Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-11
CUBS WILL REPEAT,
|. SHOTTON BELIEVES
Sees Giants and Pirates in
Battle for Second and
PhiIIies Fourth.

w WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March
M 11.-Another pennant for
v the Cubs, with the Giants
and Pirates fighting it out
| for runner-up position and the
PhillieS in first division berth, is the
way Burt Shotton, Phillie manager,
sizes up the National League campaign
Barring accidents or unusual hap
penings, there's no way to beat the
Cubs" Shotton said. "They won last
year with a great pitching staff and
the punch. This season they are
stronger in both departments"
AVALON, CATALINA ISLAND
Calf, March IL (P).-Recruit pitchers
with the Chicago Cubs have no cause
to worry about releases for at least
three weeks.
Mccarthy does not plan to use the
axe until the squad arrives at Kansas
City, on the way home and apparently
does not figure to drop Al Shealy, once
New York Yankee, who was obtained
from st. Paul.
PASO ROBES, Calf, March 1l-(Pl
Later on Manager Jewel Ems expects
to be talking about the base hits rif11ng
off the bat of Lloyd Waner, Pittsburgh
Pirate outfielder, but right now he is
thankful for three pounds of flesh.
Little Poison" has added that much
to his weight in the past week, a mat
| ter of no little Importance in view OF
the fact that he had previously failed
to gain following a recent appendicitis
operation.
I.loyd. an almost certainty at the
lead-on position in batting, still was
restricted to light exercises as the
Pirates trotted out today for practice.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, March III up
The New York Giants are in for one
batting session after another until they
find their hitting eyes. McGraW Is
peeved over the weak stickwork MS team
has displayed.
The Giants got only nine hits in their
first game WITH the University OF Texas
and were BANKED for seven innings oy
| a kid pitcher, and made only IL In two
games with the Chicago White SoX, a
| deplorable record at this time OF the
year, when the pitchers throw few
curves or slants of any sort.
The absence of Freddy Lindstrom and
Bill Terry has been a big factor in the
teams lack Of punch.
BRADENTON, Fla, March II Dr.
With the st. Louis Cardinals holding q
one-game edge, the fourth and last
contest between the Red Birds and the
Philadelphia Athletics will be played
today. Yesterdays contest at Fort
Myers proved another Suggest, with the
! Cards on the long end of a 16-to-s
count. Errors proved costly to botF
squads.
CLEARWATER, Fla, March IL (P)
Wilbur Robinson, portly manager OF
the Brooklyn Dodgers, never used to set
much store by exhibition game victories
but he's changed his viewpoint slightly
this year.
Robby really is eager to win as many
Spring training games as possible, be-
cause Of the effect on his teams morale
With Glenn Wright in shape and fur
nishing the spark for the inf1eld, Robby
thinks the Robins really will go some
where this year, and he is anxious tc
| bolster their confidence with victories
over other major league clubs.
ORLANDO, Fla, March IL (P).-Sid-
ney We'll, the rookie magnate of the
majors. knows what it is to be a rookie
on his Cincinnati Reds. We'll, who came
here yesterday to look over his club
donned a uniform himself, but gave up
groaning in short order.
Joe Strip, who expects to play third
base, took bounding ball on the eye
to become the Reds first casualty.