Show v S 4 f AMERICAN MERICAN ICAN LEAGUE CLUB OWNERS OPTIMISTIC OVER 1928 1 92 8 PENNANT PENNA r CHA CHAS T A TEAMS EAGER TO TROUNCE N. N Y YANKS YANKS Huggins Remains i tm Regardless of t Y f 4 4 Camp Th Threats eats t i ATLANTA ArLANTA Ga March arch 2 24 AP AP- AP P It ii f. f threats from training camps or ot American league clubs aro are to be De taken seriously the 1928 race will find seven e teams lined up the New ew York Yankees Ways Vas and means to stop atop the world odd champions in fn their effort to win In three p pennants In fn as man many years yearn ear are being discussed by boards of ot t strategy over a a. far tar flung battle battlefront battlefront front stretching from Florida through rough Louisiana to Texas Three of tho Yankees Yankees' rivals be- be leve they can be beat t the tho champions and need only to decide on the method The other four tour are more more- Interested In fn getting Into t the e first division than winning Inning the current pennant and while they too think the tho New Yorkers can be turned back the their heig thought hought for the moment seems seem to be What of ot It 1 HUGGINS CALM OVER RACE In the face of ot the opposition certainly outnumbers him Manager Miller Huggins remains calm u He will o offer orTer er the same club that topped the American league In 1926 and 1327 1927 He Ile has added some me mep p reinforcements but the shock troops Are lire the old first liners outside the batteries Wiley Wilcy Moore has a a. year of ct big league pitching under his belt as has George whose jut ast fast ball has not slowed up Shealy Sheal and Johnson have been recruited from the American association to todo todo do do- some pitching The active challenge to New York supremacy probably will be flung by the Philadelphia Athletics Washington's Senators and the TI- TI Jers gera of ot Detroit JOE HAUSER BACK AT FIRST Co Connie Mack at this season of the year seems in better position than he was as able to boast of ot at the same ame time In 1927 Joe Hauser Is ts back at first lest base bae with JUt his wobbly knee answering every call calI Tris IrIs Speaker has Joined Ty Ti Cobb and Al Simmons In the outfield with Bing Miller iIller standing b by Ossle Ossie Orwoll is available for tor pitching duty dub outfield or Infield assignment The white elephant pitchers Ditchers especially Ehmke nd md nd Rommel are are in better shape than was the case last spring Washington will count heavily on n Its revised re pitching st staff ft and the batting and base running of ot George LIsenbee and HadleY who came through for tor Bucky Ducky Harris last season know more now and al although al- al though Hadley has haM been batted out of ot the box by appendicitis he will b be bark Gaston and Zachary have come from the Browns to lend their arms t to- to the the- Washington cause Marberry Is In the best physical condition- condition of ot league caree ca ca- ca- ca caB ree reer MANUS GOES TO 0 THIRD BASE The Tigers ers have sent Marty McManus McManus Mc- Mc Manus to third base w- w where were ere his Iris added weight will make him an Important Im Im- Im fl figure Ure and the tho J feet leet Harry Rice nIce will patrol an outfield post post The pitching may be bolstered up by the addition of Elam Van Glider Gilder from the Browns to serve as first aid and consequent promotion of ot LII Stoner from relief duty to ac acUe ac- ac live tive assignment Sam Sani Gibson and L Earl Whitehill exhibit signs of bein be be- be- be ing in better pitchers than they were last year ear Cleveland has recruited several classes from the kindergarten of ot baseball and ma may have to wait walt for fox the members to grow ow up on the game pame ame before they oan can hope to make their presence felt A rainbow teems seems t to td be trying to shine a ross r the Indian sky to mark improve improve- ment shown in the condition of ot George Uhle and Emil sen Levsen two pitching Ditching casualties of ot last season NEW SHORTSTOP ADDS PEP The White Sox have a a. ne new v and anc expensive shortstop Chalmer Cis- Cis and Johnny out all last season has returned 1 to lo the outfield The Tho Chicago man man- believes belle that Ted Lyons Alphonse Thomas Ted BlankenshIp and George Connally will head a a. L staff able to pitch the Sox to better bette r things St. St Louis Is gambling on two youngsters Otis Branoa Branon and Ralph a Kress at second base and shortstop p. p Manager Howley Rowley Is trying a a. bold bob experiment by tossing his Tulsa recruits re re- re Into the middle of his infield in in- in field but he has confidence In the then them in a and believes belie they will make hi his S team Lu Blue at first base am and I Marry Harry Manush In the outfield have hay 0 brought their bats with them from fron a Detroit and Sam Sara Gray late lato of th the thc C Athletics will pitch some winning winnin g games for the Browns RED SOX HAVE STRONG OUTFIELD Boston's BOtn ted Red have ha an outfIeld out out- field two made over by in In- In l of ot a a. pair of ot Williams boys c Ken from St St. SL Louis and Denny Denn y i from Mobile but Manager Bill BIU CarIan Carrigan Car Car- t rigan Ian is depending in the main on o n experience gain gained d by tho the manager manage r and youngsters In 1927 The once e great catcher returned to the game gam e last year ear after an absence of ot te ten n years and brought some young oung fel tel L- L lows IoWa with him He lie believes th the c years year's play has bait been helpful The stock taking leaves lea a an n S Impression that its it's the field against it the Yankees t |