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snyder NAMES
FLAG winners
IN II LEAGUES
n. E. A. Baseball Expert Picks
paper Champions" After Sur.
vey Of Early Season Talent
BIZ DEAN SNYDER


By DEAN SNYDER
Judging from the interest shown
in those leagues that already hare
blown OF the baseball lid. 1921 Is
to be the biggest year baseball has
ever had.
Box Office receipts in the majors
are soaring to new high marks for
early games. Thousands of bugs
will soon be crowding out to watch
the minors.
They'll be asking, Who'll cop!
Basing my judgment on the best
obtainable statistics from all parts
of the country and on personal
observation of many of these teams,
I'm going to hazard an answer and
dope the teams to win in their re-
spective circuits.
Here they are:
National League-New York.
American League-Cleveland.
American ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Vile.
New International League
Baltimore.
Pacific Coast League-San
Francisco.
Texas League-Fort Worth.
Southern Ass0ciatiOn-Mem-
phis.
Three-Eye League - Bloom.
ingt0n.
Eastern League-New Haven.
Western League-Tulsa
Western Canada League
Calgary.
Giants-Indians.
The New York Giants still lool
like the best club in the Nationa
league. The team is well balance
The infield has a punch both OF
the field and at the bat. The out
field is stronger than last year. TIL
pitching is the best in the leagu
outside Of Brooklyn. Runner-ups =
Pittsburg and Brooklyn.
| Iris Speakers Cleveland Indian
appear to have their old pune
back. They still fight their wa
from behind and win. The Ala
bama substitute, Riggs Stephenson
blooms like a genuine find. TIN
pitchers haven't settled down We
But they have it in them and Speak
er is the kind of leader to &c
the best from them. Runner-up
Yankees and St. Louis.
| Coionels- Orioles.
Louisville in the American As
ISOLATION seems likely to break S
Pauls string of pennants. Tt
Colonies have practically the sam
team that finished second to tn
Saints last year. st. Paul has 10:
four star players in Goldie Rap
Hargrave, Brazil and Coumbe A
the other clubs, with the exceptio
of Kansas City, have lost strength
iSt. Paul and Toledo will give IL
Colonies the hardest fight.
Jack Dunn's Orioles in the Ne
International league looms as
cinch winner. The Orioles al
practically a major league clu
Dunn refused to bow to the drat
J He likewise turned down an Off
Of $4,000 for three stars. Tt
same team has won two straigl
pennants. Other clubs sold the
} stars. The Orioles didn't. Buffa
should give the Orioles their hart
J est fight with Toronto next.
FriScO-FOrt Worth.
| I'm picking San Francisco to W
!. the Coast league flag. Manage
} Graham seems to have added Il
necessary material to lift his cit
from a fourth-place outfit of la
year to the top. He has added E
} lison, Rath and O'Doul from &
majors and Kelly from the Assoc
alton. Already the Seals have VIC
D long string of consecutive victo
les since the season opened. tt
:. Los Angeles club is second choic
D Sacramento should fight Verne
for third place.
D In the Texas league Fort Wor
0 still holds the big palm, accordil
to dope. The team is practical
the same that beat Little Rock
0 the Little World series of the sou
0 last fall. jake Atz has tasted De
nant gravy. Every club has be,
strengthened, particularly Dalla
which will push Fort Worth to t
wire.
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