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» - - u ! Keystone Pictures EDDIE ROBINSON— Chicago White Sox first sacker is leading rivals in the All-Star poll by a wide margin. ! Fox Maintains Lead In All-Star Voting White Sox Second Baseman Is Nations Favorite Player, With Musial Second Choice By the United Press Nelson Fox, diminutive tobacco-chewing second baseman of the front-running Chicago White Sox, maintained his lead over the pack in the All -Star baseball poll, but Stan "The Man" Musial dosed the gap to 1,611 votes. . "* Saturday latest results showed that Fox was the nations favorite ball player in the early balloting with 36,712 votes to Musials 35,101. Jackie Robinson, sparkplug of the power-laden Brooklyn Dodgers, was third in the voting with 35,563 votes and burly Eddie Robinson, first-baseman of the White Sox, is fourth with 33,514. The poll opened on Sunday, June 10, and runs until midnight, June 29. The voting: AMERICAN LEAGUE First Base Eddie Robinson, Chicago 33,514 Luke Easter, Cleveland 21,692 Mickey Vernon, Washington 9,473 Second Base Nelson Fox, Chicago 36,712 Bobby Doerr, Boston 24,667 Gerry Coleman, New York 8,055 Third Base George Kell, Detroit 28,816 Vern Stephens, Boston . . . . 25,128 Al Rosen, Cleveland 16,276 Shortstop Chico Carrasquel, Chicago 29,684 Phil Rizzuto, New York 26,803 Eddie Joost, Philadelphia 14,297 Right Field FerrisFain, Philadelphia 26,727 Billy Goodman Boston 24,893 Vic, Wertz, Detroit . 18,112 Center Field Dom DiMaggio, Boston 28,094 Jimmy Busby, Chicago 19,502 Larry Doby, Cleveland 16,316 Left Field Ted Williams, Boston 30,162 Orestes Minoso, Chicago 21,736 Ray Coleman, St. Louis 12,388 Catcher Yogi Berra, New York 26,158 Jim Hegan, Cleveland 24,404 Sherman Lollar, St. Louis 16,696 NATIONAL LEAGUE First Base Gil Hodges, Brooklyn 24,427 Ralph Kiner, Pittsburgh 22,304 Eddie Waitkus, Philadelphia 10,512 Second Base Jackie Robinson, Brooklyn 34,563 Red Schoendienst, St. Louis 25,414 Eddie Stanky, New York 11,399 Third Base Bob Elliott, Boston 26,903 Willie Jones, Philadelphia 21,517 Grady Hatton, Cincinnati 17,358 Shortstop Peewee Reese, Brooklyn 27,887 Granville Hamner, Philadelphia . . . 20,954 Alvin Dark, New York 16,319 . Right Field Frank Baumholtz, Chicago 25,107 Del Ennis, Philadelphia 18,465 Johnny Wyrostek, Cincinnati 16,308 Center Field Duke Snider, Brooklyn 26,862 Richie Ashburn, Philadelphia 23,241 Andy Pafko, Brooklyn 18,378 Left Field , Stan Musial, St. Louis . , 35,101 Dick Sisler, Philadelphia 20,627 Hank Sauer, Chicago 13,836 Catcher Roy Campanella, Brooklyn 24,694 Walker Cooper, Boston 20,816 Wes Westrum, New York 11,273
