Show MIANO mal HO will be the two pennant W WHO winners of 1941 who will meet in the next world series it is quite a jump from the pink a and nd white dogwood blooms of early spring to the red and gold tints of late september I 1 especially when the prophet must also gamble on the break of the army draft just at this spot after a months dugout contact with teams that should be somewhere close my guess is that either the new york yankees or the cleveland indians will meet bill McKech nies cincinnati reds next tall fall in the scramble for world series cash joe mccarthys McCar thys yankees are the solid club in dickey and rosar they have all the catching any team needs with dickey much improved over his 1940 form from ruffing chandler gomez russo bonham Bon hara donald murphy and younger entries mccarthy should get high grade pitching all along the route tie he has at least 12 stout prospects on his roster he has one of the best infields in baseball and the best outfield in di 0 Z 4 4 N V JOE MCCARTHY maggio keller selkirk and henrich dont sell the yankees short the indians have a good man back of the plate in rollie hemsley they have the leagues star pitching staff headed by bob feller al AI al smith mel harder they have one of the games best infields with mack and boudreau at second and short they have at least a fair outfield their weak point is hitting that is hitting on the heavier side this is where they drop well back of the yankees who can call on the power of dimaggio dickey keller rolfe gordon and others to hammer in runs the next two red sox and oits tigers are next in line the red sox again must bank on power they will be handicapped by a weak defensive meld infield barring doerr at second and uncertain pitching there will always be uncertain pitching with an infield that a allows too man many Y ground balls to reach outfield territory red sox pitchers have a double burden to carry they get less defensive support than almost any other staff the tigers plus hank greenberg will be tough again sut but greenberg has little chance to linger long they have fine pitching and fine spirit with an uncertain old age fringe at short and second they will be somewhere close the white sox may surprise and the browns should be the most improved team in the the race but neither is a pennant winner winner in the national the reds won going away last tall fall in a canter under wraps they still have derringer and walters the two best as a combination they have junior thompson whitey moore johnny vander meer monte pearson and a few more to make up the best pitching staff in either league they have a sound infield and a sound outfield brookens BrookY Brook lyns ns dodgers should finish second in reese reiser medwick and camilli the dodgers have topnotch n people at work the brooklyn infield and outfield will match the reds but dodger pitching is still a guess when it comes to pennant winning form billy South st lo 10 louis uis cardinals remain one of the major problems this problem surrounds both the infield and the pitching they have the punch the wallo wallop P or the run making power they have one of the best outfields out fields in either league but they have been scrambling ambling cr around with a changing ng infield all spring and no one can say now how their young pitchers will carry on some of the others reds dodgers and cardinals should take the first three spots who will finish fourth it could be either the cubs or the pirates I 1 cant see the giants bees or phillies crowding in above fifth place they the pitching that might offset the many other weak spots now in sight especially on the part of giants and phillies the best balanced club in either league I 1 mean on offensive and defensive play or allaround all around strength is the yankees |