Detroit evening times., 1945-04-15
Ross, Hoover
Fight for Sd
Webb at Shorf.
Maier in Left
By LEO MACDONELL

TERRE HAUTE, April H.
With Harold Newhouser and Sig
mund (Jack) Jakucki the probable
pitchers, the Tigers and Browns in
st. Louis Tuesday will tilt the lid
on another wartime American
League pennant race.
Top choices with the experts,
the Tigers and Browns are ex-
pected by these soothsayers- to
pick up where they left of last
fall, when the Detroiters came
from behind and in hot pursuit In
the late stages of a thrilling race
chased Luke Sewell's boys to the
wire in a contest that was not de-
cided until The final hours OF the
campaign.
A difference this year is that
the experts see the Tigers an
early contender for the league
Leadership and there are some who
pick them to win, whereas in the
spring of 1914 they were an al
most unanimous choice for tho
second division. Some experts
picked them for last place.
LEAGUE POOR
All of which may not be COM
plimentary to the caliber of tho
league. since the Tigers are start
ing their season without Dick
Wakefield and Pinky Higgins, out.
standing stars in the 1914 lineup.
But Newhouser, voted the most
valuable player in the league after
he had last season rolled up an
amazing total of 20 victories
against but nine losses. seems to
be pointed for another big year.
He has looked good in spring
training. And, of course. the
Tigers also have Paul Dizzy
Trout, ace of the leagues right
handlers.
Newhouser won four games and
lost two against the Browns last
year.
broad shouldered Jakuckt
(height 6 feet 2 inches, weight
200 pounds) turned back the
Tigers three times and was keaten
twice by them last year Jack
Kramer was the only other Brown
hurler to win as many as three
games from the Tigers over the
same stretch.
s NEW FACES
Among the regulars, the Tigers
will present new faces at three
positions-Skeeter Webb at short.
stop. Don Ross At third base and
Bobby Maier in left field. Webb
was obtained from the White Sox
in a trade for Joe Orengo and
rates as an outstanding performer
afield. Webb should tighten up the
Detroit infield.
Steve O'Neill has both Ross and
Joe Hoover available for third,
but he plans to start the former
because of the Scots superior
hitting. Maier is up from Buffalo
for his first try in the big leagues.
He played in the minors for seven
years.
The Browns will have only two
new faces in their lineup-Leonard
Schultz at third base and Pete
Gray, the one-armed sensation, in
left field. Schultz, up from Toledo.
has been outste nding in spring
training.
IN WAR PLANTS
Mark Christman, the Browns
1914 third baseman, Is working In
a war plant and available for play
on week-ends, holidays and night
games only. Chet Laabs. who did
not report this spring, is working
in a Detroit war plant. Bob Mum
Grief. the pitcher, also is in war
plant.
Breaking camp. the Tigers leave
Terre Haute this Sunday evening
for st. Louis. O'Neill plans q
workout for them at Sportsmans'
Park Monday. A series of three
games is scheduled for the Tigers
in st. Louis, after which they 60
to Detroit to open the home sea.
son against the Indians in Briggs
Stadium Friday.
Newhouser may pitch Saturday
with Trout hurting Sunday.