Show PHE HE pacific coast league bel bellecci levet ci tit it is a major league and be so recognized part of this belie belle will come true in a day not too fai fal away at least nc no erNi Fall one can deny tha frank lefty 0 dou of san francisc and casey of oakland are bi bil league managers slightly better that the average brand casey believes th pacific coast shoula be set up as an in dependent bi bli STENGEL league where do mosi of the stars come from he asks joe dimaggio dom DiMaggi iq Qi ted williams ralph kmer kiner ewel joe gordon johnn johnny pesky I 1 could keep on all day wh why Js Is the coast league surrounded by big league scouts they are thicket than ballplayers I 1 asked casey who were the best linen men coming up this next spring you can keep your eye on two he said chesnes and fitzgerald fitz gerald both with pittsburgh chesnes can carl pitch play the infield and outfield and hit plenty good he is one ol 01 the roost most valuable all allaround around ball players I 1 ever saw the only hi hitch is that he finished last season with a sore arm that won t hurt him in the infield or outfield fitzgerald is a fine young catcher who will improve and soon be a star these two players cost pittsburgh plenty I 1 believe chesnea chesnes and fitzgerald under meyers will be two valuable men prospects for season the new owners in pittsburgh are out to get a winning team and given a little time I 1 know they U 11 arrive it probably wont won t happen this year with the dodgers braves cardinals and giants in the way give you a team that can win that national league pennant casey said I 1 mean the cardinals if they get only fair pitching this season they still have the best ball dall club in their league they can also use one more good catcher their pitching wrecked them a year ago when pollet rollet and dickson blew so badly they 11 have a better staff this season and will be hard bard to beat another club that will cause a lot of trouble will be cincinnati blackwell lackwell B alone can upset a pen nant race even it if he can t quite win one this cincinnati team isn t bad at all neither Is boston with spahn and sam sain around they were wea great pitchers when I 1 was managing the braves they are even better now the race in the national should be one of the best in many years stengel is quite happy on the coast and his jousts with lefty 0 doul have lured in many a cus corner tomer all we need at oakland casey said is a ball park about twice or three times as big we fl d fill fin it value of concentration the long cavalcade of golfers which aich started from los angeles will cover terrain from the pacific to the atlantic across arizona texas louisiana into florida then up the coast through the carolinas Car and finally to the masters bourna ment in georgia it s a long long hike and a tough way to make a living especially for 80 per cent of the parade who must pay their own way and don t cut into the money any too often every shot can be worth from to 1 1000 those with a chance to win know it the toughest part of the trip is to keep on concentrating one of the leaders said you can concentrate only just so long then something snaps for or example you come to a shot that calls tor for a no 3 or a no 4 iron you are not certain which the right thing to do is to say this needs a three iron or a four iron and forget the rest of it but the odds are you 11 be undecided when you hit the shot maybe trying to press a four or spare a three any way still wondering the pressure is terrific locke added recently I 1 had two tour four under par for the first two rounds that isn t bad golf there is nothing wicked about it yet I 1 was vas eight strokes back of the leader ader 1 who by then was 12 strokes under par there are times when you get a feeling of hopelessness of what s the four under par yourself and eight strokes from the top too many good ones there are few golfers in this pack who can approach the old consist ency of jones hagen and on big days but there are any num ber who sud suddenly enly can turn and rip a course to pieces ben hogan demaret mangrum dutch harri son snead sead furgol palmer these and many others who suddenly can get hot and burn up things and later cool off this concentration hits you hard est on the short side one veteran campaigner said on short pitches chips and putts you need touch and timing full control if you are a little jerky here you are gone full shots don t bother us too much muc h it s those short ones that de demand mand oo 00 smoothness and touch |