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James (Pig) Greene, ExBlack Crax Catcher, To Start In ‘42CHICAGO— (ANP)—With the balloting ended—the deadline for votes having been midnight, Sunday, August 9, the West team will take the field Sunday afternoon. August 16, in spacious Com-iskey park, 35th and Shields Avenue, for the 10th annual EastWest contest will be and mostlikely bat as follows: “Cool Paper”Eell, Chicago, or Jethroe, Cincin-natti Buckeyes, in left field; Parnell Woods, Cincinnati manager, onthird base; Ted Strong, Kansas City Monarchs, in rightfield; Willard Brown, Kansas City Monarchs.423 hitter in centerfield; JoeO’Neil. Kansas first base; T. .1.shorfcstcp; PegCity, catcher;City Monarchs. Brown, Memphis,Green, Kansas Johnny Sampson. Birmingham, second base; and as pitchers. Satchel Paige of theKa/isas City Monarchs who led theentire voting; Hilton Smith, Kansas City Monarchs; Verdel Mathis, the portsidc hurler of the Memphis Red Sox. and Eugene Brein-mer of the Cincinnati Buckeyes.Tne East batting order is still in doubt and won't lie known untilthe last, minute. Topping the vot-I ing for manager in t he East isthe veteran. Vic Harris of the Homestead Grays. Tex Burnettwill be one of the East's coaches. However, those close to the Negro National league know that. I’ o m Wilson’s circuit is going to throwits full strength in the field in order not to give the West a chanceto tie the count in games Acpresent, the East is our in frontfive games to four in the series.Although there will be a game inCleveland Tuesday night, August18, with the same players in action for the United Service organizations, the second game will notcount officially in the East ve.West series.JOSH GIBSON TO IT AVHeading the cast of players for the East is David CTmpo”) Barnhill. New York Cuban Stars hurler, mentioned often as one of the Negro players who may get a tryout with some major league baseball club. Bareev Brown of Philadelphia. Rav Brown of the Homestead Grays, Jonas Gaines, of theBaltimore club and his pitchingmate, ...... Byrd, also lefty Hilland Leon Day of Newark. Allmentioned are pitchers althoughNewark has been using both Dayand Hill in the outfield becauseof their slugging ability.This year, the Iist lias JoshGibson, Homestead Grays, andRoy Campanella of the BaltimoreElite Giants, as catchers. Roycaught the full game for the Easelast year and was awarded thetrophy for being the most valuable player in the 1941 game. Gibson was in Mexico last year and, although he has a reputation for clouting home runs, the West'sfans, who are dyed in the woolNegro American league bugs, point out that Gibson has played in other East versus West tilts and didn'tget any homers.FEA EYE BUTTS MAY GET TRYPlaying first for the East will beeither Big Jim West of Philadelphia or Leonard of the HomesteadGrays. Leonard is a veteran ofthe East-West games and clouted a homer off Ted lt;“Double Duty”)Radcliffe last year. Sammy Hughes Baltimore second sacker, absent from the fray last year, will be back on second with the veteran Willie Wells, Newark manager, or
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