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Show tiers Up! All-Star Game Today ,w KENNETH LOVELL Chronicle Sports Writer i ; A crowd of 47,656 watched a r, i.'.seball game between Houston .. 1 St. Louis last Saturday night. Irii-. -.'-as sports attendance rec-for rec-for the Blues City. However, , ' .riri bad weather and protest- . : civil righters. that record will ... iiisry be broken today. liie 1966 baseball All-Star game i-, scheduled to be played today at 1 1 a.m. (MST) in St. Louis' brand new stadium beneath the Western Gateway Arch. The game will be ' carried live on radio and television. ) THE AMERICAN League team ' will again be looking for revenge ms cnoy nave lost three in a row '. and seven of the last eight games. v The mid-season classic now stands ' wins for the National League, 17 for the American, with one tie. Some of the outstanding players . who will see action in the game are profiled below: When you mention All-Stars, the Dodger's left-hander, Sandy Kou-fax Kou-fax has to come right at the top of the list. He has pitched four no- ' hitters over the past fours years (one a perfect game). This year he has a 15-4 record along with being be-ing among the leaders in strikeouts. strike-outs. JUAN MAKKHAI, of the Giants is pacing Koufux this year with a 14-4 record :md his high-kicking style of pikii'mg rates him by many as the best right-handed pitcher in baseball today. Jim cunning of PhiiaJeipma is the only pitcher to have pitched no-hitters in both the American and National Leagues. He has a 9-5 log so far this year and has appeared ap-peared in seven previous All-Star games. THE AMERICAN League has relied re-lied on youth in selecting its pitchers. pitch-ers. Heading a staff that averages less than 25 years of age will be "the imp," Denny McLain of Detroit, De-troit, who possesses the best pitching pitch-ing record in the AL, with 13 wins and only 3 losses. McLain's pitching pitch-ing performances thus far have only slightly over-shadowed his prowess with a Pepsi he downs an average of 16 bottles of the soft drink a day. Sonny Siebert of the Cleveland Indians, who pitched the only no-hitter no-hitter so far this year, will be on hand as will his teammate, Gary Bell. In the slugging and hitting departments, de-partments, both teams appear to be well-stocked. The AL has two-time batting champion Tony Oliva of the Twins, hustling Al Kaline of Detroit, De-troit, and the Robinson boys, Frank and Brooks of Baltimore, who are generally conceded to be the Oriole leaders in that team's early season drive toward the '66 pennant. Others on the American League squad are home-run hitters Harmon Killebrew of Minnesota, Rocky Colavito of Cleveland, and George Sott, Boston's rookie sensation. The ninth-place New York Yankees will be represented by second baseman base-man Bobby Richardson. THE NATIONAL League takes a back seat to no one in the hitting departments as their starting outfield out-field consists of the invincible Willie Mays, last year's Most Valuable Val-uable Player; Henry Aaron of Atlanta, At-lanta, who has hit 25 home runs this year; and, Roberto Clemente of Pittsburgh, who is hitting a "cool" .325. Starting at third base for the Nationals will be Ron Santo, the Chicago Cubs' only bright spot this year. He will be wearing a special face mask to protect his cheekbone cheek-bone which was fractured by a pitched ball only two weeks ago. Speed will not be forgotten this year as the stolen base leaders in each league will be present Maury Wills of the Dodgers and Tommy Agee of the Chicago White Sox. Manager Walt Alston of the NL appears to be in an excellent position posi-tion to bring his troops home to victory again this year; however, the revenge motive may be enough incentive for the Americans, led by Sam Mele of Minnesota, to upset up-set the oddsmakers and the applecart. apple-cart. Tentative starting pitchers are Juan Marichal for the NL and Denny Den-ny McLain for the AL. |
