here in this ball game. We'll get the totals for you right away.

1659
02:17:12,320 --> 02:17:19,320
The service team was in the battle all the way until the American League scored those two runs in the seventh,

1660
02:17:19,320 --> 02:17:22,320
and then they pulled away with two additional runs to make it five to nothing,

1661
02:17:22,320 --> 02:17:27,320
and from that point on it looked like the job of the service team was a little bit hopeless.

1662
02:17:27,320 --> 02:17:30,320
We'll check those totals again.

1663
02:17:30,320 --> 02:17:37,320
They are for the American League, five runs, ten hits, and no errors.

1664
02:17:37,320 --> 02:17:44,320
For the Army, Navy, the service team, no runs, six hits, and no errors.

1665
02:17:44,320 --> 02:17:50,320
In the records, this ball game will go into the records as a victory.

1666
02:17:50,320 --> 02:17:56,320
The winning pitcher will be Bagby, and the losing pitcher will be Feller.

1667
02:17:56,320 --> 02:18:00,320
The runs in the early stages of the game were scored in the first inning.

1668
02:18:00,320 --> 02:18:05,320
The American League scored two runs on two hits in the first inning, a hit by Henrik, a walk to Williams,

1669
02:18:05,320 --> 02:18:07,320
a hit by DiMaggio, and a fly ball.

1670
02:18:07,320 --> 02:18:12,320
Then they scored a run in the third on a couple more hits, a triple by Keltner and a single by Rosar.

1671
02:18:12,320 --> 02:18:19,320
They scored again in the seventh and a combination of three hits, a double by Rosito, a triple by Williams,

1672
02:18:19,320 --> 02:18:22,320
and a triple by McQuinn, and that was the ball game.

1673
02:18:22,320 --> 02:18:27,320
The service teams failed to score. They had a hit in the first, a hit in the second, a hit in the third.

1674
02:18:27,320 --> 02:18:32,320
They had two hits in the seventh and one hit in the eighth, and the final score is five to nothing

1675
02:18:32,320 --> 02:18:35,320
in favor of the American League, and they certainly are champions.

1676
02:18:35,320 --> 02:18:40,320
They proved it last night in the Polo grounds, in a great ball game that we saw there with Jim Britt and Mel Allen,

1677
02:18:40,320 --> 02:18:45,320
and they proved it here in a ball game we saw in Cleveland tonight with Jack Graney and Wade Hite,

1678
02:18:45,320 --> 02:18:49,320
and this really was a ball game because the lead was only three to nothing,

1679
02:18:49,320 --> 02:18:52,320
and the service team was within striking distance all the time.

1680
02:18:52,320 --> 02:18:56,320
And that's when we know that a large number of you people listening wish that you could have been present

1681
02:18:56,320 --> 02:18:58,320
at this great game tonight.

1682
02:18:58,320 --> 02:19:01,320
However, knowing that to be a physical impossibility, the thought occurs to us

1683
02:19:01,320 --> 02:19:05,320
that you might be interested in aiding the fine cause by sending in the price of a ticket

1684
02:19:05,320 --> 02:19:07,320
for your seat tonight at the radio.

1685
02:19:07,320 --> 02:19:12,320
These seats were $1.35 and $1.60, and if you'd like to, you can send your contribution

1686
02:19:12,320 --> 02:19:16,320
to the Cleveland Baseball Company who in turn will see that it is added

1687
02:19:16,320 --> 02:19:19,320
to the combined Army and Navy Relief Fund.

1688
02:19:19,320 --> 02:19:22,320
As you know, the funds of the two games were combined.

1689
02:19:22,320 --> 02:19:26,320
The first $100,000 went to the baseball, the ball and bat fund,

1690
02:19:26,320 --> 02:19:30,320
which is to provide baseballs and bats and grubs for all the camps.

1691
02:19:30,320 --> 02:19:36,320
After that, all the money is divided equally between the service, half to the Army

1692
02:19:36,320 --> 02:19:38,320
and half to the Navy.

1693
02:19:38,320 --> 02:19:40,320
So the American League wins both games.

1694
02:19:40,320 --> 02:19:44,320
They defeat the National League 3-1 in New York, and they win this great game here in Cleveland

1695
02:19:44,320 --> 02:19:46,320
by a score of 5 to nothing.

1696
02:19:46,320 --> 02:19:50,320
It's been a swell ball game to see, and I want my colleagues who have done a splendid job here tonight

1697
02:19:50,320 --> 02:19:53,320
to come in to say goodbye to you and to have a few words of comment.

1698
02:19:53,320 --> 02:19:55,320
First here is Jack Rainey. Come in, Jack.

1699
02:19:55,320 --> 02:20:02,320
Bob, that was a very nice ball game. Nicky Cocker and the all-service team have a very good ball club.

1700
02:20:02,320 --> 02:20:08,320
They tried hard, but they just were not good enough for the American League ball club.

1701
02:20:08,320 --> 02:20:11,320
Thank you very much, Jack, and it was swell to have you with us.

1702
02:20:11,320 --> 02:20:13,320
And now from Cincinnati, here's Wade Hoyt.

1703
02:20:13,320 --> 02:20:17,320
We're also very happy to have with us tonight. Wade, will you come in for a word?

1704
02:20:17,320 --> 02:20:21,320
All right, thank you, Bob. I've seen a lot of ball games in the past, a lot of all-star games,

1705
02:20:21,320 --> 02:20:24,320
a lot of World Series, that fits in seven World Series.

1706
02:20:24,320 --> 02:20:28,320
But I think I've never seen a ball game more closely contested than this one here this evening.

1707
02:20:28,320 --> 02:20:34,320
You must remember, fans, that this all-service team that was out here playing the All-American League All-Stars

1708
02:20:34,320 --> 02:20:37,320
is not a team that has been playing regularly.

1709
02:20:37,320 --> 02:20:42,320
Some of the Navy boys have, but some of the Army boys have been devoted to their patriotic duty, of course,

1710
02:20:42,320 --> 02:20:48,320
and their Army duty, and naturally being in physical condition is not always being in baseball condition.

1711
02:20:48,320 --> 02:20:52,320
Some of these boys, for instance, Bobby Tully, you could notice in his pitching that he was just a little bit wild

1712
02:20:52,320 --> 02:20:59,320
with some of his tosses. He perhaps was a little overanxious to try to impress these thousand-sixty-some-thousand fans

1713
02:20:59,320 --> 02:21:02,320
here this evening. They're trying to give them a good show.

1714
02:21:02,320 --> 02:21:06,320
He was out here delivering everything he had on every ball, trying to work hard,

1715
02:21:06,320 --> 02:21:10,320
trying to give those fans a treat, and what they paid for.

1716
02:21:10,320 --> 02:21:15,320
However, it was a splendid show right from 6.30 on right through to the final out of this ball game.

1717
02:21:15,320 --> 02:21:20,320
We had a great military demonstration, and I'm sure that everybody enjoyed themselves here this evening.

1718
02:21:20,320 --> 02:21:23,320
We had the greatest baseball or sports spectacles of all time,

1719
02:21:23,320 --> 02:21:26,320
and I know that you fans that have been listening in have enjoyed it too.

1720
02:21:26,320 --> 02:21:30,320
Mrs. Wade Boyd, saying good evening to you, and Bob Elton once more.

1721
02:21:30,320 --> 02:21:32,320
Thank you very much, Wade.

1722
02:21:32,320 --> 02:21:37,320
And friends, I don't have to tell you I'm sure that the mutual broadcasting system is exceedingly proud

1723
02:21:37,320 --> 02:21:39,320
to have brought this ball game to you tonight.

1724
02:21:39,320 --> 02:21:42,320
They brought you the ball game last night exclusively from New York,

1725
02:21:42,320 --> 02:21:47,320
and this ball game tonight, I just have a feeling, even though we've seen ball games and broadcast all-star games

1726
02:21:47,320 --> 02:21:53,320
and World Series for years, at this ball game, every fan, every man, woman, and child

1727
02:21:53,320 --> 02:21:56,320
in all sections of our great country was interested in,

1728
02:21:56,320 --> 02:22:00,320
and we certainly know that all the service boys were in all the camps and all the ships at sea.

1729
02:22:00,320 --> 02:22:05,320
This broadcast night was recorded, and it'll be set out by short waves

1730
02:22:05,320 --> 02:22:08,320
so that the boys in all the camps, the boys in Ireland, the boys in Australia,

1731
02:22:08,320 --> 02:22:12,320
will all know just exactly what happened here at Cleveland tonight.

1732
02:22:12,320 --> 02:22:15,320
And as I say, mutual is proud to have brought you this ball game

1733
02:22:15,320 --> 02:22:19,320
so that you could have heard one of the outstanding sports classics of the year.

1734
02:22:19,320 --> 02:22:24,320
Of course, mutual is in the forefront of bringing you the great sports events in America,

1735
02:22:24,320 --> 02:22:27,320
and this is just another one in that great chain of events.

1736
02:22:27,320 --> 02:22:30,320
And so, fans, that's just about all there is now from Cleveland.

1737
02:22:30,320 --> 02:22:32,320
The American League won 5-0.

1738
02:22:32,320 --> 02:22:35,320
That just about wraps up the package. That's all there is. There isn't any more.

1739
02:22:35,320 --> 02:22:39,320
And in so we say goodbye. This is Bob Elton saying good night for Cleveland now

1740
02:22:39,320 --> 02:22:43,320
for my coworkers here, Jack Laney and Wade Hoyt and myself.

1741
02:22:43,320 --> 02:22:46,320
And we return you now to our Cleveland studios.