Show r v i y J tX 1 I J Pitching Only Worry in Victory March i I Lest Of Other her Clubs Rejoice S McCarthy Still Thinks Champs Will Win Easily g By GEORGE KIRKSEY I ST ST. PETERSBURG Fla April 4 UP The UP-The The New York Yankees are heading north with another flawless outfit ready and eager to smash all r records cords by winning their fifth consecutive con con- American league pennant I Manager Joe McCarthy McCartny I is supremely supremely supremely su- su confident that he can keep his jus hirelings hustling and on their toes through another rough campaign campaign campaign cam cam- and leave the other seven clubs battling for second place I The Yankee players themselves are contemptuous of their tion ti n. n Trouble Brewing But underneath the surface trouble may be brewing No Yankee Yankee Yankee Yan Yan- kee regular need be afraid of the boss bosS' calling him on the carpet and threatening to ship him down the river The American leagues league's no- no trade trad rule for a champion tends to give tyve all Yanks that satisfied feeling that breeds disaster The Yanks have practically the same lame ball club that won the pennant pennant pennant pen pen- nant by 17 games last year and then knocked down the Reds four straight in the world series Only three new players at most are likely to make the Yanks and all of them are pitchers 1 If trouble develops this season Its It's likely to start with the pitchIng pitching pitching pitch- pitch Ing staff Its It's not exactly foolproof fool fool- proof proof Charlie Ruffing now 35 36 t. t f has to hit the game 21 mark again j 1 to make the Yankee staff sturdy f f If Ruffing Buffing doesn't go the Yanks may do some first class worrying for a pitching ace Looks for Worst Vorst Preparing for pitching headaches headaches headaches head head- aches McCarthy plans to carry 12 Behind Ruffing hell he'll have Atley Donald Steve Sundra Monte Pearson Lefty Gomez Bump Hadley Rusty Russo Spud Chandler and Relief Man Johnny Murphy Oral Hildebrand from last years year's ears ear's staff hasn't shown anything anything anything any any- thing this spring and may go The two VO best rookies are Marvin Bruer and Tommy Reis a pair of right handers from Kansas City Lefty Lee Grissom also is trying to sneak into a berth but he doesn't appear to be the Yankee type Bruer who pitched 15 innings in four games in the Grapefruit league and allowed only three runs and 14 hits looks like hell he'll get plenty of work Rusty Russo the Italian left-hander left who was called In hi from Newark in a year jear ago to win eight and lose three is definitely ticketed for fori i stardom No other pitchers on the Yankee staff look like they are going to do any more than they did last year and some of them arent aren't likely to be as good K Need eed the Power Pitching will play a major role rolen In n determining whether the Yanks become the first club in history to win vin five straight pennants Theres There's nothing lothing the matter with the club defensively but the old power isn't there lere Some of those Yankee pitchers like Donald and Sundra who vho ran off winning streaks of 12 2 and 11 games respectively last season eason need plenty of runs to win Babe Dahlgren DahIgren hitting and Frank Crosetti batting take some of the teeth out of the Yankee Yankee Yankee Yan Yan- kee attack But theres there's nothing wrong with these men afield They save plenty of ot ball baU games especially especially espe- espe Crosetti who seldom fails to make that vital double play inthe in inthe the he clutch Joe Gordon at second and Red Rolfe at third round out the best defensive infield in baseball base- base tind jail ball Charlie I Keller Joe DiMaggio DiMaggio- who'll try to repeat as American league batting champion and George Selkirk will give the Yanks what some consider the games game's classiest outfield Tommy HenIch Henrich Henrich Hen- Hen rich Ich and Jake Powell ar are nifty outfield reserves while in m the the In Infield infield infield in- in field Billy Knickerbocker is the handyman Up to Dickey Another key man in the Yankee club lub is Catcher Bill Dickey Bill BUl will be 33 in June and hes he's caught over games for 11 straight i years years How long can Dickey keep keepF F i It up up If you want to throw a ascare ascare scare into the Yankee board of strategy just hint that that Dickey may slip this season season season- Behind Dickey r the drop is terrific to Buddy Rosar and Arndt Jorgens J |