The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-01-10
Bv GEORGE KIRKSEY

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 United Press Staff Correspondent
 New York, Jan. 10. (UP)-While the baseball parks are cold and de- serted and the players are lounging in their home bailiwicks, let's gather around the hot stove and consider some of the problems and possibil- ities looming ahead for the 1888 major league season.
 Although the baseball season is more than three months away, it seems safe to assume that one of the major problems of the magnates is to keep the Yankees and Giants from repeating in the two pennant races. A third consecutive all-New York World Series would strike a serious blow at the popularity of the game.
 Last years World Series was the drabest on record. There wasn't sellout for single game. Even Man. haitian fans turned a cold shoulder to the World Series. Elsewhere fans forget about baseball to follow tho early October football games and other sports. Henry Ford paid $100,- 900 not to broadcast the event, ap- parently believing that there wasn't enough general interest in an all- New York series to warrant spend- ing another $200,000 in expenses to broadcast the event.
 It would be a big boon for base ball for both New York clubs to lose, but that doesn't seem possible with the Yankees powerful organ ization feeding the mother club some of the outstanding minor league prospects of 1887.
 So much for the World Series Another interesting angle is certain to develop over the split between the two major leagues over the baseball. The American league will attempt to hold its following with the same lively ball and home run clout in vogue last season. The Ma tional league has adopted slightly less lively ball-how much less live ly won't be determined until the season is well under way-and will go into for mere inside stuff with heavy stress on pitching. Last year there were 300 homers in the Amer ican league to 623 in the National This gap is expected to widen con- siderably the coming year.
 Among the individual clubs the Chicago Cubs, one of the big dis appointments of 1897, will perhaps try the most radical experiment in baseball history. Owner P. K. Wrig- ley has hired Tony Lazzeri, brains" of the New York Yankees infeld for 12 years, to assist Manager Charlie Grimm in running Cubs
 Gabby Hartnett, veteran catcher who has been sought by no fewer than three clubs as manager within the last IS months, has been elevated to a position of equal i'm portance with Lazzeri. These three Grimm. Lazzeri and Hartnett-will run the Cubs. Grimm, says Wrigley, will be the boss, Lazzeri will crac.; the whip in the role of disciplinari- an and Hartnett will inject hustle into the sometimes laggard Cubs.
 Among the players there are many and varied problems. The case of Van Mungo. Brooklyn's badbcy, is one of the most bizarre Mungo says he won't play under Burleigh Grimes, and thus far the Dodgers haven't been able to peddle their tempermental pitcher
 Zeke Bonura, White SoX frs, baseman, is another Athlete on tEc spot Manager Jimmy Dykes soured on Bonura last season, and at- tempted to trade him during tie winter but failed. Bonra hit .345 to finish four among American league batters but Dykes says the b'g Italian 'jaked' it and failed h,m in | several important series.
 What of Paul Dean and School boy Rowe? Are they through for good with sore arms? Paul Dean pitched in just one game last season while Rowe pitched only 3l innings and won only one game. Comebacks by these two stars might easily pitch the respective clubs, the Cardinals and Tigers, into the World Series There are others like Al Simmons. who may be through after IA years in the big show, and Dizzy Dean, who must break in all over again and prove his place among the OoOap'c Orpaf pitpborc