Show V N T LEAST three america it league have a chance to pile in r i nn the unhappy yankees this season A A 1 and nd apply the chive the I I 1 ain trouble they face is within heir air own camps not within the fancee ee corral these clubs are arc cleveland boston 1 l nd detroit afflicted by certain def nite weak departments all three ay blow the big biff spot which con 1 ts Is largely in mowing the yankees own after four years of complete i power ell what ar are these weak spots s no 1 cleveland with one of the if best ball clubs in the league has k i too many temperamental 4 stars or near stars this the fault of manager oscar vitt cleveland has an able catcher in rollie Hern hemsley sley also one of the best pitching staffs in baseball headed by bobby feller cleveland has a good infield I 1 rollie with a star shortstop i ii hemsley emsleY a good outfield 4 but cleveland also has at least 4 four our ball players who dont belong 11 to in team play at least four men who A ire are hard to handle who one j fifth of the spirit that brooklyn carries if these four men only could understand der stand the true spirit of winning competition even if they only could realize they are trying to throw away over a hundred thousand dollars in world series money cleveland would have a shining chance to win after 20 years in the wilder ness far away from the milk and honey the other two tico I 1 no 2 red sox the yawkey ife W cronin team has the infield and the i I 1 outfield it has the scoring punch it has a great combination around J short and second it has jimmy 1 I foxx and ted williams but the red sox a first class catching staff and they lack pitching strength their main dependence pen dence is a 40 year old left hander hande who has been around 16 years experts tell me that joe cronin a fine fellow and a fine manager is no marvel at handling pitchers this may or may not be true maybe he i have the pitchers but there is a distinct art in working your pitchers correctly ly uncle wilbert robinson was a past master uncle will of the meds is another but joe crown cronin they are few and far apart no 3 this brings us to oits tigers they have au all the scoring dynamite a ball club needs they ney have pretty fair pitching but they have a second division infield a v 1 spotty infield well below any normal Il lennant showing detroit can go out and get the runs but before the season is over the tiger infield will show too many gaps to match their run making of fen and that factor will be all imbor J tant in determining final club standings if the tigers infield defensive i tower power was on a par with their hitt ting ability the final records likely would be different so these pennant weak spots against the staggering yankees in elude these I 1 cleveland too much inside dissension ser ision and trouble 2 boston lack of battery strength always a vital need 3 detroit a rickety infield the big change what about the yankees their main control in the realm of rule in the kingdom of conquer has been I 1 balance balance they have have great catching tood good pitching a star infield a fine outfield defensive and offensive s strength just about evenly matched they came home in poor condition for two reasons bad weather in tte the south and a killing spring train ing ig tour that covered most of the map below the mason and divot line they also had four years of easy success back of their fifth charge each man on the club had banked in world series cash since f 1936 they left a big opening for some well r rounded bounded challenger but if they wm win this time it will be largely because their main opponents had too i many soft and spongy spots Deni deamarel aret and the next 0 open pen swinging along to another sport the atey y are asking now whether jimmy D eni rn aret arct will be another macdonald 11 another horton smith another harry cooper another henry picard card great golfers who have h ave never won a national open championship if jimmy demaret dc maret is close to his fame e ame he is capable of winning any title tie or crown his is the star of the he pack today the best ive seen for the needed combination of brilliancy biancy and consistency |