Frank McCormick

And as we told you, Pa- Paul Danger- Derringer will draw the starting nod on the mound with his 10 victories and seven defeats.

Manager McKechnie has for relief Eddie Miller of Boston and Leo Durocher of Brooklyn at short, Pete Cosgrove of Brooklyn at second, Frank McCormick of the Reds at first, Mel Ott of the Giants in right, Harry Dinning of New York and Babe Dahl of Brooklyn can capably fill in for Lombardi.

Bill Nicholson of the Cubs will be ready to replace Medwick in left field.

Merle May of the Phillies awaits the word, though, at third base, and Joe Moore will be waiting for an outfield relief job.

The National Leaguers have several players warming up now.

So the first batter for the National Leaguers here in the last half of the fifth inning will be Wyatt of the Brooklyn Dodgers.

We notice Oscar Art of the Dodgers, Merrill May of the Phillies, Eddie Miller of the Boston B's, Frank McCormick of the Cincinnati Reds, and Joe Moore of the New York Giants are all down there limbering up.

So it looks like about the end of this inning that we're liable to have a wholesale substitution list going in.

Crosetti, shortstop; Red Rolfe, third, R-O-L-F-E, Rolfe; Keller, K-E-L-L-E-R, right field; DiMaggio, center field; Dickey, catching; Selkirk in left field; Gordon, second; Dahlgren, first; and Hildebrand, who has won 10 games and lost four, will do the pitching.

For Cincinnati, Werber, third; Frye, second; Goodman, right field; McCormick, first base; Lombardi, catching; Kraft in center field; Berger in left field; Myers, shortstop; and Derringer will do the pitching.

Let's take a look, fans, while time permits, at some of the records so far in these first three games that have been played.

I know that many of you baseball fans, especially during the World Series, like to keep a composite box score of all the happenings.

The totals for three games: the attendance, 151,055; the receipts, $595,085.27; the players' pool, $303,493.49; the commissioner's share, $89,262.79; the club and league share, $202,328.99. Now, speaking about the composite box score, let's take a look quickly over both lineups and see who's made the hits so far.

For the Yankees, Crosetti has made one; Rolfe has made two; Keller, the star so far of the series, has made five; DiMaggio, three; Bill Dickey, three; Selkirk, one; Gordon, one; Dahlgren, three; and Ruffing, one.

For Cincinnati, Werber has made two; Frye, none; Goodman, three; McCormick, who's been the Cincinnati hero so far, has made four; Dije Lombardi has had two hits; Hirschberger, none; Kraft, one; Berger, none; Myers, three; and Thompson, one.

And there you have a few of the statistics on the series so far.

Under the name, he has two balls and no strikes.

Can you name the only player in Cincinnati baseball history who has led the league in base hits on three occasions? Gentry's 2-0 delivery to Woody Woodward, a ground ball stroked to short.

Harrelson gliding to his left, he's up with it.

Throws perfectly to Shamsky, two and done.

The outfield swings around to right.

Pitch by Gary Nolan, a big curve that's inside and low, ball one.

The only player in Cincinnati history to lead the league in hits three times was the old first sacker, Frank McCormick, in '38, '39, and '40.

Swing and a miss by Shamsky, one and one.

Your left center right, Eddie Miller is playing at shortstop.

And your Ted Rogers, three, two, one across the middle, Steve Messner, Lonnie Frey, and Frank McCormick.

McCormick at first, Frey at second, Messner at third.

Ray Miller is going to be your catcher, and leading out the Reds from the mound is gonna be Johnny Vander Meer.

Batting second, Dane Clade, center fielder for the Reds.

And batting third, Lee Walker, their right fielder.

Middle of the order, first baseman Frank McCormick at four.

Third base is Steve Messner at five.

And as we told you, Paul Danger- Derringer will draw the starting nod on the mound with his 10 victories and seven defeats.

Manager McKechnie has for relief Eddie Miller of Boston and Leo Durocher of Brooklyn at short, Pete Pasterati of Brooklyn at second, Frank McCormick of the Reds at first, Mel Ott of the Giants in right, Harry Danning of New York and Babe Paulk of Brooklyn can capably fill in for Lombardi.

Bill Nicholson of the Cubs will be ready to replace Medwick in left field.

Mel May of the Phillies awaits the word go at third base, and Joe Moore will be waiting for an outfield relief job.

The score going into the first half of the sixth inning still reads 3 to nothing in favor of the National League.

As we go into the first half of the sixth inning, Manager Bill McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds, whose club's in the National League entry this year, is making some wholesale substitutions.

So far, we've seen go out onto the field Eddie Miller to replace Arky Vaughan at shortstop; Pete Costar, Miller of course the Boston Bees; Pete Costar out of the Brooklyn Dodgers replacing Billy Herman at second base; Frank McCormick going in at first base to replace Johnny Mize, McCormick of the Cincinnati Reds.

And incidentally, up until this ballgame, Frank McCormick, from his freshman year in the big league, has played every inning of every All-Star game which he's participated, and he's participated in every one since he's been in the big league.

He held on as Dick Bartel propped up to second and held on as Barney McCoskey drew a base on balls, the first of the two given up by Derringer, balls purposely passed Sullivan in the fourth inning.

And then Charlie Gehringer hit one that did not come up on a bounce at third base, and by the time that Werber recovered it and threw, the play was practically over, but Billy tried to make the play anyhow, and the ball was low, got away from Frank McCormick, and in came the run from third, a single in there on the play.

Now here's Dick Bartel, first up in the fifth.

Swings and hits a fly ball out in the center.

Paul Derringer, a big right-hander out there on the mound, takes a look around, pulls his cap down firmly on his head.

Let infielders talk it up.

Billy Werber, Billy Myers, Eddie Joost, Frank McCormick.

Here's the first pitch, and it's a slow curve in close for a ball.