| Show I PLAY PROMINENT ROLES IN BIG LEAGUE RACES i I r o I f IL 4 I v 7 I 4 ti ii I t. t F GRIMES GRIMES' I These men will play Important parts in the 1932 major league baseball campaigns Gibson and I Carey are new managers of the Pirates and respectively and Fonseca is the new chief of the Chicago White Sox Box Much depends upon Burleigh Grimes pitcher traded by the Cards to the Cubs in the National league and upon Al Simmons whose potent poten t bat has helped the Athletics win three straight championships in the American league Grandmothers Dying in ill Herds Business Gains I Baseball Opening la 1 May Have c Something to U Do DoBy DoC With Massacre 1 C B By WILLIAM WILLMM DRA NEA EA Service Sports Writer NEW YORK April 12 The 12 The slaying of ot more than grandmothers was well under way this morning and it was expected that toward mid mid- afternoon there wouldn't be an old lady ady left leet in eight of or this country's largest cities The movement launched by office boys bos at Washington D. D C. C yesterday where incidentally a ball bail game was scheduled between the Boston Red Sox and the Senators is part of an annual program BIG TRANSACTIONS S Thousands of tired business men also were reported out for the day many having been called away suddenly sud stid denly on urgent transactions This sudden udden rush of town out conferences conferences confer confer- important deals and other happenings happenings happenings hap hap- that unexpectedly summoned executives from their desks was somewhat somewhat some some- what surprising For prior to today business affairs in n the cities of Chicago Boston delphin Detroit New York Cincinnati Cincin nati Brooklyn and St. St Louis had been so siow slow that the office help had been more or less marking time and ing ng in occasional arguments on this and that including baseball which officially opens today Of OC course today's absences had d nothing to do with the fact that the boss had picked the Yankees to win declaring Al Simmons' Simmons ankles wouldn't hold up another year and that without Simmons the As A's couldn't win the American league flag lag The hegira also probably had nothing noth noth- ing ng to do with the fact that scores of oC the Chicago office boys whose grandmothers quietly expired last night light had been heard to declare that the White Sox under their new manager Lew Fonseca were going to go places and do things NO CONNECTION OF COURSE This unprecedented demise of grandmothers could have no bearing of course on the fact tact that several thousand md office boys in St St. Louis had openly voiced the opinion that the Cardinals would have a tough time winning without Grimes and a tough tougher er or time than that beating him him in a Cub uniform The unlooked unlocked for tor rush of business business- the outside which called thousands thousands thousands thou thou- sands of or big shots In Brooklyn away awny from their desks could have had nothing to do with wilh the argument argument ment that has been raging over the merits of Brooklyn's new manager Max Carey as compared to Wilbert Robinson Police in the ei eight ht cities dUes most of hom were found on duty in the vicinity of or the ball parks were asked for or some solution of the m mysterious volume of business and funerals The bluecoats were ere reported to have given virtually the same sante reply Well Veli what whal are arc you going to d do about it Check Up o on Stars rs II Of Last Year As the major leagues inaugurate a new campaign one cannot help but wonder how the various leaders of last summer will fare this year A glance clance at their averages for 1931 1031 will helD helo refresh the memory These stars won most of the batting honors in 1931 1031 NATIONAL LEAGUE 1 R. R IL H. Pet Pct Hafey St St. Louis 04 94 Terry New York a Bottomley St St. Louis 73 Klein Philadelphia ODoul Brooklyn 85 Grimm Chicago 65 Hornsby Chicago 6 64 Cuyler Culer Chicago AMERICAN LEAGUE TL Ti H. H Pct Pet Simmons Philadelphia IDS ID'S Ruth New York Morgan Cleveland 87 87 Cochrane Philadelphia 87 Gehrig New York Averill Cleveland Webb Boston 9 86 96 19 33 West Washington 77 PITCHING ACES OF 01 1931 NATIONAL LEAGUE W W. L. L Pet Pct Haines St. St Louis Louts 12 12 3 BOO Derringer St St. Louis 18 18 8 Hallahan St. St Louis 19 19 9 Bush Chicago 16 8 Grimes St St. Louis 17 17 9 Walker New York 10 9 Malone Chicago 16 10 9 Brandt Boston 18 18 11 Fitzsimmons Fitasimmons New York 18 IS 11 Meine Pittsburgh 18 18 13 AMERICAN LEAGUE W. W L. L Pet Grove Philadelphia 31 4 Marberry Washington 16 16 4 Mahaffey Philadelphia 15 15 4 Earnshaw 7 Burke Washington 8 3 Gomez New York 21 9 Ferroll Cleveland 22 12 Pennock New v York 11 6 6 Walberg Philadelphia 20 12 Crowder Washington ton 18 IS 11 U 1321 |
