Show areil on to next year I 1 IN N THE wake of the world s series erics a collection of managers old timers and other experts were talking about next year last fall all at this time the same discussion went on the question then was who can head off boston and st louis red sox and cardinals at that time no one could quite see any challenger in sight the red sox had won vy in a canter the cardinals had overcome a seven game deficit down the stretch these were the two teams the world series crowds had to watch I 1 it quite 13 southworth work out that way the yankees wrecked the red sox and the dodgers left the cardinals well behind what about next year again the majority of the experts once more are picking the two winners to repeat for one thing a veteran said both yankees and dodgers have too much reserve strength this season neither the red sox nor the cardinals had any reserves to call on especially in pitching where they took the big flop next spring the dodgers can report with a young but well seasoned club once again fully protected by substitute material the dodgers have two or three veterans against a swarm of younger players ers their pitching staff ww will be or should be much more consistent what about the yankees someone asked the same thing goes for them he said they are not as young as the dodgers are but they are not too old joe dimaggio still has some time to go johnson rizzuto and weiss are all under 30 lindell and henrich are not much over berra is only a kid shea and kaschl are both young newsom and mcquinn are close to the end of the road once again the yankees have have a strong reserve infielder lelder in brown they ww will need more help than the dodgers wm will need both tigers and red sox must strengthen a number of spots to get back in the running they wont do it with the players they have now neither ww will cleveland what about the Giants what a about ou the e giants 1 s 1 was as a natural question two more high grade pitchers are their first need the veteran came back walker cooper and john mize have time left cooper is only 32 while mize is 34 they are not too young but they still can hit with anybody lockman should be a bik big help next spring to an already strong outfield the giants need pitching more than anything else they have a star in jansen who proved what a good pitcher could do with all that run making power to help him along boston will be even tougher next year as billy southworth g gradually ra dually is working his way to another pennant two pitchers such as sain and spahn cant be overlooked neither can southworth lie he stul still needs another top ranking pitcher the reds will be better but they have a long way to go I 1 cant see much hope tor for the other clubs most of them will have to be rebuilt around the three or tour four good ball players they have pittsburgh has shown how tough it Is to get good ball players today they are willing to pay any reasonable a ble or even unreasonable price tor for someone who can help but where can they find players except from farms with attendance what it is no one is going to sell a good ball player today the cardinals have a lot of rebuilding to do the regulars are getting older moore ww will be 36 and slaughter will be 32 next spring marion is only 31 they still can be dangerous challengers with one or two additions last fall fail it was the red rd sox and the cardinals both took a hard beating it kiy may happen again but for the moment at least the yankees and the dodgers get the call crowds and stands only two teams can crash into a world series this year it was the yankees and dodgers in 1843 1946 it happened to be the red sox and cardinals in neither case was there any possibility of accommodating the crowds that wanted to see these two events there are now only three sizable major league parks in baseball they are yankee stadium briggs stadium and the polo grounds they range from to and of the 16 major league clubs at least 12 can pack in only something like the main point Is that base ball interest has far outgrown the old fashioned stands of past years the main crime happens to be in brooklyn nere here we have a park that day after day could play to some to customers customer |