Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1942-05-07
Chicago for Third

OACdSU AS pEShcO W AllliSn tiAkEu
because it has a veteran team and
las not suffered from the draft. Fine
Pitching should be good enough for
third and might bring them one
notch higher. The White Sex need
considerably more power at the
plate.
The Browns, Indians and Tigers
won't be far apart. The Browns are
good young ball club and their
pitching department seems to be i'm
proved enough to bring them into
tie first division for the first time
in a shameful number of years. The
Indians have lost Bob Feller, Gerald
Walker, Hal Trosky, Soup Campbell
and Rollie Hemsley. They also have
new and improved manager. De-
troit hasn't been the same club since
Hank Greenberg was drafted last
season. There will be new faces
at second base, shortstop and two
outfeld posts. Buck Newsom, who
pitched the Tigers to pennant two
years ago, has been sold to Wash
ington.
The Senators VIII have the ques-
tiorable honor of beating out the
Athletics for seventh place. Cecil
Travis, Washington's second lead
ing hitter in the league last season,
and Buddy Lewis are among q
dozen men taken by the armed serv-
ice. Sam Chapman, Benny Nc
Coy, AL Brancato, Ranking Johnson
and others are lost to the AS, who
finished last even with them in 1941.
Their fate is practically inevita BILE.
In the National the race will be
closer. In fact. it's likely to be
merry-go-round with as much ex-
element as last year. The Cardi-
nails and the Dodgers should resume
where they left off last fall after one
of the best all-season scrambles in
history.
The Cardinals get the nod because
they are hustling, fighting club
with good pitching. They we're head
ed for last falls series when in
juries weakened them to such an
extent that they fell before Brook
lyn. The Dodgers, good for second
place in our book, have a fine col
lection of veterans, including Arky
Vaughan, Angie Galan, John Rizzo.
Larry French and Billy Sullivan.
Cincinnati Strong
Cincinnati has been strengthened
by the acquisition of Walker and
Hemsley. Walker should help drive
in the runs the Reds need and HENS
ley will prove valuable addition to
one of baseballs best mound stats.
The Reds will be strengthened i'm
measureably if Frank Mccormick
snaps out of the batting slump that
wrecked him in 194l.
The Pirates, with better pitching
than they had last year, should be
no lower than fourth place. With
some amount of luck they will cause
quite a bit Of confusion to the second
and third place clubs. frankie
Frisch is looking toward a pennant
in the not distant future.
Mel OFT has improved the Giants.
Re is a hustling manager and his
layers will do more for him than
t.Cy did for Bill Terry. Since last
year they have acquired Nike, Wer-
Ter, & nnie Ryan, Hank Ieiber,
Willard Marshall, Tom Sunlel and
o'i--S.
Tie pitching is inadequate, but IL
thc vct rams still can hit, the Giants
may be battling for . first division
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The Chicago Cubs shape up about
the same as in 1941. They lack bat
ting power and their pitching is no
more than fair. Should Lou Novikoff
find his big league batting eye, the
Cubs win surprise even themselves.
Boston and Philadelphia are no
stronger than usual. Neither has
improved over last year The
Braves have adaed Catcher Erniv
Lombard and q rookie ou.6eIder.
Tommy Holmes