Show I- I Sports Parade Delay Thunderstorm Get et Scribes Jittery By JACK GUENTHER GUENTHER- EN ROUTE TO SECOND STAR ALL-STAR GAME AT CLEVEAND CLEVELAND CLEVELAND CLEVE- CLEVE LAND AND July 7 UP The UP-The The tenth annual baseball circus may now be e filed away in a wrapping of lavender and old lace and members mem- mem hers bers ers of the Baseball Writers' Writers association wont won't mind a bit if you I file jle them away with it What That with the thunderstorm the minute 52 postponement the blackout and a a. westbound train which left New York just two hours after the game ended they're till as jittery as the Wright boys that day at Kitty Hawk Airtight Infield Trying to drive a ball through that American league infield combination combination com corn of Rudy York Joe Gordon Lou Iou Boudreau and Ken Keltner Keltner- Is as the National league players will willbe willbe willbe be quick to tell you you was was so something something some some- ething e- e thing like trying to drive the same game ball out of a a. hotel room with the he door locked the windows boarded warded and the keyhole plugged Although the gate netted the bat sat bat and ball fund the Nationals Nationals Nationals Na Na- still dont don't think it was worth orth it All Boudreau did was knock the second pitch of the ball game for a home run start two to double plays and end the Nationals Nationals' one big scoring chance with a brilliant running stab of Peewee eo Reeses Reese's stinging line Une drive Inthe in inthe inthe the seventh se inning The fans had quite a bit to say about the performance of the young oung Cleeland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve e land manager as did Leo Du- Du rocher If you ou are Interested what Durocher said will be mailed in a plain wrapper Before the game the fans were ready for a a. community sing of that old Harry Lauder favorite favorite- in the As it tot got ot under wider way they began exacting expecting expecting ex ex- ex- ex acting a revival of In Darkest Africa Tarpaulins were spread so ISO thickly that the only things left exposed were the knees of the little ittle lady in the front row center The e changing light conditions made the players as nervous as asa asa a 2 dog in a new apartment but the evenings evening's moral never moral never trust an American leaguer after dark was dark was soon oon oon brought home Cooper Over Barrel Batting against Mort Cooper Inthe in inthe Ithe the first inning was something like playing at a booth where here every string is attached to first prize The top of the American Ameri- Ameri can league batting order fattened up on him like a a. dowager cutting loose in a confectionery shop Oh I well just another case of a a. cooper being over a a. barrel Joe McCarthy came out out ut of a sickbed for the game but he had more time on his hands than a traffic cop the Bronx parkway since the gas rationing program was effected Boudreau wasn't just a a. star he was the whole blamed Big Dipper w z York was as much in demand as past last years year's bathing cap And Gordon Gordon Gor- Gor pon don g gobbled grounders the way a pinball machine consumes nickels As that Dodger fan said though how could the Nationals expect Ito to win without French Camilli and Walker Before the game the hunch players play- play ers pointed out that the Nationals had won in 1936 1938 and 1940 1940 thus why not 1942 Ham Fish and a number of congressmen wish they ley too could find the answer t to that one Most of the senior circuit players play play- jers el ers waved wa their bats like so many nany reichstag members heiling helling Hitler And if the 1942 1912 Dodgers are supposed to be the successors successors Ito t to the old Bronx Bombers they must have ha taken off with a load of peace leaflets instead of dyna- dyna mite Imite te Be that as it may the twilight- twilight blackout did game produce produce produce pro pro- duce one excellent idea As the laan Islan from Cincinnati suggested baseball in Philadelphia might beCome be- be Come COlne bearable beable if it the Phils and As A's L ft opted adopted this special specialS S thOd of promoting games with games with I a couple of revisions Instead of starting at p. p m. m let them begin their contests at 1130 p. p m. m and donate their lights to the metal salvage drive To the crowd he was Joe DiMaggi Di- Di Maggi Maggi |