Montana labor news., 1950-05-18
Sport Comment
b. GUY STEVENS

By GUY STEVENS
summing up the baseball picture
illus lar. II begin, Ia look as thong /
iour or live teams are going 10 stage
i tough light III both leagues. Its
going 10 he a battle just between
two teams
In the National League, Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg are putting on a
surprise >how lille Cincinnati is
, r.i@, " Of, %aou,..i.a 'me mt , The
soon. Boston is shu. ~lbr. oi
power Al the plate, and tr,..
ING like the Braves OF 1913
they won the pcnnant. Brooklyn,
favored Ia cop tn Grace will have to
play heads-up ball To do it, They
could use another pitcher. II. Louis
i, strong and is picked To give the
dodgers the most trouble. Chicago
is another surprise club. Question
j.. can they keep going Right now
they re PLAYING >mart ball. New
Norh looms up a. a mystery team
Just how good they are time will
tell. They may be troublesome but
Durocher doesn't seem 10 have the
material 10 make ii thi, year.
In the american League. Detroit
is making il hot ior the other teams
Their hitter, are coming through
and 81 are the pitchers. And that's
a combination that will win ball
games any day. The Tigers may be
the team To beat. Boston and New
York Of course are expected 10 be
right III the thick of the battle. The
Red son are not pulling away quite
as last as they hoped while the
Yankee, suffered because OF Joe
DiMageio's batting slump. Phila-
dclphia and Cleveland look strong,
but somehow they're not clicking at
their best Both teams have good
hittrr> and some very good pitchers
50 They should be much tougher
before many days pass. Washington
and Chicago are the surprise teams
Oi the lcaeuc Just how much longer
lhcNll keep surprising is something
else again. NJ least they're making
the race interesting. The White Sox
would even be doing better il Gus
/crnial MaS a. strong AT the plate
as he was last year before his in
Jury. 81. Louis is a hot and cold
team. Sometime, they shaw good
form and sometimes they look like
4 minor league outfit All hands
agree that the Browns will not burn
mp the league this year
lucidcniiy. Jockey Eddie Arcaro
has guessed himself right out Of
two Derby winners. He had hi,
pick. battle-ground or Hill Prince,
and chose the latter after his win in
the Wood Memorial. In 1912. he
had his choice between Devil Diver
and Shut Ont. He picked Devil
Digcr shut Out was the winner.
Maybe he'll let someone else do his
picking nest year.
lust GNB-Biggie Mum. Michi-
gan State football coach, Will use
he lWo platoon system this iall
figures he'll have stronger driving
power The Harlem Globc-TrottcrS
basketball team now on a 50 game
TOM Of Europe will head ior home
July p the TrottcrS are meeting
an Nl-Star squad headed BY cN-
Nalc Tony l%.aycllo First Bascman
Ferris Fain ul the Nrhlctics is de-
vcloping into quite a home-run
,~luggcr he has already hit more
ur-haeeerS than he did all last
year. The Los angeles Rams and
the Philadelphia Eagles will start
football training il July VIII,
said football wa> 4 iall sport:
With training in spring, training in
summer. game in the lall and win
Ter. looks like football is a year
around activity.
frankie Cuisine OF the st. Louis
Browns has opened a restaurant in
Pitt,bure. his former stamping
grounds Last year. Movie Actress
Linda Darnell planted the victory
Kiss on Bill Holland. winner OF the
500 mile auto a { AT the lndianapo-
ii, Speedway this year, Barbara
Stanwyck will do the tantalizing
RumorS are fixing that all is not we'll
between Leo Durocher and the front
office where there's smoke there
must be some fire could it be
that Dorochcr is on the way out
those trading deals didn't rest
well with the New York fans nor
The front office