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SI This is the qoseness cjpseIandRtce cipse qose cjpse ness of otboth both racesespecially racesespecially races IandRtceness landKice IandRtce ' especially theJcan thescan the thelean lean Jcan scan league where there Is no nondlIlg nonding noindmg ndlIlg nding team teamthe teamthe teamm the 16 teams In both leagues leagueshe leaguese e Cardinals Cardmals have any decIded decIdedtage decidedtage decideditage tage and if they happen to toa toa toi a few men to the draft draft , , the theble theble theible ble will then be complete completeODe completeone complete"one completeone " ODe one big weakness wcakness in majorbaseball majorbaseball major ; baseball has been the fad fact fadthe factthe ( actD the last few years two 01 or orteams orearns " teams ( have dominated the theaces theaces thetees aces leaving leavmg the other 13 or orIs oris orfits Is struggling strugglmg to see tbe the ( lie lead leadanishmg leadanishing leadaaishuig anishmg anishing dust dustafter dustafter dustr after year v w \ e ve ye seen the thelees theMS .es es lees , . so far m in front by July that thatcould thatcould thatcould could turn your attention attentton to to1Iung tothing to.thing tothing 1Iung thing . else In the last few lew years yearsCardmals yearsCardinals yearsCardinals Cardmals Cardinals and Dodgers have havethe havethe havethe the only teams that counted m in mlational inrational inrational inrationalfew lational rational lationaltew rationalnew few tew new years back the Tigers In Inand Inand Inand and Reds broke up this com corn comdon corndon cornion don for a short spell only to toIde totIe tode Ide tIe later ont ont on ont t t It its s all different dlfferent now The Themess Themess Thetness mess that \ was as the Yankees be beto beto beto to the glory that \ was as Greece Greecethe GreeceI ! the grandeur that was Rome Romeiek Romeak Romeick iek ak after1 after \1 1 w \ week eek eight Amencan American Americancribs Americanw cljbs cl.lbs cllbs cribs . have been runnmgonly runningonly running runnmg | only a few games apart from frombottom frombottom fromp frompbottom bottom Six Sue : of the eight clubs clubsbeen clubsbeen clubsbeen been travel ng in m a com corn combunch cornbunch cornbunch bunch and there isn t a man manm manin manin m in the league who can pick you youvorlte youvorite youvonte vorlte vorite with assurance The Theees Theees Theees ees can win it or they canfourth canfourth can canfourth fourth This appi appl es to the the.ors theors theors .ors ors . , Browns Tigers ands ande and ande 5 s e Interesting 1nterestmg 1 nterestmg Races Racesre re have been only a few fewns fewins fewas ns ins in m some 40 years where whereall whereall whereall all had two or three teams m in meagues inleagues mleagues \eagues eagues leagues \ still in ID the race after afterat afterut afterul at ut . The greatest single smgle season season1908 1908 when Cubs Giants and andes andes andts es were deadlocked through throughIIlber throughtuber throughmber IIlber tuber m In the National league league"here leaguehere leaguefthere "here here " , here the Tigers White Sox Soxfnd SoxInd Soxhd fnd Ind ans \ were ere well bunched m in mlInencan intmerican mfliencan mfliencanI lInencan tmerican lInencant tmericant t I m later years the Yankeesa YankeesII Yankees II a wrecking wreckmg their thclr leaguewhere league where wherehnew wherenew hnew [ Dew by July Fourth there was wasODe wasone wasone ODe one club left in the race In Ineanwbile Inleanwhile aDWb.tle aDWbtle eanwbile . Cardinals Cardmals Reds and andrs anders 1"5 15 rs " at least gave the Nationale Jl.atlonaJa Nationala Jl.atlonaJ JlatlonaJ National . a few continued contmued thrillsl thrillsgone thrills thrillsttyone l ! ttyone yone gone knows today the calIber cahberir caliberr 1 r " baseball basebaU has fallen off badly badlyame badlyame ; ame can lose such men as asgglo asggio asggio gglo ggio Feller FeUer Dickey Ted W Wil WilJoe Wil1 Joe Gordon Herman Red Redg Redng g Keller KeUer Slaughter Terry Terryf Terryand Terrye e and a hundred others wtth with wtthhowmg withbowing withhowmg ( howmg bowing the deficit But the they theof they thety y ! ! y of the two pennant races has hasthan hasthan hasithan f than made up tor for tl tre a absence absencemany absencemany absencemany many shining shmmg headlights After Afterere Afterere Afterlere ere is no big kick in m watchmg watching watchingtome watchinghome home ome club struggling strugglmg along alongM2 1112 3112 to 30 games in the rut rutIe rutis rut'c rutc Ie is ' wonder is that baseball has hasas hasb as well with w.th wth . so many lop- lop - lopraces lopraces lop-B lop B lopBces - - races ces with certain certam teams los- los losrOm losrom los-llrom los llrom - - rOm 90 to a 100 games each eachbin eachf 1011 bin a as others won from 90'0 900 904to SO ' to ai aBebaU as aeball a aseball i s seball BebaU eball has needed neLded a , better dls dos doson dist on 011 ol of playing playmg talent but I still stilln stillIn n t know how to bring br.ng brng . that thatwith thatwith thatt with larger farger cities clhe andtmer andtluer and andher her tmer tluer owners ha having vmg all the bestWar best beste e war has taken charge of tbis this tbisess thisess this"ess thisess " ess Among the 16 malor major majorie malore majore e clubs it has left only the Car Cars CarIs Is IsWith with any decided playmg playing ad adge adge adage ge so tar far The Cardinals Cardmals wIll wIllhave willhave willhave have to lose more than one or orof orof orol of the r best men to tall faU fall backthe backthe back backthe the pack and make It a realleague realleague real ' league scramble Just how howmore howmore howy more v \ ' II 11 it be taken into mto war warCe warce war'ce warce ' Ce issitU is still sitU anybody s guessl guessr guess r l ' allwhat all what the public wantscontestnot wantscontestnot wants wantscontest contest-not contest not contest - - not a runa runaway way or aOVer aover a aover = over Those who have lived m III in IIId ind watchingr d division cities watchmg watching r ballclubs ball aU.clubs aUclubs clubs try to finish fimsh sixth . . . - ' - . . . seventh eventh thish eventhcan can understand this h better than those pulling pullmg tor fOI for forant : W torW lint ant wlnnmg winning teams high rogh up in m mace inace ace _ . _ aceme We me Timinghen Run Timing Tzmmg Timingen hen en It comes to the matter of or'erun orerun ofe ' e poundiht poundIJt poundht run tuning tunlOg timing pound for pound ander IJt ht for ( or ae ! , ( , ; displacement duplacement and comese er Mel Ott Olt of the G ants comes e to col'on colon leading leadmg the entire col ' on It Itmust must be remembered rememberedt t t Olt Ott Ql * - - onal anal theonal theanal nn-i nn i nni"ny uie"nal uienal " - the , lone - entry > -"ny "ny ny - " from num the league had to battle Inst last such American mams league mam mamI > s roxxGehrig FoxxGehns FoxxGehnsi SB as Babe _ Ruth Ituth Jimmy roxx I , . GehrIg -i i - - - - - - and Hank . Greenberg _ - - ' Greenbergoutclassed 0 outclassed Mel in every physl physi | Way physiWay physlWay physiafl sixt sixfa fa tgy sixtgy tgywith t with all aU afl aUover aflovOr over ovOr 200 pounds all six Greenberg at 6 feet 4 I 4I |