Show THE HE Pacific Coast league believe 1 it is a major league and should be so recognized Part of this belief belie will come true in a day not too fai fa away At least nc m mone one can deny that thai thata a Frank Left Lefty ODou of San Francisco F and Case Casey y Stengel s of Oakland are bi big bi g league managers s slightly better that the average a brand t i Casey believes the Pacific Coast should a be set up as an independent in in- d dependent e pen den t big bi STENGEL league Where do most of the stars come from he asks U Joe J oe DiMaggio Dom DiMaggio Ted Williams Ralph Kiner Ewell Blackwell Joe Gordon J Johnny Pesky Pesky Pesky-I I could keep on all day Why is the Coast league surrounded by big ig league scouts They are thicker than han ballplayers I asked Casey who were the best men coming up this next spring You can keep your eye on two he said Chesnes and Fitzgerald both with Pittsburgh Chesnes can pitch play the infield and outfield and hit plenty good He is one ol of the most valuable around all-around ballplayers ballplayers ball ball- players I ever saw The only hitch is that he finished last season with witha a sore arm That wont won't hurt him inthe in inthe inthe the infield or outfield Fitzgerald is a fine young catcher who will improve and soon be a star These two players cost Pittsburgh plenty I believe Chesnes and Fitzgerald under Meyers will willbe willbe willbe be two valuable men Prospects for or Season The new owners in Pittsburgh are out to get a winning team and given a little time I know they'll arrive It probably wont won't happen hannen this year with the Dodgers Br Braves s Cardinals and Giants in the way Ill Hlll give you a team that can win that National league pennant Casey said I HI mean the Cardinals If they get only fair pitching this thus season they still have the best ball club in their league They can also use one more good catcher Their I pitChing wrecked them a year ago when Pollet and Dickson blew so soI I badly They'll have a better staff I this season and will be hard to beat Another club that will cause a alot alot alot lot of trouble will be Cincinnati Blackwell alone can upset a pennant penI pennant pen pen- I nant race even if he cant can't quite win one This Cincinnati team isn't bad badat badat badat at all Neither is Boston with Spahn and Sain around They were great pitchers when I was managing the Braves They are even better now I The race in the National should be one of the best in many years I Stengel is quite happy on the coast and his jousts with Lefty I ODoul have lured in many a customer cus cus- tomer All we need at Oakland Casey said is uis a ball park about twice or three times as big Wed We'd fill it it Value f o of Concentration The long cavalcade of golfers which started from Los Angeles will cover terrain from I the Pacific to the Atlantic across Arizona Texas Louisiana into Florida Florida then then up the coast through the Carolina Carolinas and finally to the Masters Masters' tournament tournament tournament ment in Georgia I Its It's a long long hike bike and a tough way to make a living especially for 80 per cent of the parade who must pay their own way and dont don't cut into the money mOlley any too often Every shot can be worth from to 1000 Those with a chance to win know it The toughest part of the trip is to keep on concentrating one of the leaders said You can concentrate only just so long then something snaps For example you come to a ashot ashot ashot shot that calls for a No 3 or a No 4 iron You are not certain which The right tl thing ng to do is to say this needs a three iron or a four iron iron iron- and forget the rest of it But the odds are you'll be undecided when YOU vou hit the shot shot maybe maybe trying to press press a four or spare a a three three three- three any any anyway ny- ny way still wondering The pressure is terrific Locke added Recently I had two four four under par for the first two rounds That isn't bad golf There is nothing wicked about it Yet I was eight strokes back of the leader who by then was 12 strokes under par There are times when you get geta a feeling of hopelessness of of the use use four four under par yourself and eight strokes from the top Too Al Many any Good Ones Diles There are few golfers goUers in this pack who can approach the old consistency consistency consistency consist consist- ency of Jones Hagen and on big days But there are any number number number num num- ber who suddenly can turn and rip ripa a course to pieces Ben Hogan Demaret Mangrum Dutch Harrison Harrison Harri Harri- son Snead Furgol Palmer these and many others who suddenly can get hot and burn up things and later cool oI off This concentration hits you hardest hardest hardest hard hard- est on the short side one veteran campaigner said On short pitches chips and putts you need touch and timing full control If U you are a little jerky here you OU are gone Full FuJI shots dont don't bother us too much Its It's those short ones that demand smoothness and touch |