New Britain herald., 1926-03-31
Managers Are Predicting That They Will Win Remnants This Year King Winter Holds Gen. ter of the Stage in Train ing Camp Area.
By The Asso o,iotcd Press.

By The Associated Press
 King Winter momontarily holds Inc attention of diamond fans both in the north and south but the frosty V hiskcrcd ruler has not routed the knights of optimism in the baseball training camps.
 Exactly 1G teams comprise the two major leagues, and most of them are going to win league cham pionship pcnnants this year. judging from the managerial admissions which have been circulated since inc spring training periods began. The bright prospects are qualified however, with ifs" and in the end there will be only one pcnnant win ncr in each league.
 But the Athletics are reaching satisfactory form and both trainers and managers are about ready to cx- hibit the results of their work be- fore the home city fans.
 Joe Mccarthy, pilot of the Chica- go Cubs who arc training in Cali forpia, at last has given his general opinion Of the club. "Pfck 'cm as cellar champions and get badly fooled" he said. With that the Bruin boss explained that his players were young, that they were just reaching the desired condition and that they would show the league a thing or two about hitting. After an idle day, the Cubs will play the Los Angeles outfit today.
 In Birmingham, Ala. where it was too wet yesterday for another Brook lyn-Ncw York Yankee battle. Man ager Higgins of the Tanks let it be known he is pleased With the dcfen- sive work of his infcld. lTornshy manager of the St. Louis Cardinals, is leading q club filed dl- most to ovcr,ioWing with ambition this year. The Cardinals who will practice at Dallas today and tomor- TOW, promise big things. Unsettled weather made the Cardinal -ChiC1GO White SoX game impossible yestcr- day and the S0X returned 10 ShroVo- port to study portside slugging, their weakness.
 philadc!phia's Nationals deserted 1 pYect dent yesterday by winning the ! first victory of their training season, 1 downing Buf'llo, Harper q hold
 out, is to join the Philies this week i Two other games were played yes . tcrday, the New York Giants out 1 hitting aud outscoring the Washing 1 ton Senators at Tampa, and the i Philadelphia Athletics defeating the
 Baltimore Orioles. The Athletics 1 started home today.
 The weather governed the tive l Boston teams yesterday, the Red SoN i idling while the sky dMppcd at New i Orleans and the Braves being ham, l pcrcd in practice at St, Pctcrsburg because of wet grounds. Coach Ru- lolph of the BraNns declares he never saw major lcagucrs in better ' condition.
 l l1liSDnrgh l'lratCS may mss jhell ] exhibition games at Wichita, Kansas
 today and tomorrow, the ground be. 1 ing covered with snow.
 Tho Cleveland Indians arc going
 10 dcyOte'a day or two to studying
 inside baseball when they land al i Now Orleans Manager Speaker be. 1 ltcNing elimination of tho lively bal . calls for a display of the finer point; of the game.
 Tho Reds of Cincinnati land fir Palm Beach today to play an inter club game in which DonohUc ant
 Mays will go the full route. George
 Sislor sent his St. Louis Brown,
 through a stifr workout at Tarpor