Show Polls S Can Be Wrong Coast Mentors Pick Seattle for Top Spot By B- Hal lIal Wood SAN FRANCISCO March 25 UP UP With With the men who know best best in in this case the Pacific Coast league managers Seattle managers Seattle are the heavy favorites to capture the 1949 P peL C L pennant A United Press poll of the eight managers in fn the circuit came to toa toa a unanimous near-unanimous conclusion that f I manager Jo-Jo Jo Whites White's Rainier I nine would be the club to beat beatI I to win the championship Some of the newer hands in the league like Del Baker of the Sacramento Solons would make no comment But for the most part the belief was that owner Emil Sick had banded together a powerful powerful powerful pow pow- erful outfit to bring baseball glory back to the northwest The Rainier team shapes up with witha a slick infield composed of Hillis Layne at third Jackie Albright short Bob Sturgeon second and Heinz Becker first In the outfield are Neill NeHl Sheridan Bill Ramsey and either Al Lyons or Joe Coleman Coleman Coleman Cole- Cole man both down from the majors The pitching is solid with H Herman Herman Her Her- r- r man Besse Guy Fletcher Ardizoia Clem Dreisewerd Charley Charley Charley Char Char- ley Schanz Herb Karpel etc Mickey Grasso is behind the plate That team is the one expected to tomake tomake tomake make life tough for the opposition But it will be no walkaway The San Diego Padres are second choice in the balloting and if manager manager manager man man- ager Bucky Harris can cnn pick up a shortstop and a hurler or two he hell he'll come close The defending champion Oakland Acorns and up runner-up San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco Seals also figure in the battle for high first-division first berths Here are the quotes on what the managers thought about the 1949 pennant race that gets under way next Wednesday Charley Dressen Dresen Oakland Acorns Acorn Seattle looks like a good club It is the team to beat beaL However How How- ever er we have a good outfit and if it nothing happens we well we'll be tough Bill JelI Kelly Los Angeles Angels Angels- Seattle is the team to beat San Diego looks tough San Francisco is not so hot at the present time but probably will be bc strong Bill Sweeney Portland Bu vers Ive Ive been away from the league ue too long to make a prediction But Portland will be in the first division or or else Buck Bucky Harris San Diego DieRO Padres Im Im new to the league but sure San Diego will wiH make the first dl- dl di vision We Ve have sights set on first place however and I would like to win over games Fred Hane Haney Hollywood Stars Stars Stars- Seattle and San Diego are the two teams to beat Well We'll be in the first division Del Baker Sacramento Solons Solons- No comment Im I'm too new to this league Left Lefty ODoul San Francisco Seals They Seals They say Seattle is the club I to beat but Im I'm picking Los AnI Angeles Angeles An An- geles and hoping that the Seals I are the team to do it However we are not as strong at t this writing writing writing writ writ- ing as we were last year We Ve need two good outfielders two more infielders and pitching help To-To To White bite Seattle With a few breaks we can win the pennant San Diego looks like a major threat |