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Show A S IS usual. In an army camp, an argument over tports wai under un-der way. This one on baseball cam In the wake of the recent all-star game In Pittsburgh. The general idea was this If you few a we. T V ui, uwufc w leagues, dating back to 1000, and they played a series of seven gami, which league would win? Naturally the first move in such a situation situ-ation is the selection selec-tion of the two teams. Which incidentally, inci-dentally, will only drag in another argument. ar-gument. I'm stick- Jng my neck out. GranUand Rlc4 but here we go NATL LEAUl'E A.MKFl. LEAGLB Catchers Bresnahan, Dickey, Ilartnctt Cochrane Pitchers Alexander, Matty, Johnson, Grove Hubbell, Dean Walsh, Waddell First Base Terry, Chance Sister, Gehrig Second Base Frlsch, Eddie Collins, Hornsby Lajole Third Base fraynor, Bradley, Jimmy Collins Baker Shortstop Wagner Joe Cronln Outfield F. Clarke, Moore, Cobb, Speaker, Ott, Sheckard Ruth Cy Young isn't Included in the list of pitchers since the Gilmore, Ohio, fhenom pitched for both leagues, lis winning record of 511 games leaves the others far behind. Having taken the first hurdle in naming the two teams the next barrier bar-rier is picking the winner. You would find on both sides, brilliant bril-liant pitching skill thrown against terrific hitting. When this combination combina-tion collides, the star pitcher usually usual-ly has the call. Only great pitching could suppress these hitters, but the great pitching is there. Hating the l tvo bquads 1. The catchers Here the American Ameri-can league has at least a shade. As good as Bresnahan and Hartnett were, Dickey and Cochrane are at least close to being the two all-time tops, especially on the power side. 2. The pitching Anyone who can say that either league has the winning win-ning margin here is a better guesser than I am, taking all eight in their best years. Walter Johnson would be the hardest to beat, but the two sets average arm and arm. We'll give the pitching a draw. 3. The infields With Sisler and Gehrig the American league has a decided advantage around first base. Bill Terry was about the best all-around all-around first baseman the National league had to show, but there may be a stronger choice In Frank Chance. The consistent batting power pow-er of Sisler and Gehrig is well above the N. L. pair. I'd say the A. L. also has the edge at second base with Eddie Collins nd Nap Lajole on the Job. These two were among the harder and better bet-ter hitters, although neither out- ranked Hornsby in this respect. They were also among the greatest defensive de-fensive Inflelders In baseball history. The Summing Up The A. L. takes a healthy lead In the outfield. Cobb, Speaker and Ruth form an incomparable trio. Just back of these would come Jackson, Jack-son, DiMaggio and Ted Williams. Fred Clarke of Pittsburgh, Terry Moore or St. Louis, Mel Ott of the Giants, Jimmy Sheckard of Chicago's Chica-go's Cubs (also Brooklyn) might form a stronger defensive combina- tion. I mink they would. But they would be outclassed on the attacking attack-ing side In the run-making department. depart-ment. For that matter Cobb, Speaker and Ruth were never listed with the lame and blind defensively. They could also roam quite a bit. To help out the army-camp argument, argu-ment, it would be my guess that the American league outfield would supply sup-ply the winning balance on the side of power. They wouldn't be murdering mur-dering such pitchers as Hubbell, Alexander, Al-exander, Matty and Dean but when you add up the combined assaulting ingredients the A. L. can offer, you get a trifle too much for the N. L. to match. The National league's best chance would be in the bos with four of the smartest pitchers and four of the greatest competitors that ever baffled baf-fled a batting eye. In this ledger the A. L. wins in driving finish. College Football Outlook One odd fact is that 1944 will have many more colleges playing football than 1943 could show. Army cnl-leges cnl-leges will still be up against the same handicap that wrecked sc many teams last fall. From present indications, after (iie start of midsummer practice, a far greater number of squads will De more evenly matched than they were a year ago where too. many learns were badly outclassed. Few ucperienced players are 'eft now, |