Baseball: National League Homers Win All-Star Classic.
Baseball: National League Homers Win All-Star Classic.
Briggs Stadium and highlights of the 1951 All-Star baseball classic, with National League home runs providing the edge in the 18th revival of the mid-season thriller. Homers by Musial, Elliott, Kiner and Hodges give the Nat. League an 8-3 victory, the second straight win for the underdogs. Ext. Briggs Stadium, auto traffic fg. Eddie Sawyer (?) and Casey Stengel (?) shake hands. VS players before game, including Dom DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, Ned Garver, Robin Roberts. Ty Cobb in stands; Cobb tosses first ball from the stands onto field. Ferris Fein. VS (high angle) game in progress, including steals, hits, kind of funny run where guy misses home plate and scoots his way back to tag it. Fans scramble to get home run balls. Exterior of Briggs Stadium, Detroit. CU - Eddie Sawyer, Phillies shaking hands with Casey Stengel, New York Yankees. CUS - Stan Musical and Pacard. CU - Dom DiMaggio swinging a bat. CU - Jackie Robinson holding a bat. CU - Starting Pitchers Ned Garver, Browns and Robin Roberts of the Phillies shaking hands. CU - A Senior at the time Ty Cobb, he tosses out the first ball. High Angle Shots - Dark ? of the Giants at the pitchers mound pitches and Richie Ashburn hits the ball and runs, he's safe on third base. High Angle Shot - Ned Garver pitches to Gil Hodges (Nat League) the ball is hit and Richie Ashburn scores a homerun and gets an early lead for the American League. CU - Ferris Fain at bat (AL) and Yogi Berra runs home to tie up the game. High Angle Shot - Ed Lopat pitching and Stan Musial swings, hits and runs <> homerun. High Angle Shot - Ed Lopat pitches and is tagged by Bob Elliott of the Braves, Gil Hodges runs and scores a homerun and Bob Elliott runs and he also scores a homerun. National League All Stars are out in front 4 to 1. The National League All Stars are out there 4 to 1. The National League end up winning against the National League 8 to 3.