Show Sports Comments' Comments BASEBALL II HY PETE i t n 1 D. D C C. C It C.-It It Is ls tou too t u II i dur If Ht Indication of or c course nurs I hIt I season lution I si the New York Yankees and und fit Kt Louis Cardinals will NI see hop th this hi- World Soria this vear as all sin tutors Fords arm Is it MIS suspect pint In III the if U the uio of th the staff und and tin till Zest liest pitcher In th the thi league over the past mist six Ix or right eight years vc-ars Is It not In form the Yankees could bo hI boIn heIn In trouble Even Enn If Mickey Mantle avoids avoid injuries that keep kelp him out of or action the loss of Fords Ford's normal contribution contri tulion winning the key klY games Ramps against the most dangerous clubs club could II he enough to cost New York a It pennant This writer predicted New NewYork NewYork NewYork York would fall to win the flag before play began In 1965 1969 partly on the belief that Ford could not go on forever The St. St Louis Louts Cardinals are late lute starters Often they cant can't cant come on Yost I rg-nugh rg ugh to make the grade gradl Last Year the Phillies helped by collapsing The Cards are off oU to another slow start this year but it Is doubtful if Cincinnati Los Angeles Philadelphia etc will all collapse this year and let the Cardinals in at the last moment Cardinal pitching like Yankee pitching may be the weak spot with the Redbirds Meanwhile the apparent availability of Sandy Koufax to tn the Dodgers after a scare which made so sump mo re feel el he would miss his regular turn on the mound rot fat much of the season boosts Los Angeles Angeles' stock If the Cards are going to 10 win this year they will have to be even better than in 1964 and andone andone andone one Is Inclined to doubt that there has hall been that much improvement |