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Show ' PIAKING PIAKINGJ PEAKING PEAKNG PEAKNG'std J JIzjnBUL vJLL 'SJBt SJBt ' ' PEAKINGtJp 'std std ' < 3 tJp PORTS PORTSBeleaaed R S , . / VPj } ! tX , lIr ? : . l ' Beleaaed n"a.d na.d nad neleas.d neleasd . " . . by b7 Western W.stern Wstern W.starn Wstarn . . Newapap Newapaper New.paper Newpaper . r Union . . A ACOUPLE COUPLE ot of weeks ago the CIn- CIn Cltt- Cltt Clttcinnati CIncinnati - - cinnati Red Reds . were looked UpOD upon UpODas uponas uponas as the team to beat in the National Nationalleague Nationalleague Nationalleague league Since Smce then . several .everal everal thin things thingshave thingxhave , . have happened and the Red Reds . have havebeen havebeen havebeen been forced to move back In favor favorof favorof favorof of the Chicago Chlcao , Cub CubeBut Cuba Cube CubaBut . But that . shouldn .houldn houldn t bother the theReds theReds theReds Reds It's Its It.s ' . a long time Unte until the .ea- .ea sea- sea season . asason .eason * - son gets liteta under way tray , . and a good goodmany goodmany goodmany many changes change . ma may , . come to Pall paaa pass , be- be betore before be before - - fore tore the official omclal opening openmg Picking Pickingthe Pickingthe Pickingthe the winners of the major leagues le.l\1e le.l1e le.l lel 1e . \ . I is isa laa . a never endln ending , proce process . th this . , year yearIt yearIt yearIt It a eight elht , times aa 81 as much work a as . It Itwas itwas itwas was in prevloua previous seasons .easons easons . Insteadof In.teadof In.tead Intead Instead . of picking a toam team in each league leagueand leagueand leaguaand and being . stuck .tuck tuck with the . selections .election election selectionsMANAOBB . . , d dr dMANAGER r MANAOBB MANAGER JIMMY . WILSON wu.sON wusON WILSONat at saason'a saasona season's seasons . . . .00 00 . ' . . end , . , . you .OU OU can now pick pickthe pickthe pickthe the eight elcht teams In each league tealU leagato leagatoEventually leagueEventually ' Eventually EventualI7 you'll youll .ou'U .ouU ouU , . ' . atrike .trlke trlke strike the rifb rigb rifbcombination \ $ combination The only precautioiil precautioiilis precauti precautionla is . not to pick more than o one . tea team teamIn tesroin . In the . same .ame ame league on the .arne arne same sameday . aarneday .arned d day . , . Tha That ' tend tenda tends . to confine contuae confuse yotyr yotyrlisteners yo yotrlisteners yotrlistenersAnd ( Ustener listeners . listenersAnd And An4 yea 70Q you moat mUlt must alwaya slways ael4Ifaa add ael4 "aa aa Ifaa " as of oflodaJ oftoday eftoday lodaJ today ' . " Tour Your obaloe cboloe choice of April AprQ 1 mlrh might mightlose mightlaao & 10M lose .om om . some . extremel extremely , . valuable vainable men meD meDonmlbt menovernight vernlght onmlbt overnight , . On April AprO I f yon .ou ou you , . cap capoboo.e capchoose canoheeae oboo.e obooe choose . anothar ano&ber anober another & teamThe team teamThe The Cubs on PaperBack Paper PaperBack Back to o the Cuba Cubs v vs . the Recll Reds Red.The RedThe . * . . 'lbe lbe The ' Chicago club stacks .tacJu tacJu . up on pa- pa paper pa paper - . per a aa as . an excellent taam team even tor for a . anormal anormal normal , . year .ear ear The They , . have a .heabl heabl sizeable sizeablelist . aizeablelist . Uat list of experienced men and . , to toy- toy toyInnately for fortunately , . - tunatelenoush tunately tunatel- tunatel Innately , - enough enoush , the Us list , Includes Include . an anentire anentire anentire entire Infield ln4eld . . . They have bave accumu accumt.t- accumt.t accumt.tlate4 accumulated . - lated late4 a . good .ood ood representation rrom from rromthe fromthe fromthe the minor league In tact fact . , some .ome ome come . of oil ofthe oilthe ofthe the new boya bO'll bOll boys ) ' are ao 10 so , good ood that th the theveterans theveterana . veteran veterans . are , going olng to have bave a touc tough toughtime toughtime Ume time holdln holding , their JobsThe Jobs JobsThe The Cub Cab ontfleld outfield may be a UlIDa thing thingof thingef 01 of beauty beau&7 beau7 & . The olub club haa baa has three caDo can caDodldatea can-didatea can didatea - . dldatea didates , , each ef of cf whom batted baited In lOG 100 100or lOGor 101er or mere mare runs runa laat last year VeteraD Veteran VeteraDOW VeteranBill OW 0111 NIohelaon Nicholson knocked noeked In is IM US 1118 I'1IDa I1IDa runs ' I'1IDafor runsfor ronafor for the &be be & Cuba Cabs , , . Andy Anely Pafke Parto Pafko clroyt drovo clroytbome drovohome drevehome bome home 111 118 for lor Lo Lea Los . Angelea An.eletl Aneletl Angeles . " while "hUe hUe kit- kit kitting hi hit hitting . - ting Uq . .353 353 .153 153 .181 181 . . , , and aDd sad Ed Sauer Saner drove la fa in aD an aDeYeu aneven anarea eYeu even 100 aa as . b be . hit bit .3CT 3CT .381 381 .388 388 . . for ror Naahvllla N.abvWe NabvWe Nashville- Nashville NashvilleEven . . - Bven Even though Pafko Palko and Sau Sauer are arerooldes arerookies arerookies rooldes rookies , . their performance performances * . were wereproof wereproof wereproof proof of their ability abillty The They , weren't werent weren'tpla.lnc weren'tplaying weren'tplaying werentplaying ' pla.lnc plalnc playing , . against agatnst . aand .and and sand lot teama team teams . Too Too.the Toothe . , U&e Ue the & Cub Cuba . still .till till . have veteran veterana veterans * Pea Pea- Peanuts Paa-nut Paa nut - . Qutal nuts * Lowray Lowrey and Ival IvaI Goodman Goodmannot , . not to mention John Ostrowakl Ostrowski Ostrowaki . , . who whotopped whotopped whotopped topped the Coast league leaaue So In . bome home bomeruns homeruns homeruns homerunsIn runs runsIn In the infield Infteld Manager Jimmy J1mmy , WU WUson WUson Wilson son will wall have bave ( with possibilities possbWUes posslblUUes ( of ofchaD8e ofchanges ofchanges chaD8e changes . ) Ed Stanky Stan Hack HackLeonard , . Leonard MeruUo Merulo and Phil Cavarret- Cavarret Cavarret-ta Cavarret ta Cavarretta Cavarrette - - ta te all aU more or less les8 1943 1843 regularsThe regulars regular regularsThe . The Tbe bl big . question QQeaUon I Is . In the pitching pitchingand pitchingand ltchlnr ltchlnrand and ca catching . staffs .tafts tafts Rlcb Right . new 110W aew tile the tileCub theCabs ( beCuba Cabs Cub . nave 1Ja\"e 1Ja "e e have \ " Claude Pasaeaa Pascoau Paseeaa * . , LonWarneke Lon LonWarneke LenWarncke Warneke , . Paul Derringer Derrlncer tad 1d fund Plaal Paul PlaalErickson PaulErickson PaulBrickaon Erickson . . Bookies Rookie Rookies . Jodle Jodie Jodi Phlpp Phlppa Phlppafrom Phlppsfrom . rrom from Lo Loa . Angelea Ancele Angeles . , . Dale Deler.oa Deleroa Anderson Andersonof Anderaonef . 01 of NaabYtUe NaabvWe Nashville and aDd Jim L Lynn Lyn ef of Lo Los LosAngeles LoaAngelea . ADcele Angeles , should abould help belp out to t0 a consid eonald- eonald conaid- conaid conaiderable eonalderable considerable - - erable extent exteut . The Tile Catchers CatchersMicky CatchersMicky Micky Mick7 Kreltner Kreitner of Nashville and andBmy andBilly andBlUy Bmy Billy Holm of Loa Los Anicles Angeles ma may ) ' ney nev- nev never nav-er nav er . - er be b the best catchers in the world worldbut , but the Cub Cuba Cubs . can feel ( eel lucky luck1 there they the- the , - re reon reon reon on the rosterIanacer rosterManager rostor roster rostorManager ! \ Manager \Ianacer Ianacer Bin BW DW McKcchnIe JlcKech MoKechide le of 01 tile the tileBeels theReds theBeda Beels Reds la fa b pUmlstio 8pUmla&1o 8pUmla1o .pUmistlo pUmistlo . & cont'et contet c.neerping cneerping c . ncernlng ' lq base base- b baseball baseball . . - ball baU to In general cenera ! iliaopumtam EUa ilia His optimism opumtam optlmism balta halts baltathere haltsthere haltshere there ( . The Bed Beda Reds , ' chief cblef recently reeenUy lold told loldreporten toldreporters ( aidrepertera reporten reporters . "Tbtoga Tbtoga 'Thlnp Thlnp "Thing Thing " ' . are hist just . . ao .o o . un- un - uncertain uncertain un uncertain - certain now DOW 1 I can't cant can.t ' . even eveD tell teU 70u you 70uwho youwho yeawho who will be playing playlnc tor ( < ( for &be be the & ( be Re4a Reds Beda.Ducky BedaDucky ) . BucQ flunky Waltera Walten Walters and an4 Ray Moeuer MueUer Mueller are aresure aresure areaure sure te to bo be back baell : . . But ane oDe one pltol1er pitcher pltol1erand pitcherand pitcherand and one catcher catcber doesn't doesnt doe nt ' * ' make a ateam ateam ateam team . " McKechnIe likely Ukely v-as v as l\aS l aas . \ - thinking thlnkinJr of ofJ0hnn7 ofJohnny ofJohnny J0hnn7 Johnny Vander Mrrr Mel"r Melr Meer " and Lonnie LonnieFrey LonnieFrey Lonnierrey Frey , , both of whom wham will wi)1 wi1 ) be mls.1og mls1og missing missingat mls.1ogat . at the opening open.lng openlng . gun Ed MUler Miller , bJs his bJsshortstoP hisshortstop hisbortstop * shortstoP . , alao also is in 14 l I \ ' and m may . , be becalled becalled becalled called before the season opens "Sola Sola "So So "SoIs " . 'So So ' 'SoII II Is Elmer Itlddle nlddle Riddle ' McKechnIe Meltechnle adel adds addssadly addssadly addssadlyIn . .ad1:1 .ad11 ad11 sadly . : .ad1:1In sadlyIn In dlsc discussing adn , the N National a Uonal league league.eason leagueseason leagueseason .eason eason season . In , general eneral . . , McKechnie puts putson putson putson on his h1a rose-colored rose colored rose-colored rose colored ro.e-colored ro.ecolored ro.e roe . - - classes glasses In thatregard that thatreard thatregard reard regard , be he d.Iftera dIftera . differs from trom several otber other otberm.Jor othermajor othermajor m.Jor mJor major . league leape managers mana.en manaen . lie He a saya says . , . . " ' Tbia 1'bIa 1bIa 'Ibis Ibis ' ' ahauld should thouJ be one ODe of f the ue't uet bsxt hart ! ' . , , I g gIelieve Ibelieve Ielieve ) e " 0 . the . meat most toterestinc InteresUnc interesting sea- sea . - sea$05a aaa-aena aaa aena - .ou ou $05a 05a $ . r.e re . I r ' , * e ever Been aeen seen . . On Oa 0s paper , . at atIeaJt atleast atleast IeaJt least , the tile teama teams are more nrr eYa17 evenly eYa17malchecJ evenlymatehedttliad evealymatched malchecJ matehedttliad t tthan tJwt belore"And before"And befere belore before befere"And "And And " then tbtn we . have thea these . yotmgstera young- young yOUDl yotmg- yotmg youngtera - . ater stera tera . tha that ' , several eT1lraJ teama teanu teams a are ar re briDe- briDe bring- bring - briDeInI bringjog bring'Ing bringIng - ' InI jog up9Iho up . ! * i who will wm compete with t.be tbe the . t.bev thevetehlas thevetarans v vetehlas . r.J1ke rJ1ke . < UOc , lika the Waner Wafer boy boya boys . . n It nahou1ct Itghouldtk0 Itshould'be Itshouldbe ahou1ct ahou1ctf ghouldtk0 f ' t 0 . good IoocS race race . . , ODe one oa oe of tbe iba tbebUt ibabest thebMt- thebMt bUt best . - " |