| Show Worlds World's Champions Confident They Will Win Again and They Are Not Backward in Telling the World I I I I AVON PARK Fin Fla March 18 The AP-The St. St Louis Cardinals ar an champions of the world and I proud roud of it If their vocal chords hold out there seems little likelihood that they tiley will wili be talked out n many games this season In the sprIng preparation period the al ball has been tossed back and forth with an abandon second only to that with which the regulation baseballs are thrown Tile The champions seem supremely confident they be able to repeat The new manager Bob OFarrell contented himself with modest satisfaction sat sat- at the prospects I think its it's safe to expect pur club to be among the leaders all the way he I said The club has ilas lost its manager j and second baseman Jound a manager manager man man- ager in the ranks and brought a s second baseman from another c club An experienced pitcher has been added and two new outfielders outfield outfield- e ers rs who can hit are seeking a to prove it it Bob OFarrell promoted from catcher to manager and catcher is popular with the players anti and ts s not dismayed at tile the difficult task of taking Hornsby's place Frankie Frisch started at a rapid pace and t thus ilus far has kept it up with consistently con con- s sensational fielding around s second base Tommy a shIning light lightn i in n the world serIes has not reported report report- e ed d to play shortstop and tile the place has been tak taken n temporarily at least b by y DArcey Raymond Flowers called Jake for short Flowers who once had a stiff finger on his throwIng throw throw- i Ing ng hand loosened the digit during t the he winter and has been doing ell ci eli enow however is expected to report sooner or later and send Flowers to the bench to sit beside George the spectacled infield in- in f field substitute Lester Lester- Bell at third and Jim Bottomley at first are ale hold hold- overs oveis Flint Rhem the South Carolina planter Is the other missing ber of the team With the of Rhem last years cars pitchers are on l hand with an added veteran Jimmy Ring who has gained experience wi h CIncinnati Philadelphia and New York The other pitchers are Grover Groer Clev Cleveland ian Alexander Wilie Wil Wil- l lie ie Sherdel Arthur R esse Haines Keen Herman Bell and Ed Dyer Manager OFarrell will do most of the catching but has ilas Frank Snyder to relieve him when he takes a day off The club has only two catch catch- ers era signed but two young oung receivers ers the property of Syracuse St. St Louis baseball farm are In camp fighting for tile the position lf if third catcher The location of the third catcher on the St. St LouIs club is in inthe intile tile the bullpen warming up relief pitchers Either Frank former UniversIty of Alabama player play play- er or Charlie Abbott a Texan will draw the assignment Two thirds of the outfield was decided do- do before training began Billy Southworth in right and Taylor Douthit in center had no opposition Left fIeld is still uncertain Ray Blades and Chick Hafey who divIded di- di vIded the place between them last Year when Blades was forced out by injuries may do the same thing again with a possibility that n neither will be able to start Blades had a bad leg and Hafey had sinus troubie trouble trou- trou ble bie resulting in impaired visIon for fora a timeS time I Danny Clark who was an Infield I er wIth Detroit and Boston in the I American league and did some come hitting hit hit- I ting for both is back In the I again as an outfielder the matlon mation having taken place while he was with Syracuse in the league Roscoe Holm a utU- utU ity outfielder with the club last Jast year is again available and nd another another an- an other good hitter has made an early favorable Walter Valter floett- floett ger who played with Syracuse last Jast year earIn ear In addition a newcomer signed during the winter who will ill not appear appear ap- ap pear in the lineup is Md ech- ech nie former Pittsburg manager who is now a St. St Louis coach Manager Mana Mana- ger OFarrell leans heavily cn on the theman theman man who has managed a world championship team OFarrell thinks tile the Cardinals are areas areas as strong If not stronger than they Uey Were vere last season He does not think the club has halo been d at second see sec ond base and declared Ring a valuable valuable able addition to the pitching staff Ring Is much heavier this spring than formerly th tile pitcher having decided that he needed more weIght to enable him to do Ills his most effective effective tive work The rhe pla players ers think they will repeat arid and do not care who knows I it |
