Davis County Clipper | 1978-04-14 | Page 41 | Baseball

By PETE F RITCHIE Bob Lemon, manager of the year in his league, says the Chicago White Sox are just as good as last year, maybe better. bet-ter. Last year the Sox led the American League's western division until August. 'THE ROYALS just won it last year. They won 32 out of 36, something like that," Lemon reminisced on Payne field, before a Red Sox-White Sox exhibition game. 'We'll have just as much hitting, even with Zisk and Garr gone, and we'll have a little added speed with Bonds," Le.non predicted. He referred to Bobby Bonds, who with Ron Blomberg, are expected ex-pected to keep the Sox potent. "Our pitching will be better. , "THE RANGERS have improved their club but no more than California did the year before--you can never tell. I think overall we're stronger. I think we have a good chance at it this year. The guys did it last year. I was lucky. They think they can win it this season. They've got a good shot at it."