The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-09-29
BASEBALL
 By George kirksey United Press Staff COrrespondent)

New York (UP)-National league partiSanS are up in arms over the many slurs heaped on the senior circuit recently. Oscar Witt, man. ager of the Yankee-owned Newark International League Club, hurled the latest noneky wrench ct the National league.
 My Newark club could beat out ct least three National league teams, the Reds, Phillies and Dod- gers," commented Witt after Newark had won the International league nag by 26h games.
 What Witt says may be true be- cause the Newark club demonstrat- ed that 1t was just about the best thing in Glass A competition. But there's more than Q suspicion that the National league generally show cd deterioration throughout It's ranks during the 1887 season.
 The National league couldn't boast of a real class club. The Giants got by with 6 pair of first basenien like Johnny Mccarthy and Sam Leslie, moved Q right fielder tc third rnaSe, and lost one of their best pitchers, Slick Castleman, and kept on winning. The Cubs stayed up in the race despite Q run of in- juries which would have wrecked most teams. The opposition was just 50 weak tho Cubs looked strong at times by comparison.
 The Cardinals' pitching staff in September consisted of Lon War; neke, Ray Harrel, Jess Haines, Tom Sunkel, Mike Ryba, Bob Weiland, Fred Blake and si Johnson. Not much class here outside of War neke and Weiland. Yet the Cards hung around first division even without Dizzy Dean.
 When two minor pitchers like Jim Turner and Lou Fette, both 90, can step into the National legaue and win many games as they did there is definite indications of weak-hitting. The White sox scouts cd Fette thoroughly and turned down Q change to buy him. Jimmy Dykes, White Sox manager didn't moan when Fette started clicking in the National league. He said he didn't think Fette would have help- cd the White sox much because the American league was Q faster cir- cult.
 With Dizzy Dean, Van MunRo Chuck Klein, and other National league stars on the decline, tho prospects aren't too bright for a big comeback next year.
 The American league already has the three biggest name" stars among the youngsters in Joe Di- Maggie, Rudy York and Bob Teller They are ell young and may dominate anything the National league has to offer in rebuttal for several years to come.
 The National league hasn't any, thing even to come close to them as box office attractions. The National leagues No. star is perhaps Joe Medwick, Cardinals candidate for the batting championship. Dizzy Dean has talked himself into trouble again and all that can save him from becoming increasingly unpopu. lar is strong comeback on the mound. Van Mungos case is almost tragic. His suspension by the Dod- gers means that hell have to gc elsewhere if he ever comes close to his real potentialities.
 The ease with which the Amer. ican leaguers overpowered the Ma tional leaguers in the all-star game in mid-season also adds weight tC the fact that the junior league t the faster circuit. And not forget ting the past two world series in which the American league cham. pions gave the rival league pennani winners thorough thrashing.