Show c R CE THIS HIS may be bc disturbing news for Larry MacPhail who doesn't dis disturb easily or softly Sam Breadon owner of the Ci Cardinals says this 1942 1992 collection might be bc bethe bethe the best Cardinal team of all time We had a great team In 1926 1926 the year ear we trimmed the thc Yankees Sam remarked We Had another great team in 1931 and still sUlI another another another an an- other in 1934 1931 when the thc Gang with Dizzy Dean and Pepper Martin were riding high nut But it wouldn't surprise me to see sec this bunch we are arc looking at now turn turnout turnout turnout I out to be bc our time all-time top This is certainly the b best st pitching staff starr we ever had and one of the thc best allaround allaround allaround all- all around teams in every department MacPhail sa says s 's his Dodgers are much stronger than last year and after a few early flurries should never be headed we told Breadon His Dodgers had better not have too many earl early flurries Sam said Brooklyn has a good ball baIl club but we have a better one We have better better better bet bet- ter pitch pitching ng and more speed And if our club had any more spirit it might explode Billy Southworth has the entire squad hustling to the limit limit and and I can tell you now those Dodgers will be seeing Red Wings in their broken dreams this sum sum- mer They'll be after those Dodgers from the first game to the finish Everything Necessary Look this ball club over Breadon Bread Bread- on said We have all the catching any team needs and the best pitching pitch ing staff in either league so far as asboth asboth asboth both quality and quantity go be hearing from Irom this kid Pallet Pollet all season He lie isn't 21 yet et but he works like a ten year ear veteran He De hasn't blinding speed and he hasn't any breaking back-breaking curve ball But nut he is smart cool cunning and anda a tough fellow to beat And Pollet isn't the only one We have at least ten high grade pitchers although one or two could use a little more experience Mun- Mun f IP I. I P Pr r r rr r 1 a As i iSAM SAM BREADON ger has a world of stuff You know about Warneke White Cooper Lanier Shoun and Krist who won all the ten games he pitched last year Trade our infield for the Dodgers ers Nothing doing Hopp and Sanders are both good first base base- men Crespi Marion and Brown are arc areball areball ball players of top rank They give us one of the best infields we ever had In m my opinion Terry Moore defensively defensively defensively de de- de- de is the thc finest outfielder I ever saw He De can cover all the ground that Speaker or DiMaggio Dil or anyone else ever covered covered and and maybe maybe maybe may may- be a few yards more And Moore is also a hitter He De is a ballplayer ballplayer ball ballplayer player who has never received the publicity he deserved If Terry hadn't been hurt in the thc stretch last fall wed we'd have been going away from Brooklyn at the thc finish Enos Slaughter is another fine outfielder And keep your eye on a 0 kid called Hopp can play the thc outfield as well as first base And Hopp can hit and run These are the disturbing items we think Larry MacPhail should know about Sam Breadon gives MacPhail MacPhail MacPhail Mac Mac- Phail credit for being one of the smartest showmen promoters and handy guys baseball has seen But Breadon has an idea that MacPhail MacPhail Mac Mac- Phail has underrated this Cardinal team and the Dodger chief with Leo Durocher may be in for a number number number num num- ber of nervous shocks I 1 It t till Might ight Have Been I dont don't think they quite understand understand understand under under- stand just what would have happened happened happened hap hap- to the Dodgers if we had had hadas as many of our regulars in action as they had last year It might have been distressing quite distressing quite distressing It might not even have been close From here we turned to the spirit of Cardinal players through the years They have been the Notre Dame of baseball Weve looked for two things Breadon said speed and spirit We want ball players who love t to play baseball who like to hustle and who are out to win Last year the Cardinals Cardinals Cardinals Cardi Cardi- nals were crashing into fences dugouts dug outs anything In the thc road to win wina a ball game In that Southwest country from where many of the great ball players play ers come corne baseball is the greatest game in the world Football is next Most of them like Dean and Martin and many more come up the hard way They know how to take a beating and come tearing back |