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SJt iants, Yankees Picked to Win Pennants lPrePs SIate National League Outlook ..rS HAND ShSi Evinced me. the bat, he con. Tbei er 'o the cause Kr Sal MagUe and fcfeven Monte Irvin's Ej, can change my Lw left to manage St. mv o Into Pday and IrOln i. out ffSie "big three." Be-1 In stil swings that fff Because Dark is 1 best hit-and-run men lea Because Durocher .,'ine But-most ot ?! "never forget that finish of '61. I ve to i w York Giants to re- National League. L. miT. Brooklyn , heavy favorite to . They're the solid Tl'.n in eieht positions. Sdn't win last year Newcombe. How can it without him? . lilies, with Curt Sim T mid-month, could 'b1 Hr-o and hus- Siaim; - ---- -- to help the St. Louis J. tanitible way if his tors come through, Bos. jwlTfest lor Angels iANCISCO-U.R-TW0 nl Items will he tested In He Coast league In Los Siis week: the Angels really as as they appeared In Sacramento six out of week? Itm Anseles fans sup- Jlic Coast league base- Be they going to sit Dacn ,Uor the Major leagues to iagelJ, leading the league Iweek of play, take on :Iul and further rein ollywood Stara In a sev series to provide the junds. ek Hollywood played at f for the series against Idins: champion Seattle 'attracted a pitiful lS.Buu Gilmore stadium, ine the series, 4-3, and will i tort of a clue as to powerful are Stan ABgels. SE FIRST week of play, Ii played to only 92,409 plte nice weather and ling-day ballyhoo. Of this , lithe last-place Sacramen 1 mi tops in attendance 01, Including 13,621 for day. San Francisco at 14,819 and San Diego 24,489. i nice usually picked' up ai ion progresses, reaching a lit In raid-July or August, tithe present rate of turn 4 the league, despite its Pn" classification isn't go tech last year's attend Jl of 3,700,000. President iPantj Rowland has pre lat the loop will top 4, i in paid admissions this ton'a kids must all be Ty Cobbs to make the Braves a contender. Here's the way the National League looka in a pre-season guess: 1. New York 2. Brooklyn 3. Philadelphia 4. St. Louis 5: Boston 6: Cincinnati 7. Pittsburgh 8. Chicago Dodger chances depend on Manager Chuck Dressen's ability to find a replacement for New- combe, the 20-Kame winner now In the Army. Dressen counts on Clem Labine, a late season star, but it's a long hop from Lablne's 5-1 to Newk's 20-9. Injuries to key men like Hoy Campanella, still troubled by his thigh, Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee or Andy Pafko all over 30 could be disastrous, Although the Phillies on paper rank behind both the Giants and Dodimg. they could win the pen nant with a few breaks. Getting Simmons back will be a tremen dous lift to the Whiz Kids, who suffered through a strict "aus terity" rule in training camp. WITH SIMMONS ready to take his turn with Robin Roberts, Bub ba Church, Howie Fox and Russ Meyer, the Phils will get formid able pitching. Last year they couldn't get the runs to back up their pitchers. Much depends on the ability of Del Ennis and Gran Hamner to recover from bad years. Stanky has impressed all on lookers with his determination in training camp. He seems to have rekindled a spark of that old gas house gang spirit on the Cards. Any club with Stan Musial, Red Schoendienst, Enos Slaughter and Stanky In the lineup is going to get runs. The question here is the pitching. AT BOSTON, Tommy Holmes has been making wholesale experi ments in his first full year as boss. The creaky, slow infield has eiven way to a bunch of youngsters from MiiwauKee who still must prove themselves in the bie leaeue. Cincinnati shows little improve ment to back up the pitching of Ewell Blackwell, Herm Wehmeler and Ken Raffensberger. Nobody seems to know too much about Branch Rickey's rookies at Pittsburgh. Knowing Rickey, you assume they will be better than last year. With Ralph Kiner still belting the homers and Murry Dickson and Howie Pollet on the pitching staff, they rate no worse tnan seventh and possibly better, Despite the fine exhibition rec ordjust like last year the Chi cago Cubs seem doomed to an other last-place finish. When Bob Rush isn't pitching, the Cubs will have some rough afternoons. American League Outlook BRIEFS Combined Wlra Service JAKE LAMOTTA, former mid dleweight champion, decided Mon day to become a sparring partner. He said he will help his long time pal Rocky Graziano drill for Rocky's title fight with Sugar Ray Robinson April 13. MEL HODERLEIN, White Sox infielder, was in a Chicago hospi tal after treatment for a blood clot which developed near his right knee from a blow by a batted ball. CHET NICHOLS, Boston Braves' ace lefthanded pitcher, passed his final draft induction physical Monday. DICK WAKEFIELD will report to the New York Giants in Hous ton. Tex., for a tryout, club sec retary Eddie Brannick announced. The Giants have been looking for a left-handed pinch-hitter. REX LAYNE battered big Bill Peterson of Chicago into submis slon In 1:33 of the first round Mon. day night to cut short a scheduled 10-round mam boxing event. Layne knocked Peterson down three times in rapid order before the referee stopped the fight. The Boston Braves announced that pitcher BOB HALL'S option has been transferred from Mil' waukee to Sacramento of the Fa clflc Coast League on a 24-hour recall basis. A wide investigation of military education, particularly of the re. cruiting of athletes at West Point and Annapolis, was urged by Sen, HARLEY M. KILGORE, Democrat from W. Va. . The MINNEAPOLIS LAKERS win the western division pro bas. ketball crown 82-80 over Roches' ter on Jim Pollard'i last-second tlp-in. Petition Circulated Prohibiting Commercial Coastal Fishing A group of Corvallis, Albany and Brownsville sportsmen, head ed by Bob Urban of Corvallis, has placed petitions in Eugene and Springfield sporting goods stores, The petitions seek a bill to pro hibit commercial salmon and trout fishing in coastal streams. Sportsmen in this area are ask. ed to sign the petitions on or be fore May 1. Others working on the project are Vance Taylor and Ed Lindsay of Corvallis, Ron Shoe maker and Floyd Inghram of Al bany, and Ben Fisher of Browns ville. jtailer let the n in Com. aWni ai the U-Bowl ffivilf J4 a! Mo"" Steel ..J?.11.1 Messenger 4-0. and Ss"fr 't ?-." J?- r,nthM u J: """"ilp1 .pa? . w nin, aver aneu Ull, Uaiu, "mRT. i?P mSn 1" the M First K.iiVi '-g?', I,u-m.- l 22? Ralph By JACK HAND ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (P) Can Casey Stengel two-platoon the New York Yankees to a fourth straight pennant even without Joe DiMaggio? I'll vote the "yes" ticket. This swing shift ball club hard ly compares with the block bus ters Joe McCarthy led to four straight flags and world cham pionships In the 1936-39 stretch. But it will do until a better one comes along. Stengel hit the nail on the head when he said: "WE'VE BEEN rebuilding and winning at the same time. Those other fellows tell you 'watch us in three years.' Well, they watched us the last three years." Under the very noses of the American League, the Yanks built a new machine while losing such vital parts as DiMaggio, Tommy Henrich and Charlie Keller. Only rnn Rtzzutto remains of the pre war Yanks. On paper the Cleveland Indians, with their three 20-game winners in Bobby Feller, Mike Garcia and Early Wynn, look like the class. They may crack Stengel's run to ward a record-tying four straight. uut they'll have to learn how to win at Yankeei-Stadium. FAILURE IN the stadium, where the Indians won only one of 11 starts, was the vital factor in Cleveland's 1951 defeat. Unless Al Rosen, Larry Doby and Jim He- gan can hit Yankee pitchers in New York, they may be in for more of the same. It looks like a two-club race with Boston and Chicago filling out the first division. Here's our. guess on the probable finish: 1. New York 2. Cleveland 3. Chicago 4. Boston 5. Detroit 6. Philadelphia 7. St. Louis 8. Washington Actually, there seems little to pick among the A's, Browns and Senators. If Rogers Hornsby gets some pitching to help Ned Garver the Browns might turn out the best of the bunch. Stengel's three pitching aces Allie Reynolds, Vic Raschi and Ed Lopat all are stoppers. Raschi had a knee operation after the World Series but has been taking a regular turn without any serious complications. Tom Morgan or Rookie Harry Schaeffer may fit into the No. 4 spot. The problem of filling DlMag gio's old center field Job has nar rowed down to Jackie Jensen or Gene Woodling. Mickey Mantle, taking no chances with the right knee he hurt in the Series, will stay in right field. With Hank Bauer in left, Stengel thinks he has the best outfielders if not outfield in the league. Cleveland's problem is more consistent hitting to back up the three 20-game winners and Bob Lemon who usually wins 20. Arm trouble by Sam Jones; hiehlv- touted rookie, cost the tribe a fifth starter. Much depends on how Luke Easter's knee holds up, and the hitting of Dobyl Hegan, Rosen and Ray Boone. But the big question remains can they beat the Yan kees at Yankee Stadium? WITH TED WILLIAMS going into the Marines May 2, Boston proDamy will be completely re vamped during the season. Lou Boudreu is high on some wlnged- iooiea Kias trom the farm sys tem who sparkled in the exhibi tions, John Pesky, Vern Stephens and other veterans may give way to the kiddies corps by June 15 if they aren't making any moves to. ward the top. The go-go Chicago White Sox will be as fast and daring ever with help from rookie third baseman Hector Rodriguez, a 302 hitter at Montreal. First baseman Eddie Robinson packs most of the home run punch. With Chico Car rasquel at short, Nellie Fox at sec ond and Jim Busby in center, the Sox are fairly strong down the middle. one baseball game ana one track meet will start the Wednes day afternoon prep spotlight in Lane County. In the lone baseball tussle, Springfield moves to Corvallis for a Big-Six contest. This will be the opening season contest for John Young's Miller club. Springfield is expected to be a strong contender in District 5-A-l if adequate out-! field replacements are forthcom ing. The Spartans are expected to provide, a stern test for the Millers In this game. The track meet Is an invita tional affair at Willamette with the Wolverines hosting Oakridge, Junction City and Elmira In a four-way run. The Warrior track squad looms as the best all- around track squad of the group, although Elmira and Junction City have displayed power in particularly the sprints. Willamette's harriers are untested in meet competition as yet. Register-Guard, Eugene, On, Tom., Apr. 8, 1932 Pcgv Zimmerman Wins; Wood, Oml id Compete PORTLAND (ff) Emery Zimmerman of Portland, shooting a par 136 on the Oswego Lake Country Club course Monday, won the Oregon Professional Golfers organization championship. His score for the first nine was 69 and for the second 67. This was the sixth time since 1931 he has won the championship. Runner up was Johnny Lang ford of Tualatin Country Club, who carded 71-67 138 to beat out Bob McKendrlck, Oswego, 66-73 139. Other scores included: Wendell Wood, Eugene, 69-74 143; Ken Omlld, Eugene, 78-60147. DOUBLE S&H Green Stamps ALL DAY WEDNESDAY AT BILL DAVIS' PIK 'N PAK MKT. 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