Show FORM REVERSALS STARTLE MAJORS I. I I By Henry L. L Farrell United Press Press' Staff Staff Correspondent NEW YORK June 24 Baseballs Baseball's Baseballs Baseball's upI up- up heavel of f form this season has produced I no more startling reversal than the collapse colof col col- col- col lapse of pitching pitching- strength Preseason predictions f pf t f the winners In the maor league races were based baselt largo largo- Jy y upon the he and quality of the vanous van vari ous hurling staffs taffs With pitchers pitchers Reuther Reuther Sauce Sallee I Fisher Eller and Ring who Ring who ranked in the first ten last season Pat Moran was the unanimous choice to repeat with his champion Reds e The Giants rated as a sure contender around the circuit drew consideration through the possession of five sterling performers performers Toney Toney Douglass Douglas Barnes Nehf and Benton I But of Morans Moran's s quintette of mound I aces only Reuther and Ring have ered ered and the Reds are hanging to I th the tho top oP The Tile whole New York staff collapsed and the Giants handicapped further by a asad asad asad sad Infield are down near the bottom The Brooklyn Dodgers Dodgers' came up from the Jacksonville training camp with the best staff in fn the league Grimes Smith Cadore a and d Marquard pitched Uncle Uncle Undo Un Un- I cle do Robby's club right to the top When they cracked the team a. a The Cubs In marked contrast are close to fo the top through the work of a staff that the critics said would never do 10 Mitchell 1 had good pitchers but not enough of them they said Grover Alexander and Jim Vaughn I outside of Reuther are the only pitchers in the tile league running true to old form Tyler and Hendryx were rated doubtful and they have been While not hit as hard a the National league the epidemic of baa pitching PItching- spread to the American league I Bagby Caldwell Williams Shawkey and Quinn members of last years year's upper society are still till mingling with the elite eUte but Walter Valter Johnson Uhle Dick Kerr CIcotte and Sothoron have flopped down with the ordinaries Numerous reasons were attributed for tor the cause of the reversals The lively ball bail and the new pitching rules are the most mOISt popular theories |