The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-03-19
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BY HENRY McLEMORE Limited Press Stan CorresDondenf


 Fort St Peteor Lake, Tamiami, Fla, March 19-(U.P.)-Th tall est of my four rans-Mississippi readers having requested a thor ough but concise resume of the baseball training camps to date, am writing it from Fort St Peteor Lake-Tamiami.
 Chances are you never heard of this charming little city, sprawled on the banks of the rivers Mana tee, Hfllsborough and Indian, and Tanned by hte breezes from Tam pa, Biscayne and Sarasota Bay.
 Which is quite natural, for it ex- ists only in the minds of those of us who have to read and re-read, every morning, every evening, the baseball dispatches from St Peters burg, Fort Meyers, Bradenton, Lakeland, Tampa, Orlando and Miami. After a time these cities seem to blend into a compact Fort St Peteor Lake-Tamiami, which is a blessing for then one can read the training briefs all at once
 I'd like to begin my resume with the flat statement of fact that Con- nie Mack, manager of the Phila- delphia As or the White Elephants Of the city of brotherly love, is still the same lean, acticiai.
 He hasn't changed one whit, and his stance in the dugout when waving scorecard at bonehead out helders is exactly the same as it was 50 years ago when the Balti- more Orioles were the scourge of the old Federal or Welfare League. and Willie Keeler was hitting 'em where they were not at: or where they had just previously been.
 Cincinnati's Reds, it seems to me, have a fine chance of climbing from the cellar into eight place in the National League, as the Reds manager, Charley Dresser, told me in an exclusive interview year be- fore last. The Reds are the team to beat" Every other manager is in perfect accord with Dressen- they all agree the Reds are (Caps) the team to beat.
 The Phillies, now that they have have Blondy Remember the Maine-crime doesn't pay-Laf- ayette, we are here) Ryan at short are my choice to win more slogan contests than any other team in the league. When I visited them the other day the boys were work ing on a slogan for new self rising flour, a vacuum cleaner that plays a tune; and mouth wash guaranteed not to take the scent of onion off a knife.
 Ryan" said Manager Wilson "has instilled new spirit in our club. We'll win that flour contest or bust. And if we don't win these who do will know they've been in a fight. Eh, Blondy?"
 Don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes, Ryan replied with quick laugh.
 Shifting to the American League for a moment, the improvement in the New York Yankees since they started spring work has been amazing. The infield has improved a hundred percent, and now there isn't a man in the quartet who cant break 90 regularly. Gehrig is still a bit wobbly on the greens, but a new gooseneck butter Man ager Mccarthy bought for him is expected to iron out this deficiency. Young Selkirk, who took Ruth's S place, has been a revelation. He hadn't been in Ruth's position for a week before he was fishing just as many hours as Babe at his best
 The Detroit Tigers are the hap piest family for School Boy Rowe passed his plane geometry with dandy mark, and, had "B" in department. Mickey was too pleas ed for words. And said he would reward the youngster by not pitch ing him more than every other day.
 The Brooklyns are an of" team. If Manager Casey Stengel can manage to figure out scheme whereby Van Lingle Mungo can pitch every game, and. at the same time come to his own rescue when he gets tired, I wouldn't be sur prised to see the Dodgers in the thick of the chase. If Stengel fails, I wouldn't be surprised to see the Brooklyns seriously challeng- teh same lean, tacticia.
 second division in the Iowa State League.
 This completes my resume. If have overlooked anything or any,