Show NATIONAL SPORTS EDITORS POLL li by cy rice rub rubbing bing shoulders wit with h baseballs best near the top of t the he heap are the st louis browns a team upon whom the writers write rs are showering early season accolades pickup any newspaper leaf through it to the sports section and what do you find the brownies providing smoking hot typewriter copy reminiscent of Chi cagos second greatest fire the first one was caused by a cow the second was started last year by the white sox this latter conflagration was reduced to a few burning embers by cold streams of water manipulated by the yanks indians and red sox it could happen to the browns according to the scribes superlatives erla tives the hornsby hotshots hot shots are a wonder club inspirational players flaming spirits skillful opportunists its easy in our 26 letter alphabet to seem ble praiseworthy phrases A lot easier than keeping a club in the first division against the toughest kind of competition do the brownies have a name team standing for balanced power alin with proven hitters depend able fielders marty marion yes possibly pitchers other than reliable ned garver like byrne caine paige baigel but what of names such as young rivera wright delsing kryhoski goldsberry thomas thom as will they keep the missouri ans in contention can you get a winner from this potpourri much has been said for manager roger hornsby hes a stern disciplinarian hes a hes a perfectionist hes a driver besides although he possess a license for psychology he is at liberty to and to practice it without offending members of the profession the rajah characterizes his team as having a lot of guts and the will to win and he sparks their minds ath the ideas that they can win against the best for proof ask cleveland but can hornsby continue whipping and spurring the minds of his players into into thinking they are winners throughout rh the grind days of july and august the months where would be giants have been reduced to bawling babies last year yea nobody bothered finding out whether the browns won or lost the latter was taken for granted now the man on the street demands from the other man on the street what did st louis do if the other man asks cardinals hed better run not walk to the nearest shelter typewriter fodder is one thing sound long range reasoning and bogic logic still another do most of the sports editors many of whom are such astute students of the game that they know the exact number of stitches on a ball believe what is appearing in their own newspapers keeping in mind that the B browns bowns rated no better than a 40 to I 1 chance at the pennant last april 15 the nat national ional sports editors poll framed the following question for the sports editors of daily newspapers where are the st louis browns going to finish heres what the experts think place 3 2nd and place 6 3rd ard place 17 ath place 61 second division 13 |