Show ilice drifted around from the 1 starting spring camps of 0 california fornia a to the closing spring camps of F florida arlda some poltroon h has as asked me to work out the sur surer er spots t and nd the big guesses guesse s of base baUs two two big league shows my guess would be there are three clubs in each league which can be be r removed moved from the guessing division an they are the yankees red sox and browns in the american league the reds cardinals and phillies in the national league the yankees and fitwi red S sox should carf ry the pace alone in the american the ajr Z reds or cardinals agn land rice the cardinals or R reds ed s should it have av e the main jump in the national ill let you guess where the bro browns ns and nd phillies will probably wind up in the long parade this leaves us twelve clubs under unde both big tents f for or the main guessing act they are the Do dodgers diers pl pirates cubs giants and bees in the national Nation althe the indians tigers white sox athletics and senators in the american I 1 dont believe any 0 of if these clubs can run ran 1 12 2 and I 1 dont believe any one of them will finish last the first division clubs starting with the american league as the yankees are still on top after lour four years we have the yankees and the red sox almost certain to run 12 1 2 granting the fact there is nothing certain in sport cleveland with bob feller Is undoubtedly d the best bet for the n next ext first division beran after mr bitts indians we have the battle for fourth place left among the tigers white sox and athletics unless bucky harris can pull oft off a miracle the scramble tangle or general upheaval is much more pronounced in national ha bob feller the league after the reds beds and cardinals we have the Nac macphall durocher dodgers cubs pirates and giants battling for the two open spots this Is where the guessing begins to steam and emit smoke with two places open I 1 like dodgers cubs and pirates as the best bets tor for these upper berth locations both the cubs and dod dodgers ge s mi might just as well keep ai an a eye y e on the team frank frisch Is bringing to pittsburgh from the coast it t will be the hardest hustling pittsburgh team the pirates have known in a decade the biggest guess the giants are a still bigger guess As usual a large part of it all depends on how the pitching works out how many vet 1 erans cave in how many rookies blow bill terry says his giants can bag around 00 90 victories this season bill also announced in ringing tones last april that his giants would finish 1 2 3 bill remains an op bill 11 terry rry he will need all the luck that dame fortune that cockeyed cock eyed wench can dish out to finish as good as fifth in my hazy winter book the battle for fifth place will be between the pirates and giants with the pirates ha having v ing the better chance to displace display e the cubs in the upper set yo I 1 III usually find the manager with the better team trying to pick someone else for example head headman man blades of the cardinals asked me rather sharply why so many were picking his cardinals to beat out the reds an odd angle the reds beat us as last year he says the reds have improved we the reds are all set we are not here Is one answer the cardinals being a young team in many ways last season should improve there Is still no substitute tor for experience per peri leric ence e in a s season e a son loaded with fate luck C hance chance a and nd the rest of it my guess at this spot would be new york boston cleveland and detroit for the top division in the A L there are many more kinks when it comes to acting as a national league soothsayer you can name st louis cincinnati and brooklyn then you pause abruptly as you stumble OV over er chicago PI pittsburgh t and new york for the next notch below from this medley ill take a chance on gabby hartnette Hart Hartne tVs cubs frank frisch Is building for the future frisch is looking me more re to 1941 than he Is to 1940 although frisch like any other scrappy manager wants to win ev every ery game in sight the pirates pirate will win their share |