| Show 1 D C. C P CE HAVING drifted around from the starting starling spring camps of California California Cali Call fornia to the closing spring camps of Florida seme some poltroon has asked me to work out the surer spots and the big guesses of baseballs baseball's two big league shows chows My guess would be there are three clubs club in each league which can be removed from the guessing division They are the Yankees Yankees Yankees Yan Yan- kees Red lied Sox and Drowns In the American league league- the Reds Cardinals and Phillies In the National league The Yankees and andRed andRed Red Sox should carry car i iry ry the pace alone in inthe inthe f the American The Reds or Cardinals Cardinals- Grantland Rice the Cardinals or Reds should Reds should have the main jump inthe In Inthe Inthe the National Ill I'll let you guess where the Drowns Browns and Phillies will probably wind up In the long pa pa- rade I This leaves leans us twelve clubs dubs under I I both big bg tents lents for the main guessIng guessing guessIng guess- guess I Ing act acl They arc are the Dodgers PIrates Pirates Pi PI- rates Cubs Giants and flees Bees In the National the National the Indians Tigers White Sox Athletics and aDd Senators In the American I dont don't believe any of these clubs can run 2 1 and I dont don't believe any aDY one of them will finish last I The First Division Clubs Starting with the American league as the Yankees are still on top after four years we have the Yankees and the Red Sox almost certain to run 12 2 granting the fact there is nothing certain in sport Cleveland with Bob Feller is undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un the best bet for the next first division berth Alter After Mr Vitt's Vilt's Indians In In- ians we have the battle for fourth et t. t place left among the Tigers White Sox and Athletics r unless Bucky Ducky Harris liar Har ris cis can cm pull off oR a at t miracle The scramble 4 tangle or general t upheaval Is much more pronounced In ID Inthe Bob Dob Feller the National league After Arter the Reds and Cardinals we have the MacPhail- MacPhail Durocher Dodgers Cubs Pirates and Giants battling for the two open spots This Is where the guessing begins to steam and emit smoke With two places open I like Dodgers ers Cubs and Pirates as the best bets for these upper berth loca loca- Both Doth the Cubs and Dodgers might just as well keep an eye on the team Frank Frisch is bringing to Pittsburgh from the coast It II will be the hustling hardest-hustling Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- burgh team the Pirates have known in a decade The Biggest Guess The Giants are a still bigger guess As usual a large part of it II all depends on how the pitching works 1 out how many veterans veterans veterans vet vet- erans cave in how many rookies blow Bill Terry says his Giants can bag s around 90 victories this season Dill Bill also announced in tones last April that his Giants would finish 12 2 1 3 Dill Bill ll remains an op op- mil lUll Terry T Terry erry He lie will need all the luck that Dame Fortune that eyed cock wench can an dish out to finish as good as fifth In my hazy winter book the battle for l fifth fth place will be between the Pirates and Giants with the Pirates having the better betler chance to 10 displace the Cubs In the upper set You'll usually find the manager with the better team trying to pick someone else For example man Headman Blades of or the Cardinals asked me rather sharply why so many were picking his Cardinals to beat out the Reds An Odd Angle The Reds beat bat us last year yar he says The Reds teds have Improved We The Reds are all set We e are arc not Here Is one answer the answer the Cardinals Cardi Cardinals Catch Catch- nals being a young team in many ways last season should improve There is still no substitute for ex ex- In a season loaded with fate rate luck chance and the rest of it my guess guS at this spot would be New York Boston Cleveland and Detroit for forthe forthe forthe the top division in the A A. L. L There are many more kinks when it comes to acting as a National league soothsayer You can name St. St Louis Cincinnati and Brooklyn Then you pause abruptly as you stumble over o Chicago Pittsburgh and New York for the next notch below From this medley med med- ley ly Ill I'll take a chance on Gabby Hartnett's Cubs Frank Frisch is building for the future Frisch Is looking more to 1941 than he Is to 19 1940 0 although Frisch like any other other other oth oth- er scrappy manager wants to win every game in sight The Pirates will win their share I M u V |
