Show I of baby Jad read 1 iq Ugh gh J. J ime lath beth j rIly of the iS WoO le e ba Wu eng ng Q five ve vea RICE CE peral eral collision of the theand theand a ne nett t foot football alJ t th h fps s and a new the be b ash sh between a 1 budding a. t dying tornado sev sev- of f tb q tb details have come up upI I a aare ar are Casey Stengel as good I 1 y 3 tee teta going to win any pennant pennant pen pen- nant pant or run second with the team reel j Bucky Harris carried car car- ried on his back- back g i largely aided b by byIs byJoe Is Joe DiMaggio Y en Everyone knows y that Bucky Harris wasn't fired for in in- ns OI I efficiency He was po pou fired because he is isa isa AJ a friend of Maces Mac- Mac th e es In our book booko trap Tap trapo o it was a stupid o OJ Ir move as Bucky Ducky has r s r I fa a hIgh high grade grade manager managerI 1 F FI of f man baseball needs I e t yen grin irm in of Casey Stengel t move following a leU doesn't often hap- hap C COi J is also a high-grade high r. p knows his trade But 1 It Abe be as many laughing I Ren In en n about Casey In 1949 e Job he has ahead Ie te I the the best team in base- base 1948 world series The Thebe Theet et iId be DC the best team inthe in inand the eel 1949 and should win ads nd ts the Red Sox can low low lo- lo w w Then it would i 1 1 ce farm Carm system has hasIn wn In recent years dy dl tier how Stengel hns- hns t tej ve know where his rte e 5 coming from He Hew e ei i u w r outfielder three Ina In- In st sf a catcher atcher and three all all good iuis es a total of some eight V T good ball players beters bet- bet ers than most of those pt Di DiMaggio Henrich i Rasch Yogi Berra Is Isow isow ow to have around Ill I'll TI I auks acks Hitters yon on On and Riz Riz- G Clin th in 82 runs Gordon and ove in runs Steph- Steph err err drove in runs I 1 ED peaking now of second- second tp Rizzuto and a. a were a brilliant delen- delen I But ut they were so far behs betl be- be tl hs ns and Doerr Boudreau 1 there here was no compari- compari could trace at least 10 a tuck nip-and-tuck race to tog tog Ig g clutch hitting Maybe Iii 1 infield plus er- er kee pitching kept the from winning by 10 or rr If There was certainly Ld d to match Joe lag Di my Lindell and nd Id Berra They drove 00 runs far Car more than Sox ox outfield hammered hey It y are DiMaggio JW Berra 98 Keller 45 I M 4 J Total 45 out the Red Sox Wilt Wil- Wil t IDom DiMaggio 85 oth- oth than han 80 BO Far below the theY Y Vj So was Cleveland The Thead lad ad d the outfield f ti o or or 1949 9 9 idle of the 1948 football rims ems ems to be a somewhat rIto to be discussing the Sep Sep- fish Sh of pennant races for forI forno forno I no one can be arrested tor car r trying t f two o American league I 9 beat in 1949 should be feland Indians and the lied ed cd Sox They have by better Infields which Ii 4 J basic strength of a JJ team especially the theand theland und land short and aud second I int t A t a chance the Yankees anything to match Bout Bou- Bou i t Gordon or Stephens and fen ien you consider both the thed Id d defense defenso Both sets are jf it id has the better of the pith Bearden arden Lemon Fel- Fel ii romek Neither the Red have a dependable lie he Tigers still have pitch- pitch but little else elsee i tics can finish fourth or Better better Majeski and Joost l ly likely to be as good as ase ase ase e this year Both were d. d only strength is In lA Inid id the Id-the the section headed by iggio that carried the rest yam jam m DiMaggio Henrich feller eUer eller and Berra Kellers Keller's still uncertain nd's outfield Is la only fair fairl l' l an improving Doby The r could use new pitchers at al l Lea League e older league the Braves ers have the call for 1949 le lC Dodgers well in front ies res need infield and outfield In rather large quani quan quan- i Safe Sain and Spa Spahn they have est pitchers In their league st nucleus for a winning t have added another which is all aU they plus some saner handling |