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January 14, 1941

1941 ASG: Comeback Payback



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Queensland (BP) – The Eastern League meted out a bit of payback to their Western League counterparts in the United Leagues’ 4th annual All-Star Game, held at Wagner Stadium in Queensland, Dunwich. After squandering a 7-run lead in last year’s all-star game which was ultimately lost in extra innings, the Eastern League came back in the late innings to take this year’s game in convincing fashion, 10-3. 30,300 fans witnessed a game that was won in large part by the pitch hitters.

The win now evens up the all-star game record at 2-games apiece between the East and West and continues the trend of the ‘home’ team coming off victorious in every single game thus far.

Here are the scoring highlights:

Top of the 2nd:
2B Mo Symes and 3B Mick Lanfear lead off with back-to-back singles off of SP Lenny Freke to put runners on the corners. C Glen Yeend immediately follows with a ground out (5-3) allowing Symes to score the game’s first run.
Western All-Stars 1 – Eastern All-Stars 0

Top of the 6th:
With SP Frank Leadbeater on the mound, PH Keane Fysh leads off with a single. Fysh reaches second base when PH Vic Weetman singles with one out. PH Francisco Rodríguez hits the third single of the inning to score Fysh.
After Weetman steals third base, PH Ellis Oram hits a sac fly to centerfield, driving in Weetman.
Western All-Stars 3 – Eastern All-Stars 0

Bottom of the 6th:
SP Joey Cumberledge starts the inning for the West and soon runs into trouble. With one out, PH Paul Hooks reaches base with a single, then advances to second when PH Kade Limeburner draws a walk. That set the stage for Queensland’s LF Terry Aspden, who drives an 0-2 pitch for a triple, scoring the East’s first two runs. PH Ryley McLarnon immediately follows with a single, scoring Aspden to tie the game at 3-runs apiece. That ended Cumberledge’s day, but his replacement, SP Darwin Monday, fared little better.
On Monday’s very first pitch, PH Matthew Lane slams a 2-run home run to right field, giving the Eastern League the lead for the first time.
But the East is not done quite yet. 1B Jim Friend and C Dylan Watkins follow with walks. With two out and runners on first and second, Queensland’s 3B Kian Meadmore, who led off the inning, singles, scoring Friend for the East’s sixth run.
Western All-Stars 3 – Eastern All-Stars 6

Bottom of the 7th:
SP Darwin Monday starts the inning for the West but gives up a leadoff walk to Kade Limeburner. Monday is then replaced with SP Tristan Purss.
Purss promptly gives up a walk to PH Stuart Bentham and a single to Ryley McLarnon to load the bases with nobody out. Matthew Lane follows with a single, scoring Limeburner for the East’s seventh run. However, Bentham is thrown out at home on the same play for the inning’s first out.
But next up is PH Don Adkins, who takes the first pitch he sees from Purss and sends it over the left-center field wall for a three-run homer.
The West is unable to mount any sort of comeback in the final two innings and the Eastern League takes the 1941 All-Star Game in convincing fashion.
Western All-Stars 3 – Eastern All-Stars 10

Cobourg’s Matthew Lane won Player of the Game honours, going 2-2 with 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 R.

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Here are the complete All-Star rosters:



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Here are the standings as of January 14:

Tidbit #1: Braeland City had the same record last season at the All-Star Break as they do this season: 55-33.

Tidbit #2: The Cambria Cannons’ record last season at the All-Star Break is the same as the Kingston Pelicans’ record this season thus far: 58-30.




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Here are the overerall player and team leaders as of January 14: