Show b TERRY MOORS MOORE lie He can go further and latter aster Yeah hes he's got Pete Reiser But what about Terry Moore So I asked Durocher What about Terry Moore Leo ducks no query of any type Ill tell you about Terry Moore he said As a defensive outfielder he is the greatest I ever saw and Im I'm barring neither Tris Speaker nor Joe DiMaggio He De can go further and faster than either can cover more ground and kill off oft more long hits Terry Moore is an outfield in marvel That's how good Terry Moore is But for all that no outfielder outfielder outfielder out out- fielder in our league is going to match the or better Pete Reiser may hit this year And dont don't think Pete Fete is any fly ball punk With Lou Boudreau We spent a much quieter day with Lou Boudreau the Cleveland Kid who as far as one can judge at this spot is turning out a fine line piece of managerial work Boudreau is a looking good-looking young fellow with a keen look determined ing face He isn't worrying about his youth youth youth-or or his job At the age of 24 he 24 he wont won't be 25 until July 17 the 17 the Illinois ex-Illinois star has full command of his men They like him and respect him So far they are giving him the best they have which may not be too much The best we can hope for he said with Feller missing is to give the Red Sox a battle for third place or stave off oft some first division drive from the Browns or Tigers Outside of the Yankees we should have a good scramble in this league with the White While Sox rated second Whatever happens or wherever we finish I think you'll see this Cleveland club giving the best it has all aU year As a matter of fact I believe believe believe be be- lieve you'll see a better spirit in baseball this season everywhere than youve you've seen before Players are beginning to realize these are serious times for everybody It is certainly no time for anyone to start loafing or to break training Joe Cronin like all other seven American league managers knows that the chance of beating out the Yankees moves over into the super- super miracle class While anything can happen in this bizarre world the heavens still haven't fallen On to Joe Crall Cronin in Outside of first place we C should have a good race the Red Sox leader lead lead- er says says I suppose everyone will pick the White While Sox to finish second through their pitching But nut we might get there although like many others weve we've lost good men to the services Under the conditions that govern things this season it is hard to say what will happen If Ted Williams Wil Wile liams Hams has another year even close to 1 1941 41 we can furnish our share of trouble trouble trouble-to to anybody We have been getting better pitching than expected |