Illinois State League 1947

All-Star Game

All-Stars 5, Belleville 1

West Frankfort, Monday, August 11, 1947

The 1947 Illinois State League All-Star Game was played at West Frankfort's Memorial Stadium on August 11, 1947.

An All-Star team selected by the league's managers, sports writers, and fans defeated first-half champion Belleville by a 5-1 score. Mount Vernon's Don Liddle was the winning pitcher for the Stars; Paul Stegman took the loss for the Stags. The first four All-Star batters hit safely to put the game on ice, scoring three first-inning runs.

BELLEVILLE                  AB R H      ALL-STARS                      AB R H
Bob Cherek (BEL/STA) 2B      4 1 1      Billy Herman (CEN/CHC) SS       3 1 1
Socrates Anthony (BEL/STA) C 3 0 2       Chet McDowell (MAR/CLE) SS     1 0 0
Bill Schambon (BEL/STA) 2B   4 0 0      Bud Pfeiffer (MAR/CLE) 1B       3 2 2
Weldon Idol (BEL/STA) 3B     4 0 1      Eldon Repulski (WF/STN) CF      4 1 2
Omer Tolson? (BEL/STA) LF    4 0 0      Jim Cupp (WF/STN) C             3 0 1
Dick Martz (BEL/STA) RF      3 0 0       Andy Smith (MAT/CWS) C         0 0 0
Art Lucchesi (BEL/STA) CF    1 0 0      Billy Klaus (CEN/CHC) 3B        2 0 0
John Thomas (BEL/STA) SS     4 0 0      Bill Hornsby (MAT/CWS) CF       4 0 0
Paul Stegman (BEL/STA) P     2 0 0      Walt Dunkovich (CEN/CHC) LF     4 0 0
 Ken Michael (BEL/STA) P     1 0 1      Dom Barczewski (WF/STN) 2B      4 1 1
 Walt DeFrietas (BEL/STA) PH 1 0 0      Don Liddle (MV/BSN) P           0 0 0
                                         Chuck Hawley (CEN/CHC) PH      1 0 0
                                         Joe Kuncl (CEN/CHC) P          0 0 0
                                         Everett Johnston (WF/STN) PH   1 0 0
                                         Eddie Schanz (MAR/CLE) P       0 0 0
                                         Chuck Henry (MV/BSN) P         1 0 0
                                         Mel Ivy (MAR/CLE) PH           1 0 0
                                         Willis McDonald (WF/STN) P     0 0 0
 TOTALS                     31 1 5                                     32 5 7

Belleville  100 000 000 - 1 5 3
All-Stars   300 100 10x - 5 7 2

E - Idol, Thomas 2, Herman, Pfeiffer. 2b- Pfeiffer. HR - Barczewski.

BELLEVILLE
Stegman (L)
Michael

ALL-STARS
Liddle (W)
Kuncl
Shanz
Henry
McDonald

Attendance: 2,134

Notes, Issues, Sources, and Mysteries

• Based on game accounts in the Mattoon Journal-Gazette, the Harrisburg Daily Register and the Dixon Telegraph of August 12, 1947; this box score based on that published by the J-G. Some information comes from the August 8, 1947, Daily Register, which listed the players selected for the game. If someone has a more complete account or scoresheet, please drop me a line. Thanks.
• Everett Johnston (West Frankfort), Charles Hawley (Centralia), and Mel Ivy (Marion) managed the Stars for three innings apiece. Belleville's Walt De Frietas managed his team with Frank Parenti (Mattoon) and Otto Huber (Mount Vernon) helping as coaches.
• While I'm reasonably sure that Tolson played second base for the Stags, and that Pfeiffer's first hit was a double, both events are nearly illegible on the microfilm.
• The seventh-inning All-Star run was forced in on a bases-loaded walk.
• Everyone selected to the All-Star squad made an appearance on the field.