The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-03-28
MCCARTHY NOW HAPPY AS NEW
 YANKEES FORM
By LEO IT. PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor

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 New York, March go - (UP) -- Manager Joe Mccarthy of the New York Yankees, who barely was able to survive war-time baseball, has taken Q new lease on life. Quietly but efficiently, he is going about the business of building another pen- llant dynasty for the Yankees.
 This season coud well be the start of 1t, for as Joe himself admits, T have my professionals back now No one is happier than Joe that the days of trying to mould champion ship major league clubs out of minor league players are over He Is deal- Ing now with the type of players who promise to make the i946 Yan- kees the Bronx bombers of pre.war days.
 Nothing so typifies McCarthy's new lease on life than his training camp statement that from now on I'm going to let the other managers do the worrying" During the war years when he was asked whether he had enough hitting or pitching, his routine reply was: Let me wor- ry about that" And he worried so much that his health broke down last season and he was forced to leave the club.
 But now when he watches what figures to be the best outfield in the majors and an infield second to none going through the paces there isn't trace of Illness left on him, He said 1t all when he said he had his professionals back.
 Big Three
 In the outfield that means Joe DiMaggio, Charlie Keller and Tom my Henrich with Johnny Lindell, the best of the wartime Yankee flychasers drawing no better than utility and pinch hitting berth, And in the infield 1t means Joe Gor- don back at second and Phil Rizzuto at short. The only second base com- bination that fgures|to give them any argument for top laurels is Bobby Doerr and Johnny Pesky of the Red Sox.
 Last years batting champion and standout second baseman, George Stirnweiss, will be at third in Me- Carthy's new scheme of things. At first, Nick Etten will hold forth as usual His bat gives him the edge over the pre-War first seekers Buddy Hassett and Johnny Sturm
 Those-and they are in the min- ority-who do not think too well of the Yankee pennant chances this year point to their pitching and catching. They wonder whether it will hold up It may be significant that Mccarthy isn't worried about it.
 He admits he may not have any 20 game winners. but points out that pennants often are won with balanced pitching staffs that have no Standouts. He thinks he has that kind of a staff this year.
 He is counting on Bill Dickey to head his catching staff although Bill, who will be 39 in June, won't be out there every day. But McCar- thy will use him back of the plate when the kid pitchers are in there. Otherwise it will be Aaron Robinson or Ken Silvestri.
 Mccarthy has a wealth of pitch ing candidates and wedding out the sweet from the sour is going to be quite a task. Spud Chandler, Ernie Bonham, if he comes to terms, Rookie Bill Wight, Joe Page, Floyd Bevens and Al Gettel figure to be the front liners. Wight is the sleep CT" of the lot. He wasn't even on the Yankee roster when spring training began but was so impressive that he has won a place on the staff.
 Red In DOghOuse
 The old fireman, Johnny Murphy, will be back for relief chores but Red Ruffing, Marius Russo and Att ley Donald are question marks. Russo and Donald are recovering from operations and may not regain their old effectiveness. Ruffing is in President Larry MacPhail's dog house because he refused to fly to Panama.
 Others in the running are Karl Drews, Jake Wade, Charley Stan ceau. Ken Holcombe, Clarence Mar shall, Steve Roser, Herb Karpel, Tommy Byrne, Bill zuber, Waiter Dubiel, Marvin Breuer, Al Lyons and Steve Peek.
 One thing is certain-McCarth has quantity when 1t comes to pitch ing. He is sure he will have quality, too.