This is the Tenth All Star Game

The first was played at Comiskey Park, Chicago, in 1933. It represented the fulfillment of the dream of every fan because it brought together on one field and at one time the greatest players in baseball. It was made possible by the untiring energy of Arch Ward, Sports Editor of the Chicago Tribune. A fan himself, he, too, had had the dream. And he made the dream come true.

The receipts of all the games up to now have gone into a fund devoted to the welfare of indigent players: To those who put everything they had into baseball ... and came to the end of the trail with nothing save their memories and a worn out glove. The fund, growing as each game was played and wisely administered under the supervision of High Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis, has eased their waning years and made life bright for them again.

Now, with the nation at war, millions of young Americans in the armed forces are in need of baseball equipment. It is for them that this game is being played. Every dollar taken in at the gate and not spent for absolutely necessary expenses goes to the Bat and Ball Fund created and maintained by the major leagues.

By your presence you have made it possible for soldiers, sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen wherever the American flag flies today ... from Iceland to Australia and from Ireland to the Aleutians ... not only to play the game they learned in early childhood but to know that, no matter where they may be, your thoughts are with them.