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...Cleveland, in the 21st annual All-Star baseball game, American League sluggers overpowered the National League's best, 11-9. Paced by Indian Al Rosen's two homers (which drove in five runs) the American League finally won for Manager Casey Stengel (on the fifth try), helped set a pack of All-Star records in the process. Among them: a total of 31 hits, 20 runs, 13 pitchers used, gate receipts...
...Butters, 400-hitting varsity rightfielder was the only Crimson player to make this year's Greater Boston all-star baseball squad. The GBL coaches who picked the team named Butters an utility man on the 12-man roster, despite the fact Butters had the best average...
Senator Byrd appeared to be slipping badly. Against Capehart's all-star cast, Byrd offered only T. Coleman Andrews, Commissioner of Internal Revenue. But as if to prove that his Joint Committee on the Reduction of Non-Essential Federal Expenditures was as good as its name, Byrd announced that he could run the inquiry without additional costs. The Senate evidently favored Capehart, and awarded $150,000 to the Banking Committee for operational expenses...
While this year's freshmen included no all-city or state all-star selection, the team consistently put a well-balanced five on the floor. Bob Dolven, the team's captain, scored 24 points in the big games with Yale and Dartmouth and possessed what Wilson called "the best touch of any freshman I've ever coached...
...fast breaking Wintergreens upset a favored Rinchart five, 49 to 38, last night in the inter-House all-star basketball contest, played before a sparse crowd of 120 spectators...