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Show Cagey Casey Stengel Lets Joe Decide When to Get in Game Seattle. Apparently, nobody told Sammy White, the Ralniera' catcher, catch-er, about the third strike rule, and the result waa a grotesque mtacar-riage mtacar-riage of tha national pastime. Bobby Wilson singled In the first iMTtinaV aaftjl aaraewkeauS aatai am aa aaueljl unable to get the White Sox out." Larry grinned. "I took one look at who was hitting and I said to myself: 'Luke, ol' boy, this is a pretty hot day and you're not going to wear me down hittln' foul balls. You can have your single' and I put the ball right in there. There were a lot of other guys eomin' up that Pknew I could get out much easier." This la the first time the all-star all-star game has been held at Ebbette field, home of the Dodgers . . . and the Brooklyn citizenry has long since bought out the Joint. I For those habitants of Flatbuih who wouldn't be caught in the I Giants' or Yanks' parka, this will be their first glimpse of Williams, who never before haa played in Ebbetu field, with Its 297-foot foul line in right field. From the standpoint of seniority, DIMaggio (if he was to play in thia one) would be Mr. All-Star. Not a aingle guy who played In the first, second or third games ('33, '34 and '39 will be around . . . and Joe could be the only man who played in the 1936 game to be in uniform for the one coming up. pitch. Minoao fanned, then stood at tha plate and watched as White i dropped the ball and strolled toward to-ward third to head off Wilson. White threw to Leon Mohr at second, who then hit Wilson in the back. Seattle shortstop Bob Sturgeon Stur-geon retrieved the ball and fired It to pitcher Jack McCall, who dropped It at the plate. Wilson scored. Meanwhile, Mlnoao started start-ed running and made second before be-fore a prolonged rhubarb aet in. The Pdrea, however, took a legitimate 6-2 verdict, without the servicea of their attorney. The aeries stands at two and two. By John r. Carmieaael Chicago Daily Newa Bertie CHICAGO, July 2-Casey Stengel Sten-gel haa been around a long time and far be it from him to tell a guy like Joe DIMaggio what to do. Thia spring at St. Petersburg the Yank manager told newspapermen: newspaper-men: "When and if Jo plays is up to him. It'i his leg. not mine. He can wait until he feels he's reafly if it takes all season." It took almoat half a season, at that, before the Yankee Clipper got into the lineup. "I'm hoping he'll be ready after the all-star game," said Stengel when the Yanks last visited Comiskey park. A week ago DIMaggio began foolin' around In uniform. Still Casey didn't even aak him to pinch hit. "If I did and he had a relapse, people d say I ruined the comeback chances of one of the game's Jreatest stars,'' said Casey. Finally oe told the skipper he'd like to try out the foot in that charity game a few days ago. Had Enough? "Try It for an inning or two," Stengel advised. As it came time for DiMaggio's second time at 6at, Casey asked him: "Had enough?" Joe grinned. "I feel pretty good, although a little stiff' he replied. "I'll go along." He did ... and he's been going along at a terrific ter-rific clip ever since. It may be that DiMag haa put the Red Sox out of the flag race with those four home runs In three days. This wasn't the first time he "broke in" with a bang. The first major-league game he played, with the Yanks in May of 1936, he threw out Jim Foxx of the old Red Sox at the plate in the ninth with what would have been the winning run. What a Panes . Suppose that DIMaggio could play in the all-sur game at Brooklyn July 127 Can you think of anything more fearsome for the National league's twirlers than the American league's one-two punch of Joe and Ted Williams of the Red Sox? Williams, for instance. I has appeared in six all-star games and baa made nine hits in 18 times at bat. Including three home runs, two doubles and four singles. Williams, who hit two home runs In Boston, 1946, Is one of two players In all-star history to do so. The other waa Arky Vaughan of the old Pirates, who bleated two circuit blows In the '41 game at Detroit, the one time when Chicago provided both the winning and the losing pitchers Edgar Smith of the Sox and Claude Paaaeau of the Cuba. One of the two shutout pitched In all-star competition was turned in at St. Louis in 1940. when five National league hurlera Paul Derringer, Bucky Walters. Whit Wyatt, Larry French and Carl Hubbell held the A. L contingent to three kits m a 4-0 win. The first guy te face rrench, then with the Co be, we Lake Appling of the Whit. Son who promptly singled on the first pitch. A taawspaperrnan was twitting French afterward about "still being |
