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Show 4. If Dodger Hurler s Hit Their Gait j Team' II Be Right Up Around Top 'i 4 . Lett to right, aoow ditchers Mitchell, Smith, Marqunrd and I'feffer Below. Cadore. at U'ft. and Mamau'.' By XORLX E. BROWN". The Brooklyn Dodgers look to be about tho only club in the National league that can give tho Reds, Cubs and Giants a battle for the upper berths. And if Uncle Robbie's pitching pitch-ing gets going full blast, look out. Ages ago some baseball soothsayer spoke as follows: "You can judgo a club by its left-handed left-handed hurlers." That's putting it pretty broadly, but it has been proved quite frequently that a club must have a good southpaw south-paw or two to be in the running. A star lefty would have turned the pen-nan pen-nan trick for Cleveland last season, I believe. Well, what I'm getting at is that the Dodgers have three star southpaws south-paws in Sherred Smith, Rube Mar-guard Mar-guard and Clarence Mitchell Any i club would welcome either one of the trio. And the right-sided division of tho Dodger staff hasn't suffered by 'this overabundance of lefties. Robbie has Cadore, Pfeffer, Al Mamaux and Burleight Grimes. Spring dope has it that all these birds are feeling fit. The Dodgers have two or three rookies who look good, too, but they needn't be considered in discussing the team's strength. . Witli Ed Konetchy on first, Ivan Olson on second, Chuck Ward at short and the much shifted Jimmy Johnston Johns-ton at third, Robbie' has a, sweet in-the in-the best of them. Robbie shifted him there from short because Ole is getting get-ting a bit slower, but he isn't a truck horse vet. The shift was made also to bettor I accommodate Chuck. Ward is a classy inficlder, but couldn't seem to get the hang at second. JohnstcnJ outfielder and then first sticker, is one of those jewels that can be counted on for any job. Zack Wheat, Hi Myers and Berny Neis, a rookie, will compose the outfield. out-field. Neis is heralded as one of the real finds since the war. Rowdy Elliott,' El-liott,' a Pacific coast lad, will give Robbie a third catcher to work with Kriieger and Otto Miller. All told, the Robbins look like an up there club. It all depends on their get back into baseball trim after his army service until late. Burleigh Grimes had an off spell and Robinson was just getting the heavy eater, Al Mamaux, into shape. What misfortune misfor-tune will overtake his hurlers remains to be seen. |