Show Americans annex dream By KOH TATA I The American league lacking big- name and their senior rivals to two runs in the first inning came through again to win the dream 5 to 2 at Sports- Nationals showed plenty of batting power starting pitcher Walter Masterson for barraging in the first inning three hits to take a 2 to 0 Richard of the Phils led off with a line drive off Joe Gordon's glove and scored when Stan belted a drive into the right-centerfield With Ted Joe Bob Feller and Hal out of the junior loop hopes were but Manager Bucky Harris' charges came through in grand style to maintain lost record over the The Americans came slow but when Johnny Evers belted a crisp line drive into the left field stands for a homer in the second inning to erase the Nationals' lead In the third Mickey Vernon batting for and Pat Mullins Tom Henrich but Vernon and Mullins pulled a double and the former scored on Lou Boudreau's fly to Enos Slaughter in right field to knot the Vic who replaced Masterson on the was credited with the While he limited the Nationals to three scattered he belted in the winning run in the fourth Ken Keltner and George McQuin opened the inning with two safe Catcher Birdie Tebbetts walked to load the then came up and slashed a clean drive into left field to score Keltner and Tebbetts went to Joe who is suffering from a recurrent batted for and drove a long fly to and Tebbetts came across with the fifth and final tally of the The anticipated Williams batting duel which was predicted to highlight the game went nil just as the threatening weather in the later innings added gloom to the ranks of the National leaguers who seemed helpless against their junior loop While Williams was used as a pinch hitter and clouted a round-tripper and a single in his four trips to the and led the hitting along with who also garnered two Evers' homer the first hit by an American leaguer in his first time at although Max West was responsible for the feat a few years back while he was with the jj Courtesy Salt Lake Tribune There's f power at the brains on the with Tommy a logical choice for a coaching fellowship after winter graduation |