[Big Six]

New York Times, June 30,. 1928

AMERICAN LEAGUE ALL-STARS TRIUMPH, 8-4
Junior Circuit Breaks Tie With Four-Run Ninth
Judy Johnson Has Four Hits

NEW YORK--The festivities surrounding baseball's annual All-Star game often overshadow the action on the field itself, but such was not the case about the game that was played yesterday afternoon at Ebbets Field. The American League, paced by Boston Red Sox shortstop Judy Johnson, broke a 4-4 tie with a quartet of tallies in the top of the ninth inning, a finish that sent the capacity crowd home with the distinct impression that they had received their money's worth.

Johnson hit a long home run off a fastball from National League starter Red Lucas of the Giants in the second inning, and then doubled home another run in the fourth off Pittsburgh's Burleigh Grimes. He also participated in the winning rally, spanking a single off losing pitcher George Uhle of Cincinnati and scoring on a base hit by Norman "Turkey" Stearnes of Detroit.

Johnson led a contingent of five players from the American League leading Boston Red Sox, which included three infielders. Third baseman Frank Frisch and first baseman Lou Gehrig joined Johnson, who made his first All-Star appearance yesterday.

Notably absent from the mostly-Boston infield crew was the most constant presence in the history of the Midsummer Classic: second baseman Pat O'Farrell, who seems to finally be showing the effects of forty years on Earth and twenty years in the game. His heir apparent as the supreme second sacker in the American League, Charlie Gehringer of the Tigers, is having a season that could perhaps most appropriately be described as vintage O'Farrell: a .370 batting average, nine home runs, and 58 RBI.

It was rumored last week that Bill Carrigan, who managed the American League squad, was being pressured to add O'Farrell to the team. Unconfirmed reports stated that either Carrigan or O'Farrell squashed this plan quickly, as they did not want to deny a more deserving player a place on the squad or have an exception made for Pat as an "honorary" selection.

Center fielder Kiki Cuyler joined the aforementioned Sox in the starting lineup, and pitcher Neal Brady, who leads both major leagues with a record of 16-2, worked the fourth and fifth innings for the American Leaguers.

The many fans who came to the Brooklyn ballpark to see Babe Ruth perform some longball heroics had to be satisfied with a few prodigious batting practice blasts. Ruth, whose 34 home runs put him in a position to break his own all-time, single season record, only hit the ball out of the infield once after the game began, and that was a Texas League single...