The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-08
REDS REAL MENACE
TO FIRST DIVISION
CLUBS OF NATIONAL
Early Appraisal Predicts
Finish Similar to 1881
Race-Cards Again?
BY STUART CAMERON
UNITED Press Sports Editor)

New York, April SUPP
Weighing pennant possibilitsei and
probable order of finish of the
American and National league
baseball races leaves one with a
conviction that most clubs should
end the 1882 season almost as
they did the last one.
Picking the. spots for the 16
clubs is somewhat exhausting and
If the clubs and the "angles" are
studied strictly on a form basis
itwould appear that only one club
has added enough strength to
warrant a definite prediction of
advance.
Hurrah For HowIey.
That club is Cincinnati which
gained more than it lost in the
off-season trading. Here's how the
clubs might finish this year:
National American
st Louis Philadelphia
New York New York
Chicago Washington
Brooklyn Cleveland
Cincinnati st Louis
Pittsburg boston
Boston Detroit
Philadelphia Chicago
Little Rollo or Big Dick, your
baseball-wise office boys, will tell
you just like that there's only one
real change in the order listed
above. Cincinnati was eighth in
1881, and is placed fifth this year.
The other second division clubs of
the National leagues dropped a
upeg apaice. The American stand
ings are unchanged.
Runners-Up Strong.
The strength ind weakness of
the 16 clubs have already been
covered and it is necessary to do
no more than point out that If
either the st Louis Cardinals or
the Philadelphia Athletics, last
years flnalists, should slump or
stagger, at least two clubs behind
each are capable of properly rep
resenting their leagues in World
Series play.
The Athletics. chances look as
good as royal flush in game
where nothing's wild. They still
have that great pitching staff
headed by Lefty Grove and George
Earnshaw. These lads are in their
prime. They should win enough
games to insure another pennant
..
there are the New York Yankees
with their new "million-dollar"
ineld, and the somewhat improved
washington Senators, ready to ad-
vance to the peak.
The Cardinals which were good
enough to win the National league
pennant and the worlds cham
pionship are nearly as good as
fhOy were year ago. Chick
Hsfey, heavy-hitting and fleet out
fielder is a holdout. He was a
hohout last year but Joined the
team in time to help win lot of
games. Burleigh Grimes, the old
spit-balIer, has been sent to Chi
cago.
All Set.
On the heels of the Cards are
the Giants with their grand pitch
ing staff and bolstered by Len
Koenecke, outfield hope. Neither
Chicago nor Brooklyn, other first
division clubs of the National, APP
pear to be a much of a threat
for the Cardinals as do the Sena-
tors in the American. The CUBS
are unsettled. The Dodgers. des-
pite the addition of Hack wilson
and in spite of his vows to walk
the straight n narrer," as MT
McLemore would say, also are an
experimental club.
Thus it is that Cincinnati OFFERS
the most interesting possibilities.
The Reds, on paper, are long
way from being a pennant posi-
bility. But with the unfathonabie
Babe Herman wearing Red uni
form, giving the team the batting
strength which shold stave OFT
many of those one-run DEFEATS OF
last year, almost anything can
happen.