Show oj 10 Three Tree nags Managers Are in Big LAND Stew f J w ND RICA Rl H Yo-r Yo 1 MAY my NOT hav lIo t t 1 i but bui three there 1 is Ik li bi sitting Ion on on po a and a. a tough t b of of-flam of flame in the rn ak alp r Spring r g is la laal al here fn f- f almost t r. r I- I ln In n bo no ire are re beginning to stew over three 1 t a S J f 4 m 0 t r lint lh BtU arse nry g U b W 6 b hd had d. d b sa ay bout about o 4 wate teS l' l lind aB- aB he hei i rrt b orbe h hn n r rN aler Stengel Leo Duro Duro- Rk c t d uck lf I sen ra D r e seating lot ata ts ant D Tars The Y Yankees Yankees- cees es Oi t nd D dg- dg especially ers ers especially the first two two took took ovex over ever the e m li t f i la last t year Jear s two wo pennants n a I flow ow wm will ft n. be for 1952 Casey Stengel has hail i to replace Joe I gio his greatest greatest ballplayer ballplayer He has hasI hasto hasto to fill the hole bol left vacant by Jerry I Coleman He h has to work out the best outfield combination n. n from Woodling- Woodling Mantle ManUe Bauer Jensen and one or two others othen nd he be has hasto hasto hasto to get the able help again he be received received re re- re front from Reynolds Lopat and I his bl three star pitchers who I arc arl all aU veterans I Casey Isn't Isn't m much of-a of of a w worries worrier or else he hel is l a fine actor His bus busy brain is s 's seething now dow but he says his problems problem can cn wait walt until he be reaches the playing field Well be all aU right he be says sayi with witha a grin w Well either win or make somebody else h hustle hustle The next in hi turn was Leo DuTo- DuTo cher Leo keeps bus busy from hour bour to hour bour and from day to da day He is always al- al always al aJ- ways restless We have bave a few tew problems Durocher Durocher Durocher Duro- Duro cher says But not too many The main two are filling tilling Stanley's Stanleys Job at second and taking care of the territory ter territory left vacant b by Willie Mays Maya Both Doth are great ballplayers for tor an any team Stank was a bl big factor last year So was Willie Mays MaYI We have Williams and maybe Hank Rank Thompson Thomp Thomp- son Ion for tor second Weve We've got to fill that big gap gap In n center Then we are set with with one of f the best pitching staffs taUs in baseball I mean Jans Jansen n. n H Hearn arn Lanier and Koslo plus Koslo-plus plus a afew afew afew few others I call caU that quite a staff And you know What ill big part of baseball is The Third Problem This left Chuck Dressen of the Dodgers on our visiting list The first problem Chuck has bas is to till fill Don Newcombe's Newcombe place in the box That wont won't be an any too simple said ald Chuck I I I The Ibe next problem next problem Will WW be bet to get mote more e winning games game amu out but butof of his bI pitching staff staff Branca taft taft-Br Branca Erskine an ant Roel is Ys a pitcher Roe great says says' Dressen I mean great Dut But he ho c cant can't t be be worked top too hard bara we we have bave 1 leH Branca Branc f Van Cuyk k Banta Loes oes w a Alex Alex- andert And r l mention a few rIm Jm m planning to send Clem La La- til 1 out to take tako Newcombe's Newcombe place think I be he can do it I 1 hope bope so anyway any any- way i. ressen t J ressen has bas another problem is 11 getting his bill g Il l ra a a winning mood Ye hey are are rated high u ut te fe eyes ever win 18 gaJ games games ies even a 6 great ball baU club dub V 41 k Just a fair pitcher should be bea 20 70 game winner in Droo Brooklyn with the fielding and batting sUPPo support support-be iet gets I Dressen said ald n nothing about thIA this But Buthe Buthe he knows thee staff taft hasn't heeD been any too good past few years The They have bave a 10 lot of things but things but little tittle control Outside of his pitching Dressen has bas the best all aU around club in base base- ball If U he be bad had Giant Va Yankee or r Indian pitching he be would have bave a cakewalk But he must get more consistent work from a highly Inconsistent inconsistent in In- consistent staff rI t r Anyway here art are tia three main in mainor inI or major problems the three best best teams tennis in baseball last season face tace for tor the new s spring DoW now only a chip shot away The Big Experiment Can the sows sow's ear ever produce a asOk silk sOk purse puree Can the silver handle bandle be befitted befitted befitted fitted to the pewter spoon Can the St St. Louis Browns Brown ever be lifted again to the first division or be a pennant contender This latter angle an an- angle gle will be given its It first chance this year Hornsby has already start started d work in a sunny valley valleT near Los Angeles with his first training platoon The he squad is s at El Centre where the desert sun is s hot and there are no disturbing factors He lie has baa Rivera Roy Sievers Mike Goliat and others other who asked wed to be on hand band Hornsby believes he be will wID have bave a high class outfield ready b by late ApriL H He is la a great believer in hard bard work work work-In in extra hard work And he has bas ano another r Important quality Ive I've heard beard many well known managers and ballplayers say ay you cant can't teach a man how to hit bit Hornsby I recall the time in they tried to make a hitter out of Sammy Baugh Daugh the star passer He was getting letting his shot at the Cardinals under Frank Frisch Baugh was a great infielder with a tine fine arm but buthe be he couldn't hit bit a lick Uck No one could teach the famous Texan how bow towing to swing wing a bat But Hornsby baa has always al way ways been a natural teacher |