Evening star., 1933-04-10
The Big Parade Forms.

MID Is IIle week WT1en the big
parade starts from 16 hostile
camps. The line is forming
Babe Ruth, colossus of clout,
sultan of swat, mandarin of maui and
walloper of what-not-Dizzy Dean,
the strike-out king-Lon Warneke, the
cove with the whip lash arm-Lou
Gehrig, the crown prince of punch
Jimmy Foxx, the modern Thor-Lefty
Grove, the sidewheel sniper-Lefty
O'Doul, the human batting eye-Cubs,
Pirates and Cardinals-Yankees Ath-
letics and Senators-Indians, Dodgers,
Phillies, Braves, Tigers and the entire
menagerie.
Few realize the real philosophy or
purpose OF base ball, which is this
the entertainment and added interest
it gives to millions of people from April
to October, both through the games
played and the box scores printed to
unfold the daily work of each star.
The two pennant races are the main
factors-but outside of this there is a
deep national interest in the showing
made by well known stars. Will Babe
Ruth regain his home run kingdom? {?
VIII Jimmy FoxX or Lou Gehrig take
over the heavy artillery? How will
Dizzy Dean, the Cardinal star, rank
with the seasons pitching leaders?
Ball players come from every section
OF the country. Each one has an old
home town following his big league
career, keeping track of almost every
mt and every error.
AS Tar as the populace at large Is
concerned, there is much more to a
base ball season than the paid admis-
sions at the gate-which are by no
means unimportant so far as club
owners and players are concerned.
The Two Pennant Races.
THE new season will be pried open
L Wednesday afternoon with the New
York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pi-
rates picked to hammer their way
through for another world series show.
There Is this difference-the Yam
KEGS are conceded definite edge with
the pitching and the runmaking power
they carry, while the Pirates are given
only a slight shade over Cubs and Car
dinals, with Phillies, Dodgers, Giants
and Braves conceded at least a working
chance.
The rating to date looks to be along
these lines:
American League.
New York.
2, 3-Philadelphia and Washington-
just about even.
4ECleveland-with a good shot at
second place.
Second division-Detroit, st. Louis,
Chicago and Boston.
National League.
1-Pittsburgh-by a shade.
3-st. Louis-with the pitching to
call on.
4-Brooklyn.
S, 6, New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton-bunched
8-Cincinnati-But better than a
year ago.
There is a chance that the Yankees
may slip notch or two from 1882 as
Athletics, Senators and Cleveland In
dians come tearing along with enough
steam to make a hot four -cornered
fight
But there is almost certainty that
at least four clubs will keep we'll punched
in the National League most of the way
and that one or two others won't be
very far back of the leading pack.
AS far as the elastic and brittle dope
is concerned, the National League should
put on one of the most compact PEN
nant ngntS In many years Where al
most anything might happen.
Inside Angles.
IF the Yankees could count on the
i same returns this season from Ruth,
Sewell, LaZZeri and Johnny Allen
there would be nothing to it.
But Ruth and Sewell have been
through more than their share of wars.
They have come to a place in the road
where no forecast can be made.
Allen had a sensational year in 1882.
Whether he can come close to repeating
Is gamble.
It remains to be seen how much the
Athletics will miss Simmons, Haas and
Dykes-what shape Cochrane will carry
how Earnshaw will come along.
Both Washington and Cleveland are
strong enough to keep the fight steamed
up.
Pittsburgh's main gamble rests with