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Show t BURGH, FLA. The engraved upon the It Louis Cardinals hai , fcawk. seeking its prey. d these Cardinals were Zither they might finish r f filth. ;h yUI ii sun' it thai ;lim tu i jjeries 3tf But of them eun to I along 1 They : irds l.-iwks. 'id the crantland Rice ixperi-'jfrd ixperi-'jfrd campaign, he shade of a sheltering . ialm tree that Branch iSd me to pick the Reds Ie Cardinals for 1940. quite number of " he said, "who need oje season. The Reds jnp on this young team 4 be far away In the 4ill be different next pins to be the "next ir.ed by Mr. Rickey. If ii a prophet in 1940 as ;J39, the Cardinals are I c :3ung Staff s f hat year's experience flthcir belts and .they i speed and the same Jtlian that, in addition -ns as Curt Davis, Lon iJ?ig Bob Wciland, they $ng the younger pitch-Qooper, pitch-Qooper, McGee, Lanier, apkel and Barrett the -found pitching staff in league and one of the toll. J quantity and quality. iie pitchers mentioned iould be able to get at Djoving briskly along, lljabove the average, t those around who will lot to climb too far towards the end of the limb in this Cardinal matter. They mention the Ifact that Davis, Warneke and Wei-land Wei-land are no longer kids that most of the younger pitch-' pitch-' ers have yet to : prove their place and that Pepper Martin can't retain the iron in his system sys-tem and the flame ever. mlal Mcdwick ring out the fact that hasn't been any too the St. Louis setup e. And Ducky Med-to Med-to be one of the best iin either league. He -strung and tempera-ie tempera-ie can hit, field, run he four main essen-figures essen-figures there are six an win the National e with him. The race tfreen the Cardinals and tie Dodgers and Cubs Jnain challenge, ih will need at least a (the Pirates untangled orward. ire Giants, Braves or anything but a miracle ' old Gas House Gang scene. They are scat-wide. scat-wide. years ago at Braden-e Braden-e the two Deans, Jim-Rip Jim-Rip Collins, Leo Du-Hallahan Du-Hallahan and several 1 Pepper Martin and ; are about the only is seen better teams, so much color. There when Jimmy Wilson, "dinal catcher, began "k shirts from the lock-lesan lock-lesan wearing them. hen a rookie. When e blast on Diz for pit-vrite pit-vrite shirt, Diz only my," he said. "I !iere with only one shirt. uldn't want the great-aseball great-aseball ever knew to ;h the same shirt for a would you?" "'re right, Diz," Wil-Dean Wil-Dean kept the shirt. still enough color in ordinal outfit. It's a m the main, an outfit 0 Eo somewhere, f the Series 1 sniff of that World t! V?1" one of em 17 dldn't quite make it, ifragrant smell. f b different this year. ra"in. But whether r n tem is going to L " Same jump on us - a"y other time. We 'ast summer, enough i h better ball club. It , 6 10 be better J year ago to head I |