Show W I Who'll Make Diamond Headlines c J- J By GRANTLAND RICE RICE- II with a group of vetH veteran vet- vet H eran ballplayers and managers e e finally steered the argument the general direction of heade headline head- head line e makers for 1950 Who iWho would they be From the merican league you start right Off iff ff with Ted Williams Joe DiMaggio DiMaggio Di- Di Maggio Tommy Henrich and such 11 pitchers as M Mel e 1 r Parnell Ellis Kiny Kinder Kinf Kin- Kin y t f der Joe Joe Page and I j possibly Rae ScarY Scarborough Scarborough Scar Scar- borough Bob Lem Lcm Lemon LemO Y 1 su on an and Ed Garcia O i r i 11 I In the national 1 c league you had Jackie Robinson Stan Ralph Kin Kiner e r E Enos nos Slaughter and such Grantland Rice pitchers as Don DonI DonI I J Newcombe Preacher Preach Preach- er Roe Ken Heintzleman Howie Pollet and one or two others 1 There wont won't be much mach change among the top bunch Frank Frisch said Ted Williams still has bas a few big seasons left DiMaggio has one or two after 18 years In baseball In Inthe Inthe Inthe the National league Jackie Robinson will be hard to head off ore again lie He has shown Mus Mus- ial and Slaughter who are not getting Setting any younger who is that both will have to have even bigger biger years to beat him Some of the fellows Cello out front last season may not repeat Kinder at 35 or 36 is no kid Neither is DiMaggio Dil For that matter Robinson will wUl be 31 In I i 1 January 1 The younger fellow with the best chance is Don Newcombe another another an an- other manager cut in This big i fellow has had less than a year in inDig Jig Dig g league baseball and yet they xe e all talking about h him m. m If we weI were I ire re re going to have any game 30 I inner mer in 1950 it will be Newcombe ell eIl be the best pitcher in either F gue I 1 What about Mel Parnell Parnell Par- Par 1 nell is only 27 years old He lIe is With rith th the best run making club in ther ither league I Ill bet you 10 dollars Parnell Par Par- nell nett finishes a b o 0 T Y e Newcombe Newcombe New New- combe be an American leaguer cut In I mean that hell he'll win J r more ball baU games The two shook hands bands How can you tell another said ell ell has a lifetime league big-league avage av- av t grage age of Ted Williams has one wound ground Yet Kell KeU Wil Wit jams Mams J ms last Jast year He wont won't come within 25 poin points p Q Williams this year a Red SOL Sox SO L r entry cut in That led to another dollar 10 bet And Id I'd like to bet that Stan 1 gets more votes than Jackie Robinson some outsider outsider outsider out out- sider said Robinson Is good but buthe buthe buthe he isn't any Stan There are not many Stan lying around loose After all is only 29 and he has known only eight league big-league seasons That's little littlemore littlemore more than a warm Or at least it should be Other small bets made Kiner Kiner Kiner Kin Kin- er to beat the run home mark again Williams to hit over Robinson not to lead the NL at bat Newcombe to win 25 games Two bets on Joe DiMaggio Dil to play in games Dyer and the Cardinals Eddie Dyer the crack blocking back from Rice some years ago feels that his Cardinals are about due again Eddie won the pennant his first year out in 1946 He finished finished fin fin- second to the Dodgers in 1947 He ran second in 1948 and last year he was beaten on the final day by a lone gameWell game Well have at least four hitters ne next net t season Eddie said Who arc are they Slaughter Jones and dienst Its It's true that Jones and hit only and respectively last year but they'll pick up those extra points sure They are really hitters As a matter of fact we have another good kid ft who ho should hit better than His lIis name is Ed Kazak our third baseman Ed hit in 92 games last year before he be was hurt This would give ive us three infielders and two outfielders outfielders outfielders out out- fielders in the or better class the doubtful side of your outfit I asked The answer Is nearly always the same he said Pitching Last season we landed Lanier and Martin well into the season For Far Double Platoon A year ago I was dead against the double platoon W Wes es Fesler Fester of Ohio State said Since then ihen I have changed completely Im I'm all for it itI I believe those coaches who dislike it haven't given It a fair trial I 1 know I hadn't when I was against it Since then Ive I've discovered most of of the players want it That's a abig abig abig big reason for liking it I know it produces faster better football I also know it gives many more students stu stu- students dents a chance to play football |