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...Prince." One of Powers' great attractions for Baseball Fan John Kennedy is his encyclopedic memory for baseball statistics. Last week Powers accompanied Kennedy to the All-Star game, was readily identifiable in the pictures that showed a foul ball landing near the presidential box. Reporting a game some months ago, a newspaper erroneously said that Powers had ducked a foul. The gang at the Horseshoe Tavern indignantly formed a "We Know Dave Powers Didn't Flinch Club," signed up 200 members...
...Everybody knows these players, son. This is the All-Star game. See that old fellow with the funny crouch? That's Stan Musial. The one with the frown is Roger Marls; the right fielder with the limp is Mickey Mantle. And that fellon-whose cap keeps falling off-that's Willie Mays. See how easy it is?" "Daddy, who's on third?" "Here's 50? son, Go buy a program...
...fans shoehorned into Washington's brand-new stadium for last week's All-Star game could be pardoned for wondering who was on third; the Minnesota Twins' Rich Rollins was not even a big-league regular this time last year. But when American League players, managers and coaches cast their All-Star ballots for the 1962 games, they not only elected Third Baseman Rollins to the team, but they also gave the 24-year-old third baseman more votes (184 out of a possible 280) than any other player in the league, including Mantle and Maris...
...shut off a National League rally with a one-hand grab of Tommy Davis' ripping sixth-inning grounder. At bat, he was the only American Leaguer to reach base twice, scored his team's lone run. Said Rollins: "Maybe after you've been picked for the All-Star team five or six times, you can think you're pretty good. But a man in my position can't afford to think that way. I'm not a success...
...addition to a superb team performance, the Crimson players reaped individual honors. Team captain Dave Morse and three other players were elected to the GBL All-Star team. Sophomore pitcher Paul Del Rossi, second baseman Terry Bartolet, and hot-corner man Mike Drummey earned All-Star berths...