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Terry and McCarthy, Stratton’s Sub. B the affair as a gaudy pageant pat. to have said that “if all goes well my | s b | Weaver Barely Misses Job When Murphy Is Named as BY FRANCIS E. STAN. ILL TERRY, once beaten and subsequently criticized as an All-Star general for regarding of diamond stars, grimly threw his | chips on the line today and an-| nounced to his National Leaguers and to the world that he would stand Shortly before the curtain rose to- day on the 1937 extravaganza at Grif- fith Stadium, Terry called a meeting of his stars and reliably was reported starting line-up will stick in the game to the end.” ‘That meant that, barring a neces- sary shift of pitchers every three innings, Terry intended to string along cnil with whom he regards as his best players, even if it means that half of | his squad will not be glorified what- | soever outside of a batting practice | appearance. The National Leazue last year| stopped its habit of reckiessly parading all its stars long enough to smash a three-year American League reign. Manager Charlie Grimm, ordered to win at any cost, tossed aside the affair's clinging mantle of pageantry in Boston and started a team com- posed of four Cardinals, four Cubs and one Philly. No representative National League | team was Grimm’s, but it was suc- cessful. A 4-to-3 victory registered over the American League forces | climaxed the experiment. First-Divisioners to Start. | League Statistics JULY 7. 1937. AMERICAN. RESULTS YESTERDAY. No games scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. uEHHE i E —-xi0x_mon ——puvaId TNBUIUSEM =y =/ ---o8eorup 3N GAMES TODAY. All-Star game, 1:30. GAMES TOMORROW, No games scheduled. NATIONAL. RESULTS YESTERDAY. No games scheduled. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Hl wossoq] sinoT 1§ -neuupuD H -=--oswo[ud “-'x:0% &2 - wamasnia ———--uo -~ usppoorg S | 088G 1T ¢ wurp 2/ 22 GAMES TODAY. All-Star game. 1:30. GAMES TOMORROW. No games scheduled. Minor Leagues International. 8-1: Baltimore, 0-2. Jersey City. 2 Rochester. : Buffalo, American Association. Louvilie, 0. -7 Indianavolis. 4 Minneapolis, 4; Kansas City, 2. Pacific Coast. Syracus Newark Toronto. Montreal TOW Terry also is playing marbles for keeps. Back in 1934 when | he first managed an All-Star team, | Terry was criticized for letting the | Americans off the hook by making t06 many substitutions in order to| give the crowd a show. His National | Leaguers stepped off to a 4-0 lead in | the first three innings, only to falter | and fold in the stretch. Joe Cronin's | Americans rallied and won a 9-to-7 decision. Terry used 20 players in that game at the Polo Grounds, setting an All- Star game record. Today the tip was out that Terry may set another record. ‘This time, however, it won't be for the most liberal use of players, but, | rather, for the contrary. First of the two pilots to announce | his line-up, Terry named Waner of Pittsburgh, center field: Herman, Chi- cago, second base: Vaughan, Pitts- burgh, third base; Medwick, St. Louis, left; Demaree, Chicago, center; Mize, St. Louis, right; Hartnett, Chicago, catcher; Bartell, New York, shortstop, and Dean, St. Louis, pitcher. This team embraces orly four of the National League clubs—the Giants, Cubs, Cards and Pirates—and all are first-division teams. The only substi- tutions Terry contemplates, outside of pinch-hitters for pitchers, is Hubbell for Dean in the fourth inning and either Grissom of Cincinnati or Mungo of Brooklyn for Hubbell in the seventh. McCarthy's Outfield Criticized. McCARTHY's line-up, announced last night, found many listening | closely but few believing. Eighteen hours. before game time the Ameri- cans’ manager was criticized for nam- ing Bell as his left-fielder and Averill a5 the right-fielder. McCarthy ‘had | Di Maggio in center, and a majority of base ball people had an idea that ‘he had placed them in the wrong pas- tures. | In the difficult sun territory in left | fleld it was a widespread belief that Di Maggio, a highly capable left- flelder, should be moved over there. Averill's normal place is center, any- way, and Bell's is right field. Assuming that Dean was to start| Beig) Jor the Nationals, McCarthy an- nounced Rolfe, New York, third base; ‘Gehringer, Detroit, second base; Di Maggio, New York, center; Gehrig, New York, first base; Averill, Cleve- land, right; Cronin, Boston, shortstop; Dickey, New York, catcher; Bell, St. Louis, left, and Gomez, New York, Ppitcher. For several hours yesterday it | looked as if Washington would have ‘a fourth representative on the Amer- ican League in Monte Weaver, and also as if Buddy Myer would start at second base. Early in the afternoon McCarthy declared that Myer would start, owing to Gehringer's bad leg, | but later he yanked Myer. Murphy Subs For Stratton. EAVER almost got on the team s when Pitcher Monty Stratton of the White Sox was reported in Chi- cago with an injured wrist. Stratton did not make the trip to Washington .and McCarthy was forced to choose another pitcher. His choice was lim- ited, inasmuch as Red Ruffing and| other standouts had pitched the day before. Weaver was considered, but, in the end, Marse Joe reached toward his own Yankees and picked a sixth player from the champions, Relief Pitcher Johnny Murphy. ‘The National Leaguers were dealt & similar shock when Van Mungo, the Dodgers’ fireballer, was reported un- able to pitch due to an injured back. For hours it was not known whether Mungo was on his way from Brooklyn or whether he was going to stay at _home. Terry finally wired for Clyde * Castleman of the Giants to rush down _and he was to make a choice between Castleman and Mungo this morning. Mungo arrived last night, as did Dean. RUSS HALL IS BURIED. LOS ANGELES, July 7 (#).—Fun- eral services were held here yesterday for Russ Hall, secretary of the Pro- fessional Base Ball Players of Amer- lca, who died lasi Thursday. He entered base ball as a player 41 years 8go in his home city of Shelbyville, Ky, and played with the St. Louis Browns, St. Joseph, Mo., in the West~ ern League and with teams on the Pacific Cosat. San Francisco. 8: Los Angeles, 5. Seattle. 12: Sacramento, 4. Missions 5: San Diego. 4 Oakland at Portland, postponed. Texas. Beaumont. 14: Houston. 0. Oklahoma City. 10: Dal San Antonio. 7: Galveston. Tulsa, & Fort Worth, 2. Southern Association. Memphis. 7: Chattanooga, 4. Adanta. 9: Little Rock. 6. Knoxville at Birmingham. rain. Nashville, 8: New Orleans, 7. New York-Penn. 7: Elmira. 2:" Wilkes-Barre., 0. Binghamton. 6: Albany, 5. ©Only games scheduled. Piedmont. 14: Winston-Salem, 3. Asheville. 2, Rocky Mount, 3:_Ashevi Richmond, 6 Charlotte. 3:” Durham. 2 Charleston,” 3; Portsmouth, 1. Coastal Plains, Williamston, 5: Kinston, 2. Avden,_9: o, § Snow_Hill. 5: Greenville, 3. New Bern at Tarboto, rain. South Atlantic. Jacksonville, 7: Columbus. 5. BOLLING FIELD AHEAD. Bolling Field trounced the Procure- ment Division team, 9-4, yesterday in a Federal League game. The victors scored eight runs in the sixth. WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1937 Not Considered at Outset, They Top Loop, Winning 19 of Last 27. the rise of the Chicago Cubs. When the season started, the Cubs could have stepped into the rich bullies in St. Louis, the genteel Giants and the roistering Pirates. But what a difference a few months | the players not in the game enjoy & three-day holiday. American League games scheduled BY DREW MIDDLETON, the first chapter of an Alger book— make. Today finds the Cubs in front | yesterday between the Yanks and Associated Press Sports Writer. DD success stories for 1937— just a bunch of honest hearts and willing hands. The applause went to as base ball attention swung to Wash- ington and the all-star game and Red Sox and the A's and Senators were moved back. Overcame Handicaps. SINCE June 5 the Cubs have been hot. They have won 19 out of 27 games and have been especially effective against those bad boys from St. Louis. Monday they made it nine straight against the Gas Housers with two victories over them. Previously | the Cubs had won three out of four from Pittsburgh and three straight | from the Cards. In those nine games they made 129 hits, scored 80 runs. The Cards have not beaten them since April 25. Like every Alger hero, the Cubs had | to overcome adversity to be at the top on base ball's traditional inventory day, July 4. Early in the scason injuries and illness deprived them of the serv- ices of nine players, most of them pitchers. Charlie Grimm’s men found a rem- edy—they started to hit. They are still hitting. The latest averages credit Gabby Hartnett with .386, Billy Herman with .365, Bill Jurges with .363 and Frank Demaree with .349. Bryant, Shoun to Rescue. WHEN the Cub pitching staff folded during the club’s hospital era, the boys started to write the team's obituaries. A couple of guys named Henry Clairborne Bryant and Clyde | Mitchel Shoun staved off disaster. | Bryant has won 6 and lost 1, Shoun's figures are 6 and 2. Now the remainder of what is prob- ably the best-rounded pitching staff in the league—Larry French, Tex Carle- ton, Bill Lee, Curt Davis and Tarzan Parmelee—is back ready for steady work. The venerable Charlie-Root has won eight games and has proved in- valuable as a relief hurler. The Cubs are vulnerable.. They are not insensitive to the bright lights of | road trips and overconfidence. But | right now they are head men and, as Messrs. Terry, Frisch, Traynor et al. will tell you, very much the team to | beat. The Sportlight Game Today Replete With Prospects For All-Time, All-Star Ball Teams. N LINE with the all-star battle today, a flock of old-timers start- ed guessing as to how the all- time pick of the two leagues would have made out. After the usual amount of ha- ranguing, debating and oratorical out- bursts, here were the two teams that drew the majority vote—picked from the past, not from the present: Am. League. Pos. Natl. League, Cockrane C.”" Johnny Kiing, Johnson. Youns. Walsh Wad- ell. Chase Sisler Lajole P. 1b.. Terrs. 2b."_Frisch. Hornsby. §S. Wagncr. 3b. _Wagner. OF. Checkard, Clarke, Donlin, Some of the Greatest. 'HE greatest defensive outfield I ever saw in action belonged to the Boston Red Sox around 1912— Lewis, Speaker and Hooper. The best offensive outfield belonged to Detroit—Cobb, Crawford and Veach. The best infield I ever saw was the.Connie Mack combina- tion from 1910 through 1914— McInnis, Collins, Barry and Baker. Picking the best single pitching staff is another matter. Connie Mack wasn't far away in 1904 when he had Waddell, Bender, Plank and Coak- ley—Bender, Plank and Coombs were not any too ragged and moth-eaten. They won four pennants and three world series in five years. The two best base runners I ever saw over a stretch of time were Ty Cobb and Max Carey—Cobb stole more than 850 bases—96 in 1915—83 in 1911—he stole 60 or more bases in five different years. Eddie Collins wasn't far away with 705 stolen bases. His top mark was 81 in 1909. Carey averaged a greater number of steals per starts—he was thrown out less than any other player. - The Best Batteries. THE game has been loaded down with crack batteries—Waddell and All D. C. Stations Put Game on Air IDAY'S base ball big show was to be broadcast by all local stations, with ace network sports commentators at the microphones. The home town favorite, Arch Mc-, Donald, has been selected to aid in the descriptive chores for Columbia, abetted by France Laux and Bill Dyer. N. B. C. has assigned An- nouncer Tom Manning and Warren Brown, Chicago sports editor, while Mutual will depend on Bob Elson of Chicago and Tony Wakeman of ‘WOL. Fans may tune WMAL, .WRC, WOL or WJSV at 1:15, at which time the verbiage is scheduled to commence its flow. k Schreck of the Athletics—Mathewson | and Bresnahan of the Giants—Young and Criger—Brown and Kling— Grove and Cochrane—Brown and Archer—Joss and Clarke. ‘The game also has been replete with crack combinations around second base—Evers and Tinker—Collins and Barry—Frisch and Bancroft—Iajoie and Turner, the brilliant Cleveland combination of 30 years ago, one of the all-time greatest. The deadliest hitting combina- tion ever thrown together was Ruth and Gehrig, who were big factors in winning 12 world se- ries without a defeat in this span, ‘They were the top hunks of dyna- mite—and there never again may be such another combination when it comes to sheer power. Present Candidates. HOW many of those meeting in the all-star party here could crash the two line-ups named above? You've got to give Lou Gehrig his chance. Here is one of the great ball players when you figure in service to 8 team year after year. Hubbell and Dean are two others who may make the all-time grade before they are through. The same goes for young Joe Di Maggio, who should have 15 or 18 years left—who already is a star in his second big league season. The same goes for Joe Med- wick. These all must be given their chance to displace some of the big names from other years. o There is another entry to be con- sidered for all-time recognition. The name is Gehringer of Detroit—a bril- liant inflelder and a hitter up around .350 year after year. Gehringer is a ball player's ball player. He merely plays base ball—but he plays it up to the hilt. He is at his best under the hottest fire, with a world series aver- age in three starts at .377. After 12 campaigns with Detroit's Tigers he still is at his best. (Copyright, 1937, by the North Americaa Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) LEAGUE SHIFTS OFFICE. Columbian Athletic League head- |4 quarters have been changed to 713 Otis place, but the telephone still is Columbia 2817. League competition will begin Saturday, and all team managers have .been requested to communicate with headquarters to- night by 8:30. ZANELOTTI SETS PACE. Led by Zanelotti, who got three hits and scored three runs, Old Mil- waukee Beer's base ball team defeated the Electric Hose & Rubber Co. nine from Wilmington, Del,, 6-3. Plaisted | STARRY-EYED. Self Open to Grief in “Post-War” Series. Associated Press Sports Writer. EWPORT, R. I, July 7.— undefeated third defender of the America’s Cup, today faced not be considered other than post-war engagements, was named last night to meet T. 0. M. Sopwith’s second British challenger, sailing engagement which will open off here July 31. yacht as shrewdly as he plays a hand of bridge, had been assigned for the Bull in his sixteenth attempt to recover an unattractive aberration of a silver- Yacht Committee Leaves BY TOM HORGAN, Ranger, Harold 8. Vanderbilt's two unsuccessful rivals in what can- Ranger, after eight straight victories, Endeavour II, in the international It meant Vanderbilt, who sails a third successive time to thwart John smith long dead, which at the present | market value of silver is worth less than $50. Committee Takes Chance. FTER naming Ranger the de- fender, the Cup Committee of the New York Yacht Club decided to keep her in racing trim with as much com- petition as was available, so they scheduled four races with Gerard B. Lambert’s Yankee and Chandler Hovey's Rainbow. They announced a schedule for the balance of the week. In a sense, it was putting the cart before the horse, for if one of the old cup campaigners should come to life suddenly and give Ranger a trouncing the committeemen's faces should be ruddier than very ripe tomatoes. No one who observed the trials be- lieves that too likely, but the schedule is an innovation in cup defense trials. Scores Clean Sweep. RANGER, launched this Spring at the Bath, Me, Iron Works, won all the efght preliminary engagements which were completed. Hovey took Ranger's nomination good naturedly, said he thought she should be selected and added he only took a gambler’s chance in sending Rainbow against her, because he thought it was just possible no faster boat had been built since Rainbow was sailed to victory by aVnderbilt over Sopwith's first Endeavour three years ago. He and Lambert were invited to the Cup Committee’s meeting at which Ranger was named, and obviously neither thought his entry had a chance of winning or they would have asked to have the trials continued. Ranger is the only undefeated class J sloop in the world. Even Sopwith's new Endeavour II has trailed at a few finishes abroad. NICK BOMBARDS SCORE. Nick Bombards pounded out both ends of a double-header yesterday, crushing the Park Lane nine, 13-2 and 17-3. 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Rick for- merly handled Grove while with Boston. He also was to catch, of course, should the Americans pitch Brother Wes Ferrell, third Senator HE day before anything big in spo | eve of this all-star game was no wonder why they don't seem t quit this hare-and-hound business and Wigs swear softly at the writing guys and wonder why they don't land some | place and stop all the furse. It was, and | figures began to trickle into town. Fir: “What's the latest on Dean?” on thei | called old Judge Landis and asked him asked the old gentleman. It began to “First I heard of it,” sna “Why don't you call Ford Fri | had to suffice. The writing clan grewss | larger and some of the New York | | boys got together. “I'm fed up with that Dean,” said one of them, “Dammit, he’s made himself the whole show.” “Why don't we do something about him, anyway?” another asked. “Why can't we stop printing feature stuff on th' dope and just mention him casually like the other players? Flinstance, just say ‘Dean will pitch | tomorrow,” or ‘Dean failed to show for the game, and so what'?” Telegram for Mr. Harridge. T 1 o'clock Bill Terry's starting | line-up was submitted at the Shoreham and everybody got out a | scrap of paper and jotted it down. | “Terry says that Buddy Myer is start- ing at second base for the Ameri- cans,” contributed somebody. “Yeah,” one of the Gotham guys confirmed, “McCarthy says the same thing. Gehringer’s leg is hurt, or something.” Some of the out-of-town boys wanted to know how Myer was Playing. Buddy wasn’t given a very enthusiastic send-off by & majority of the local guys. Mr. Will Harridge, .ho is presi- dent of the American League, was contacted. “I received a telegram from Chicago,” he disclosed, “and it looks like Monty Stratton won't be in shape to pitch. He hurt his wrist Sunday. When Mr. McCarthy arrives he will have the privilege of picking another pitcher.” At 1:30 there was no sign of Mr. McCarthy, but nearly everybody had picked his pitcher for him. The Bos- ton delegation thought that Buck Newsom ought to get the place, since Red Ruffing automatically had been eliminated becausé he had pitched on Monday. Elden Auker carried the Detroit constituents while the local boys were backing Monte Weaver. “Who else could it be except one of these fellows?” asked somebody. Nobody seemed to have a ready answer. “All Even,” Says Jedge. T 2 O'CLOCK there was still no sign of Mr. McCarthy at the Shoreham, and so ‘;.he vc’md decided to descend upon illard. _ Buze enough, there was Marse Joe sitiing ) ‘POPPING OF F Ui Day Before the Big Day. swear softly at the base ball bigwigs and wonder why thed don't | It was shortly before noon when the vanguard of the out-of-town all-star D had not read the papers, where it said that Mr. Dean was fed up on pleasing | other people and had not decided to come to Washington for the game. pped the jedge, sounding very uninterested. It developed that Mr. Frick hadn't arrived yet and so a press dispatch saying that Diz was dumped into a plane by Mr. Sam Breadon of the Cards v g rts always is a goofy 24 hours and the exception. People run in circles and to get somewhere. The writing guys come to the various points, The big- will be, ever thus. st came a few newspaper men, with ir lips. Around 12 o'clock somebod:; about Diz. “Well, what about him? dawn on the caller that Mr. Landis in meeting with Landis and the league presidents and the umpires who, read- ing from left to right, were Messrs. Willie McGowan, Jack Quinn, George Barr and Babe Pinelli. The meeting finally broke up and the writing boys swarmed into Mr. Landis’' suite, which looked as if it once housed the Graf Zeppelin. Some- body broke the news that Van Mungo | of the Dodgers had an injured back and probably wouldn't be on hand. “Mr. Terry,” explained the Jedge, “has the privilege of picking another pitcher. Looks like it’s all even, fellows—Strat- ton and Mungo, you know. Joe McCarthy was running his own interference trying to get out of the suite and back to the Shoreham. “I'll let you know if I pick another pitcher in place of Stratton later,” he yelled over his shoulder. I haven't decided. My line-up? That comes later, too.” The All-Sick Game, Maybe? SO THE chase continued at the Shoreham. Cornered there, Mc- Carthy broke down and announced his line-up. “It's for the morning papers, you know,” he cautioned, looking at his watch. “The ‘after- noons’ had the Nationals’ line-up.” Everybody copied it down and a lot of people whistled incredulously. “How about putting.Jack Bell in left field?” asked somebody. “Why he’ll be a shoemaker out there. That's the toughest sun field in the American League.” . More of the Boston clan gath- ered. Tom Yawkey was kid- ding with Ed Barrow of the Yanks. A few flashlight bulbs went off in the lobby. One of the Back Bay newspaper men disclosed that Bob Grove was not in good shape. “He’s got & stiff neck,” he said. “And Joe Cronin has a sore back.” 5 First it was Gerald Walker . . . then Stratton and Gehringer and Mungo. And Dean didn't want to appear. Now Grove and Cronin. ‘What kind of a game was tiis going to be? Frisch Wouldn't Know. IT BEGAN to grow dark, A dis- patch from McCarthy announced that Johnny Murphy was selected to replace Stratton. The local boys who DIZ “JUST A SCOUT 10 D0 GOOD DEED” Always Intended to Play, Says Dean, Dismissing Talk of “Run-Out.” BY ALAN GOULD. Associated Press Sports Editor. 1ZZY DEAN was off the “hot spot” again today and on hand for the all-star base ball game by the combined expedient of an airplane flight from St. Louis and an equally airy dis- missal of all talk that he plannred to take a “run-out.” The big Cardinal pitcher broke up a session of the High Dudgeon Society last night by strolling into base bail headquarters just as if nothing had happened and proclaiming his un- swerving desire to “do his darndest for the dear old National League.” “I'm just & big Boy Scout, here to do my good deed,” smiled Dean, after disentangling himself from a horde of autograph seekers and acknowl- edging greetings from a Scoutmaster in behalf of 27,000 Boy Scouts at the National Jamboree. Breadon Given Credit. IZZY became incredulous when in- terviewers persisted in knowing why he went to St. Louis and whether he had said in effect he was getting tired of it all. Base ball men understood that Sam Breadon, president of the St. Louis club, persuaded Dean not to go through with any idea of passing up the all-star game, but Dean said: “Why, I always intended to be here. T just didn't like the idea of that train trip from Chicago and decided, in- stead, to fly here from St. Louis. “I'll give ’em everything I've got— for three innings. Say, that’s all I've got to work, isn't it?” Just Misses Trouble. LL of which didn’t quite jibe with the fact Dean had inquired in Chicago as to what “they”—meaning base ball's bigwigs— might do if he didn’t show up for the all-star game. But it was a typical Dean climax to a typical Dean stunt, with flourishes. There's a distinct feeling among base ball troupers that Dean is riding for a fall, yet he seems to have the knack of extricating himself just when it seems he’s headed for real trouble. He has ceased accepting speaking engagements since the notable occasion on which he addressed a church dinner at Belleville, TIL, but he's still popping off. He still has plenty on the ball, too, when he steps into the box. “That,” concludes Dizzy, “is what they pay off on. So what's all the shootin’ about?” BURROWS SHOOTS BEST Has Scored 97 Out of 100 in Two Gun Club Tourneys. Prank Burrows of the Washington Gun Club, is leading the field of sharp- shooters, having scored 48 out of 50 and 49 out of 50 in his last two matches. Right on his heels are J. wrong are indignant. “Hell,” said a New Yorker, delicately, “Mur- phy’ll pitch rings about Weaver. He's the best rellef pitcher in base ball. e A~18.). C. Marcey and H. H. Shelton, each with & score of 47 out of 50. Every Saturday sees more partici- pents since Frank Huseman, the well- mewn professionsl, took charge. \ Defy Critics DI MAGEIO ON SPOT AS “GOAT” OF 19% National League Presents Strongest Array Ever to Represent It. BY DILLON GRAHAM, Associated Press Sports Writer. T WAS to be Dizzy against Goofy on the firing Mne today in base ball's fifth all-star classic. Jerome Herman (Dizzy) Dean, No. 1 right-hander of the National League, was scheduled to be paired in an opening pitchers’ duel with Vernon (Goofy) Gomez, the American League's hottest southpaw, winner of two all-star conflicts. Dizzy was the victor a year ago in the senior loop’s only triumph of the Midsummer feature. The contest, conceived largely as a means of gathering major league aces on one diamond, had all the aspects of a world series battle. Bill Terry's Nationals, buoyed by their success last season, assembled the most powerful array ever to rep- resent their league. The Americans, with “clean-up” hitters eprinkled through their bate ting order, were confident their big sticks would solve the puzzling deliv- eries of Dean, Carl Hubbell of the Giants and whoever else the Nae tional Leaguers might present. President on Deck. A SELL-OUT crowd of about 32,000 in Griffith Stadium expected to see President Roosevelt, first Chief | Executive to attend an all-star con- test, toss out the first ball. While the crowd couldn't match Cleveland’s record turnout of more than 69,000 two years ago, it prob= ably was the most notable ever to attend. The House of Representa- tives adjourned for the day, and the Senate planned to cut short its busi- ness. The spectators were particularly eager to see if Joe Di Maggio of the Yankees, the “goat” of last yeari game as a rookie performer, would redeem himself in his sophomore op- portunity. Terry announced he had decided to hold his southpaw. Carl Hub- bell, for later duty and shoot Dean to get the jump on the Americans. After previously balking and assert- ing he wouldn't play, Old Diz flew here last night and announced the Americans wouldn't get any more hits off him than they did last year. They got none then. National League Favorite. 'ERRY was expected to use either Mungo or Cincinnati's Lee Gris- som to mop up, although he also had Cy Blanton of the Pirates and Bucky Walters of the Phillies. ‘The batting order of the aggrega- tion which Terry selected to start has a collective average of .365 against 331 for the Americans. It was the first time the older circuit had had a hitting edge. This, coupled with the fact that Dean and Hubbell generally are rated the top pitchers of the majors, es= tablished the Natlonals as slight fa- | vorites. Terry's infield had Johnny Mize of the Cardinals at first, Billy Her= man of the Cubs at second, Dick Bartell of the Giants at shortstop and Arky Vaughan of the Pirates at third. Frank Demaree of the Cubs, Joe Medwick of the Cardinals and | Paul Waner of the Pirates were to irorm the outfield, with Gabby Hart- | nett of the Cubs catching. Skipper McCarthy countered with an inner group of Lou Gehrig and Red Rolfe of the Yankees at first and third, respectively; Charles Gehrin- ger of the Tigers at second, with | Buddy Myer of the Senators in re- serve, and Joe Cronin of the Red Sox at shortstop. Dickey Behind Plate. THE outer force was to consist of Di Maggio, Roy Bell of the Browns and Earl Averill of the Ine dians. Big Bill Dickey of the Yankees was ticketed for backstopping duty. McCarthy indicated he would send | Tommy Bridges of the Tigers and | Mel Harder of the Indians, both | right-henders, to follow Gomez. If Goofy's portside slants proved par- ticularly effective, Joe was expected | to give the second pitching assigne ment to veteran Bob Grove of the | Red Sox. Johnny Murphy, Yankee righte hander, was chosen last night to re- ‘phce Chicago’s Monty Strattof, who has an injured wrist. Clydell Cas- tleman, Giant right-hand tosser, was called for use if Mungo's scre back still troubled him. GULDAHL GETS TROPHY Open Champ Has Lowest Average for Year Among Pros. CHICAGO, July 7 (#.—Ralph Guldahl, the national open golt champion, will receive the Radix trophy for the professional turning in the lowest scoring average per round last year, after all. The trophy, awarded by Harry E Radix, Chicago sportsman, was turnec¢ over to the Professional Golfers’ Asso- ciation three years ago. The P. G. A duly awarded it to Ky Laffoon ir 1934 and to Paul Runyan last year. THE MARX BROS. ARL COMING IN “A DAY AT THE RACES®! | AL~ MOST DIED LAUGH- ING AND $O WiLL YOU WHEN YOU SEE