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MILLAR WATT ARB CLEAN I 1 lltlml k; The SOMEBODY'S STENOG Big, Brave Smithers O'PJJjJi CX" AJQSIRO I HE HIT ME OVER THE HEAD 1 1 YOU GO BACK I 7Z 33 r I'LL SHOW A HML SoHJ f WITH HIS CHAIR. AND THREW I j AND COLLECT I f HIM HE CANT J-" 1 town fj.y (f e ' ll I I "Next, a triple lomersault back-flip with a hall tulst! "Bat Miss Morris, you wouldn't want me to recite in front of the class without looking my best?1 sS1tWtm CIRCLE PATTERNS M v3l QIMante OST of the club owners and managers in the National League are wondering how they can keep the Cardinals in check through 1946. Many of them are hoping to get in on the big sale when said Cardinals begin to shed some of their surplus talent And it might be mentioned that more than a tew of the ball players who wore big league uniforms last season sea-son are wondering what minor league will get their services serv-ices when a new season starts. , For there will be many a sad farewell fare-well to big league glory when the servicemen serv-icemen start returning re-turning in groups-some groups-some 200 of them who will be back when the bluebird starts chirping in the sun' next March. The American league shows better bet-ter prospects of a hot scrap than the National The Yankees will have DiMaggio, Keller, Eenrich, LlndeQ, Gordon, Rizzuto, Johnson, Chandler, Buffing, Russo and several others in camp. This Is a formidable greop. But don't forget that lee Cronln of the Bed Sex win also have en hand sack stars as Ted Williams, Tex Hugh-son, Hugh-son, Bobby Doerr, Dom DiMaggio, Pesky at short, Harris and a few more who can play their full allotment allot-ment of baseball. Not overlooking Dave Ferris. And don't forget the Tigers win have Wakefield, Mc-Cosky, Mc-Cosky, M nil in, Greenberg, with a pitching staff that includes New-honser, New-honser, Trout and Tracks. The Three Leaders The Yankees, Red Sox and Tigers should be the three A. L. leaders as far as one can see now through the gathering winter mists and fogs. Most of the others will have a hard time matching this talent They won't have equal pitching or batting bat-ting strength as it looks today. Things will be even rougher for such teams in the National league as the Phillies, Braves, Reds and even the Giants. These have nO ball players returning with the class and quality of the Cardinal array. And they are already well back of the Cubs. The Dodgers have the best chance to finish high up. They can't move back the Cardinals but by next spring with Reiser, Reese and other returning stars added to their improving im-proving young talent they will have quite a ball club. This will include good pitching, hard hitting and speed. But they will also need a few more good men, especially on the pitching and infield side. Mandarin Rickey could use a few of the stars he once controlled on the Cardinal farms. Fumbling Tigers It was generally agreed, except for its pitching and Greenberg's hitting, the Tiger club was perhaps the worst mat ever appeared in a world series. . Trout Trucks and Newhouser plus Greenberg's big bat should have planted the Tigers on top in four of the first six games. But the Tigers defensive play in the fifth and sixth game and part of its offensive play in the sixth game was something too terrible to look at It belonged to the sandlot variety vari-ety where infield and outfield popup pop-up were not even touched, where they threw badly to the wrong base and where they otherwise committed com-mitted mayhem on the grand old game. Only their pitchers and Greenberg kept them going against a Cub team that was certainly no world series prize. "The Cubs finished the seven-game seven-game series with a team batting average av-erage around .263, well ahead of the Tigers," one oldtimer points out "But don't forget most of the Cub hits should have been handled. Tiger pitching was far better wan it looked to be In the figures. With Just fair support for Tiger nitchine. th Cuh wouldn't have batted .200." Up to the closins same, th Pnh. had no pitching to offer excent Rnr. owy and Passeau. The others were on the soft side, easy targets for Tiger bats. 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