Show aa a CE A a rHEBE RERE seems to be enough bitter 1 8 and d poisonous debate the country WIthOut stir on m In 1 P g mt more trouble But we have up of tits th s fault recently in on ng LAH qty whether Joe D r Maggio n r-n r Ted T- T 1 U Wu suing mains Dg ams or Bob Feller should bearded be bei Warded the purple toga that goes American league s most o i the he pIa ayer er Tile The sn in ping pine comes from many m WhY pick these three writes an nt fan n from Albion 1 lily vote plus Pl many T others s goes to 10 Cecil Travis of the Washington senators MS On a second division ball It Tra Is sob club he bo will never n get ret bas S been far tar more valuable to the Senators MitTi than WillIams William Feller have bare been to the Yankees d and i 4 o ff T 1 tS W V 19 a j C w 4 i II tf c J fi ff J wy t it j f i it I t l lt t y CECIL TRAVIS lei Eel Sox and ind Indians He has been hitting steadily between befit betl een and sio S-sio 4 And Aid dent don t I overlook Cullenbine Thornton Lee and Frank Hayes They re out oat of the spotlight But they belong there It If it has to be DiMaggio W Williams or Feller reller make It Feller Just fig figure figore ore ure him lum with the Yankees or Red Sox Sox-at at least 35 wins wms maybe more Not Over Yet This is only a sample from a day s a small amail smail mall mail that ranges from vitriol to velvet Thus This country is packed WIth millions of baseball fana anat t cs ca who may not get to see so many games but who follow the play from game cameto to game Here are a few more examples U H Ted Williams hits rots around they can ClIn t leave him oft off DiMaggio is 19 a great ball player But so 10 Is Williams who is also a better hit hit- hitter hit hit- hitter hitter ter How can they leave off Bob Fel Feller ier Any AnT smart manager will vill tell you he d rather have Feller on hIS pay roll than any man in baseball Ask Jimmy Dykes one of the smart smart- smartest smart st est eat of the hole hole ole lot Feller happens to be WIth nth a ball club that can nel nea neather ther lit 6 Ii t nor field nor hustle But he heu heu heu u st 11 the game s leading pItcher and will finish that way ay I Tm m not a New ew York rooter but 1 It was DiMaggio s record hitting streak that lifted the Yankees out of the rut they were in and got cot them started He lie ga gave cave ve them the spark they needed and i broke up the race They all forget the 1940 season A year ago Hank Hack Greenberg Greenbere of the Tigers won under wraps He was much farther in on front of his field than any man m in the A L this year Hank was a 6 foot toot foot 4 inch mch stand standout standout standout out In the National The same tame argument m in the NatIon National al league has been obscured by the dust tossed up by the Dodgen Dodgers ers en aid ad Card nals The Pennant race he heLe here e is above any Individual But m a race of this sort rt it I li is almost certain that the theaward theaward award will go to a member of one onet of t the two teams that made the race aU at 11 that year year that carried earned the league from dullness and mediocrity to one of f the great battles of baseball A month ago Pete Reiser was the top cho ce Then Pete was hui hua t and dust began to settle m In his batting eye The Dodgers roam main entrIes have been Whit Wyatt Kirby HIgbe I ph Do CamIlli Dixie Walker and Ducky Medwick 1 Terry Moore had the Jump lump on the Cardinal field until he be was hurt Terry Moore oo e Isa is a great Teat ball player y tan Isn t out ont of f the We race e pet t yett then young Ernie White came along u one ne of t the he leading candidates Johnny Hopp opp filling f In at first and aud ande the outfield starring on n both Jobs job well around the front until he Vas as SPiked He lie still has his chance So has ha Johnny Mize And don t overlook Frank Crespi Cre pi and Jimmy I t I Brown The Card nals have had bad so many stars t injured and out of act that itI it I I hard h l on to imagine them With a complete team They still have been more lore of o a team combination than an any y of the other outfits Not I eVen en the he old delegation or outfought their way Over OYer more rough and rugged ter tern rem The Cardinals have had the much tougher luck the rougher breaks break With so many crIpples TravIs iMaggio DIMaggio Feller FeUer Williams William Trav Tray Is Ii and W the others have yet to be named Game tonet So go there s t no reason to net warned steamed B amed u up too far in advance |